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The 2006 Municipal Elections in Ontario will elect mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of Ontario's municipalities. Image File history File links free clipart image of ballot box and ballot File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... An election is a decision making process whereby people vote for preferred political candidates or parties to act as representatives in government. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked... A mayor (Latin maīor better) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... A councillor is a member of a council (such as a city council), particularly in the U.K. and its former colonies. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...

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Date

Municipal Elections in all Ontario municipalities are scheduled to occur on Monday, November 13, 2006. Currently, Municipal Elections in Ontario have fixed election dates, occuring every November, every three years. Monday is considered either the first or the second day of the week, between Sunday and Tuesday. ... November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


Term lengths

Currently, the Ontario Legislature is debating legislation (Bill 81, Schedule H) that may increase the length of terms in office for all municipal elected officials from three years to four. If passed, this would come into effect before these elections. It is widely speculated that this legislation will pass easily. The Ontario Legislature Building at Queens Park The Legislative Assembly of Ontario, is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario. ...


Races around the province

The city of Toronto almost always has combattive races during their municipal elections. Ottawa will also likely have a very heated mayor's race, with incumbant Bob Chiarelli, popular former councillor Alex Munter, and 2003 second-place finisher Terry Kilrea and other all contesting the seat. Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Established: March 6, 1834 Area: East to West: 43 km North to South: 21 km629. ... The 2006 Toronto municipal election will take place on 13 November 2006, to elect a mayor and 44 city councillors. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Established: Area: 2,778. ... Robert (Bob) Chiarelli (born September 24, 1941 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is the current (2005) mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ... Alex Munter (born 1968) is a left-wing politician in Ottawa, Canadas capital city. ... Terry Kilrea (born 1957 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a politician in Ottawa. ...


Other cities around the province will likely have competetive races emerge as well.


Brampton

Main article: Brampton municipal election, 2006 Bramptons City Hall Brampton, Ontario is a city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. ...



Mayoral race

Candidate Vote %
Susan Fennell (X)
John R.A. Moulton

Regional council In 1988, Susan was elected as City Councillor for Ward 3. ...

Candidate Vote %
Ward 1 & 5
Elaine Moore (X)
Ward 2 & 6
David A. Esho
Curtis Grant
Paul Palleschi (X)
Ward 3 & 4
Susan DiMarco (X)
Sukhwant Thethi
Ward 7 & 8
Gael Miles (X)
Ward 9 & 10
Sherdaljit Dhillon
Mahen Gupta
Dalbir S. Kathuria
John Sprovieri (X)

City council

Candidate Vote %
Ward 1 & 5
Grant Gibson (X)
Jagtar Shergill
Whoston Wray
Ward 2 & 6
Derrick Coke
Jim Howell
John A. Hutton (X)
Matthew Mburu Njenga
Doug Whillans
Ward 3 & 4
Balbir Babra
Bob Callahan (X)
Ernie Mcdonald
Maria Peart
Sheila White
Ward 7 & 8
Tom Armstrong
Curtis Grant
Sandra Hames (X)
John B. Spry
Ward 9 & 10
Mandeep Dhaliwal
Iqbal Dhillon
Vicky Dhillon
Daljit Gill
Garnett Manning (X)

Robert V. Callahan (born April 11, 1937 in New York City, New York) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. ...

Burlington

Main article: Burlington municipal election, 2006 Burlington (2001 population 150,836)[1] is located in the Golden Horseshoe, across the Lake Ontario and Burlington Bay harbour from Hamilton, in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. ...



Mayoral race

Candidate Vote %
Rick Burgess
Stephen Kolcun
Joan Lougheed

City council

Candidate Vote %
Ward 1
Mark Preston
Ward 2
Anne Marsden
Peter Thoem
Ward 3
Lisa Cooper
Ward 4
Jack Dennison (X)
Brian Heagle
Frank McKeown
Ward 5
Casey Cosgrove
Rick Goldring
Jeff Rottar
Sam Sarraf
Fred Suter
Ward 6
Catherine Brady

Greater Sudbury

Main article: Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2006 Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Established: Area: 3,354 km² Population:  - City (2001)  - CD Rank  - Municipal Rank 155,219 20th in Canada 26th in Canada Population density: 46. ...


Mayoral race

Candidate Vote %
David Chevrier
Lynne Reynolds

City council

Candidate Vote %
Ward 1
Joe Chimo
Ward 2
Terry Kett (X)
Ward 3
Mike Dupont
Ward 4
Robert Boileau
Ronald Bradley (X)
Evelyn Dutrisac
Ward 5
Ron Dupuis (X)
Ward 6
Robert Kirwan
André Rivest (X)
Ward 7
Dave Kilgour
Russ Thompson
Ward 8
Ted Callaghan (X)
Ward 9
Doug Craig (X)
Marvin Julian
Fran Nault
Jim Sartor
Ward 10
Frances Caldarelli (X)
Fern Cormier
Austin Davey
Ward 11
Mike Petryna
Rick Villeneuve
Ward 12
John Caruso
Derek Young

Hamilton

Main article: Hamilton municipal election, 2006 Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Area: 1,117. ...


Mayoral race

Candidate Vote %
Michael J. Baldasaro
Keith Beck
Larry Di Ianni (X)

City council Larry Di Ianni is the mayor of Hamilton, Ontario as of 2004. ...

Candidate Vote %
Ward 1
Brian McHattie (X)
Ward 2
Judy MacDonald-Musitano
Ward 3
Sean Gibson
Ward 4
Sam Merulla (X)
Ward 5
Chad Collins (X)
Ward 6
Xian Yi Yan
Ward 7
Mark-Alan Whittle
Ward 8
Ward 9
Phil Bruckler (X)
Ward 10
Ward 11
Joseph Baiardo
Sergio Della Fortuna
David L. Mitchell (X)
Ward 12
Ward 13
Ward 14
Ward 15
Margaret McCarthy (X)
Judi Partridge

Kitchener

Main article: Kitchener municipal election, 2006 Motto: ex industria prosperitas (Latin, prosperity through industry) Official website: http://www. ...


Mayoral race

Candidate Vote %
Frank Culcsar

City council

Candidate Vote %
Bridgeport-Centre Ward (1)
Chicopee-Grand River Ward (2)
Fairview-Gateway Ward (3)
Bob McColl
South Ward (4)
Forest-Rockway Ward (5)
West-Victoria Ward (6)
Leszek Jankowski
Scott Piatkowski

London

Main article: London municipal election, 2006 Nickname: The Forest City Established: Area: 421. ...


Mayoral race

Candidate Vote %
Anne Marie DeCicco (X)

Board of control Anne Marie DeCicco (born 1964) is the current mayor of London, Ontario, Canada. ...

Candidate Vote %
Milyn Hall
Gord Hume (X)
Russ Monteith (X)
Bud Polhill (X)

City council

Candidate Vote %
Ward 1
Roger Caranci
Gregory Thomas Fowler
Ward 2
Bill Armstrong (X)
Ward 3
Bernie MacDonald (X)
Ward 4
David Empey
J. Daniel O'Neail
Stephen Orser
Ward 5
Joni Baechler (X)
Ward 6
Nancy Ann Branscombe
Bob Howard
Stephen Turner
Ward 7
Walter G. Lonc
Ward 8
Josh Morgan
Paul Hubert
Ward 9
Chester Chwieko
Ed Corrigan
Ward 10
Paul Van Meerbergen (X)
Ward 11
Denise Brown
Ward 12
Jesse Haidar
Ward 13
Judy Bryant (X)
Robert Carlton
Sandy White (X)
Ward 14
Denise Bedard
Ma'in Sinan
Jim Wood

Markham

Main article: Markham municipal election, 2006 Markham is a town in York Region, directly north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...


Regional council

Candidate Vote %
Elagu Elaguppillai
Jack Heath (X)
Jim Jones (X)
Bill O'Donnell (X)

Town council

Candidate Vote %
Ward 1
Stan Daurio (X)
Ward 2
Peter Michael Pavlovic
Erin Shapero (X)
Ward 3
Ivan Yao
Ward 4
Nermala Persaud-Armstrong
Ward 5
James Bush
Colin J. Campbell
John Webster (X)
Ward 6
Ward 7
Logan Kanapathi
Ward 8
Alex Chiu (X)
Ivy Lee
Thaya Rajah

Erin Shapero Erin Shapero (b. ...

Oakville

Main article: Oakville municipal election, 2006 Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Avancez (from French meaning Advance). Established: Area: 138. ...


Mayoral race

Candidate Vote %
Rob Burton

Town & regional council

Candidate Vote %
Ward 1
Alan Johnston
Ward 2
Fred Oliver (X)
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Jeff Knoll (X)
Ward 6


Town & regional council Jeff Knoll is a local and regional town coucillor of Ward 5 in Oakville, Ontario. ...

Candidate Vote %
Ward 1
Ralph Robinson (X)
Ward 2
Cathy Duddeck (X)
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Marc Grant (X)
Ward 6
Milorad Mitrovic

Marc Grant is the Local Councillor for Ward 5 in Oakville, Onatrio, Canada. ...

Ottawa

Main article: Ottawa municipal election, 2006 Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Established: Area: 2,778. ... The 2006 Ottawa municipal election is scheduled to be held November 13, 2006. ...


Mayoral race

Candidate Vote %
Bob Chiarelli (X)
Terry Kilrea
Alex Munter
Don Rivington

Robert (Bob) Chiarelli (born September 24, 1941 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is the current (2005) mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ... Terry Kilrea (born 1957 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a politician in Ottawa. ... Alex Munter (born 1968) is a left-wing politician in Ottawa, Canadas capital city. ...

Mississauga

Main article: Mississauga municipal election, 2006 Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Pride in our past, Faith in our future Established: 1974 Area: 288. ...



Mayoral race

Candidate Vote %
Hazel McCallion (X)
Roy N. Willis

City council Mayor McCallion was named as a sponsor for a World Vision Canada charity campaign Hazels Hope, fighting AIDS in Africa. ...

Candidate Vote %
Ward 1
Carmen Corbasson (X)
Ursula Keuper-Bennett
Ward 2
Patricia Mullin (X)
Ward 3
Maja Prentice (X)
Ward 4
Frank Dale (X)
Marina Ghazvani
Ward 5
Eve Adams (X)
Said M. Aldajani
Ricardo C. Francis
Frank Perrotta
Ward 6
Carolyn Parrish
Terry Pierce, Jr.
Ron Starr
Olive Rose Steele
Ward 7
Nando Iannicca (X)
Beju Lakhani
Ward 8
Katie Mahoney (X)
Malih Siddiqi
Ward 9
Pat Saito (X)
Ward 10
Shahrukh Alam
John Briers
Tony Ciufo
Dale D'Souza
Adnan Hashmi
Matanat Khan
Craig Lawrence
Sue M. McFadden
Sean Pennells
Graziano Roti
Scott Wilson
Ward 11
George Carlson (X)
Xavier G. Pasicolan
Jason Roti

Mark Critch (left), Carolyn Parrish (right) and a Bush doll, in a skit that led to her dismissal from the Liberal caucus. ...

Toronto

Main article: Toronto municipal election, 2006 Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Established: March 6, 1834 Area: East to West: 43 km North to South: 21 km629. ... The 2006 Toronto municipal election will take place on 13 November 2006, to elect a mayor and 44 city councillors. ...



Mayoral race

Candidate Vote %
Nicholas Brooks
Douglas Campbell
Kevin Clarke
Dave DuMoulin
Ryan Goldhar
Monowar Hossain
Diana-De Maxted
David Miller (X)
Rodney Muir
Duri Naimji
Jane Pitfield
Lee Romano
Adam Sit
Bob Smith
Peter Styrsky
Scott Yee

Douglas Kay Campbell (born circa 1930) is a longtime political activist in Canada. ... David Miller (left, wearing the Mayors Chain of Office) marching with veteran Gene Dorotheo Sr. ... Jane Pitfield is a Toronto city councillor representing one of the two Don Valley West wards. ... Scott Yee is a Canadian politician, political activist and perennial candidate for public office. ...

Vaughan

Main article: Vaughan municipal election, 2006 Vaughan (2005 population 235,000)[1] is a city in York Region north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The 2006 Vaughan, municipal election will take place on 13 November 2006, to elect a mayor, three regional councillors and five local councillors in the city of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. ...



Mayoral race

Candidate Vote %
Michael Di Biase (X)
Gino Ruffolo
Robert Craig
Linda D. Jackson

Other races See main article This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...


Windsor

Main article: Windsor municipal election, 2006 Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Established: 1854 (as village) 1892 (as city) Area: City: 120. ...



City council

Candidate Vote %
Ward 1
Ward 2
Chris Schnurr
Ward 3
Ward 4
John Middleton
Ward 5
Stéphane Beaudin
B.J. Taylor

LInks


Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Elections Page


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City of Brantford Municipal Elections


City of Burlington Municipal Elections


City of Cambridge Municipal Elections


Community of Chatham-Kent Municipal Elections


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City of Hamilton Municipal Elections


City of Kingston Municipal Elections


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Town of Markham Municipal Elections


City of Mississauga Municipal Elections


City of Niagara Falls Municipal Elections


Town of Oakville Municipal Elections


City of Oshawa Municipal Elections


City of Ottawa Municipal Elections


City of Peterborough Municipal Elections


City of Sarnia Municipal Elections


City of Thunder Bay Municipal Elections


City of Toronto Municipal Elections


City of Waterloo Municipal Elections


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  Results from FactBites:
 
Thomson Nelson - Political Science Resource Centre (1396 words)
Ontario set up the Democratic Renewal Secretariat in 2003 to investigate electoral reform and other ideas to improve democracy in the province.
The raw survey data from the 1997 and 2004 elections are available for the CES and for the 1984-2000 election studies from York University.
Elections Canada provides the official results of the 1997 and 2000 general elections on line.
Elections in Canada - encyclopedia article about Elections in Canada. (3075 words)
Elections are generally held in either the fall or spring.
By-elections can be held between general elections when seats become vacant.
2006 - 39th general election is expected to be held during the winter of 2006.
  More results at FactBites »

 

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