Elections in the Regional Municipality of York of Ontario, Canada were held on 25 October 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province. The results below are unofficial, pending review from the respective clerk's office for each municipality. Each elected representative becomes a member of York Regional Council.
York Regional Council Position Representing Councillor Notes Chair Bill Fisch selected by Council Councillor Aurora Geoff Dawe Mayor of Aurora Councillor East Gwillimbury Virginia Hackson Mayor of East Gwillimbury Councillor Georgina Robert Grossi Mayor of Georgina Councillor Georgina Danny Wheeler Councillor King Steve Pellegrini Mayor of King Councillor Markham Frank Scarpitti Mayor of Markham Councillor Markham Jack Heath Councillor Markham Jim Jones Councillor Markham Gordon Landon Councillor Markham Joe Li Councillor Newmarket Tony Van Bynen Mayor of Newmarket Councillor Newmarket John Taylor Councillor Richmond Hill Dave Barrow Mayor of Richmond Hill Councillor Richmond Hill Vito Spatafora Councillor Richmond Hill Brenda Hogg Councillor Vaughan Maurizio Bevilacqua Mayor of Vaughan Councillor Vaughan Gino Rosati Councillor Vaughan Michael Di Biase Councillor Vaughan Deb Schulte Councillor Whitchurch-Stouffville Wayne Emmerson Mayor of Whitchurch-Stouffville
Aurora Mayoral Candidate Vote % Geoff Dawe 7,254 55.1 Phyllis M. Morris (X) 2,805 21.3 Nigel Kean 2,239 17.0 Roger Clowater 652 5.0 Miroslav Prikryl 218 1.7
East Gwillimbury Mayoral Candidate Vote % Virginia Hackson 3,776 59.7 Jack W. Hauseman 1,964 31.0 Matthew C. Teeple 587 9.3
Georgina Mayoral Candidate Vote % Robert Grossi (X) 6,151 52.9 Peter Juras 3,983 34.3 Dave G. Pollock 1,012 8.7 Ken Craine 475 4.1
King The official results for King were declared on 28 October 2010. Of eligible voters, 49.94% cast a ballot. Mayoral Candidate Vote % Steve Pellegrini 3,627 48.8 Margaret Black (X) 3,050 41.1Gordon Craig 456 6.1 Jeff Laidlaw 296 4.0
Markham
Results
The following results are unofficial pending any recounts for closes races.
Mayor Candidate Vote %Frank Scarpitti (incumbent) 54,660 85.23Stephen Kotyck 5,566 8.68Partap Dua 3,909 6.09
Regional councillor
Candidate Vote %Jack Heath (incumbent) 37,364 20.08Jim Jones (incumbent) 27,715 14.89Gordon Landon (incumbent) 27,461 14.76Joe Li 26,764 14.38Nirmala Armstrong 23,160 12.44Dan Horchik 20,870 11.21Peter Pavlovic 17,101 9.19Sunny Deol 8,573 4.61Surinder Issar 5,670 3.05
Heath, Jones and Landon were incumbent members of Regional Council. Jones is a former Progressive Conservative MP and Town Councillor. Landon is an incumbent member and longtime Regional Councillor. Horchik was incumbent Ward 6 Town Councillor. Heath was former Ward 5 Town Councillor.
Joseph Virgilio, who was appointed to council to replace the late Tony C. Wong, did not run in 2010.
Li has previously run for council in 2006. He ran as a Conservative candidate in the federal riding of Markham- Unionville in 2006 and 2004 and as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the federal riding of Scarborough—Rouge River in 1997.
Ward 1 Candidate Vote Valerie Burke (incumbent) 4,142Jim Common 1,005Mitch Klinger 109
Burke has been councillor since 2006 and was former executive assistant to York Regional Council.
Ward 2
Incumbent councillor Erin Shapero decided not to run for re-election.
Candidate VoteHoward Shore 1928Gary Kay 1072Peter Usprech 255Marlene Gallyot 680Ali Majidi 77
Ward 3 Candidate VoteDon Hamilton (incumbent) 5,310John Cabrelli 2,586Gohar Jadoon 109
Hamilton won the by-election in 2009 to replace Joseph Virgilio, who left to become York Regional Councillor in 2009 following the death of Tony C. Wong.
Ward 4 Candidate Vote Carolina Moretti (incumbent) 4,803Gin Siow 3,201Nadeem Qureshi 702
Ward 5 Candidate VoteColin Campbell 5,285John Webster (incumbent) 4,671
Webster is a lifelong resident with family history in Markham and seeking a third term. Webster is also Markham's Town Crier.
Longtime Markham resident Hamilton is acting Chief Officer with the Toronto Fire Services.
Ward 6
Incumbent Dan Horchik sought a seat as Regional Councillor.
Candidate VoteAlan Ho 1,915Jim Kwan 1,710David Papadimitrou 1,552Khalid Usman 1,413Meg Stokes 1,078
Usman is former Ward 7 councillor 1998-2006 (left to run as Regional Councillor) and ran as a Liberal in the provincial election in 1995. Kwan former candidate for Ward 6 in 2006.
Ward 7 Candidate VoteLogan Kanapathi (incumbent) 4,027Debbie Wong 3,168Adnan Khan 1,173Raman Virk 1,100Mohammed Rahman 1,050Inderjit Basra 393Senthil Varatharajah 210
Kanapathi was first elected in 2006 when former councillor Khalid Usman ran for Regional Council.
Ward 8 Candidate Vote Alex Chiu (incumbent) 3,458Joseph (Mohan) Remisiar 2,274Ivy Lee 1,716Bhopinder Mancoo 349
Chiu is longtime Ward 8 councillor and was Ward 7 councillor before the re-division created new wards for Miliken Mills. Chiu has been in elected office since 1986 and is also a retailer at Market Village Mall.
Newmarket Mayoral Candidate Vote % Tony Van Bynen (X) 13,768 81.0 Michael Casicone 3,231 19.0
Van Bynen won his second term as mayor and has been in elected office in Newmarket since 2000.
Richmond Hill
Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Dave Barrow (X) 27,567 89.8 Abu Alam 3,132 10.2
Regional councillor
Two regional council seats were contested in Richmond Hill.
Candidate Vote % Brenda Hogg (X) 15889 34.19% Vito Spatafora (X) 16734 36.01% David L. Cohen 13845 29.79%
Cohen is former Ward 3 councillor.
Town Council
The incumbents of four of the six wards were challenged for council seats.
Ward 1 - Wilcox Lake, Bond Lake, Oak Ridges, Quaker
Candidate Vote % Greg Beros (X) 2113 44.76% Carrie Hoffelner 1965 41.62% Jose Souto 307 6.5% Adam Matanovic 171 3.62% Adam Dodwell 165 3.5%
Ward 2 - Newkirk, Leno Park, Town Park
Candidate Vote % Carmine Perrelli (X) 1590 37.15% Brian Hatt 854 19.95% Karen Gelineau 604 14.11% Marianne Yake 533 12.45% Mahdieh Hajighazi 369 8.62% Ehsan Haghi 330 7.71%
Incumbent councillor Arnie Warner did not run for re-election.
Ward 3 - Helmkay Park, Headford
Candidate Vote % Castro Liu (X) 2061 38.3% Thomas Chong 833 15.48% Lidia Kafieh 697 12.95% Vik Gandhi 618 11.48% Sarkis Assadourian 519 9.65% Mehrdad Sabouhi 471 8.75% Justin Lee 182 3.38%
Incumbent councillor Cohen ran for Regional Council. Gandhi ran in 2006 in Ward 3. Assadourian is a former Liberal MPP. Liu is a broadcaster with Fairchild Radio.
Ward 4 - Jefferson, Elgin Mills
Candidate Vote % Lynn Foster (X) 3553 65.65% Angel Freedman 1859 34.35%
Ward 5 - Yongehurst, Beverley Arces, Richvale
Candidate Vote % Nick Papa (X) 3572 57.18% Karen Cilevitz 2146 34.35% Bruce Kurta 337 5.39% Christopher Dimpopoulos 192 3.07%
Ward 6 - West Beaver Creek, East Beaver Creek
Candidate Vote % Godwin Chan (X) 3722 72.29% Frank Mastroianni 1063 20.64% Sheeraz Hudda 364 7.07%
Vaughan
Mayoral Candidate Vote %Maurizio Bevilacqua 45,054 64.1Linda D. Jackson (X) 10,169 14.5Mario Racco 10,134 14.4Paul Donofrio 1,553 2.2Tony Lorini 1,301 1.9David Natale 931 1.3Tony Lombardi 839 1.2Savino Quatela 252 0.4
Whitchurch–Stouffville Mayoral Candidate Whitchurch-Stouffville Votes . Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. Accessed 2010-09-12. Vote %Wayne Emmerson (X) 4,178 39.9Justin Altmann 3,113 30.0Sue Sherban 3,064 29.2Christine Vlachos 129 1.2
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