2010 Durham Region municipal elections

Elections were held in the Regional Municipality of Durham of Ontario on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

Durham Regional Council

Position	Elected
Ajax Mayor	Steve Parrish
Ajax Wards 1 & 2	Shaun Collier
Ajax Wards 3 & 4	Colleen Jordan
Brock Mayor	Larry O'Connor
Brock Councillor	Debbie Bath
Clarington Mayor	Adrian Foster
Clarington Wards 1 & 2	Mary Novak
Clarington Wards 3 & 4	Willie Woo
Oshawa Mayor	John Henry
Oshawa Councillor	Nancy Diamond
Oshawa Councillor	Nester Pidwerbecki
Oshawa Councillor	Tito-Dante Marimpietri
Oshawa Councillor	John Neal
Oshawa Councillor	John R. Aker
Oshawa Councillor	Amy England
Oshawa Councillor	Bob Chapman
Pickering Mayor	Dave Ryan
Pickering Ward 1	Jennifer O'Connell
Pickering Ward 2	Bill McLean
Pickering Ward 3	Peter Rodrigues
Scugog Mayor	Chuck Mercier
Scugog Councillor	Bobbie Drew
Uxbridge Mayor	Gerri Lynn O'Connor
Uxbridge Councillor	Jack Ballinger
Whitby Mayor	Pat Perkins
Whitby Councillor	Don Mitchell
Whitby Councillor	Lorne Earle Coe
Whitby Councillor	Joe Drumm

Plebiscite

Are you in favour of the Council of the Regional Municipality of Durham passing the necessary resolutions and by-laws to change the method of selecting its Chair from appointment by the members of Regional Council to election by general vote of all electors in the Region?

Option [1]^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Vote	%
Yes	95,377	79.70
No	24,289	20.30

Ajax

The following are the official results for the Town of Ajax.^[1]

Mayor

Candidate	Vote	%
Steve Parish (X)	13,541	79.08
Sherry Clymer	3,582	20.92

Brock

Larry O'Connor, the incumbent mayor of Brock, was reelected by a margin of just 13 votes over challenger Terry Clayton, who had previously been mayor of the township from 2000 to 2003. The narrow margin resulted in an ongoing judicial recount battle;^[2] the township used a mail-in voting system in 2010, and when ballots which were postmarked before election day but arrived late were counted, O'Connor's margin of victory was reduced to just three votes.^[2]

O'Connor voluntarily resigned as mayor on March 28, 2011,^[3] and the township council subsequently appointed Clayton as the new mayor.^[4]

Mayoral Candidate [2]	Vote	%
Larry O'Connor (X)	2,339	50.14
Terry Clayton	2,326	49.86

Clarington

The following are the official results for the Municipality of Clarington.^[5]

Mayor

Candidate	Vote	%
Adrian Foster	6,905	35.51
Jim Abernethy (X)	6,135	31.55
Paul Adams	5,740	29.52
Jeremy Woodcock	664	3.42

Regional Councillors

Two Regional Councillors were elected in 1 of 2 wards.

Candidate	Vote	%
Wards 1 & 2
Mary Novak (X)	4,113	39.15
Don MacArthur	3,475	33.08
Lynn McCullough	2,917	27.77
Wards 3 & 4
Willie Woo	5,960	70.73
Gord Robinson	2,354	27.93
Carl Zmozynski	113	1.34

Local Councillors

Four Local Councillors were elected in 1 of 4 wards.

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Joe Neal	2,046	36.73
Oudit Rai	1,216	21.83
Mark Stanisz	733	13.16
Steven Conway	590	10.59
Paul Powers	570	10.23
Karen Hills	301	5.40
Donald Baragar	115	2.06
Ward 2
Ron Hooper (X)	4,067	82.26
Steve Rowland	511	10.34
Kenneth Finney	366	7.40
Ward 3
Corinna Traill	1,694	43.69
Tracey Ali	1,012	26.10
Mark Canning	635	16.38
Steve Simic	536	13.83
Ward 4
Wendy Partner	1,183	27.85
Tim Tufts	925	21.77
Robert Jackson	592	13.94
Cecil Mackesey	581	13.28
Dean Perrin	564	13.28
Chris Brown	325	7.65
Robert Willett	78	1.84

Oshawa

Mayoral Candidate [3]	Vote	%
John G. Henry	15,268	46.58
John Gray (X)	8,973	27.37
Louise V. Parkes	3,941	12.02
Cathy Clarke	2,959	9.02
Bill Longworth	1,383	4.21
Eve E. Simson	137	0.41
Dale Jodoin	115	0.35

Pickering

Mayoral Candidate [4]	Vote	%
Dave Ryan (X)	10,361	51.21
Maurice Brenner	8,661	42.80
Ken W. Nash	1,212	5.99

Scugog

Mayoral Candidate [5]	Vote	%
Chuck Mercier	4,690	55.95
Jim McMillen	3,692	44.05

Uxbridge

Mayoral Candidate [6]	Vote	%
Gerri Lynn O'Connor	4,293	53.04
Bob Shepherd (X)	3,150	38.92
George Apostolou	651	8.04

Whitby

Mayoral Candidate [7]	Vote	%
Pat Perkins (X)	12,064	47.55
Rocky Varcoe	8,987	35.42
Marcel Brunelle	4,322	17.03

References

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ^a ^b Carola Vyhnak (February 15, 2011). "Political soap opera ripping Brock apart". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
^ "Mayor Larry O'Connor resigns". mykawartha.com, March 29, 2011.
^ "Clayton appointed mayor". mykawartha.com, May 2, 2011.
^ "Error".

[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[opera-2] Carola Vyhnak (February 15, 2011). "Political soap opera ripping Brock apart". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

[3] "Mayor Larry O'Connor resigns". mykawartha.com, March 29, 2011.

[4] "Clayton appointed mayor". mykawartha.com, May 2, 2011.

[5] "Error".

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