Waterloo Region municipal elections, 2010
The Waterloo Region municipal election, 2010 were held in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo of Ontario on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.
Waterloo Regional Council
Chair
| Candidate |
Vote |
% |
| Ken Seiling (X) | 70,354 | 71.37 |
| Robert F. Milligan | 28,225 | 28.65 |
Council
Waterloo Regional Council includes the chair, the mayors of the seven constituent municipalities (see below) plus the following council races:
| Candidate |
Vote |
% |
| Cambridge (2 to be elected) |
| Jane Brewer (X) | 10,866 | 29.5 |
| Claudette M. Millar (X) | 9,270 | 25.1 |
| Atinuke Bankole | 6,086 | 16.5 |
| Glen A. Whetham | 5,970 | 16.2 |
| Robert A. Ross | 4,681 | 12.7 |
| Kitchener (4 to be elected) |
| Tom Galloway (X) | 22,268 | 19.38 |
| Jim Wideman (X) | 19,437 | 16.91 |
| Geoff Lorentz | 15,848 | 13.79 |
| Jean Haalboom (X) | 15,399 | 13.40 |
| Barbara J. da Silva | 11,217 | 9.76 |
| Derek Satnik | 7,939 | 6.91 |
| Kristen Porritt | 7,375 | 6.42 |
| Jason Hammond | 7,272 | 6.33 |
| Leszek Jankowski | 5,169 | 4.50 |
| Martin Schell | 3.006 | 2.62 |
| Waterloo (2 to be elected) |
| Sean Strickland (X) | 17,098 | 47 |
| Jane Mitchell (X) | 14,829 | 40.77 |
| Jack Hone | 4,448 | 12.23 |
Plebiscite
Question
"Should the Region of Waterloo fluoridate your municipal water?" |
| Choice |
Vote |
% |
| No | 15,461 | |
| Yes | 15,266 | |
(Vote only held in the City of Waterloo, and in the part of Woolwich and the small part of Kitchener that receive their water through the same system as Waterloo.)
Question
"Do you support the members of Kitchener and Waterloo councils engaging in discussions about the advantages and disadvantages of merging the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo?" |
| Choice |
Vote (Kitchener) |
Vote (Waterloo) |
Vote (Total) |
| Yes | 23,116 (65.0%) | 9,262 (34.6%) | 32,378 (51.0%) |
| No | 12,458 (35.0%) | 17,478 (65.4%) | 29,936 (49.0%) |
Voters in Kitchener overwhelmingly supported the measure, while voters in Waterloo were overwhelmingly against it.
| Mayoral Candidate |
Vote |
% |
| Doug Craig (X) | 11,230 | 47.8 |
| Linda Whetham | 6,727 | 28.6 |
| Andrew Johnson | 5,537 | 23.6 |
| City Council Candidate |
Vote |
% |
| Ward 1 |
| Donna Reid (X) | 585 | 21.7 |
| Mike Devine | 535 | 19.9 |
| Gord Hobbs | 432 | 16.0 |
| John Cosman | 362 | 13.4 |
| Steve Halicki | 199 | 7.4 |
| Joseph Gowing | 167 | 6.2 |
| Barbara Bierman | 140 | 5.2 |
| Sean McCafferty | 132 | 4.9 |
| Warren Pinder | 91 | 3.4 |
| Paulo Santos | 51 | 1.9 |
| Ward 2 |
| Rick Cowsill* (X) | 1,856 | 58.5 |
| Sandra Hill | 876 | 27.6 |
| Mark Fox | 225 | 7.1 |
| Visario Moustakas | 217 | 6.8 |
| Ward 3 |
| Karl Kiefer* (X) | 1,364 | 49.1 |
| Mike Toffner | 640 | 23.0 |
| Brian Santos | 564 | 20.3 |
| Bev McDowell | 210 | 7.55 |
| Ward 4 |
| Ben Tucci* (X) | 1,478 | 56.8 |
| Jan Liggett | 1,122 | 43.2 |
| Ward 5 |
| Pam Wolf* (X) | 2,344 | 71.4 |
| Brett Hagey | 513 | 15.6 |
| Rhonda MacDougall-Butcher | 426 | 13.0 |
| Ward 6 |
| Gary Price* (X) | 1,410 | 39.1 |
| Thomas Vann | 1,181 | 32.8 |
| Shannon Adshade | 1,013 | 28.1 |
| Ward 7 |
| Frank Monteiro* (X) | 1,241 | 62.5 |
| Gary Berger | 519 | 26.1 |
| Frank Curnew | 226 | 11.4 |
| Ward 8 |
| Nicholas Ermeta (X) | 1,274 | 42.8 |
| Gail Moorhouse | 736 | 24.7 |
| Susan Galvao | 724 | 24.3 |
| Bill Kirby | 246 | 8.3 |
| Mayoral Candidate |
Vote |
% |
| Carl Zehr (X) | 29,939 | 79.17 |
| Frank Kulscar | 4,072 | 10.77 |
| Don Pinnell | 3,805 | 10.06 |
| Mayoral Candidate |
Vote |
% |
| Robert Deutschmann | 1,936 | 56.3 |
| Kim Denouden (X) | 1,505 | 43.7 |
| Mayoral Candidate |
Vote |
% |
| Brenda Halloran (X) | 12,247 | |
| Jan d'Ailly | 7,092 | |
| Dale Ross | 5,466 | |
| Franklin Ramsoomair | 1,987 | |
| Mayoral Candidate |
Vote |
% |
| Ross Kelterborn (X) |
Acclaimed |
| Mayoral Candidate |
Vote |
% |
| Lee Armstrong | 2,138 | |
| Terry Broda | 1,784 | |
| Eliot Fung | 1,527 | |
| Paul Knowles | 1,333 | |
Incumbent mayor Wayne Roth is not running again in 2010.
| Mayoral Candidate |
Vote |
% |
| Todd Cowan | 2,777 | |
| Pat McLean | 1,784 | |
| William L. Strauss (X) | 1,483 | |
* = incumbent
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