2010 York Region municipal elections
Introduction Elections in the Regional Municipality of York of Ontario, Canada were held on 25 October 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province. The results below are unofficial, pending review from the respective clerk's office for each municipality. Each elected representative becomes a member of York Regional Council.
[[York Regional Council]]  Position  Representing  Councillor  Notes Chair   Bill Fisch  selected by Council Councillor  Aurora  Geoff Dawe  Mayor of Aurora Councillor  East Gwillimbury  Virginia Hackson  Mayor of East Gwillimbury Councillor  Georgina  Robert Grossi  Mayor of Georgina Councillor  Georgina  Danny Wheeler  Councillor  King  Steve Pellegrini  Mayor of King Councillor  Markham  Frank Scarpitti  Mayor of Markham Councillor  Markham  Jack Heath  Councillor  Markham  Jim Jones  Councillor  Markham  Gordon Landon  Councillor  Markham  Joe Li  Councillor  Newmarket  Tony Van Bynen  Mayor of Newmarket Councillor  Newmarket  John Taylor  Councillor  Richmond Hill  Dave Barrow  Mayor of Richmond Hill Councillor  Richmond Hill  Vito Spatafora  Councillor  Richmond Hill  Brenda Hogg   Councillor  Vaughan  Maurizio Bevilacqua  Mayor of Vaughan Councillor  Vaughan  Gino Rosati  Councillor  Vaughan  Michael Di Biase  Councillor  Vaughan  Deb Schulte  Councillor  Whitchurch-Stouffville  Wayne Emmerson  Mayor of Whitchurch-Stouffville
[[Aurora, Ontario|Aurora]]  Mayoral Candidate  Vote % Geoff Dawe  7,254  55.1 Phyllis M. Morris (X)  2,805  21.3 Nigel Kean  2,239  17.0 Roger Clowater  652  5.0 Miroslav Prikryl  218  1.7
[[East Gwillimbury, Ontario|East Gwillimbury]]  Mayoral Candidate  Vote % Virginia Hackson  3,776  59.7 Jack W. Hauseman  1,964  31.0 Matthew C. Teeple  587  9.3
[[Georgina, Ontario|Georgina]]  Mayoral Candidate  Vote % Robert Grossi (X)  6,151  52.9 Peter Juras  3,983  34.3 Dave G. Pollock  1,012  8.7 Ken Craine  475  4.1
[[King, Ontario|King]] The official results for King were declared on 28 October 2010.Of eligible voters, 49.94% cast a ballot. Mayoral Candidate  Vote % Steve Pellegrini  3,627  48.8 Margaret Black (X)  3,050  41.1Gordon Craig  456  6.1 Jeff Laidlaw  296  4.0
[[Markham, Ontario|Markham]] === Results ===The following results are unofficial pending any recounts for closes races.====Mayor==== Candidate Vote %Frank Scarpitti (incumbent)  54,660  85.23Stephen Kotyck  5,566  8.68Partap Dua  3,909  6.09====Regional councillor==== Candidate Vote %Jack Heath (incumbent)  37,364  20.08Jim Jones (incumbent)  27,715  14.89Gordon Landon (incumbent)  27,461  14.76Joe Li  26,764  14.38Nirmala Armstrong  23,160 12.44Dan Horchik  20,870  11.21Peter Pavlovic  17,101  9.19Sunny Deol  8,573  4.61Surinder Issar  5,670  3.05Heath, Jones and Landon were incumbent members of Regional Council. Jones is a former Progressive Conservative MP and Town Councillor. Landon is an incumbent member and longtime Regional Councillor. Horchik was incumbent Ward 6 Town Councillor.Heath was former Ward 5 Town Councillor.Joseph Virgilio, who was appointed to council to replace the late Tony C. Wong, did not run in 2010.Li has previously run for council in 2006.He ran as a Conservative candidate in the federal riding of Markham- Unionville in 2006 and 2004 and as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the federal riding of Scarborough—Rouge River in 1997.==== Ward 1 ==== Candidate Vote Valerie Burke (incumbent)  4,142Jim Common  1,005Mitch Klinger  109Burke has been councillor since 2006 and was former executive assistant to York Regional Council.==== Ward 2 ====Incumbent councillor Erin Shapero decided not to run for re-election. Candidate VoteHoward Shore  1928Gary Kay  1072Peter Usprech  255Marlene Gallyot  680Ali Majidi  77==== Ward 3 ==== Candidate VoteDon Hamilton (incumbent)  5,310John Cabrelli  2,586Gohar Jadoon  109Hamilton won the by-election in 2009 to replace Joseph Virgilio, who left to become York Regional Councillor in 2009 following the death of Tony C. Wong.==== Ward 4 ==== Candidate Vote Carolina Moretti (incumbent)  4,803Gin Siow  3,201Nadeem Qureshi  702==== Ward 5 ==== Candidate VoteColin Campbell  5,285John Webster (incumbent)  4,671Webster is a lifelong resident with family history in Markham and seeking a third term. Webster is also Markham's Town Crier.Longtime Markham resident Hamilton is acting Chief Officer with the Toronto Fire Services.==== Ward 6 ====Incumbent Dan Horchik sought a seat as Regional Councillor. Candidate VoteAlan Ho  1,915Jim Kwan  1,710David Papadimitrou  1,552Khalid Usman  1,413Meg Stokes  1,078Usman is former Ward 7 councillor 1998-2006 (left to run as Regional Councillor) and ran as a Liberal in the provincial election in 1995.Kwan former candidate for Ward 6 in 2006.==== Ward 7 ==== Candidate VoteLogan Kanapathi (incumbent)  4,027Debbie Wong  3,168Adnan Khan  1,173Raman Virk  1,100Mohammed Rahman  1,050Inderjit Basra  393Senthil Varatharajah  210Kanapathi was first elected in 2006 when former councillor Khalid Usman ran for Regional Council.==== Ward 8 ==== Candidate Vote Alex Chiu (incumbent)  3,458Joseph (Mohan) Remisiar  2,274Ivy Lee  1,716Bhopinder Mancoo  349Chiu is longtime Ward 8 councillor and was Ward 7 councillor before the re-division created new wards for Miliken Mills. Chiu has been in elected office since 1986 and is also a retailer at Market Village Mall.
[[Newmarket, Ontario|Newmarket]]  Mayoral Candidate  Vote % Tony Van Bynen (X)  13,768  81.0 Michael Casicone  3,231 19.0Van Bynen won his second term as mayor and has been in elected office in Newmarket since 2000.
[[Richmond Hill, Ontario|Richmond Hill]] ===Mayor=== Mayoral Candidate  Vote % Dave Barrow (X)  27,567  89.8 Abu Alam  3,132  10.2===Regional councillor===Two regional council seats were contested in Richmond Hill. Candidate Vote % Brenda Hogg (X) 15889 34.19% Vito Spatafora (X) 16734 36.01% David L. Cohen 13845 29.79% Cohen is former Ward 3 councillor.===Town Council===The incumbents of four of the six wards were challenged for council seats. '''Ward 1''' - Wilcox Lake, Bond Lake, Oak Ridges, Quaker Candidate Vote % Greg Beros (X) 2113 44.76% Carrie Hoffelner 1965 41.62% Jose Souto 307 6.5% Adam Matanovic 171 3.62% Adam Dodwell 165 3.5%'''Ward 2''' - Newkirk, Leno Park, Town Park Candidate Vote % Carmine Perrelli (X) 1590 37.15% Brian Hatt 854 19.95% Karen Gelineau 604 14.11% Marianne Yake 533 12.45% Mahdieh Hajighazi 369 8.62% Ehsan Haghi 330 7.71%Incumbent councillor Arnie Warner did not run for re-election. '''Ward 3''' - Helmkay Park, Headford Candidate Vote % Castro Liu (X) 2061 38.3% Thomas Chong 833 15.48% Lidia Kafieh 697 12.95% Vik Gandhi 618 11.48% Sarkis Assadourian 519 9.65% Mehrdad Sabouhi 471 8.75% Justin Lee 182 3.38%Incumbent councillor Cohen ran for Regional Council. Gandhi ran in 2006 in Ward 3.Assadourian is a former Liberal MPP. Liu is a broadcaster with Fairchild Radio. '''Ward 4''' - Jefferson, Elgin Mills Candidate Vote % Lynn Foster (X) 3553 65.65% Angel Freedman 1859 34.35%'''Ward 5''' - Yongehurst, Beverley Arces, Richvale Candidate Vote % Nick Papa (X) 3572 57.18% Karen Cilevitz 2146 34.35% Bruce Kurta 337 5.39% Christopher Dimpopoulos 192 3.07%'''Ward 6''' - West Beaver Creek, East Beaver Creek Candidate Vote % Godwin Chan (X) 3722 72.29% Frank Mastroianni 1063 20.64% Sheeraz Hudda 364 7.07%
[[Vaughan]]  Mayoral Candidate  Vote %Maurizio Bevilacqua  45,054  64.1Linda D. Jackson (X)  10,169 14.5Mario Racco  10,134 14.4Paul Donofrio  1,553   2.2Tony Lorini  1,301   1.9David Natale  931   1.3Tony Lombardi  839   1.2Savino Quatela  252   0.4
[[Whitchurch–Stouffville]]  Mayoral Candidate  Vote %Wayne Emmerson (X)  4,178  39.9Justin Altmann  3,113  30.0Sue Sherban  3,064  29.2Christine Vlachos  129  1.2
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