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. 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.
Election 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.
Results
Mayor Candidate Vote %Frank Scarpitti 48,462 82.97Partap Dua 4,912 8.41Stephen Kotyck 3,195 5.47Sam Orrico 1,840 3.15
Notes: Orrico was charged with threatening Scarpitti by York Regional Police in relation with this election.
Regional Council Candidate Vote %Carl Bodnar 6,962 3.99Elagu Elaguppillai 16,246 9.30Jack Heath (X) 29,037 16.63Jim Jones (X) 29,514 16.90Gordon Landon (X) 23,996 13.74Joe Li 18,020 10.32Arnel Scott 7,938 4.55Khalid Usman 17,432 9.98Tony C. Wong (X) 25,491 14.60
Notes: 4 councillors and the mayor, representing Markham, were elected into regional council.
Ward 1 Candidate VoteJason Buchholz 88Valerie Burke (X) 3,434Stan Daurio 2,316
Ward 2 Candidate VotePeter Michael Pavlovic 699Erin Shapero (X) 4,355Howard Shern 216
Ward 3 Candidate VoteJohn Cabrelli 2,013Spaso Jovcevski 426Michael Skinner 216Kenny Szeto 575George Treheles 718Joseph Virgilio (X) 3,327Ivan Q. Yao450
Ward 4 Candidate VoteTony Boseovski651Alan Ho 1,723Ivy Lam 731Carolina Moretti (X) 3,049Nirmala Persaud-Armstrong 1,431Stephen Tonner 96Jim Treacy 830Brian Weller 185
Ward 5 Candidate VoteBala Balasubramaniam 567James Bush 237Colin J. Campbell 3,758John Webster (X) 4,311
Ward 6 Candidate VoteWafik Abadir 460Dan Horchik (X) 3,151Jim Kwan 1,871
Ward 7 Candidate VoteTessa Benn-Ireland 1,569William Jeyaveeran 775Logan Kanapathi (X) 3,088Manpreet Minhas 343Yahya Qureshi 1,224Mohammed Rahman 1,272Jeffry Ruo 595Syed Zaidi 340
Ward 8 Candidate VoteAlex Chiu (X) 3,431Jeremy Choi 340Surinder S. Lamba 1,302Ivy Lee 1533Millicent Radway 275Thaya Rajah 1,452
York Catholic District School Board
Wards 1, 2, 3 and 6 Candidate VoteCarol Cotton (X) 1,983Michael Viscounti 1,547
Wards 4, 5, 7 and 8 Candidate VoteFrank Alexander 2,243Fen Chang 864Joseph Kurian 596Marlene Mogaudo (X) 2,390
York Region District School Board
Wards 1 and 2 Candidate VoteJay Badiani 753Susan Geller (X) 5,223Stan Korolnek 2,122
Wards 3 and 6 Candidate VoteMarion Menzies 813Elizabeth Richardson (X) 3,008Gordon To 2,546Gary Unitas 2,891
Wards 4 and 5 Candidate VoteBill Crothers (X) ACCLAIMED
Wards 7 and 8 Candidate VoteSusie Gotha 4,197Neethan Shan 8,230
Conseil Scolaire De District Du Centre-Sud-Ouest Candidate VoteRené Laurin (X) 64Paula Varvaro 38
Conseil Scolaire De District Catholique Centre-Sud Candidate VoteYves Levesque (X) ACCLAIMED
See also 2010 Markham municipal election
References
External links Town of Markham - Home