2006 Richmond Hill municipal election

The Town of Richmond Hill 2006 Municipal Elections were held on November 13, 2006. One mayor, two Regional & Local Councillors and six local Councillors were elected to represent residents of the town of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. Additionally, school trustees were elected to the York Region District School Board, York Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud.

These elections were held in conjunction with all other municipalities across Ontario (see 2006 Ontario municipal elections).

Potential issues

Changes to ward boundaries
Map of Richmond Hill's Wards

The boundaries for all six Richmond Hill wards changed on December 1, 2006. Although the boundary changes did not officially take place until shortly after the election, voters cast their ballots for Local Councillor based upon the following new boundaries:

Candidates

Mayor
Candidate Votes %
Dave Barrow2200778.86
David McCann22619.54
Anastasios Baxevanidis22768.16
Ramon Datol9623.45

Local Council

Ward 1
Candidate Votes %
Greg Beros156838.34
Carrie Hoffelner120929.56
Don Ciccone74618.24
Heather Sinclair3288.02
Donna Perrette1613.94
Adam Dodwell781.91

Ward 2
Candidate Votes %
Arnie Warner (incumbent)212844.54
Asghar Naqvi113823.82
Carmine Perrelli109522.92
Mike McCallum3547.41
D.L. Meitz631.32

Ward 3
Candidate Votes %
David L. Cohen (incumbent)217961.76
Natalie Helferty68519.42
Vik Gandhi43612.36
Arif Khan2286.46

Ward 4
Candidate Votes %
Lynn Foster (incumbent)404686.94
Shiraz Hudda60813.06

Ward 5
Candidate Votes %
Nick Papa250937.72
Elio Di Iorio (incumbent)248037.28
Marg Aldridge6099.16
Michael McGouran5528.30
Nancy Storey5027.55

Ward 6
Candidate Votes %
Godwin Chan162733.17
Michael Latour129226.34
Sandra Di Iorio106921.79
Derek Wu61412.52
Muhammad Ali3036.18

School Boards

York Region District School Board - Wards 1, 4 and 6
Candidate Votes %
Diane Giangrande (incumbent)562559.73
Carol Chan379240.27

York Region District School Board - Wards 2, 3 and 5
Candidate Votes %
Carrie L. Sheppard475348.15
Peter Luchowski221422.43
Renu Duggal146514.84
Shabbir Mohamed143914.58

Note: On July 3, 2007 Trustee Carrie Sheppard submitted her resignation, on July 10, 2007 the position was awarded to the runner-up candidate Peter Luchowski

York Catholic District School Board
Candidate (2 Elected) Votes %
Ann Stong (incumbent)430043.41
Mike Rizzi (incumbent)374937.85
Jonathan J. Chan185718.75

Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest
Candidate Votes %
René Laurin (incumbent)9164.08
Paula Varvaro5135.92

Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud
Candidate Votes %
Yves Levesqueacclaimed

References
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