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

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Changes to ward boundaries

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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

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Mayor

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Candidate Votes %
Dave Barrow 22007 78.86
David McCann 2261 9.54
Anastasios Baxevanidis 2276 8.16
Ramon Datol 962 3.45

Local Council

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Ward 1

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Candidate Votes %
Greg Beros 1568 38.34
Carrie Hoffelner 1209 29.56
Don Ciccone 746 18.24
Heather Sinclair 328 8.02
Donna Perrette 161 3.94
Adam Dodwell 78 1.91

Ward 2

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Candidate Votes %
Arnie Warner (incumbent) 2128 44.54
Asghar Naqvi 1138 23.82
Carmine Perrelli 1095 22.92
Mike McCallum 354 7.41
D.L. Meitz 63 1.32

Ward 3

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Candidate Votes %
David L. Cohen (incumbent) 2179 61.76
Natalie Helferty 685 19.42
Vik Gandhi 436 12.36
Arif Khan 228 6.46

Ward 4

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Candidate Votes %
Lynn Foster (incumbent) 4046 86.94
Shiraz Hudda 608 13.06

Ward 5

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Candidate Votes %
Nick Papa 2509 37.72
Elio Di Iorio (incumbent) 2480 37.28
Marg Aldridge 609 9.16
Michael McGouran 552 8.30
Nancy Storey 502 7.55

Ward 6

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Candidate Votes %
Godwin Chan 1627 33.17
Michael Latour 1292 26.34
Sandra Di Iorio 1069 21.79
Derek Wu 614 12.52
Muhammad Ali 303 6.18

School Boards

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York Region District School Board - Wards 1, 4 and 6

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Candidate Votes %
Diane Giangrande (incumbent) 5625 59.73
Carol Chan 3792 40.27

York Region District School Board - Wards 2, 3 and 5

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Candidate Votes %
Carrie L. Sheppard 4753 48.15
Peter Luchowski 2214 22.43
Renu Duggal 1465 14.84
Shabbir Mohamed 1439 14.58

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

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Candidate (2 Elected) Votes %
Ann Stong (incumbent) 4300 43.41
Mike Rizzi (incumbent) 3749 37.85
Jonathan J. Chan 1857 18.75

Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest

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Candidate Votes %
René Laurin (incumbent) 91 64.08
Paula Varvaro 51 35.92

Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud

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Candidate Votes %
Yves Levesque acclaimed

References

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