Richmond Hill municipal election, 2006

The Town of Richmond Hill 2006 Municipal Elections were held on November 13, 2006. One mayor, two Regional & Local Councillors and six local Councillors were elected to represent residents of the town of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. Additionally, school trustees were elected to the York Region District School Board, York Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud.

These elections were held in conjunction with all other municipalities across Ontario (see Ontario municipal elections, 2006).

Potential issues

Changes to ward boundaries

Map of Richmond Hill's Wards

The boundaries for all six Richmond Hill wards changed on December 1, 2006. Although the boundary changes did not officially take place until shortly after the election, voters cast their ballots for Local Councillor based upon the following new boundaries:

Candidates

Mayor

Candidate Votes %
Dave Barrow 2200778.86
David McCann 22619.54
Anastasios Baxevanidis 22768.16
Ramon Datol 9623.45

Local Council

Ward 1

Candidate Votes %
Greg Beros 156838.34
Carrie Hoffelner 120929.56
Don Ciccone 74618.24
Heather Sinclair 3288.02
Donna Perrette 1613.94
Adam Dodwell 781.91

Ward 2

Candidate Votes %
Arnie Warner (incumbent) 2128 44.54
Asghar Naqvi 113823.82
Carmine Perrelli 109522.92
Mike McCallum 3547.41
D.L. Meitz 631.32

Ward 3

Candidate Votes %
David L. Cohen (incumbent) 217961.76
Natalie Helferty 68519.42
Vik Gandhi 43612.36
Arif Khan 2286.46

Ward 4

Candidate Votes %
Lynn Foster (incumbent) 404686.94
Shiraz Hudda 60813.06

Ward 5

Candidate Votes %
Nick Papa 250937.72
Elio Di Iorio (incumbent) 248037.28
Marg Aldridge 6099.16
Michael McGouran 5528.30
Nancy Storey 5027.55

Ward 6

Candidate Votes %
Godwin Chan 162733.17
Michael Latour 129226.34
Sandra Di Iorio 106921.79
Derek Wu 61412.52
Muhammad Ali 3036.18

School Boards

York Region District School Board - Wards 1, 4 and 6

Candidate Votes %
Diane Giangrande (incumbent) 562559.73
Carol Chan 379240.27

York Region District School Board - Wards 2, 3 and 5

Candidate Votes %
Carrie L. Sheppard 475348.15
Peter Luchowski 221422.43
Renu Duggal 146514.84
Shabbir Mohamed 143914.58

Note: On July 3, 2007 Trustee Carrie Sheppard submitted her resignation, on July 10, 2007 the position was awarded to the runner-up candidate Peter Luchowski

York Catholic District School Board

Candidate (2 Elected) Votes %
Ann Stong (incumbent) 430043.41
Mike Rizzi (incumbent) 374937.85
Jonathan J. Chan 185718.75

Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest

Candidate Votes %
René Laurin (incumbent) 9164.08
Paula Varvaro 5135.92

Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud

Candidate Votes %
Yves Levesque acclaimed

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