- Ontario municipal elections, 2010
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The 2010 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 25, 2010.
Voters in the province of Ontario elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities.
A total of 444 elections were held.[1] Several smaller municipalities in Northern Ontario held no council elections, as their entire councils were acclaimed into office, although the towns still saw contested elections for their school board seats.[2]
Voting date
Notwithstanding advance polling arrangements, municipal elections will be held on the fourth Monday of October. From 1978 until 2006 the second Monday of November was the fixed date. Officials will be elected for a four year term.
Nomination period
Candidate registration opened on January 4, 2010 and ends on September 10.
Term lengths
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario legislation (Bill 81, Schedule H), passed in 2006, sets the length of terms in office for all municipal elected officials at four years.
Campaigns in major cities
The Toronto municipal election saw an open contest for mayor due to the retirement of David Miller after two terms.
In Ottawa, former MPP and Mayor Jim Watson ran against incumbent Larry O'Brien, who was cleared of charges against him in 2009.
Some media, including a Sudbury Star editorial which was republished in several other Sun Media newspapers, noted the seeming emergence of a Tea Party mentality in some parts of the province, with a number of self-styled "outsider" or populist candidates — including Rob Ford in Toronto, Joe Fontana in London, David D'Intino in St. Catharines, Rob Matheson in Kingston, Ron Schinners in Sault Ste. Marie and Marianne Matichuk in Greater Sudbury — campaigning on platforms that traded heavily in mistrust of the existing municipal governments, while typically offering little to no concrete information on what their own political agendas would be if elected.[3]
Single tier municipalities
Brant County
Main article: Brant County municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [1] Vote % Ron Eddy (X) 3,187 33.65 Steve Comisky 3,048 32.18 John Weaver 1,695 17.89 Roy Haggart 1,155 12.19 Shawn Pratt 387 4.09 Brantford
Main article: Brantford municipal election, 20102010 Brantford municipal election, Mayor of Brantfordedit Candidate Total votes % of total votes Chris Friel 11,334 41.80 John Sless 5,466 20.16 Mark Littell 3,417 12.60 Dianne M. Austin 3,267 12.05 Mike Quattrociocchi 1,875 6.92 James Calnan 1,068 3.94 Richard E. Casey 495 1.83 Winston C. Ferguson 131 0.48 John C. Turmel 61 0.22 Total valid votes 27,114 100 Chatham-Kent
Main article: Chatham-Kent municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [2] Vote % Randy Hope (X) 13,169 40.87 Tom McGregor 10,956 34.00 Ian McLarty 6,608 20.51 Austin Wright 765 2.37 Mary Kwong Lee 549 1.70 Allan R. Traylor 171 0.53 Greater Sudbury
Main article: Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate Vote % Marianne Matichuk[4] 25,042 46.1 (x)John Rodriguez[5] 19,819 36.5 Ted Callaghan[6] 7,298 13.4 Derek Young 1,432 2.6 Zack Gauthier 390 0.7 Dennis Gorman 167 0.3 Ed Pokonzie[7] 102 0.2 David Popescu[7] 96 0.2 Total valid votes 54,346 Haldimand County
Main article: Haldimand County municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [3] Vote % Ken Hewitt 6,984 44.6 Marie Trainer (X) 5,748 36.7 Buck Sloat 2,929 18.7 Hamilton
Main article: Hamilton municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [4] Vote % Bob Bratina 52,684 37.32 Larry Di Ianni 40,091 28.40 Fred Eisenberger (X) 38,719 27.43 Michael James Baldasaro 2,892 2.05 Tone Marrone 1,052 0.75 Mahesh P. Butani 950 0.67 Glenn Hamilton 949 0.67 Pat Filice 768 0.54 Ken Leach 577 0.41 Andrew Haines 557 0.39 Mark Wozny 433 0.31 Steven Waxman 429 0.30 Edward H. C. Graydon 404 0.29 Gino Speziale 356 0.25 Victor Veri 313 0.22 Kawartha Lakes
Main article: Kawartha Lakes municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [5] Vote % Ric McGee (X) 13,850 47.78 Andy Letham 12,722 43.88 Lynne Boldt 2,417 8.34 Norfolk County
Main article: Norfolk County municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [6] Vote % Dennis Travale (X) 11,018 66.24 Clarence Wheaton 5,615 33.76 Ottawa
Main article: Ottawa municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate Vote % Jim Watson 131,258 48.70 Larry O'Brien (X) 64,853 24.06 Clive Doucet 40,147 14.89 Andrew S. Haydon 18,904 7.01 Mike Maguire 6,617 2.45 Robert Gauthier 1,413 0.52 Jane Scharf 1,169 0.43 Charlie Taylor 1,125 0.42 Cesar Bello 926 0.34 Idris Ben-Tahir 729 0.27 Samuel Wright 371 0.14 Robin Lawrence 300 0.11 Joseph Furtenbacher 299 0.11 Sean Ryan 360 0.13 Julio Pita 265 0.10 Robert Larter 219 0.08 Michael St. Arnaud 200 0.07 Daniel J. Lyrette 166 0.06 Vincent M. Libeshya 122 0.05 Fraser Liscumb 104 0.04 Prince Edward County
Main article: Prince Edward County municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [7] Vote % Peter Mertens 3489 33.18 Sandy Latchford 2327 22.13 Monica Alyea 1828 17.38 Lori Slik 1203 11.44 Gordon Fox 1073 10.20 Paul Boyd 593 564 Toronto
Main article: Toronto municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [8] Vote % Rob Ford 380,201 47.098 George Smitherman 287,393 35.602 Joe Pantalone 94,840 11.749 Rocco Rossi 4,973 0.616 George Babula 3,242 0.402 Rocco Achampong 2,781 0.345 Abdullah-Baquie Ghazi 2,746 0.34 Michael Alexander 2,452 0.304 Vijay Sarma 2,233 0.277 Sarah Thomson 1,876 0.232 Jaime Castillo 1,862 0.231 Dewitt Lee 1,685 0.209 Douglas Campbell 1,420 0.176 Kevin Clarke 1,400 0.173 Joseph Pampena 1,308 0.162 David Epstein 1,198 0.148 Monowar Hossain 1,186 0.147 Michael Flie 1,178 0.146 Don Andrews 1,023 0.127 Weizhen Tang 885 0.11 Daniel Walker 795 0.098 Keith Cole 794 0.098 Michael Brausewetter 791 0.098 Barry Goodhead 736 0.091 Charlene Cottle 730 0.09 Tibor Steinberger 729 0.09 Christopher Ball 690 0.085 James Di Fiore 649 0.08 Diane Devenyi 627 0.078 John Letonja 587 0.073 Himy Syed 576 0.071 Carmen Macklin 565 0.07 Howard Gomberg 472 0.058 David Vallance 442 0.055 Mark State 433 0.054 Phil Taylor 425 0.053 Colin Magee 397 0.049 Selwyn Firth 392 0.049 Ratan Wadhwa 288 0.036 Gerald Derome 249 0.031 Regional municipalities
Durham
Main article: Durham Region municipal elections, 2010Halton
Main article: Halton Region municipal elections, 2010Muskoka District
Main article: Muskoka District municipal elections, 2010Niagara
Main article: Niagara Region municipal elections, 2010Oxford
Main article: Oxford County municipal elections, 2010Peel
Main article: Peel Region municipal elections, 2010Waterloo
Main article: Waterloo Region municipal elections, 2010York
Main article: York Region municipal elections, 2010Counties
Bruce
Main article: Bruce County municipal elections, 2010Dufferin
Main article: Dufferin County municipal elections, 2010Elgin
Main article: Elgin County municipal elections, 2010Essex
Main article: Essex County municipal elections, 2010Frontenac
Main article: Frontenac County municipal elections, 2010Grey
Main article: Grey County municipal elections, 2010Haliburton
Main article: Haliburton County municipal elections, 2010Hastings
Main article: Hastings County municipal elections, 2010Huron
Main article: Huron County municipal elections, 2010Lambton
Main article: Lambton County municipal elections, 2010Lanark
Main article: Lanark County municipal elections, 2010Leeds and Grenville
Main article: Leeds and Grenville United Counties municipal elections, 2010Lennox and Addington
Main article: Lennox and Addington County municipal elections, 2010Middlesex
Main article: Middlesex County municipal elections, 2010Northumberland
Main article: Northumberland County municipal elections, 2010Perth
Main article: Perth County municipal elections, 2010Peterborough
Main article: Peterborough County municipal elections, 2010Prescott and Russell
Main article: Prescott and Russell United Counties municipal elections, 2010Renfrew
Main article: Renfrew County municipal elections, 2010Simcoe
Main article: Simcoe County municipal elections, 2010Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
Main article: Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties municipal elections, 2010Wellington
Main article: Wellington County municipal elections, 2010Separated municipalities
Barrie
Main article: Barrie municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [9] Vote % Jeff Lehman 13,562 39.2% Joe Tascona 9,650 27.9% Rob Hamilton 5,140 14.8% Mike Ramsay 4,507 13% David Aspden (X) 1,249 3.6% Harry Ahmed 304 0.8% Carl Hauck 115 0.4% Darren Roskman 68 0.3% Belleville
Main article: Belleville municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [10] Vote % Neil R. Ellis (X) 10,081 Mitch Panciuk 2,825 Lonnie D. Herrington 350 Graham K. Longhurst 149 Brockville
Main article: Brockville municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [11] Vote % David L. Henderson (X) 2,718 Ben Tekamp 2,553 Louise Severson 2,093 Robert A. Marleau 393 Hannelore Walther 328 Gananoque
Main article: Gananoque municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [12] Vote % Erika Demchuk 1,260 James E. Garrah (X) 577 Guelph
Main article: Guelph municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [13] Vote % Karen Farbridge (X) 14,902 54.11 David Birtwistle 10,576 38.40 Ray Mitchell 1,182 4.29 Scott Nightingale 878 3.18 Kingston
Main article: Kingston municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [14] Vote % Mark Gerretsen 17,096 Rob Matheson 6,905 Barrie Chalmers 5,486 John Last 377 Nathaniel Wilson 227 Kevin Lavalley 215 London
Main article: London municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [15] Vote % Joe Fontana 48626 47.2 Anne Marie DeCicco-Best (X) 46089 44.8 Cynthia Etheridge 4402 4.3 Eric Southern 644 0.6 Ivan W. Kasiurak 612 0.6 Christopher R. Foerster 462 0.4 Aaron Broughm 427 0.4 Wayne Ford 375 0.4 Zak Young 298 0.3 Stephen Elliott Beckles 252 0.2 Tomasz Winnicki 234 0.2 Dan Lenart 173 0.2 Tom Ha 149 0.1 Ma'in Sinan 128 0.1 Jonas Richard White 83 0.1 Orillia
Main article: Orillia municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [16] Vote % Angelo Orsi 5,398 Tim Lauer 3,844 Ralph Cipolla 1,913 Pembroke
Main article: Pembroke municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [17] Vote % Ed Jacyno (X) 2,803 Stanley E. Sambey 1,398 Peterborough
Main article: Peterborough municipal election, 20102010 Peterborough municipal election, Mayor of Peterboroughedit Candidate Total votes % of total votes Daryl Bennett 14,061 58.46 (x)Paul Ayotte 9,990 41.54 Total valid votes 24,051 100.00 Prescott
Main article: Prescott municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [18] Vote % Brett Todd 913 Suzanne Dodge (X) 547 Quinte West
Main article: Quinte West municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [19] Vote % John R. Williams (X) 8,159 Claudor du-Lude 522 Smiths Falls
Main article: Smiths Falls municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [20] Vote % Dennis Staples (X) 1,925 Jeffrey G. Keays 1,857 St. Marys
Main article: St. Marys municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [21] Vote % Steve Grose 1,767 62.4 Jamie Hahn (X) 989 34.9 Eric Farquhar 76 2.7 St. Thomas
Main article: St. Thomas municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [22] Vote % Heather Jackson-Chapman 3,666 Cliff Barwick (X) 3,158 Albert Riddell 2,910 Stratford
Main article: Stratford municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [23] Vote % Dan Mathieson (X) 7,857 79.22 Martin Weatherall 2,061 20.78 Windsor
Main article: Windsor municipal election, 2010Mayoral Candidate [24] Vote % Eddie Francis (X) 39,384 56.17 Rick Limoges 28,354 40.44 Anthony Brothers 979 1.40 Michael Mosgrove 748 1.07 Robert W. Vinson 377 0.54 Sam Sinjari 273 0.39 Districts
Algoma District
Main article: Algoma District municipal elections, 2010Cochrane District
Main article: Cochrane District municipal elections, 2010Kenora District
Main article: Kenora District municipal elections, 2010Manitoulin District
Main article: Manitoulin District municipal elections, 2010Nipissing District
Main article: Nipissing District municipal elections, 2010Parry Sound District
Main article: Parry Sound District municipal elections, 2010Rainy River District
Main article: Rainy River District municipal elections, 2010Sudbury District
Main article: Sudbury District municipal elections, 2010Thunder Bay District
Main article: Thunder Bay District municipal elections, 2010Timiskaming District
Main article: Timiskaming District municipal elections, 2010In fiction
The first season of the TV sitcom Dan for Mayor takes place during the municipal election in the fictitious City of Wessex.
See also
- Canadian electoral calendar, 2010
- Municipal elections in Canada
- Ontario municipal elections, 2006
- Electronic voting in Canada
References
- ^ "Ontarians head to polls in 444 local elections". CBC.ca. 2010-10-25. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/10/25/ontario-municipal-votes.html.
- ^ "Emo, La Vallee elect new leaders". Fort Frances Times Online, October 26, 2010.
- ^ "Tea Partyish mistrust gaining steam". Sudbury Star, October 13, 2010.
- ^ "Former city bureaucrat enters mayoral race". Northern Life, September 9, 2010.
- ^ Municipal election starting to take shape. Sudbury Star, January 15, 2010.
- ^ "Callaghan enters race for mayor's seat". Northern Life, June 23, 2010.
- ^ a b "Mayor's race getting pretty crowded". Sudbury Star, August 18, 2010.
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