2006 Markham municipal election

The 2006 Markham municipal election was held in Markham, Ontario on November 13, 2006. The election was held as required by law for municipalities in the Province of Ontario.[1] Markham has a dual-tier government system where constituents elect ward councillors to town council and regional councillors to regional council and a mayor elected to both town council and regional council.

2006 Markham municipal election
October, 2006
Turnout58,409

Election

The election was held to elect a mayor, 4 regional councillors, 8 ward councillors and 8 school board trustees. The election was held in conjugation with other municipal elections across Ontario on this date.

There were 4 candidates running for mayor, 9 candidates running for regional council, 41 candidates running for ward council and 19 candidates running for various school boards. The election saw a turnout of 58,409 constituents out of the total 261,573 constituents living Markham, thus, a 22.33% turnout rate.

Results

Mayor
Candidate Vote %
Frank Scarpitti (X)[2]48,46282.97
Partap Dua4,9128.41
Stephen Kotyck3,1955.47
Sam Orrico1,8403.15

Notes: Orrico was charged with threatening Scarpitti by York Regional Police in relation with this election.[3]

Regional Council
Candidate Vote %
Carl Bodnar6,9623.99
Elagu Elaguppillai16,2469.30
Jack Heath (X) [4]29,03716.63
Jim Jones (X)29,51416.90
Gordon Landon (X)23,99613.74
Joe Li18,02010.32
Arnel Scott7,9384.55
Khalid Usman17,4329.98
Tony C. Wong (X)25,49114.60

Notes: 4 councillors and the mayor, representing Markham, were elected into regional council.

Ward 1
Candidate Vote
Jason Buchholz88
Valerie Burke (X)[5]3,434
Stan Daurio2,316

Ward 2
Candidate Vote
Peter Michael Pavlovic699
Erin Shapero (X)[6]4,355
Howard Shern216

Ward 3
Candidate Vote
John Cabrelli2,013
Spaso Jovcevski426
Michael Skinner216
Kenny Szeto575
George Treheles718
Joseph Virgilio (X)[7]3,327
Ivan Q. Yao450

Ward 4
Candidate Vote
Tony Boseovski651
Alan Ho1,723
Ivy Lam731
Carolina Moretti (X)[8]3,049
Nirmala Persaud-Armstrong1,431
Stephen Tonner96
Jim Treacy830
Brian Weller185

Ward 5
Candidate Vote
Bala Balasubramaniam567
James Bush237
Colin J. Campbell3,758
John Webster (X)[9]4,311

Ward 6
Candidate Vote
Wafik Abadir460
Dan Horchik (X)[10]3,151
Jim Kwan1,871

Ward 7
Candidate Vote
Tessa Benn-Ireland1,569
William Jeyaveeran775
Logan Kanapathi (X)[11]3,088
Manpreet Minhas343
Yahya Qureshi1,224
Mohammed Rahman1,272
Jeffry Ruo595
Syed Zaidi340

Ward 8
Candidate Vote
Alex Chiu (X)[12]3,431
Jeremy Choi340
Surinder S. Lamba1,302
Ivy Lee1533
Millicent Radway275
Thaya Rajah1,452

York Catholic District School Board

Wards 1, 2, 3 and 6
Candidate Vote
Carol Cotton (X)[13]1,983
Michael Viscounti1,547

Wards 4, 5, 7 and 8
Candidate Vote
Frank Alexander2,243
Fen Chang864
Joseph Kurian596
Marlene Mogaudo (X)[14]2,390

York Region District School Board

Wards 1 and 2
Candidate Vote
Jay Badiani753
Susan Geller (X)[15]5,223
Stan Korolnek2,122

Wards 3 and 6
Candidate Vote
Marion Menzies813
Elizabeth Richardson (X)[16]3,008
Gordon To2,546
Gary Unitas2,891

Wards 4 and 5
Candidate Vote
Bill Crothers (X)[17]ACCLAIMED

Wards 7 and 8
Candidate Vote
Susie Gotha4,197
Neethan Shan[18]8,230

Conseil Scolaire De District Du Centre-Sud-Ouest
Candidate Vote
René Laurin (X)[19]64
Paula Varvaro38

Conseil Scolaire De District Catholique Centre-Sud
Candidate Vote
Yves Levesque (X)[20]ACCLAIMED

See also
  • 2010 Markham municipal election

References
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  2. Town of Markham (October 2006). "Town of Markham -2006 Election Results (Mayor)". Retrieved January 21, 2012.
  3. York Region Blogs (2006). "Joe Voter". Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
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  18. Town of Markham (October 2006). "YRDSB 78 Results". Archived from the original on 2007-08-03. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
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