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 .
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
Mayoral Candidate [ 1]
Vote[ 2]
%
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
Mayoral Candidate [ 3]
Vote[ 4]
%
Virginia Hackson
3,776
59.7
Jack W. Hauseman
1,964
31.0
Matthew C. Teeple
587
9.3
Mayoral Candidate [ 5]
Vote[ 6]
%
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
The official results for King were declared on 28 October 2010.[ 7]
Mayoral Candidate [ 8]
Vote[ 7]
%
Steve Pellegrini
3,627
48.8
Margaret Black (X)
3,050
41.1
Gordon Craig
456
6.1
Jeff Laidlaw
296
4.0
2010 Markham municipal election Turnout 64,135
The following results are unofficial pending any recounts for closes races.
Candidate
Vote
%
Frank Scarpitti (incumbent)54,660
85.23
Stephen Kotyck
5,566
8.68
Partap Dua
3,909
6.09
Regional councillor [ edit ]
Candidate
Vote
%
Jack Heath (incumbent)
37,364
20.08
Jim Jones (incumbent)27,715
14.89
Gordon Landon (incumbent)
27,461
14.76
Joe Li
26,764
14.38
Nirmala Armstrong
23,160
12.44
Dan Horchik
20,870
11.21
Peter Pavlovic
17,101
9.19
Sunny Deol
8,573
4.61
Surinder 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.[citation needed
Heath was former Ward 5 Town Councillor.[citation needed
Joseph Virgilio, who was appointed to council to replace the late Tony C. Wong, did not run in 2010.[citation needed
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. [citation needed
Candidate
Vote
Valerie Burke (incumbent)
4,142
Jim Common
1,005
Mitch Klinger
109
Burke has been councillor since 2006 and was former executive assistant to York Regional Council.[citation needed
Incumbent councillor Erin Shapero decided not to run for re-election.[citation needed
Candidate
Vote
Howard Shore
1928
Gary Kay
1072
Peter Usprech
255
Marlene Gallyot
680
Ali Majidi
77
Candidate
Vote
Don Hamilton (incumbent)
5,310
John Cabrelli
2,586
Gohar 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.[citation needed
Candidate
Vote
Carolina Moretti (incumbent)
4,803
Gin Siow
3,201
Nadeem Qureshi
702
Candidate
Vote
Colin Campbell
5,285
John 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.[citation needed
Longtime Markham resident Hamilton is acting Chief Officer with the Toronto Fire Services .[citation needed
Incumbent Dan Horchik sought a seat as Regional Councillor.[citation needed
Candidate
Vote
Alan Ho
1,915
Jim Kwan
1,710
David Papadimitrou
1,552
Khalid Usman
1,413
Meg 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.[citation needed
Candidate
Vote
Logan Kanapathi (incumbent)4,027
Debbie Wong
3,168
Adnan Khan
1,173
Raman Virk
1,100
Mohammed Rahman
1,050
Inderjit Basra
393
Senthil Varatharajah
210
Kanapathi was first elected in 2006 when former councillor Khalid Usman ran for Regional Council.[citation needed
Candidate
Vote
Alex Chiu (incumbent)
3,458
Joseph (Mohan) Remisiar
2,274
Ivy Lee
1,716
Bhopinder 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.[citation needed
Mayoral Candidate [ 9]
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.
Mayoral Candidate [ 10]
Vote
%
Dave Barrow (X)27,567
89.8
Abu Alam
3,132
10.2
Regional councillor [ edit ] 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.
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%
Mayoral Candidate [ 12]
Vote[ 13]
%
Wayne Emmerson (X)
4,178
39.9
Justin Altmann
3,113
30.0
Sue Sherban
3,064
29.2
Christine Vlachos
129
1.2
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