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
Turnout	58,409

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]	48,462	82.97
Partap Dua	4,912	8.41
Stephen Kotyck	3,195	5.47
Sam Orrico	1,840	3.15

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

Regional Council

Candidate	Vote	%
Carl Bodnar	6,962	3.99
Elagu Elaguppillai	16,246	9.30
Jack Heath (X) [4]	29,037	16.63
Jim Jones (X)	29,514	16.90
Gordon Landon (X)	23,996	13.74
Joe Li	18,020	10.32
Arnel Scott	7,938	4.55
Khalid Usman	17,432	9.98
Tony C. Wong (X)	25,491	14.60

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

Ward 1

Candidate	Vote
Jason Buchholz	88
Valerie Burke (X)[5]	3,434
Stan Daurio	2,316

Ward 2

Candidate	Vote
Peter Michael Pavlovic	699
Erin Shapero (X)[6]	4,355
Howard Shern	216

Ward 3

Candidate	Vote
John Cabrelli	2,013
Spaso Jovcevski	426
Michael Skinner	216
Kenny Szeto	575
George Treheles	718
Joseph Virgilio (X)[7]	3,327
Ivan Q. Yao	450

Ward 4

Candidate	Vote
Tony Boseovski	651
Alan Ho	1,723
Ivy Lam	731
Carolina Moretti (X)[8]	3,049
Nirmala Persaud-Armstrong	1,431
Stephen Tonner	96
Jim Treacy	830
Brian Weller	185

Ward 5

Candidate	Vote
Bala Balasubramaniam	567
James Bush	237
Colin J. Campbell	3,758
John Webster (X)[9]	4,311

Ward 6

Candidate	Vote
Wafik Abadir	460
Dan Horchik (X)[10]	3,151
Jim Kwan	1,871

Ward 7

Candidate	Vote
Tessa Benn-Ireland	1,569
William Jeyaveeran	775
Logan Kanapathi (X)[11]	3,088
Manpreet Minhas	343
Yahya Qureshi	1,224
Mohammed Rahman	1,272
Jeffry Ruo	595
Syed Zaidi	340

Ward 8

Candidate	Vote
Alex Chiu (X)[12]	3,431
Jeremy Choi	340
Surinder S. Lamba	1,302
Ivy Lee	1533
Millicent Radway	275
Thaya Rajah	1,452

York Catholic District School Board

Wards 1, 2, 3 and 6

Candidate	Vote
Carol Cotton (X)[13]	1,983
Michael Viscounti	1,547

Wards 4, 5, 7 and 8

Candidate	Vote
Frank Alexander	2,243
Fen Chang	864
Joseph Kurian	596
Marlene Mogaudo (X)[14]	2,390

York Region District School Board

Wards 1 and 2

Candidate	Vote
Jay Badiani	753
Susan Geller (X)[15]	5,223
Stan Korolnek	2,122

Wards 3 and 6

Candidate	Vote
Marion Menzies	813
Elizabeth Richardson (X)[16]	3,008
Gordon To	2,546
Gary Unitas	2,891

Wards 4 and 5

Candidate	Vote
Bill Crothers (X)[17]	ACCLAIMED

Wards 7 and 8

Candidate	Vote
Susie Gotha	4,197
Neethan Shan[18]	8,230

Conseil Scolaire De District Du Centre-Sud-Ouest

Candidate	Vote
René Laurin (X)[19]	64
Paula Varvaro	38

Conseil Scolaire De District Catholique Centre-Sud

Candidate	Vote
Yves Levesque (X)[20]	ACCLAIMED

See also

• 2010 Markham municipal election

References

1. Province of Ontario. "Municipal Elections Act, 1996. S.O. 1996". Archived from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
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.
4. Town of Markham (October 2006). "Regional Council Vote Results". Archived from the original on 2007-08-03. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
5. Town of Markham (October 2006). "Ward 1 Election Results". Archived from the original on 2007-08-03. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
6. Town of Markham (October 2006). "Ward 2 Election Results". Retrieved October 9, 2010.
7. Town of Markham (October 2006). "Ward 3 Election Results". Archived from the original on 2007-08-03. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
8. Town of Markham (October 2006). "Ward 4 Election Results". Retrieved October 9, 2010.
9. Town of Markham (October 2006). "Ward 5 Election Results". Retrieved October 9, 2010.
10. Town of Markham (October 2006). "Ward 6 Election Results". Retrieved October 9, 2010.
11. Town of Markham (October 2006). "Ward 7 Election Results". Archived from the original on 2007-08-03. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
12. Town of Markham (October 2006). "Ward 8 Election Results". Archived from the original on 2007-08-03. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
13. Town of Markham (October 2006). "YCDSB 1236 Election Results". Archived from the original on 2007-08-03. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
14. Town of Markham (October 2006). "YCDSB 4578 Election Results". Archived from the original on 2007-08-03. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
15. Town of Markham (October 2006). "YRDSB 12 Election Results". Archived from the original on 2007-08-03. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
16. Town of Markham (October 2006). "YRDSB 36 Election Results". Archived from the original on 2007-08-03. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
17. Town of Markham (October 2006). "YRDSB 45 Election Results". Archived from the original on 2007-08-03. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
18. Town of Markham (October 2006). "YRDSB 78 Results". Archived from the original on 2007-08-03. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
19. Town of Markham (October 2006). "FYRDSB Results". Archived from the original on 2007-08-03. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
20. Town of Markham (October 2006). "FYCDSB Results". Archived from the original on 2007-08-03. Retrieved October 9, 2010.

External links

• Town of Markham - Home