York Region municipal elections, 2014

Elections in the Regional Municipality of York of Ontario, Canada were held on October 27, 2014 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

York Regional Council

Position Representing Councillor Notes
Chair (selected by council) Wayne Emmerson former Mayor of Whitchurch-Stouffville
Councillor Aurora Geoffrey Dawe Mayor of Aurora
Councillor East Gwillimbury Virginia Hackson Mayor of East Gwillimbury
Councillor Georgina Margaret (Jordan) Quirk 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 Joe Li
Councillor Markham Nirmala Armstrong
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 Michael Di Biase
Councillor Vaughan Mario Ferri
Councillor Vaughan Gino Rosati
Councillor Whitchurch–Stouffville Justin Altmann Mayor of Whitchurch–Stouffville

Returning candidates running include Heath (Markham), Jones (Markham) and Li (Markham). Long-time Markham councillor Landon and current Chair Bill Fisch are not running for council.

Aurora

Mayoral candidate [1] Vote[2] %
Geoffrey Dawe (X) 8,903 68.44
John Gallo 4,106 31.56

East Gwillimbury

Mayoral candidate [3] Vote[4] %
Virginia Hackson (X) 4,068 58.41
Cathy Morton 2,897 41.59

Georgina

Mayoral candidate [5] Vote[6][7] %
Margaret (Jordan) Quirk 7,226 58.86
Robert Grossi (X) 4,618 37.62
John Ancuta 367 2.99

King

Mayoral candidate [8] Vote %
Steve Pellegrini (X) Acclaimed

Markham

Mayor

Mayoral candidate Votes Vote % Vote Δ(%) Election spending
Frank Scarpitti (X) 50,065 70.97 -14.15
Stephen Kotyck 10,683 15.14 +6.41
Patrick Cottrell 3,621 5.13
Partap Dua 3,326 4.71 -1.43
James Treacy 2,850 4.04

On October 16, 2014, Treacy 'withdrew' from the race and endorsed Kotyck.[9] However his name still appeared on the ballot as his 'withdrawal' was past the deadline.

Regional Councillor

In Markham, Regional Councillors serve on both the City Council as well as York Region Council. Electors can vote for up to four candidates on their ballots, equal to the total number that may be elected. The four winning candidates are those whom receive the highest number of votes. The candidate with the highest number of votes received also serves as Deputy Mayor.

Regional councillor candidate Votes Vote % Vote Δ(%) Election spending
Jack Heath (X) 37,668 16.67 -3.41%
Jim Jones (X) 33,119 14.65 -0.24%
Joe Li (X) 29,247 12.94 -1.44%
Nirmala Armstrong (X) 23,834 10.54 -1.90%
Sophia Sun 16,931 7.49
Peter Pavlovic 16,413 7.26 -1.93%
Ivy Lee 15,799 6.99
Bin Chang 14,863 6.58
Charles Deacon 14,042 6.21
Tammy Mok 11,827 5.23
Nadeem Qureshi 7,315 3.24
Surinder Issar 4,971 2.20 -0.85%

Incumbents Jack Heath, Jim Jones, and Joe Li sought re-election, while Gordon Landon announced his retirement before the close of nominations.

The election returned all standing incumbents to office. Landon's vacated seat was won by Nirmala Armstrong.

Ward 1

Councillor candidate Votes Vote % Election spending
Valerie Burke (X) 7,055 71.48
Howard Ian Shore 2,815 28.52

Markham reviewed the boundaries of its ward system in 2013. In an attempt to balance the City's electoral districts to match current population and growth patterns, it merged Thornhill's two wards into one. As a result, incumbents Burke and Shore ran against each other to represent the new ward.

Ward 2

Councillor candidate Votes Vote % Election spending
Alan Ho (X) 2,932 39.29
Jim Kwan 1,905 25.53
David Papadimitriou 1,693 22.69
Daphne Wong 933 12.50

New Ward 2 created for 2014 from former Ward 6 with old Ward 6 councillor Alan Ho running. David Papadimitriou and Jim Kwan ran in old Ward 6 in last election.

Ward 3

Councillor candidate Votes Vote % Vote Δ(%) Election spending
Don Hamilton (X) 6,212 74.17 +8.55
Nelson Cheng 604 7.21
Vincent Cheung 592 7.07
Christine Brawley 465 5.55
Adam Poon 330 3.94
Jawed Syed 172 2.05

The boundaries of the ward were left unchanged after the 2013 review. Incumbent Don Hamilton faced a wider field of challengers, none of which stood against him in 2010.

Ward 4

Councillor candidate Votes Vote % Election spending
Karen Rea (X) 4,754 42.89
Carolina Moretti 3,158 28.49
Neil Thomas 1,941 17.51
Stephen McLeod 1,231 11.11

Ward 4 is newly created from former parts of old Ward 4 and 6. Phil Richardson has withdrawn from the race in Ward 4.

Ward 5

Councillor candidate Votes Vote % Election spending
Colin Campbell (X) 3,527 55.21
Raj Subramaniam 1,313 20.55
Compass Chung 855 13.38
John Egsgard 567 8.88
Siva Sivagnanam 126 1.97

Ward 5 boundaries changed from 2010 with parts of former Ward 4.

Ward 6

Councillor candidate Votes Vote % Election spending
Amanda Yeung-Collucci (X) 1,683 25.86
Benson Lau 1,442 22.16
Cliff Redford 1,092 16.78
Raymond Miu 934 14.35
Gin Siow 990 15.21
Zach Armstrong 366 5.62

Ward 6 is newly created from parts of old Wards 4 and 6. All new candidates as current Ward 6 councillor Alan Ho ran in the new Ward 2 and current Ward 4 Councillor Carolina Moretti ran in the new ward 4. Siow ran in the old Ward 4 in last election.

Ward 7

Councillor candidate Votes Vote % Vote Δ(%) Election spending
Logan Kanapathi (X) 5,673 48.25 +12.04
Khalid Usman 3,539 30.10
Shusmita Sharma 1,308 11.12
Sothy Sella 1,078 9.17
Vasu Murugesu 160 1.36

The ward boundaries were unchanged following the 2013 review. Khalid Usman is former Ward 7 councillor and ran for Ward 6 in 2010 and as regional councillor in 2006.

Ward 8

Councillor candidate Votes Vote % Election spending
Alex Chiu (X) 2,828 30.54
Isa Lee 2,692 29.07
Joseph (Mohan) Remisiar 2,238 24.17
Miriam Ku 759 8.20
Peter Deboran 743 8.02

Ward 8 has new boundaries with parts transferred from old Wards 2 and 6.

Endorsements

Media

The Toronto Star endorsed Stephen Kotyck for Mayor[10]

Community Groups

"Markham Residents for Responsible Community Planning" endorsed the following:[11][12]

"Markham Citizens Coalition for Responsive Government" endorsed:[13][14]

Newmarket

Mayoral candidate [15] Vote[16] %
Tony Van Bynen (X) 10,816 54.01
Chris Campbell 7,804 38.97
Dorian Baxter 1,407 7.03

Richmond Hill

As of September 2014, incumbent mayor Barrow is in court facing conflict on interest complaint and maybe removed from office if found guilty, but the ruling may not be made until after the elections in October.[17] Perrelli is incumbent Ward 2 councillor running as mayor.

Mayoral candidate [18][19] Vote %
Dave Barrow (X) 23,397 63.74
Carmine Perrelli 12,320 33.56
Anastasios Baxevanidis 989 2.69

Vaughan

Mayoral candidate [20] Vote %
Maurizio Bevilacqua (X) 43,894 78.41
Daniel De Vito 6,792 12.13
Paul Donofrio 4,440 7.93
Savino Quatela 852 1.52

Whitchurch–Stouffville

Incumbent mayor Wayne Emmerson is not running in 2014.[21] Incumbent Ward 2 councillor Bannon is running for mayor.

Mayoral candidate [22] Vote[23] %
Justin Altmann 4,365 33.35
Phil Bannon 4,006 30.61
Richard Bartley 3,464 26.47
Arnold Neufeldt-Fast 1,047 8.00
Willie Reodica 205 1.57

References

  1. ↑ "Town of Aurora". Town.aurora.on.ca. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Weir, Brock (27 October 2014). "Dawe re-elected for second term; new and familiar faces join Council". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Certified List of Candidates". Eastgwillimbury.ca. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "2014 Municipal Election Certified Results". Town of East Gwillimbury. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Corporation of the Town of Georgina Official Website". Georgina.ca. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Riedner, Heidi (27 October 2014). "Quirk knocks off 5-time mayor Grossi in Georgina". Georgina Advocate. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Certificate of Election Results" (PDF). Town of Georgina. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "2014 Election". King.ca. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  9. ↑ Bartholet, Brenda (16 October 2014). "Markham mayoral hopeful Treacy joins rival Kotyck’s campaign team". Markham Economist and Sun (Metroland Media). Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Time to oust Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti in York: Editorial". Toronto Star Newspapers. Toronto Star. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  11. ↑ O'Neil, Bernie (23 October 2014). "Markham groups offer candidate endorsements". Markham Economist and Sun (Metroland Media). Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  12. ↑ http://app.streamsend.com/ss/1/78j5yd4a6w/1webdwfh3x
  13. ↑ O'Neil, Bernie (23 October 2014). "Markham groups offer candidate endorsements". Markham Economist and Sun (Metroland Media). Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  14. ↑ http://mccrg.org/candidate-endorsement/
  15. ↑ "2014 Registered Candidates". Newmarket.ca. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  16. ↑ Simon, Chris (27 October 2014). "Newmarket Mayor Tony Van Bynen, Regional Councillor John Taylor convincingly win re-election". Newmarket Era. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "Richmond Hill mayoral story slides under the radar". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  18. ↑ "TOWN OF RICHMOND HILL : 2014 MUNICIPAL ELECTION : "Unofficial" List of Candidates - By Office" (PDF). Markham.ca. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  19. ↑ http://www.richmondhill.ca/documents/Election_Results_Unofficial.pdf
  20. ↑ "LIST OF NOMINATED CANDIDATES FOR THE 2014 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS" (PDF). Vaughan.ca. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  21. ↑ "Mutual admiration for retiring mayor". Yorkregion.com. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  22. ↑ "Elections". Townofws.ca. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  23. ↑ "2014 Municipal election - Official results". Town of Whitchurch–Stouffville. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
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