2010 Ontario municipal elections
Introduction '''Municipal elections''' were held in Ontario, Canada, on October 25, 2010.Voters in Ontario elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities. A total of 444 elections were held. Several smaller municipalities in Northern Ontario held no council elections, as their entire councils were acclaimed into office, although the towns still saw contested elections for their school board seats.
Voting date Notwithstanding advance polling arrangements, municipal elections were held on the fourth Monday of October. From 1978 until 2006 the second Monday of November was the fixed date.
Nomination period Candidate registration opened on January 4, 2010 and ended on September 10.
Term lengths The Legislative Assembly of Ontario legislation ( Bill 81, Schedule H), passed in 2006, sets the length of terms in office for all municipal elected officials at four years.
Campaigns in major cities The Toronto municipal election saw an open contest for mayor, due to the retirement of David Miller after two terms. In Ottawa, former MPP and Mayor Jim Watson ran against incumbent Larry O'Brien, who was cleared of bribery charges in 2009.Some media, including a ''Sudbury Star'' editorial which was republished in several other Sun Media newspapers, noted the seeming emergence of a Tea Party mentality in some parts of the province, with a number of self-styled "outsider" or populist candidates – including Rob Ford in Toronto, Joe Fontana in London, David D'Intino in St. Catharines, Rob Matheson in Kingston, Ron Schinners in Sault Ste. Marie and Marianne Matichuk in Greater Sudbury – campaigning on platforms that traded heavily in mistrust of the existing municipal governments.
Single tier municipalities ===Brant County=== Mayoral Candidate   Vote % Ron Eddy (X)  3,187  33.65 Steve Comisky  3,048  32.18 John Weaver  1,695  17.89 Roy Haggart  1,155  12.19 Shawn Pratt  387  4.09===Brantford======Chatham-Kent=== Mayoral Candidate   Vote % Randy Hope (X)  13,169  40.87 Tom McGregor  10,956  34.00 Ian McLarty  6,608  20.51 Austin Wright  765  2.37 Mary Kwong Lee  549  1.70 Allan R. Traylor  171  0.53===Greater Sudbury=== Mayoral Candidate Vote % Marianne Matichuk 25,042 46.1 John Rodriguez (X) 19,819 36.5 Ted Callaghan 7,298 13.4 Derek Young 1,432 2.6 Zack Gauthier 390 0.7 Dennis Gorman 167 0.3 Ed Pokonzie 102 0.2 David Popescu 96 0.2 '''Total valid votes''' 54,346 ===Haldimand County=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote %Ken Hewitt  6,984  44.6Marie Trainer (X)  5,748  36.7Buck Sloat  2,929  18.7CandidatePopular vote Votes % ±% '''Craig Grice (incumbent)''' '''1,578''' '''41.43%''' '''n/a''' Gary McHale1,09728.8% ''n/a'' Bryan Barker93324.5 ''n/a'' Rob Duncan1775.27% ''n/a'''''Total Votes''''''3,809''''''100%''''''Registered Voters''''''8,090''''''47.08%''''''n/a'''Note: All Haldimand County Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc. )and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. '''Sources:'''  Haldimand County Clerk's Office===Hamilton=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote %Bob Bratina  52,684  37.32Larry Di Ianni  40,091  28.40Fred Eisenberger (X)  38,719  27.43Michael James Baldasaro  2,892  2.05Tone Marrone  1,052  0.75Mahesh P. Butani  950  0.67 Glenn Hamilton  949  0.67Pat Filice  768  0.54Ken Leach  577  0.41Andrew Haines  557  0.39Mark Wozny  433  0.31Steven Waxman  429  0.30Edward H. C. Graydon  404  0.29Gino Speziale  356  0.25Victor Veri  313  0.22===Kawartha Lakes=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote %Ric McGee (X)  13,850  47.78Andy Letham  12,722  43.88Lynne Boldt  2,417  8.34===Norfolk County=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote % Dennis Travale (X)  11,018  66.24 Clarence Wheaton  5,615  33.76===Ottawa=== Mayoral Candidate Vote % Jim Watson  131,258  48.70 Larry O'Brien (X)  64,853 24.06 Clive Doucet  40,147  14.89Andrew S. Haydon  18,904  7.01 Mike Maguire  6,617  2.45Robert Gauthier  1,413  0.52 Jane Scharf  1,169  0.43 Charlie Taylor  1,125  0.42 Cesar Bello  926  0.34 Idris Ben-Tahir  729  0.27 Samuel Wright  371  0.14 Robin Lawrence  300  0.11 Joseph Furtenbacher  299  0.11 Sean Ryan  360  0.13 Julio Pita  265  0.10 Robert Larter  219  0.08 Michael St. Arnaud  200  0.07 Daniel J. Lyrette  166  0.06 Vincent M. Libeshya  122  0.05 Fraser Liscumb  104  0.04===Prince Edward County=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote %Peter Mertens  3489  33.18Sandy Latchford  2327  22.13Monica Alyea  1828  17.38Lori Slik  1203  11.44Gordon Fox  1073  10.20Paul Boyd  593  564===Toronto=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote %Rob Ford 380,201 	47.098George Smitherman	287,393 	35.602Joe Pantalone 	94,840 	11.749Rocco Rossi 	4,973  	0.616George Babula 	3,242  	0.402Rocco Achampong 	2,781 	0.345Abdullah-Baquie Ghazi 	2,746  	0.34Michael Alexander 	2,452  	0.304Vijay Sarma 	2,233 	0.277Sarah Thomson	1,876 	0.232Jaime Castillo 	1,862 	0.231Dewitt Lee 	1,685 	0.209Douglas Campbell 	1,420  	0.176Kevin Clarke 	1,400 	0.173Joseph Pampena 	1,308 	0.162David Epstein 	1,198 	0.148Monowar Hossain 	1,186 	0.147Michael Flie 	1,178 	0.146Don Andrews 	1,023 	0.127Weizhen Tang 	885 	0.11Daniel Walker 	795 	0.098Keith Cole 	794 	0.098Michael Brausewetter 	791 	0.098Barry Goodhead 	736 	0.091Charlene Cottle 	730 	0.09Tibor Steinberger 	729 	0.09Christopher Ball 	690 	0.085James Di Fiore 	649 	0.08Diane Devenyi 	627 	0.078John Letonja 	587 	0.073Himy Syed 	576 	0.071Carmen Macklin 	565 	0.07Howard Gomberg 	472 	0.058David Vallance 	442 	0.055Mark State 	433 	0.054Phil Taylor 	425 	0.053Colin Magee 	397 	0.049Selwyn Firth 	392 	0.049Ratan Wadhwa 	288 	0.036Gerald Derome 	249 	0.031
Regional municipalities ===Durham======Halton======Muskoka District======Niagara======Oxford======Peel======Waterloo======York===
Counties ===Bruce======Dufferin======Elgin======Essex======Frontenac======Grey======Haliburton======Hastings======Huron======Lambton======Lanark======Leeds and Grenville======Lennox and Addington======Middlesex======Northumberland======Perth======Peterborough======Prescott and Russell======Renfrew======Simcoe======Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry======Wellington===
Separated municipalities ===Barrie=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote %Jeff Lehman 13,562  39.2%Joe Tascona  9,650  27.9%Rob Hamilton 5,140  14.8%Mike Ramsay 4,507   13%David Aspden (X)  1,249  3.6%Harry Ahmed  304  0.8%Carl Hauck  115  0.4%Darren Roskam  68  0.3%===Belleville=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote % Neil R. Ellis (X)  10,081  75.09 Mitch Panciuk  2,825  21.17 Lonnie D. Herrington  350  2.62 Graham K. Longhurst  149  1.12===Brockville=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote %David L. Henderson (X)  2,718  33.6Ben Tekamp  2,553  31.6Louise Severson  2,093  25.8Robert A. Marleau  393  4.8Hannelore Walther  328  4.0===Gananoque=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote % Erika Demchuk  1,260  68.6 James E. Garrah (X)  577  31.4===Guelph=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote %Karen Farbridge (X) 14,902  54.1David Birtwistle  10,576  38.4Ray Mitchell  1,182  4.3 Scott Nightingale  878  3.2===Kingston=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote %Mark Gerretsen  17,096 56.4Rob Matheson  6,905 22.8Barrie Chalmers  5,486 18.1John Last  377 1.2Nathaniel Wilson  227 0.8Kevin Lavalley 215 0.7===London=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote %Joe Fontana48,62647.2Anne Marie DeCicco-Best  (X)    46,089   44.8Cynthia Etheridge 4,402 4.3Eric Southern 644  0.6Ivan W. Kasiurak 612   0.6Christopher R. Foerster 462 0.4Aaron Broughm 427 0.4Wayne Ford 375  0.4Zak Young 298  0.3Stephen Elliott Beckles 252 0.2Tomasz Winnicki 234   0.2Dan Lenart 1730.2Tom Ha 149  0.1Ma'in Sinan 128 0.1Jonas Richard White 83 0.1===Orillia=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote %Angelo Orsi  5,398  48.4Tim Lauer  3,844  34.5Ralph Cipolla  1,913  17.1===Pembroke=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote % Ed Jacyno (X)  2,803  66.7 Stanley E. Sambey  1,398  33.3===Peterborough======Prescott=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote %Brett Todd 913 62.5Suzanne Dodge (X)  547 37.5===Quinte West=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote %John R. Williams (X)  8,159 94.0Claudor du-Lude  522  6.0===Smiths Falls=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote %Dennis Staples (X)  1,925  50.9Jeffrey G. Keays  1,857  49.1===St. Marys=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote % Steve Grose  1,767  62.4 Jamie Hahn (X)  989  34.9 Eric Farquhar  76   2.7===St. Thomas=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote %Heather Jackson-Chapman  3,666  37.7Cliff Barwick (X)  3,158  32.4Albert Riddell  2,910  29.9===Stratford=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote % Dan Mathieson (X)  7,857  79.2 Martin Weatherall  2,061  20.8===Windsor=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote %Eddie Francis (X)  39,384  56.2Rick Limoges  28,354  40.4Anthony Brothers  979  1.4Michael Mosgrove  748  1.1Robert W. Vinson  377  0.5Sam Sinjari  273  0.4
Districts ===Algoma District======Cochrane District======Kenora District======Manitoulin District======Nipissing District======Parry Sound District======Rainy River District======Sudbury District======Thunder Bay District======Timiskaming District===
In fiction The 2010 first season of the TV sitcom ''Dan for Mayor'' takes place during the municipal election in the fictional city of Wessex.
See also * Canadian electoral calendar, 2010* Electronic voting in Canada* Municipal elections in Canada* 2006 Ontario municipal elections
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