In the 2006 municipal elections in Ontario, voters in the province of Ontario, elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of Ontario's municipalities. These elections were regulated by the Municipal Elections Act of Ontario.
Date Municipal elections in all Ontario municipalities took place on Monday, November 13, 2006 (notwithstanding advance polling arrangements). Currently municipal elections in Ontario have fixed election dates, and the next round of elections are due to take place in November, 2010. Prior to the vote in 2006, the period between elections had been 3 years.
Voting Notice and Attention Candidates may have withdrawn from the race prior to November 13, 2006, and while their names may still have appeared on the ballot, voting for a withdrawn candidate resulted in a spoiled ballot and was not counted.
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 In Toronto, their municipal election had incumbent mayor David Miller easily defeating councillor Jane Pitfield and former Liberal Party president Stephen LeDrew.
Ottawa's election race was a heated affair with incumbent mayor Bob Chiarelli finishing third behind victorious businessman Larry O'Brien and popular former councillor Alex Munter.
In London, incumbent mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best defeated Liberal MP Joe Fontana. In Mississauga, Hazel McCallion, who has been mayor since 1978 faced little competition en route to victory.
Larry Di Ianni, Hamilton's mayor was upset in an extremely close race by former alderman Fred Eisenberger.
In Greater Sudbury, mayor David Courtemanche was defeated by former NDP MP John Rodriguez.
In Guelph, former mayor Karen Farbridge defeated incumbent mayor Kate Quarrie in a reversal of the election three years prior when Quarrie defeated Farbridge.
Municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants The following lists mayoral races and city council races unless a main article exists, in which case only the mayoral races are listed here. In the tables, candidates marked with an (X) were the incumbent.
Barrie
Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Dave Aspden 14,616 50.3Robert J. Hamilton (X) 12,175 41.9Kevin Harrod 2,244 7.73
City council Candidate Vote % Ward 1Mike Ramsay 2226 48.0Adam Smith (X) 1657 35.7Andrew Zyp 254 5.47Andrea Butcher-Milne 223 4.80James Wallace 150 3.23Danielle Laundry 104 2.24Dwight Robbins 28 0.60 Ward 2Jeff Lehman 1877 50.0Connie Positano 811 21.6Sean Elliott 749 19.9Todd Tuckey 289 9.69Darren Roskam 30 0.799 Ward 3Rodney Jackson 1197 48.3Bill Garland 878 35.4Darcy Murray 271 10.9Jason A. Krynicki 131 5.29 Ward 4Barry Ward (X) 1178 48.0Leonard Bugeja 615 25.1Denise Dicks 383 15.6Scott Gorry 220 8.97Peter Simpson 57 2.32 Ward 5Lynn Strachan (X) 1293 35.4Peter Silveira 1214 33.2Kimberley Sweeney-Hyatt 1149 31.4 Ward 6Michael Prowse (X) 1539 73.7Daniel Gary Predie, Sr. 370 17.7Matthew McErlean 180 8.62 Ward 7John Brassard 1074 52.7Steve Trotter (X) 899 44.1Kirk Duffin 66 3.24 Ward 8Jerry Moore (X) 1012 44.3Michael Hardie 705 30.9Stewart McBoyle 566 24.8 Ward 9Andrew Prince 1251 50.2Kevin LePage (X) 1107 44.4Leslie Fox 134 5.38 Ward 10Alex Nuttall 1398 45.2Alison Eadie (X) 566 18.3Ann Hoggarth 563 18.2Christopher Damas 304 9.82Erich Jacoby-Hawkins 241 7.78Paolo Fabrizio 24 0.775
Brampton
Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Susan Fennell (X) 51,036 74.8Raj Sharda 9,585 14.1John R. A. Moulton 4,007 5.9Sunny Gandhi 2,343 3.4Amjid Iqbal 1,215 1.8
Burlington Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Cam Jackson 14,941 34.9Joan Lougheed 13,687 32.0Rick Burgess 12,658 29.6Philip Papadoupoulos 1,393 3.3Stephen Kolcun 147 0.3
City and regional council Candidate Vote % Ward 1Rick Craven (X) 4826 59.0Marianne Meed Ward 3352 41.0 Ward 2Peter Thoem 1627 25.0Cheryl Craig 1513 23.2Dave Bedini 1474 22.6Judy Morrison 1191 18.3Rob Forbes 460 7.1Anne Marsden 246 3.8 Ward 3John Taylor (X) 3353 61.8Lisa Cooper 1501 27.7Mike Shepherd 574 10.6 Ward 4Jack Dennison (X) 3364 34.0Frank McKeown 2517 25.5John Versluis 2085 21.1Jeff Rottar 1010 10.2Ross Hicks 915 9.3 Ward 5Rick Goldring 1848 27.6Casey Cosgrove 1368 20.4Fred Suter 1185 17.7Sam Sarraf 647 9.7Bill Bastien 503 7.5Vera Kurnitzki-West 342 5.1Marnie Mellish 305 4.6David Abbott 253 3.8Stephen Bauld 243 3.6 Ward 6Carol D'Amelio (X) 3075 61.3Catherine Brady 1732 34.5Robert Herriot 209 4.2
Cambridge
Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Doug Craig (X) 11274 51.0Margaret Barr 8972 40.6Michael A. Sahagian 761 3.4John Oprea 647 2.9Marsha Gail Kriss 446 2.0
Chatham-Kent
Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Randy Hope 11578 31.5Diane Gagner (X) 9060 24.7Walter Spence 7649 20.8Chip Gordon 6532 17.8Richard Erickson 1381 3.8Dim Desat 265 0.7Mary Kwong Lee 262 0.7
Greater Sudbury
Mayoral race
City council: See separate article.
Guelph
Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Karen Farbridge 17689 51.0Kate Quarrie (X) 12319 35.5Mark Briestensky 4180 12.0Bev A. Izzillo-Ustation 523 1.5
Hamilton
Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Fred Eisenberger 54110 43.2Larry Di Ianni (X) 53658 42.8Diane Elms 9459 7.6Michael J. Baldasaro 4520 3.6Gino Speziale 1274 1.0Steve Leach 1250 1.0Martin S. Zuliniak 968 0.8
City council See main article
Kingston Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Harvey Rosen (X) 16,278 43.18Rick Downes 15,548 41.25Kevin George 5,870 15.57
City council
Candidate Vote % Countryside DistrictJoyce MacLeod-Kane 1547 51.23George Sutherland (X) 1473 48.77 Loyalist-Cataraqui DistrictRob Matheson 1556 40.15Sean Foley 1403 36.21Jibin Joseph 916 23.64 Collins-Bayridge DistrictLisa Osanic 1818 58.14Bittu George (X) 1309 41.86 Lakeside DistrictDorothy Hector 2254 51.72Ted Brooks 1180 27.08Mike Singh 924 21.20 Portsmouth DistrictMark Gerretsen 2311 67.93Moe Royer 788 23.16Kindra Breau 303 8.91 Trillium DistrictVicki Schmolka 2164 59.98John Chown 1167 32.34Anna Robertson 277 7.68 Cataraqui DistrictSara Meers (X) 1771 73.39Tom Dall 414 17.16Patrick Foley 228 9.45 Kingscourt-Strathcona DistrictSteve Garrison (X) 1727 62.17Rob Gilmour 1051 37.83 Williamsville DistrictEd Smith (X) 834 40.31Brian Evoy 635 30.69Glenn Barnes 335 16.19Todd Speck 185 8.94Andrew Goodridge 80 3.87 Sydenham DistrictBill Glover 1180 46.24Floyd Patterson (X) 912 35.74Nathaniel Erskine-Smith 297 11.64Alex Huntley 163 6.39 King's Town DistrictRob Hutchison 1531 68.41Mark Potter 646 28.87Sean Molloy 61 2.73 Pittsburgh DistrictLoenore Foster (X) 2005 54.68Brian D. Reitzel 910 24.82Richard Moller 752 20.51
Kitchener Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Carl Zehr (X) 24520 68.0Janis Hedrich 7663 21.2John Huemiller 2917 8.1Frank Kulcsar 981 2.7
City council
Candidate Vote % Bridgeport-Centre Ward (1)John D. Smola (X) 2784 44.4Richard Maass 1408 22.5Glen Bender 1278 20.4Jack Byrne 404 6.4Julian Ichim 234 3.7Albert Norris 155 2.5 Chicopee-Grand River Ward (2)Berry Vrbanovic (X) 4532 70.0Len Carter 1308 20.8J.D. McGuire 634 10.1 Fairview-Gateway Ward (3)John A. Gazzola (X) 3615 68.2Bob McColl 911 17.2Fitzroy Vanderpool 773 14.6 South Ward (4)Kelly Galloway 1740 36.3Mike Harris 1459 30.5Bill Poole 573 12.0Marjorie Brown 521 10.9Victor Herbert 215 4.5Randy MacDonald 124 2.6Mike Windley 96 2.0Tony Kerr 59 1.2 Forest-Rockway Ward (5)Geoff Lorentz (X) 3345 50.9Zyg Janecki 3227 49.1 West-Victoria Ward (6)Christina Weylie (X) 2181 36.1Scott Piatkowski 1524 25.2Raj Gill 1216 20.1Leszek Jankowski 1121 18.6
Regional council Candidate Vote %Tom Galloway (X) 19838 18.2Jean Haalboom (X) 17034 15.6Jake Smola (X) 15961 14.6Jim Wideman (X) 15629 14.3Steven Cage 11341 10.4Gary R. Ferguson 6760 6.2Jason Hammond 6928 5.8Rick Moffitt 5711 5.2Kurt L. Ditner 4413 Daniel Glenn-Graham 3440 3.2Matthew Ichim 2581 2.4
London Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Anne Marie DeCicco-Best (X) 57,891 57.7Joe Fontana 35,083 35.7Cynthia Etheridge 2,561 2.6Ivan W. Kasiurak 1,905 1.9Arthur Majoor 1,623 1.6Matthew L. R. Shantz 532 0.5
Board of control
(Four to be elected)
Candidate Vote %Tom Gosnell (X) 46806 16.1Gina Barber 46090 15.8Bud Polhill (X) 39073 13.4Gord Hume (X) 36620 12.6Russ Monteith (X) 35497 12.2Tim Gatten 34452 11.8Brian Rice 17706 6.1John Walsh 15047 5.2Joshua Hurwitz 13704 4.7Peter Schuller 6059 2.1
City council
Candidate Vote % Ward 1Roger Caranci (X) 3825 57.1Gordon Leffley 1473 22.0Gregory Thomas Fowler 716 10.7Steven Peter Van Eldik 680 10.2 Ward 2Bill Armstrong (X) 3105 52.7Steve Polhill 2226 37.8Shirley Wilton 435 7.4Rick Plouffe 127 2.2 Ward 3Bernie MacDonald (X) 3725 72.5Rod Morley 792 15.4David Wagner 621 12.2 Ward 4Stephen Orser 1758 29.1Bill Brock 1325 21.9Greg Thompson 1303 21.5Henry Zupanc 1204 19.9J. Daniel O'Neail 460 7.6 Ward 5Joni Baechler (X) 7068 86.2Raymond John Ford 1129 13.8 Ward 6Nancy Ann Branscombe 3920 54.6Stephen Turner 2667 37.2Steve Edwards 301 4.2Bob Howard 285 4.0 Ward 7Walter G. Lonc 2896 39.7Ab Chahbar (X) 2605 35.7Roger Khouri 904 12.4Terry McPherson 591 8.1George Istifan 304 4.2 Ward 8Paul Hubert 2392 28.6Josh Morgan 2369 28.3Connie L. Graham 1855 22.1Monica Jarabek 1762 21.0 Ward 9Susan Eagle (X) 4530 56.5Ed Corrigan 2192 27.3Chester Chwiecko 1300 16.2 Ward 10Paul Van Meerbergen (X) 4741 69.5Milyn Edwin Hall 1087 15.9Jordan Smith 998 14.6 Ward 11David Winninger (X) 3957 50.7Denise Brown 3388 43.4Steve Hunter 464 5.9 Ward 12Harold Usher (X) 3035 51.7Thomas A. Foster 1366 23.3Rober Vaughan 733 12.5Jesse Haidar 386 6.6Najam Naqvi 345 5.9 Ward 13Judy Bryant (X) 2683 52.6Sandy White (X) 1534 30.0Stuart Smith 538 10.5Robert Carlton 350 6.9 Ward 14Cheryl Miller (X) 2664 40.2Jim Wood 1843 27.8Laurie Spence Bannerman 1569 23.7Ma'in Sinan 545 8.2
Markham
Mayor
Candidate Vote %Frank Scarpitti 48,462 82.97Partap Dua 4,912 8.41Stephen Kotyck 3,195 5.47Sam Orrico 1,840 3.15
Regional council Candidate Vote %Jim Jones (X) 29514 16.90Jack Heath (X)29037 16.63Tony C. Wong (X) 25491 14.60Gordon Landon 23996 13.74Joe Li 18020 10.32Khalid Usman 17432 9.98Elagu Elaguppillai 16246 9.30Arnel Scott 7938 4.55Carl Bodnar 6962 3.99
Town council
Candidate Vote % Ward 1Valerie Burke3434 58.82Stan Daurio (X) 2316 39.67Jason Buchholz 88 1.51 Ward 2Erin Shapero (X) 4355 82.63Peter Michael Pavlovic 699 13.26Howard Shern 216 4.11 Ward 3Joseph Virgilio (X) 3327 43.06John Cabrelli 2013 26.05George Treheles 718 9.29Kenny Szeto 575 7.44Ivan Q. Yao 450 5.82Spaso Jovcevski 426 5.51Michael Skinner 216 2.79 Ward 4Carolina Moretti3049 35.06Alan Ho 1723 19.81Nirmala Persaud-Armstrong 1431 16.45Jim Treacy 830 9.54Ivy Lam 731 8.40Tony Boseovski 651 7.48Brian Weller 185 2.12Stephen Tonner 96 1.10 Ward 5John Webster (X) 5311 53.79Colin Campbell 3758 38.06Bala Balasubramaniam 567 5.74James Bush 237 2.40 Ward 6Dan Horchik (X) 3151 57.48Jim Kwan 1871 34.13Wafik Abadir 460 8.39 Ward 7Logan Kanapathi 3088 33.54Tessa Benn-Ireland1569 17.04Mohammad Rahman 1272 13.82Yahya Qureshi 1224 13.30William Jeyaveeran 775 8.42Jeffrey Ruo 595 6.46Manpreet Minhas 343 3.73Syed Zaidi 340 3.69 Ward 8Alex Chiu (X) 3431 41.17Ivy Lee1533 18.40Thaya Rajah 1452 17.42Surinder S. Lamba 1302 15.62Jeremy Choi 340 4.10Millicent Radway 275 3.30
Mississauga
Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Hazel McCallion (X) 98,293 91.4Donald Barber 5,571 5.2Roy N. Willis 3,667 3.4
Oakville Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Rob Burton 15,120 38.36Ann Mulvale (X) 13,484 34.21Chris Stoate 7,409 18.08Janice Wright 3,096 7.85Daniela Z. Giecewicz 309 0.78
Town & regional council See main article
Oshawa
Mayoral race Candidate Vote %John Gray (X) 19545 72.8Alexander Kemp 5846 21.8Dawn Turner 1461 5.4
Ottawa
Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Larry O'Brien 14126247.1Alex Munter 10875236.2Bob Chiarelli (X) 4669715.6Jane Scharf 14670.5Piotr Anweiler 7620.3Robert Larter 6670.2Barkley Pollock 4320.1
Richmond Hill
Mayoral race Candidate Vote %Dave Barrow 22007 78.9David McCann 2261 9.5Anastasios Baxevanidis 2276 8.2Ramon Datol 962 3.5 Other races See main article
St. Catharines