York Region municipal elections, 2010

Elections in the Regional Municipality of York of Ontario, Canada were held on 25 October 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province. The results below are unofficial, pending review from the respective clerk's office for each municipality. Each elected representative becomes a member of York Regional Council.

York Regional Council

PositionRepresentingCouncillorNotes
ChairBill Fischselected by Council
CouncillorAuroraGeoff DaweMayor of Aurora
CouncillorEast GwillimburyVirginia HacksonMayor of East Gwillimbury
CouncillorGeorginaRobert GrossiMayor of Georgina
CouncillorGeorginaDanny Wheeler
CouncillorKingSteve PellegriniMayor of King
CouncillorMarkhamFrank ScarpittiMayor of Markham
CouncillorMarkhamJack Heath
CouncillorMarkhamJim Jones
CouncillorMarkhamGordon Landon
CouncillorMarkhamJoe Li
CouncillorNewmarketTony van BynenMayor of Newmarket
CouncillorNewmarketJohn Taylor
CouncillorRichmond HillDave BarrowMayor of Richmond Hill
CouncillorRichmond HillVito Spatafora
CouncillorRichmond HillBrenda Hogg
CouncillorVaughanMaurizio BevilacquaMayor of Vaughan
CouncillorVaughanGino Rosati
CouncillorVaughanMichael Di Biase
CouncillorVaughanDeb Schulte
CouncillorWhitchurch-StouffvilleWayne EmmersonMayor of Whitchurch-Stouffville

Aurora

Mayoral Candidate [1] Vote[2] %
Geoff Dawe7,25455.1
Phyllis M. Morris (X)2,80521.3
Nigel Kean2,23917.0
Roger Clowater6525.0
Miroslav Prikryl2181.7

East Gwillimbury

Mayoral Candidate [3] Vote[4] %
Virginia Hackson3,77659.7
Jack W. Hauseman1,96431.0
Matthew C. Teeple5879.3

Georgina

Mayoral Candidate [5] Vote[6] %
Robert Grossi (X)6,15152.9
Peter Juras3,98334.3
Dave G. Pollock1,0128.7
Ken Craine4754.1

King

The official results for King were declared on 28 October 2010.[7] Of eligible voters, 49.94% cast a ballot.

Mayoral Candidate [8] Vote[7] %
Steve Pellegrini3,62748.8
Margaret Black (X)3,05041.1
Gordon Craig4566.1
Jeff Laidlaw2964.0

Markham

Markham municipal election, 2010
October, 2010
Turnout 64,135

Results

The following results are unofficial pending any recounts for closes races.

Mayor

Candidate Vote %
Frank Scarpitti (x)54,66085.23
Stephen Kotyck5,5668.68
Partap Dua3,9096.09

Regional councillor

Candidate Vote %
Jack Heath (x)37,36420.08
Jim Jones (x)27,71514.89
Gordon Landon (x)27,46114.76
Joe Li26,76414.38
Nirmala Armstrong23,16012.44
Dan Horchik20,87011.21
Peter Pavlovic17,1019.19
Sunny Deol8,5734.61
Surinder Issar5,6703.05

Heath, Jones and Landon were incumbent members of Regional Council. Jones is a former Progressive Conservative MP and Town Councillor. Landon is an incumbent member and longtime Regional Councillor. Horchik was incumbent Ward 6 Town Councillor. Heath was former Ward 5 Town Councillor.

Joseph Virgilio, who was appointed to council to replace the late Tony C. Wong, did not run in 2010.

Li has previously run for council in 2006. He ran as a Conservative candidate in the federal riding of Markham- Unionville in 2006 and 2004 and as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the federal riding of Scarborough—Rouge River in 1997.

Ward 1

Candidate Vote
Valerie Burke (x)4,142
Jim Common1,005
Mitch Klinger109

Burke has been councillor since 2006 and was former executive assistant to York Regional Council.

Ward 2

Incumbent councillor Erin Shapero decided not to run for re-election.

Candidate Vote
Howard Shore1928
Gary Kay1072
Peter Usprech255
Marlene Gallyot680
Ali Majidi77

Ward 3

Candidate Vote
Don Hamilton (x)5,310
John Cabrelli2,586
Gohar Jadoon109

Hamilton won the by-election in 2009 to replace Joseph Virgilio, who left to become York Regional Councillor in 2009 following the death of Tony C. Wong.

Ward 4

Candidate Vote
Carolina Moretti (x)4,803
Gin Siow3,201
Nadeem Qureshi702

Ward 5

Candidate Vote
Colin Campbell5,285
John Webster (x)4,671

Webster is a lifelong resident with family history in Markham and seeking a third term. Webster is also Markham's Town Crier.

Longtime Markham resident Hamilton is acting Chief Officer with the Toronto Fire Services.

Ward 6

Incumbent Dan Horchik sought a seat as Regional Councillor.

Candidate Vote
Alan Ho1,915
Jim Kwan1,710
David Papadimitrou1,552
Khalid Usman1,413
Meg Stokes1,078

Usman is former Ward 7 councillor 1998-2006 (left to run as Regional Councillor) and ran as a Liberal in the provincial election in 1995. Kwan former candidate for Ward 6 in 2006.

Ward 7

Candidate Vote
Logan Kanapathi (x)4,027
Debbie Wong3,168
Adnan Khan1,173
Raman Virk1,100
Mohammed Rahman1,050
Inderjit Basra393
Senthil Varatharajah210

Kanapathi was first elected in 2006 when former councillor Khalid Usman ran for Regional Council.

Ward 8

Candidate Vote
Alex Chiu (x)3,458
Joseph (Mohan) Remisiar2,274
Ivy Lee1,716
Bhopinder Mancoo349

Chiu is longtime Ward 8 councillor and was Ward 7 councillor before the re-division created new wards for Miliken Mills. Chiu has been in elected office since 1986 and is also a retailer at Market Village Mall.

Newmarket

Mayoral Candidate [9] Vote %
Tony Van Bynen (X)13,76881.0
Michael Casicone3,23119.0

Van Bynen won his second term as mayor and has been in elected office in Newmarket since 2000.

Richmond Hill

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate [10] Vote %
Dave Barrow (X)27,56789.8
Abu Alam3,13210.2

Regional councillor

Two regional council seats were contested in Richmond Hill.

Candidate Vote %
Brenda Hogg (X)1588934.19%
Vito Spatafora (X)1673436.01%
David L. Cohen1384529.79%

Cohen is former Ward 3 councillor.

Town Council

The incumbents of four of the six wards were challenged for council seats.

Ward 1 - Wilcox Lake, Bond Lake, Oak Ridges, Quaker

Candidate Vote %
Greg Beros (X)211344.76%
Carrie Hoffelner196541.62%
Jose Souto3076.5%
Adam Matanovic1713.62%
Adam Dodwell1653.5%

Ward 2 - Newkirk, Leno Park, Town Park

Candidate Vote %
Carmine Perrelli (X)159037.15%
Brian Hatt85419.95%
Karen Gelineau60414.11%
Marianne Yake53312.45%
Mahdieh Hajighazi3698.62%
Ehsan Haghi3307.71%

Incumbent councillor Arnie Warner did not run for re-election.

Ward 3 - Helmkay Park, Headford

Candidate Vote %
Castro Liu (X)206138.3%
Thomas Chong83315.48%
Lidia Kafieh69712.95%
Vik Gandhi61811.48%
Sarkis Assadourian5199.65%
Mehrdad Sabouhi4718.75%
Justin Lee1823.38%

Incumbent councillor Cohen ran for Regional Council. Gandhi ran in 2006 in Ward 3. Assadourian is a former Liberal MPP. Liu is a broadcaster with Fairchild Radio.

Ward 4 - Jefferson, Elgin Mills

Candidate Vote %
Lynn Foster (X)355365.65%
Angel Freedman185934.35%

Ward 5 - Yongehurst, Beverley Arces, Richvale

Candidate Vote %
Nick Papa (X)357257.18%
Karen Cilevitz214634.35%
Bruce Kurta3375.39%
Christopher Dimpopoulos1923.07%

Ward 6 - West Beaver Creek, East Beaver Creek

Candidate Vote %
Godwin Chan (X)372272.29%
Frank Mastroianni106320.64%
Sheeraz Hudda3647.07%

Vaughan

Mayoral Candidate [11] Vote %
Maurizio Bevilacqua45,05464.1
Linda D. Jackson (X)10,16914.5
Mario Racco10,13414.4
Paul Donofrio1,5532.2
Tony Lorini1,3011.9
David Natale9311.3
Tony Lombardi8391.2
Savino Quatela2520.4

Whitchurch–Stouffville

Mayoral Candidate [12] Vote[13] %
Wayne Emmerson (X)4,17839.9
Justin Altmann3,11330.0
Sue Sherban3,06429.2
Christine Vlachos1291.2

References

  1. ↑ "Registered Candidates". Town of Aurora. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  2. ↑ "Aurora's unofficial election results". Town of Aurora. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2011. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  3. ↑ "Registered Candidates". Town of East Gwillimbury. Archived from the original on October 22, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
  4. ↑ "Unofficial 2010 Municipal Election Results" (PDF). Town of East Gwillimbury. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 13, 2011. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  5. ↑ "Registered Candidates". Town of Georgina. Archived from the original on November 8, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  6. ↑ "Town of Georgina - Elections 2010". Town of Georgina. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  7. 1 2 "2010 Election Results - Official" (PDF). Clerk's Office, The Corporation of the Township of King. 28 October 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 25, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  8. ↑ "Registered Candidates". Township of King. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
  9. ↑ "Election Results - Town of Newmarket". Town of Newmarket. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
  10. ↑ "Vote 2010 - Town of Richmond Hill" (PDF). Town of Richmond Hill. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
  11. ↑ "Vaughan Votes". City of Vaughan. Archived from the original on November 3, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
  12. ↑ Whitchurch-Stouffville Votes. Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. Accessed 2010-09-12.
  13. ↑ "2010 Whitchurch-Stouffville Municipal Election Unofficial Results" (PDF). Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
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