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Content may change dramatically as the election approaches and unfolds. | The Brampton municipal election, 2006 will take place on 13 November 2006, to elect a mayor, five regional councillors and five local councillors in the city of Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It is being held in conjunction with all other municipalities in Ontario. See Ontario municipal elections, 2006. Image File history File links Vote. ...
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November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ...
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Bramptons City Hall Brampton (IPA: ) is a city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. ...
The 2006 Municipal Elections in Ontario will elect mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of Ontarios municipalities. ...
It is called CityVote 2006 by the City's website.
The nomination period ended on Friday 29 September 2006; thirty candidates registered in the two weeks prior. Six candidates withdrew after this point, before the cut-off of 5 pm Monday.
There are a total of 96 candidates running for political office.[1]
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Candidates
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Mayor -
- Mayor Fennell served as a city councillor, then a regional councillor, prior to becoming Mayor. She is currently a member of the Peel Regional Police Services Board, Large Urban Mayors Caucus of Ontario, the board of Hydro One Brampton, the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance, and two time chair of the Infrastructure and Transportant Committee of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Previously she was commissioner of the National Women's Hockey League, and involved in the Brampton Board of Trade, Downtown Business Improvement Area, and Sheridan College Board of Governors.
- Sunny Gandhi OFFICIAL WEBSITE
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- Gandhi is a 29-year-old small business owner, with no previous political experience.
- Amjid Iqbal NO OFFICIAL WEBSITE EXISTS
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- Iqbal is a 35-year-old mortgage agent. The extent of Iqbal's previous political experience was a 2003 campaign for regional council.
- John R.A. Moulton NO OFFICIAL WEBSITE EXISTS
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- Moulton is a 49-year-old "enterpreneur",[2] living in downtown Brampton. He is placed 170th out of 174 in the Canadian Classic Table Hockey Federation's rankings as of October 9, 2006.[3]
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- Sharda is a 40-year-old lawyer, with no previous political experience.
[edit] Mayor Fennell warms up the crowd at a Brampton Battalion tailgate party. ...
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities is a civic advocacy group composed of every municipality in Canada. ...
The National Womens Hockey League (NWHL) is the highest level of womens ice hockey in the world. ...
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Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a diploma and degree granting Canadian polytechnic institute with campuses in Oakville, Ontario and Brampton, Ontario, both western suburbs of Toronto. ...
Wards 1, 5 [edit]
Regional council - Bill Blousfield
- Janet Hamilton
- Tejinder Lamba
- Elaine Moore, incumbent
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City council Incumbent Grant Gibson has six candidates challenging his re-election. Among the challengers is Stephanie Beaumier, daughter of Brampton-West MP Colleen Beaumier. Gibson has held the seat for over a decade. Colleen Beaumier (born November 8, Canadian politician, serving currently as an MP for the riding of Brampton West-Mississauga. ...
- Stephanie Beaumier OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- Grant Gibson, incumbent
- Malcolm Jones
- Larry Lee OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- Jeffrey Schrik
- Jagtar Shergill OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- Whoston Wray
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Wards 2, 6 [edit]
Regional council Wikinews has news related to: - Vicky Colbourne interview
- Curtis Grant interview
- Vicky Colbourne
- David Esho
- Curtis Grant OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- Chuck Jeffrey
- Paul Palleschi, incumbent
- Tejinder Singh
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City council Incumbent John Hutton has ten candidates challenging his re-election, the most of any riding. Among the challengers is Doug Whillans, son of the late Ken Whillans, a former Brampton mayor. Hutton has held the seat for 21 years. Image File history File links Wikinews-logo. ...
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- Derrick Coke
- Jassi Dhillon
- Navdeep Gill OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- Ralph Irving Greene
- Jim Howell
- John A. Hutton, incumbent
- Adrian Avinash Lalla
- Paul Mangat
- Mathew Njenga OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- Joyce Rodriguez
- Doug Whillans OFFICIAL WEBSITE
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Wards 3, 4 [edit]
Regional council Incumbent Susan DiMarco has four candidates challenging her re-election. Among the challengers is John Sanderson who is the 2005 City of Brampton Citizen of the Year, as well as awards from the Brampton Board of Trade and Canadian Chamber of Commerce. Note that candidate Tejinder Singh Bhatta withdrew from the race. John Sanderson John Sanderson is a notable business person in Brampton, Ontario. ...
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City council - Balbir Babra
- Manny Bianchi-Morfino
- Bob Callahan, incumbent
- Dolly Khokhar
- Maria Peart
- Tim Turcott
- Innocent Watat
- Sheila White
Note that candidate Ernie Macdonald withdrew from the race. Robert V. Callahan (born April 11, 1937 in New York City, New York) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. ...
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Wards 7, 8 [edit]
Regional council [edit]
City council - Khalid Alvi, lost in 2003 election for city wards 7 & 8
- Tom Armstrong
- Sandra Hames, incumbent OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- Vaughn Parker
- John B. Spry, lost in 2003 election for wards 9 & 10[4]
Note that candidate Curtis Grant withdrew early in the race, and Oscar R. Odulio followed. [edit]
Wards 9, 10 [edit]
Regional council Wikinews has news related to: - Derek Begley interview
- Dalbir S. Kathuria interview
Incumbent John Sprovieri has six candidates challenging his re-election. Among the challengers is Derek Begley, son of retired regional councillor Rhoda Begley. Johal has acted as MP Gurbax Malhi's representative, in at least one occasion.[5] Image File history File links Wikinews-logo. ...
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Gurbax Singh Malhi (born October 12, 1949 to a Sikh family in Chugha Kalan, Punjab, India) is a Canadian politician. ...
- Derek Begley OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- Sherdaljit Dhillon
- Mahen Gupta
- Satpaul Johal
- Dalbir S. Kathuria
- Vahid Saadati-Khanshir
- John Sprovieri, incumbent OFFICIAL WEBSITE
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City council Five candidates are contesting incumbent Garnett Manning's seat, including Daljit Gill, a one-term Peel District School Board trustee. Dhillon is the Brampton--Springdale riding association president for the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario). Note that candidates Iqbal Dhillon, David A. Esho, and Whoston Wray withdrew from the race. [edit]
Peel District School Board The Peel District School Board runs a website about its trustees and their roles. [edit]
Wards 1, 3 - David Green, incumbent
- Ian Irving
- Dhaval R. B. Patel
- Richard Gordon Patywich
- Satwant Singh Sidhu
Note that candidate Laura J. Zilney withdrew from the race. [edit]
Wards 2, 9, 10 There is no incumbent in these wards, as one-term trustee Daljit Gill is running for city council. - Gurmail Singh Dhir
- Suman Gupta
- Ibrar Khan
- Iqbal Mahal
- Suzanne Nurse OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- Maninder Sethi
- Harbans Singh
Note that candidates Mahesh Malhi, Pretam Kaur Purewal, Maninder Singh, and Raguhbir Singh withdrew from the race. [edit]
Wards 4, 5, 6 - Steve Kavanagh, incumbent
- Victoria D. Nelson
- Gary Rao
- Raguhbir Singh
- Carole Walker
- Fraser K. Williamson, lost in 2003 election for wards 4, 5 & 6
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Wards 7, 8 Beryl Ford is the only acclamation to any political seat in Brampton. [edit]
Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board [edit]
Wards 1, 3, 4 There is no incumbent in these wards. - Tony Da Silva
- Shirley Packalen
- Steven Thomas, lost in 2003 election for wards 1, 3 & 4
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Wards 2, 5, 6 - Frank Turner
- Linda Zanella, incumbent
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Wards 7, 8, 9, 10 There is no incumbent in these wards. - Joyce Anderson
- Lety Armstrong
- Janice Gordon
- Jeffrey Grima
- Carmela Marino
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Conseil Scolaire de District du Centre Sud-Ouest and Conseil Scolaire de District du Centre Centre-Sud There are no candidates for these positions. [edit]
References - ^ Technically, only 95 are running for office, as Beryl Ford has been acclaimed to Peel District School Board trustee, wards 7, 8.
- ^ Quotation marks around the word "entrepreneur" are that of the Brampton Guardian, likely to reflect an ambiguous answer. "Election campaign under way", The Brampton Guardian, Brampton: Metroland Newspapers, 4 October 2006.
- ^ Canadian Classic Table Hockey Federation rankings
- ^ Spry is a Serving Member of the Order of St. John.
- ^ http://www.aluminum.org/Template.cfm?Section=Home&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=10021
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