2006 Markham municipal election Turnout 58,409
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 .[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.
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.
Candidate Vote % Frank Scarpitti [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]
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 .
Candidate Vote Jason Buchholz 88 Valerie Burke (X)[5] 3,434 Stan Daurio 2,316
Candidate Vote Peter Michael Pavlovic 699 Erin Shapero (X)[6] 4,355 Howard Shern 216
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
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
Candidate Vote Bala Balasubramaniam 567 James Bush 237 Colin J. Campbell 3,758 John Webster (X)[9] 4,311
Candidate Vote Wafik Abadir 460 Dan Horchik (X)[10] 3,151 Jim Kwan 1,871
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
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 [ edit ] Wards 1, 2, 3 and 6[ edit ] Candidate Vote Carol Cotton (X)[13] 1,983 Michael Viscounti 1,547
Wards 4, 5, 7 and 8[ edit ] Candidate Vote Frank Alexander 2,243 Fen Chang 864 Joseph Kurian 596 Marlene Mogaudo (X)[14] 2,390
York Region District School Board [ edit ] Candidate Vote Jay Badiani 753 Susan Geller (X)[15] 5,223 Stan Korolnek 2,122
Candidate Vote Marion Menzies 813 Elizabeth Richardson (X)[16] 3,008 Gordon To 2,546 Gary Unitas 2,891
Candidate Vote Bill Crothers (X)[17] ACCLAIMED
Conseil Scolaire De District Du Centre-Sud-Ouest [ edit ] Candidate Vote René Laurin (X)[19] 64 Paula Varvaro 38
Conseil Scolaire De District Catholique Centre-Sud [ edit ] Candidate Vote Yves Levesque (X)[20] ACCLAIMED
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