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2006 Markham municipal election

FieldValue
election_name2006 Markham municipal election
typemunicipal
ongoingno
party_colourno
party_nameno
election_dateOctober 2006
next_year[2010](2010-york-region-municipal-elections-markham)
turnout58,409

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. 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.

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

CandidateVote%
Frank Scarpitti48,46282.97
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.

Regional Council

CandidateVote%
Carl Bodnar6,9623.99
Elagu Elaguppillai16,2469.30
Jack Heath (X)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

CandidateVote
Jason Buchholz88
Valerie Burke (X)3,434
Stan Daurio2,316

Ward 2

CandidateVote
Peter Michael Pavlovic699
Erin Shapero (X)4,355
Howard Shern216

Ward 3

CandidateVote
John Cabrelli2,013
Spaso Jovcevski426
Michael Skinner216
Kenny Szeto575
George Treheles718
Joseph Virgilio (X)3,327
Ivan Q. Yao450

Ward 4

CandidateVote
Tony Boseovski651
Alan Ho1,723
Ivy Lam731
Carolina Moretti (X)3,049
Nirmala Persaud-Armstrong1,431
Stephen Tonner96
Jim Treacy830
Brian Weller185

Ward 5

CandidateVote
Bala Balasubramaniam567
James Bush237
Colin J. Campbell3,758
John Webster (X)4,311

Ward 6

CandidateVote
Wafik Abadir460
Dan Horchik (X)3,151
Jim Kwan1,871

[[Ward 7 (Markham, Ontario)|Ward 7]]

CandidateVote
Tessa Benn-Ireland1,569
William Jeyaveeran775
Logan Kanapathi (X)3,088
Manpreet Minhas343
Yahya Qureshi1,224
Mohammed Rahman1,272
Jeffry Ruo595
Syed Zaidi340

Ward 8

CandidateVote
Alex Chiu (X)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

CandidateVote
Carol Cotton (X)1,983
Michael Viscounti1,547

Wards 4, 5, 7 and 8

CandidateVote
Frank Alexander2,243
Fen Chang864
Joseph Kurian596
Marlene Mogaudo (X)2,390

York Region District School Board

Wards 1 and 2

CandidateVote
Jay Badiani753
Susan Geller (X)5,223
Stan Korolnek2,122

Wards 3 and 6

CandidateVote
Marion Menzies813
Elizabeth Richardson (X)3,008
Gordon To2,546
Gary Unitas2,891

Wards 4 and 5

CandidateVote
Bill Crothers (X)ACCLAIMED

Wards 7 and 8

CandidateVote
Susie Gotha4,197
Neethan Shan8,230

Conseil Scolaire De District Du Centre-Sud-Ouest

CandidateVote
René Laurin (X)64
Paula Varvaro38

Conseil Scolaire De District Catholique Centre-Sud

CandidateVote
Yves Levesque (X)ACCLAIMED

References

References

  1. Province of Ontario. "Municipal Elections Act, 1996. S.O. 1996".
  2. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "Town of Markham -2006 Election Results (Mayor)".
  3. York Region Blogs. (2006). "Joe Voter".
  4. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "Regional Council Vote Results".
  5. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "Ward 1 Election Results".
  6. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "Ward 2 Election Results".
  7. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "Ward 3 Election Results".
  8. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "Ward 4 Election Results".
  9. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "Ward 5 Election Results".
  10. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "Ward 6 Election Results".
  11. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "Ward 7 Election Results".
  12. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "Ward 8 Election Results".
  13. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "YCDSB 1236 Election Results".
  14. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "YCDSB 4578 Election Results".
  15. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "YRDSB 12 Election Results".
  16. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "YRDSB 36 Election Results".
  17. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "YRDSB 45 Election Results".
  18. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "YRDSB 78 Results".
  19. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "FYRDSB Results".
  20. Town of Markham. (October 2006). "FYCDSB Results".
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