2006 Windsor municipal election

The 2006 Windsor municipal election occurred on November 13, 2006, to elect the Mayor of Windsor, Windsor City Council and the Greater Essex County District School Board, Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire catholique Providence and Conseil scolaire Viamonde.

2006 Windsor municipal election
← 2003 November 13, 2006 2010 →
Turnout38.20% (Decrease 6.80 pp)
 
Candidate Eddie Francis David Wonham
Popular vote 44,527 10,308
Percentage 77.56% 17.95%

Mayor before election

Eddie Francis

Elected mayor

Eddie Francis

The election was held on the same day as elections in every other municipality in Ontario, as well as the elections in neighbouring towns in Essex County.

This was the last election under the ward boundary system in which Windsor had five wards, each electing two councillors. The passage of By-Law 133-2009 in 2009 divided Windsor's 5 dual-member wards into 10 single-member wards.[1]

This was also the last municipal election held before the Ontario government passed Bill 212 - the Good Government Act in 2009, which increased the term length for Ontario municipalities to four years instead of three years.[2]

The following is a list of candidates and their results. Incumbents are noted with an (X). Elected officials are in bold.

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Eddie Francis (X) 44,527 77.56
David Wonham 10,308 17.95
Mohamed Chams 1,502 2.62
Mohamad-Ali Beydoun 1,074 1.87

The following is a list of candidates and their results. Incumbents are noted with an (X). Elected officials are in bold.

Ward 1

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Map of Windsor's 5 wards in use for this election.

Joyce Zuk, one of the incumbent Councillors, announced she would be standing down this election.

Council Candidate (elect 2) Vote %
David Brister (X) 10,437 32.50
Drew Dilkens 8,827 27.49
Gregory R. Baggio 4,564 14.21
Alphonso Teshuba 2,771 8.63
Tom Lynd 1,621 5.05
Mohammad Khan 1,437 4.48
Henry Lau 1,268 3.94
Ed Kobrosly 1,187 3.70

Ward 2

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Council Candidate (elect 2) Vote %
Ron Jones (X) 4,497 37.41
Caroline Postma (X) 2,728 22.69
Gail Growe 1,854 15.42
Dan Petoran 1,697 14.12
Chris Schnurr 434 3.61
Chris Richie 424 3.53
Tom Livingston 388 3.23

Ward 3

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Council Candidate (elect 2) Vote %
Fulvio Valentinis (X) 5,679 37.51
Alan Halberstadt (X) 5,369 35.46
Anthony "Tony" Blak 4,091

Ward 4

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Council Candidate (elect 2) Vote %
Bill Marra 7,163 36.13
Ken Lewenza, Jr. (X) 4,879 24.61
Dave Cassivi (X) 3,726 18.79
Ed Sleiman 3,259 16.44
John Middleton 801 4.04

Ward 5

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Thomas Wilson, one of the incumbent Councillors, announced he would be standing down this election.

Council Candidate (elect 2) Vote %
Jo-Anne Gignac (X) 9,220 36.72
Percy Hatfield 9,080 36.16
Frank Batal 1,956 7.79
Irene Taylor 1,743 6.94
William (B.J.) Taylor 929 3.70
Steve Farrell 800 3.19
Stephane Beaudin 692 2.78
Bill Kachmaryk 691 2.75

Greater Essex County School Board Trustees

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Wards 1, 2, and 3 (elect four)

  • Tom Kilpatrick (X): 10,066, 17.12%
  • Beth Cooper (X): 9.874, 16.79%
  • Lisa Gretzky: 9,285, 15.79%
  • Kim McKinley: 8,604, 14.63%
  • Shelly Harding-Smith (X): 8,216, 13.97%
  • David Ferguson: 7,700, 13.10%
  • Sabrina Baskey-East: 5,050, 8.59%

Wards 4 and 5 (elect two)

  • Gale Simko Hatfield (X): 7,737, 34.07%
  • Cheryl Lovell: 5,808, 25.57%
  • Steve Micallef (X): 3,578, 15.76%
  • Jeewen Gill: 2,942, 12.95%
  • Kenny (Kenny G.) Gbadebo, 2,645, 11.65%

Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board Trustees

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(Elect one per ward)

Ward 1

  • John Macri (X)- acclaimed

Ward 2

  • Patrick Keane (X): 831, 39.07%
  • Frank Favot: 812, 38.18%
  • Robert J. Potomski, 484, 22.78%

Ward 3

  • Shannon Porcellini (X): 936, 35.96%
  • Bernard Maztromattei: 886, 34.04%
  • Gerry N. Bondy: 781, 30.00%

Ward 4

  • Fred Alexander (X): 2,572, 64.43%
  • Daniel Roncone: 1,420, 35.57%

Ward 5

  • Barbara Holland (X) - acclaimed

Conseil Scolaire Public de District du Centre Sud-Ouest Trustee

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(Elect one)

County of Essex

  • François Gratton (X) - acclaimed

Conseil Scolaire de District des Ecoles Catholique Sud-Ouest Trustees

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Elect one

City of Windsor, Ward 1 and Town of LaSalle (combined)

  • Adrien Bezaire (X)- acclaimed

Wards 2, 3, and 4 (combined)

  • Cecile Vachon (X)- acclaimed

City of Windsor, Ward 5 and Town of Tecumseh (combined)

  • Joseph Bisnaire (X) - acclaimed

See also

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References

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  1. ^ City of Windsor (2009). "By-law 133 2009". CityWindsor.ca.
  2. ^ Government of Ontario (2009). "Ontario Government Bill 212 - Good Government Act (2009)". Ontario.ca.
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