Brampton municipal election, 2006
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Brampton City Council is the governing body for the City of Brampton, Ontario.It consists of the Mayor of Brampton, currently Susan Fennell, five elected regional councillors and five elected city councillors...
in the city of Brampton, Ontario
Brampton, Ontario
Brampton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. As of the 2006 census, Brampton's population stood at 433,806, making it the 11th largest city in Canada. It is also one of Canada's fastest growing municipalities, with an average...
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. It was held in conjunction with all other municipalities in Ontario. See Ontario municipal elections, 2006
Ontario municipal elections, 2006
In the 2006 municipal elections in Ontario, voters in the province of Ontario, elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of Ontario's municipalities. These elections were regulated by the .- Date :...
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It was referred to as CityVote 2006 by the City's website.
The nomination period ended on Friday 29 September 2006; thirty candidates registered in the two weeks prior. Six candidates withdrew after this point, before the cut-off of 5 pm Monday. There was a total of 96 candidates running for political office.
Over the various days of voting, 68,186 Brampton residents cast ballots; there were 226,869 registered voters in the city at the time. This means there was a 30.8% turn-out.
Results
| Candidate | Vote | % |
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| Susan Fennell Susan Fennell Susan Fennell is the mayor of Brampton, Ontario, Canada. She was also the Founder and Commissioner of the National Women's Hockey League.-Background:... (incumbent, winner) |
51,036 | 74.8 |
| Raj Sharda | 9,585 | 14.1 |
| John R. A. Moulton | 4,007 | 5.9 |
| Sunny Gandhi | 2,343 | 3.4 |
| Amjid Iqbal | 1,215 | 1.8 |
Susan Fennell (incumbent)
OFFICIAL WEBSITE | GUARDIAN ARTICLE
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- Mayor Fennell served as a city councillor, then a regional councillor, prior to becoming Mayor. She is currently a member of the Peel Regional Police Services Board, Large Urban Mayors Caucus of Ontario, the board of Hydro One Brampton, the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance, Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council, and two time chair of the Infrastructure and Transportant Committee of the Federation of Canadian MunicipalitiesFederation of Canadian MunicipalitiesThe Federation of Canadian Municipalities is a civic advocacy group representing many Canadian municipalities. It is an organization with no formal power but significant ability to influence debate and policy, as it is main national lobby group of mayors, councillors and other elected municipal...
. Previously she was commissioner of the National Women's Hockey LeagueNational Women's Hockey LeagueThe National Women's Hockey League was a women's ice hockey league. This League was in service between 1999 and 2007.-History:The NWHL superseded the old Central Ontario Women's Hockey League in 1998-99. After the old COWHL dropped down to three teams in 1997-98, the new league expanded to...
, and involved in the Brampton Board of TradeBrampton Board of TradeThe Brampton Board of Trade is a business organization first founded in Brampton, Ontario in 1887. Currently representing the broad interests of 1100+ members, the Brampton Board of Trade serves its members through government lobbying, member discounts, and networking opportunities.-History:* 1887...
, Downtown Business Improvement Area, and Sheridan CollegeSheridan CollegeSheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a diploma and degree granting Canadian polytechnic institute with approximately 15,000 full time students and 35,000 continuing education students...
Board of Governors.
- Mayor Fennell served as a city councillor, then a regional councillor, prior to becoming Mayor. She is currently a member of the Peel Regional Police Services Board, Large Urban Mayors Caucus of Ontario, the board of Hydro One Brampton, the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance, Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council, and two time chair of the Infrastructure and Transportant Committee of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Sunny Gandhi
OFFICIAL WEBSITE | GUARDIAN INTERVIEW
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- Gandhi is a 29-year-old small business owner, with no previous political experience.
Amjid Iqbal
GUARDIAN ARTICLE, stating Iqbal did not participate in interviews.
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- Iqbal is a 35-year-old mortgage agent, at one point he was an automobile trader. The extent of Iqbal's previous political experience was a 2003 campaign for regional council, placing fourth out of four candidates with 5.74%.
John R.A. Moulton
GUARDIAN INTERVIEW
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- Moulton is a 49-year-old "enterpreneur", living in downtown Brampton. He is placed 170th out of 174 in the Canadian Classic Table Hockey Federation's rankings as of October 9, 2006. Moulton described himself as a "clown" in the closing statements of a televised debate. Fennell asked Moulton not to make such self-defacing comments. Moulton's only other comments were regarding the level of Fennell's campaign donations, a practice he does not participate in, feeling it leads to bias; Fennell defends the process, stating it essentially to letting citizens know of her platform.
- Moulton previously lost to incumbent Grant Gibson in 2003, when aiming to be elected as Regional Council member 1 & 5. Little press, if any, was given to Moulton at that time.
- Moulton left no contact information for the voting public on the City's election website, and little to no information is available on him online.
Raj Sharda
OFFICIAL WEBSITE | GUARDIAN INTERVIEW
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- Rajneesh Sharda is a 40-year-old lawyer. He was appointed as a replacement councillor for both the Town of Oakville and the Halton Region, upon retirement of the Ward 2 representative, serving from June to 30 November 2000. Sharda serves as a provincial adjudicator on the Ontario Consent and Capacity Board, is immediate past president of the Halton Multicultural Council, and was once on the board of the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly. He is legal advisor for the Brampton Small Business Enterprise Centre and the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce, He was endorsed for mayor by the Toronto StarToronto StarThe Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
on November 6, 2006.
- Rajneesh Sharda is a 40-year-old lawyer. He was appointed as a replacement councillor for both the Town of Oakville and the Halton Region, upon retirement of the Ward 2 representative, serving from June to 30 November 2000. Sharda serves as a provincial adjudicator on the Ontario Consent and Capacity Board, is immediate past president of the Halton Multicultural Council, and was once on the board of the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly. He is legal advisor for the Brampton Small Business Enterprise Centre and the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce, He was endorsed for mayor by the Toronto Star
Media participation
- The Brampton GuardianThe Brampton GuardianThe Brampton Guardian is a locally distributed, cost-free community newspaper in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.-History:In the late-1950s, the Bramalea development began, under the oversight of Bayton Holdings Ltd., then Bramalea Consolidated Developments Limited...
: Susan Fennell, Sunny Gandhi, John Moulton, and Raj Sharda participated in interviews with the Guardian. The newspaper was unable to attract Amjid Iqbal, despite multiple attempts. - Rogers TelevisionRogers TelevisionRogers TV, are community channels owned by Rogers Communications Inc. Many of these channels share common programs. Rogers TV broadcasts into the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Ontario. Rogers TV is available only in communities served by Rogers' cable and...
: Susan Fennell, John Moulton, and Raj Sharda all participated in a televised debate for Rogers Cable. Sunny Gandhi had accepted, but declined when he found out the interview wasn't public; Amjid Iqbal gave the Brampton Guardian no reason for his absence. The program repeats frequently on channel 10 for any Rogers subscriber in Brampton. - WikinewsWikinewsWikinews is a free-content news source wiki and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The site works through collaborative journalism. Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has distinguished Wikinews from Wikipedia by saying "on Wikinews, each story is to be written as a news story as opposed to an...
: None of the five candidates have completed interviews for Wikinews. Raj Sharda's campaign had promised a response, but nothing has been received. John Moulton replied, denying an interview. Campaign offices for Susan Fennell, Sunny Gandhi, and Amjid Iqbal did not reply. - The Brampton News: Playwright columnist T. Gregory Argall emailed all of his council candidates, as well as the mayoral noms. Not revealing he was writing for the News. Moulton and Sharda replied via email. Gandhi and Fennell both arrived at his house. As per routine, Iqbal did not reply in any fashion. Note that all Wikinews articles were republished on The Brampton News.
Regional council
Long-time incumbent Elaine Moore had three people interested in replacing her as Regional Councillor; she won her re-election with a strong majority.| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Bousfield | 692 | 6.69 |
| Janet Hamilton | 1620 | 15.67 |
| Tejinder Lamba | 847 | 8.19 |
| Elaine Moore, incumbent, winner OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 7182 | 69.45 |
City council
Incumbent Grant Gibson had six candidates challenging his re-election; he was re-elected by over half of participating voters. Gibson had held the seat for more than a decade, as of the election day.Among his challengers was Stephanie Beaumier, daughter of Brampton West
Brampton West
Brampton West is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population was 170,422 in 2006- making it the most populous riding in Canada....
MP Colleen Beaumier
Colleen Beaumier
Colleen Beaumier is a Canadian politician, who served in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2008.-Pre-politics:...
. As he dropped out of the campaign after nomination lists were finalised, Malcolm Jones' name still appeared on the ballots. Despite no longer officially running, he took fourth place, out of seven.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
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| Stephanie Beaumier OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 3215 | 30.84 |
| Grant Gibson, incumbent, winner | 5335 | 51.17 |
| Malcolm Jones OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 320 | 3.07 |
| Larry Lee OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 256 | 2.46 |
| Jeffrey Schrik OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 194 | 1.86 |
| Jagtar Shergill OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1034 | 9.92 |
| Whoston Wray | 72 | 0.69 |
Regional council
One of the longest sitting incumbents, Paul Palleschi had five people attempting to take him out of office, including Chuck Jeffrey, husband of local MPP Linda JeffreyLinda Jeffrey
Linda Jeffrey is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Brampton—Springdale for the Ontario Liberal Party, and is the province's Minister of Natural Resources in the Liberal government of Premier Dalton...
. Palleschi received roughly 45% of the vote.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
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| Vicky Colbourne OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1767 | 14.00 |
| David Esho OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 548 | 4.34 |
| Curtis Grant OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1653 | 13.10 |
| Chuck Jeffrey OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1396 | 11.06 |
| Paul Palleschi, incumbent, winner | 5766 | 45.68 |
| Tejinder Singh | 1493 | 11.83 |
City council
Incumbent John Hutton had ten candidates challenging his re-election, the most of any riding. Due to the berth of competition, he was only re-elected with 27% support. Among the challengers was Doug Whillans, son of Ken WhillansKen Whillans
Kenneth Gilmour 'Ken' Whillans served as Mayor of the City of Brampton from 1982 to 1990.-As Councillor:Among Whillans acts while in office, he led efforts to revamp the Citizens Advisory Committees.-Mayor of Brampton:...
, a former Brampton mayor. As of election day, Hutton had held the seat for 21 years.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
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| Derrick Coke OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1768 | 13.70 |
| Jassi Dhillon | 185 | 1.43 |
| Navdeep Gill WEBSITE UNARCHIVED | 1790 | 13.87 |
| Ralph Irving Greene | 1466 | 11.36 |
| Jim Howell | 535 | 4.15 |
| John A. Hutton, incumbent, winner | 3552 | 27.53 |
| Adrian Avinash Lalla | 45 | 0.35 |
| Paul Mangat | 142 | 1.10 |
| Mathew Njenga OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 454 | 3.52 |
| Joyce Rodriguez OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1175 | 9.11 |
| Doug Whillans ARCHIVED OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1792 | 13.89 |
Regional council
Businessman and 2005 Brampton Citizen of the Year John Sanderson beat incumbent Susan DiMarco. One of four challengers, Sanderson had previous run and lost for the same ward in 2003. With a mere 292 votes dividing them, the race between Sanderson and DiMarco was the last to be declared in all of Peel.| Candidate | Vote | % |
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| Tibor Bankuti | 181 | 1.22 |
| Susan DiMarco, incumbent OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 5431 | 36.60 |
| Theo Goary | 463 | 3.12 |
| John Sanderson John Sanderson (councillor) right|250px|thumb|John SandersonJohn W. Sanderson is a notable business person in Brampton, Ontario. He is a regional councillor for the region of peel wards 3 & 4 Brampton municipal election, 2006. He defeated incumbent Susan DiMarco.... , winner OFFICIAL WEBSITE |
5723 | 38.56 |
| Sukhwant Thethi OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 3042 | 20.50 |
- Note, Tejinder Singh Bhatta has withdrawn from the race.
City council
Incumbent Bob Callahan easily won this race. Once an MPP, Callahan won over his nearest competitor by 33.36%.Babra's second place finish was unexpected, as while he participated in a Brampton Guardian interview, he did not reply to The Toronto Star or The Brampton News/Wikinews. His email address was inactive throughout the duration of his campaign.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
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| Balbir Babra | 3212 | 21.94 |
| Manny Bianchi-Morfino | 264 | 1.80 |
| Bob Callahan Bob Callahan Robert V. Callahan is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1995... , incumbent, winner |
8094 | 55.30 |
| Dolly Khokhar | 289 | 1.97 |
| Maria Peart | 585 | 4.00 |
| Tim Turcott | 251 | 1.71 |
| Innocent Watat | 61 | 0.42 |
| Sheila White OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1881 | 12.85 |
- Note, Ernie Macdonald has withdrawn from the race.
Regional council
Long-time incumbent Gael Miles easily won the election for regional councillor (Wards 7 and 8), against political newcomer John Villella.| Candidate | Vote | % |
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| Gael Miles, incumbent OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 11071 | 87.67 |
| John Villella OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1557 | 12.33 |
City council
Incumbent Sandra Hames won with little trouble, garnering also three out of every four votes.| Candidate | Vote | % |
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| Khalid Alvi as "K. Alvi", ran in 2003 election for city wards 7 & 8 | 1069 | 8.49 |
| Tom Armstrong | 1269 | 10.07 |
| Sandra Hames, incumbent OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 9317 | 73.96 |
| Vaughn Parker | 212 | 1.68 |
| John B. Spry, ran in 2003 election for wards 9 & 10. | 730 | 5.80 |
- Note, Curtis Grant and Oscar R. Odulio have both withdrawn from the race.
Regional council
Incumbent John Sprovieri had six candidates challenging his re-election, which he won with 44.91% support. Among the challengers is Derek Begley, son of retired regional councillor Rhoda Begley. Johal has acted as the representative for MP Gurbax Malhi.| Candidate | Vote | % |
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| Derek Begley OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1364 | 8.25 |
| Sherdaljit Dhillon | 2148 | 12.99 |
| Mahen Gupta | 760 | 4.60 |
| Satpaul Johal | 3707 | 22.42 |
| Dalbir S. Kathuria | 995 | 6.02 |
| Vahid Saadati-Khanshir | 133 | 0.80 |
| John Sprovieri, incumbent, winner OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 7425 | 44.91 |
City council
Garnett Manning had five people contesting his seat, which he eventually lost to Vicky Dhillon. Manning had beat Dhillon by a slim amount in the 2003 election. At time of election, Dhillon was the Brampton—SpringdaleBrampton—Springdale
Brampton—Springdale is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.-History:...
riding association president for the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario); it is unknown if he will retain this position. Among the other candidates was Daljit Gill, a one-term Peel District School Board trustee.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
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| Stella Ambler OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 4029 | 23.80 |
| Mandeep Dhaliwal OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 2879 | 17.01 |
| Vicky Dhillon, winner OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 4700 | 27.77 |
| Daljit Gill | 620 | 3.66 |
| Nalem Malik | 439 | 2.59 |
| Garnett Manning, incumbent ARCHIVED OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 4259 | 25.16 |
- Note, Iqbal Dhillon, David A. Esho, and Whoston Wray have all withdrawn from the race.
Peel District School BoardPeel District School BoardPeel District School Board is a Canadian public board of education for the Peel Regional Municipality, headquartered in the HJA Brown Education Centre in Mississauga...
The Peel District School Board runs a website about its trustees and their roles.Wards 1, 3
- David Green, incumbent
- Ian Irving
- Dhaval R. B. Patel
- Richard Gordon Patywich
- Satwant Singh Sidhu
- Note, Laura J. Zilney has withdrawn from the race.
Wards 2, 9, 10
There is no incumbent in these wards, as one-term trustee Daljit Gill is running for city council.- Gurmail Singh Dhir
- Suman Gupta
- Ibrar Khan OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- Iqbal Mahal
- Suzanne Nurse OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- Maninder Sethi
- Harbans Singh
- Note, Mahesh Malhi, Pretam Kaur Purewal, Maninder Singh, and Raguhbir Singh have all withdrawn from the race.
Wards 4, 5, 6
- Steve KavanaghSteve KavanaghSteve Kavanagh was a Canadian figure skater who competed in ice dance. With partner Janet Emerson, he won the bronze medal at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships in 1995 and 1996. He later went on to compete with another partner, Christine Fuller.-References:...
, incumbent OFFICIAL WEBSITE - Victoria D. Nelson, ran in 2003 election for wards 4, 5 & 6.
- Gary Rao
- Raguhbir Singh
- Carole WalkerCarole WalkerCarole Walker is a political news correspondent with the BBC and an occasional relief presenter on its news channel.She attended North Walsham Girls' High School in Norfolk, attached to the all-male Paston College, attended by Admiral Horatio Nelson, Stephen Fry and Craig Murray...
- Fraser K. Williamson, ran in 2003 election for wards 4, 5 & 6.
Wards 7, 8
Beryl Ford is the only person elected by acclamation to any political seat in Brampton; this is her eighth term as a trustee.- Beryl Ford, incumbent
Wards 1, 3, 4
There is no incumbent in these wards.- Tony Da Silva
- Shirley Packalen
- Steven ThomasSteven ThomasSteven Thomas may refer to:* Steven Thomas , Australian sailor* Steven Thomas , American entrepreneur* Steven Thomas , American convicted in Finland of infecting women with HIV- See also :...
, ran in 2003 election for wards 1, 3 & 4
Wards 2, 5, 6
Debates in this ward received extremely small audiences. Eleven, then six people showed up to two separate evenings.- Frank Turner
- Linda Zanella, incumbent
Wards 7, 8, 9, 10
There is no incumbent in these wards.- Joyce Anderson
- Lety Armstrong
- Janice Gordon
- Jeffrey Grima
- Carmela Marino
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None of the incumbents are seeking re-election| Candidate | Vote | % |
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| Mark David de Pelham | 53 | 46.90 |
| Christine Guindy | 60 | 53.10 |
Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-SudConseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-SudConseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud is the Roman Catholic separate, French language school board for the South-Central region of Ontario. It is headquartered in North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
| Candidate | Vote | % |
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| Anne Burke-Gauthier | 183 | 55.29 |
| Yvonne Musau Kabeya | 65 | 19.64 |
| Rene Riopel | 83 | 25.08 |