Vaughan municipal election, 2006
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The City of Vaughan 2006 Municipal Election took place on 13 November 2006. One mayor, three regional councillors and five local councillors were elected for the city of Vaughan, Ontario
, Canada
. In addition, local school trustees were elected to the York Region District School Board
, York Catholic District School Board
, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest
and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud
. These elections were held in conjunction with all other municipalities across Ontario, which for the first time elected politicians to four year terms, rather than three years as had previously been the case. (see Ontario municipal elections, 2006
).
unseated incumbent Mayor and former Regional Councillor Michael Di Biase
. This was the first time since the incorporation of the City of Vaughan that an incumbent mayor had been defeated. Jackson took the place of her mother, Lorna Jackson
who had held the position before she succumbed to cancer
prior to Di Biase's tenure. After the final results came in, Di Biase called for a recount due to the extremely close result http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1163502128507&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154&t=TS_Home. However, he later called off the recount and filed an application for an injunction in the Ontario Superior Court requesting that the election be declared “illegal and void” http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1163717412186&call_pageid=968350130169&col=969483202845 for a number of reasons including faulty vote-counting machines. On 22 November, Di Biase again reversed his decision, asking City Council to support a recount.
The results of the recount were released Nov. 30.
Jackson was once again declared mayor with 28,402 votes over Di Biase's 28,308.http://www.yorkregion.com/yr/yr4/YR_News/TopStories/story/3796646p-4391595c.html
Because Joyce Frustaglio received the highest vote count among the candidates for Regional Councillor, she is styled as the acting Mayor in cases where the Mayor is unavailable. However commonly confused, this is a different role than being the Deputy Mayor
Vaughan, Ontario
Vaughan is a city in York Region north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Vaughan is the fastest growing municipality in Canada achieving a population growth rate of 80.2% between 1996–2006, according to Statistics Canada having nearly doubled in population since 1991. Vaughan is located in Southern...
, Canada
Canada
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. In addition, local school trustees were elected to the York Region District School Board
York Region District School Board
The York Region District School Board, also known as YRDSB, is the English-language public school board for York Regional Municipality located in Ontario, Canada. The York Region District School Board is currently the province's third largest school board, with an enrollment of over 115,000 students...
, York Catholic District School Board
York Catholic District School Board
The York Catholic District School Board is the publicly funded English-language Catholic school district authority for the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada. Its head office is in Aurora....
, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest
Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest
The Conseil scolaire Viamonde manages the French-language Public Schools in the central south-western region of Ontario. The area in which this school board operates covers 68,180 km2 of Ontario...
and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud
Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud
Conseil 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...
. These elections were held in conjunction with all other municipalities across Ontario, which for the first time elected politicians to four year terms, rather than three years as had previously been the case. (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 :...
).
Results
The 2006 municipal election in Vaughan saw a number of major upsets and a number of other close races - contrary to past results in the city elections. Many of the incumbents were expected to be unseated, although all but one was re-elected.Mayor
In the Mayoral race, former Regional Councillor Linda JacksonLinda Jackson (politician)
Linda D. Jackson is a Canadian politician and former mayor of Vaughan, Ontario. Jackson has been a resident of the City of Vaughan since 1966 and was elected as Mayor on November 14, 2006. Jackson was defeated by Maurizio Bevilacqua in the 2010 Vaughan municipal election.Jackson’s election to the...
unseated incumbent Mayor and former Regional Councillor Michael Di Biase
Michael Di Biase
Michael Di Biase is a Regional Councillor in Vaughan, an exurb of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was first elected to the city's council in 1986. Following the death of Mayor Lorna Jackson in 2002, Di Biase was appointed acting mayor by virtue of his position as senior regional councilor...
. This was the first time since the incorporation of the City of Vaughan that an incumbent mayor had been defeated. Jackson took the place of her mother, Lorna Jackson
Lorna Jackson
Lorna Jackson was mayor of the city of Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, for 20 years.-Political career:Jackson was first elected to Vaughan Council in 1974, serving six years as a local councillor and two years as regional councillor before being elected mayor in 1982...
who had held the position before she succumbed to cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
prior to Di Biase's tenure. After the final results came in, Di Biase called for a recount due to the extremely close result http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1163502128507&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154&t=TS_Home. However, he later called off the recount and filed an application for an injunction in the Ontario Superior Court requesting that the election be declared “illegal and void” http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1163717412186&call_pageid=968350130169&col=969483202845 for a number of reasons including faulty vote-counting machines. On 22 November, Di Biase again reversed his decision, asking City Council to support a recount.
The results of the recount were released Nov. 30.
Jackson was once again declared mayor with 28,402 votes over Di Biase's 28,308.http://www.yorkregion.com/yr/yr4/YR_News/TopStories/story/3796646p-4391595c.html
Regional Councillors
With Jackson no longer serving as a Regional Councillor, only two incumbents ran for that position, Mario Ferri and Joyce Frustaglio. In a surprise result, Frustaglio took first place in the race, making her the Deputy Mayor, a post held since Di Biase became Mayor by Mario Ferri. The third position was filled by a former Local and Regional Councillor, Gino Rosati.Local Councillors
All five Ward Councilor positions were won by the incumbents, with many difficult challenges coming from former city staff and councillors.Potential issues
- Construction of the ThornhillThornhill, OntarioThornhill is a community in the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada, located on the northern border of the city of Toronto. Once a municipal village, Thornhill is now a community and postal designation geographically split into two municipalities along Yonge Street, the city of...
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Mall - Corporate donations to members of council
- Lack of a public hospital
- Mayoral and councillor salaries
- Traffic Gridlock
- New $96.3 Million Civic Centre construction, contracts and costs
Mayor
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Linda D. Jackson Linda Jackson (politician) Linda D. Jackson is a Canadian politician and former mayor of Vaughan, Ontario. Jackson has been a resident of the City of Vaughan since 1966 and was elected as Mayor on November 14, 2006. Jackson was defeated by Maurizio Bevilacqua in the 2010 Vaughan municipal election.Jackson’s election to the... |
28,396 | 47.3 |
| Michael Di Biase Michael Di Biase Michael Di Biase is a Regional Councillor in Vaughan, an exurb of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was first elected to the city's council in 1986. Following the death of Mayor Lorna Jackson in 2002, Di Biase was appointed acting mayor by virtue of his position as senior regional councilor... (incumbent) |
28,306 | 47.2 |
| Paul Stewart | 2,645 | 4.4 |
| Savino Quatela | 637 | 1.1 |
Regional Council
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Joyce Frustaglio (incumbent) | 30,202 | 22.6 |
| Mario Ferri (incumbent) | 26,855 | 20.1 |
| Gino Rosati | 26,129 | 19.6 |
| Robert Craig | 17,136 | 12.9 |
| Joanna Cacciola-Lionti | 11,876 | 8.9 |
| Richard T. Lorello | 7,525 | 5.6 |
| Adriano Volpentesta | 5,843 | 4.4 |
| Franco Cavaliere | 5,779 | 4.3 |
| Quintino Mastrogiuseppe | 2,037 | 1.5 |
Because Joyce Frustaglio received the highest vote count among the candidates for Regional Councillor, she is styled as the acting Mayor in cases where the Mayor is unavailable. However commonly confused, this is a different role than being the Deputy Mayor
Deputy Mayor
Deputy mayor is an elective or appointive office of the second-ranking official in many local governments. Many elected deputy mayors are members of the city council who are given the title and serve as acting mayor in the mayor's absence...
Ward 1
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Meffe (incumbent) | 6,706 | 48.7 |
| Marylin Iafrate | 5,122 | 37.2 |
| Mary Ruffolo | 1,945 | 14.1 |
Ward 2
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Tony Carella (incumbent) | 6,359 | 43.6 |
| Frank Cipollone | 3,786 | 25.9 |
| Deborah Schulte | 2,751 | 18.9 |
| Aurelio E. Acquaviva | 907 | 6.2 |
| Mario Di Nardo | 486 | 3.3 |
| Paul Donofrio | 291 | 2.0 |
Ward 3
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Bernie DiVona (incumbent) | 5,344 | 47.9 |
| Rosanna De Francesca | 3,883 | 34.8 |
| Paul De Buono | 1,942 | 17.4 |
Ward 4
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Sandra Yeung-Racco (incumbent) | 3,695 | 41.2 |
| Tina Molinari Tina Molinari Tina R. Molinari is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a Justice of the Peace and was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2003, serving as an associate minister and member of the Cabinet in the government of Ernie Eves.-School... |
2,869 | 32 |
| Joe Levy | 1,435 | 16 |
| Vernon Hendrickson | 970 | 10.8 |
Ward 5
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Shefman (incumbent via by-election By-election A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections.... ) |
2,944 | 38.4 |
| Bernie Green | 2,732 | 35.6 |
| Elliott Frankl | 1,291 | 16.8 |
| Yehuda Shahaf | 706 | 9.2 |
Withdrawals
- Mario G. RaccoMario RaccoMario G. Racco is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He sat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the Greater Toronto Area riding of Thornhill for the Liberal Party from 2003 to 2007....
(nomination withdrawn from Ward 4 on Jan. 20) - Aurelio E. Acquaviva (nomination withdrawn from Ward 1 on Aug. 15, moved to Ward 2)
- Robert Craig (nomination withdrawn from Mayor on Aug. 28, moved to Regional Councillor)
- Stan Grabowski (nomination withdrawn from Ward 2 on Sept. 27)
- Gino Ruffolo (nomination withdrawn from Mayor on Oct. 2)
Trivia
- An article on website Wikipedia entitled "Vaughan municipal election, 2006" was cited as an issue in the campaign; the Vaughan Citizen newspaper has, to date, published two articles about opposing allegations of politically biased edits to this article.
- The 2006 Vaughan municipal election has the largest percentage of female candidates (27.3%) in the province. Nine out of thirty three candidates are women. It is possible for women to win every seat with the exception of one of the regional council seats and the Ward 5 council seat although it is still possible for men to win every seat.
- The Globe and Mail newspaper reports that Mayor Di Biase receives a salary of $164,074 per year, making him one of the highest-paid municipal politicians in the country. * The mayor of the largest city in Canada, David Miller of Toronto, which is over ten times the size of Vaughan in terms of population, receives $143,635 per year. The average salary of Vaughan councillors is $102,657, compared to Toronto councillors at $85,497.