2010 Durham Region municipal elections

Elections were held in the Regional Municipality of Durham of Ontario on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

Candidates in the 2010 Durham Region municipal elections
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Durham Regional Council

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Position Elected
Ajax Mayor Steve Parrish
Ajax Wards 1 & 2 Shaun Collier
Ajax Wards 3 & 4 Colleen Jordan
Brock Mayor Larry O'Connor
Brock Councillor Debbie Bath
Clarington Mayor Adrian Foster
Clarington Wards 1 & 2 Mary Novak
Clarington Wards 3 & 4 Willie Woo
Oshawa Mayor John Henry
Oshawa Councillor Nancy Diamond
Oshawa Councillor Nester Pidwerbecki
Oshawa Councillor Tito-Dante Marimpietri
Oshawa Councillor John Neal
Oshawa Councillor John R. Aker
Oshawa Councillor Amy England
Oshawa Councillor Bob Chapman
Pickering Mayor Dave Ryan
Pickering Ward 1 Jennifer O'Connell
Pickering Ward 2 Bill McLean
Pickering Ward 3 Peter Rodrigues
Scugog Mayor Chuck Mercier
Scugog Councillor Bobbie Drew
Uxbridge Mayor Gerri Lynn O'Connor
Uxbridge Councillor Jack Ballinger
Whitby Mayor Pat Perkins
Whitby Councillor Don Mitchell
Whitby Councillor Lorne Earle Coe
Whitby Councillor Joe Drumm

Plebiscite

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Are you in favour of the Council of the Regional Municipality of Durham passing the necessary resolutions and by-laws to change the method of selecting its Chair from appointment by the members of Regional Council to election by general vote of all electors in the Region?

Option [1][permanent dead link] Vote %
Yes 95,377 79.70
No 24,289 20.30

The following are the official results for the Town of Ajax.[1]

Mayor

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Candidate Vote %
Steve Parish (X) 13,541 79.08
Sherry Clymer 3,582 20.92

Brock

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Larry O'Connor, the incumbent mayor of Brock, was reelected by a margin of just 13 votes over challenger Terry Clayton, who had previously been mayor of the township from 2000 to 2003. The narrow margin resulted in an ongoing judicial recount battle;[2] the township used a mail-in voting system in 2010, and when ballots which were postmarked before election day but arrived late were counted, O'Connor's margin of victory was reduced to just three votes.[2]

O'Connor voluntarily resigned as mayor on March 28, 2011,[3] and the township council subsequently appointed Clayton as the new mayor.[4]

Mayoral Candidate [2] Vote %
Larry O'Connor (X) 2,339 50.14
Terry Clayton 2,326 49.86

The following are the official results for the Municipality of Clarington.[5]

Mayor

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Candidate Vote %
Adrian Foster 6,905 35.51
Jim Abernethy (X) 6,135 31.55
Paul Adams 5,740 29.52
Jeremy Woodcock 664 3.42

Regional Councillors

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Two Regional Councillors were elected in 1 of 2 wards.

Candidate Vote %
Wards 1 & 2
Mary Novak (X) 4,113 39.15
Don MacArthur 3,475 33.08
Lynn McCullough 2,917 27.77
Wards 3 & 4
Willie Woo 5,960 70.73
Gord Robinson 2,354 27.93
Carl Zmozynski 113 1.34

Local Councillors

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Four Local Councillors were elected in 1 of 4 wards.

Candidate Vote %
Ward 1
Joe Neal 2,046 36.73
Oudit Rai 1,216 21.83
Mark Stanisz 733 13.16
Steven Conway 590 10.59
Paul Powers 570 10.23
Karen Hills 301 5.40
Donald Baragar 115 2.06
Ward 2
Ron Hooper (X) 4,067 82.26
Steve Rowland 511 10.34
Kenneth Finney 366 7.40
Ward 3
Corinna Traill 1,694 43.69
Tracey Ali 1,012 26.10
Mark Canning 635 16.38
Steve Simic 536 13.83
Ward 4
Wendy Partner 1,183 27.85
Tim Tufts 925 21.77
Robert Jackson 592 13.94
Cecil Mackesey 581 13.28
Dean Perrin 564 13.28
Chris Brown 325 7.65
Robert Willett 78 1.84
Mayoral Candidate [3] Vote %
John G. Henry 15,268 46.58
John Gray (X) 8,973 27.37
Louise V. Parkes 3,941 12.02
Cathy Clarke 2,959 9.02
Bill Longworth 1,383 4.21
Eve E. Simson 137 0.41
Dale Jodoin 115 0.35
Mayoral Candidate [4] Vote %
Dave Ryan (X) 10,361 51.21
Maurice Brenner 8,661 42.80
Ken W. Nash 1,212 5.99
Mayoral Candidate [5] Vote %
Chuck Mercier 4,690 55.95
Jim McMillen 3,692 44.05
Mayoral Candidate [6] Vote %
Gerri Lynn O'Connor 4,293 53.04
Bob Shepherd (X) 3,150 38.92
George Apostolou 651 8.04
Mayoral Candidate [7] Vote %
Pat Perkins (X) 12,064 47.55
Rocky Varcoe 8,987 35.42
Marcel Brunelle 4,322 17.03

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ a b Carola Vyhnak (February 15, 2011). "Political soap opera ripping Brock apart". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  3. ^ "Mayor Larry O'Connor resigns". mykawartha.com, March 29, 2011.
  4. ^ "Clayton appointed mayor". mykawartha.com, May 2, 2011.
  5. ^ "Error".