2006 Ontario municipal elections

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 Municipal Elections Act of Ontario. == Date == Municipal elections in all Ontario municipalities took place on Monday, November 13, 2006 (notwithstanding advance polling arrangements). Currently municipal elections in Ontario have fixed election dates, and the next round of elections are due to take place in November, 2010. Prior to the vote in 2006, the period between elections had been 3 years. == Voting Notice and Attention == Candidates may have withdrawn from the race prior to November 13, 2006, and while their names may still have appeared on the ballot, voting for a withdrawn candidate resulted in a spoiled ballot and was not counted. == 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 == In Toronto, their municipal election had incumbent mayor David Miller easily defeating councillor Jane Pitfield and former Liberal Party president Stephen LeDrew. Ottawa's election race was a heated affair with incumbent mayor Bob Chiarelli finishing third behind victorious businessman Larry O'Brien and popular former councillor Alex Munter. In London, incumbent mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best defeated Liberal MP Joe Fontana. In Mississauga, Hazel McCallion, who has been mayor since 1978 faced little competition en route to victory. Larry Di Ianni, Hamilton's mayor was upset in an extremely close race by former alderman Fred Eisenberger. In Greater Sudbury, mayor David Courtemanche was defeated by former NDP MP John Rodriguez. In Guelph, former mayor Karen Farbridge defeated incumbent mayor Kate Quarrie in a reversal of the election three years prior when Quarrie defeated Farbridge. == Municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants == The following lists mayoral races and city council races unless a main article exists, in which case only the mayoral races are listed here. In the tables, candidates marked with an (X) were the incumbent. === Barrie === Mayoral race City council === Brampton === Mayoral race === Burlington === Mayoral race City and regional council === Cambridge === Mayoral race === Chatham-Kent === Mayoral race === Greater Sudbury === Mayoral race City council: See separate article. === Guelph === Mayoral race === Hamilton === Mayoral race City council See main article === Kingston === Mayoral race City council === Kitchener === Mayoral race City council Regional council === London === Mayoral race Board of control (Four to be elected) City council === Markham === Mayor Regional council Town council === Mississauga === Mayoral race === Oakville === Mayoral race Town & regional council See main article === Oshawa === Mayoral race === Ottawa === Mayoral race === Richmond Hill === Mayoral race Other races See main article === St. Catharines === Mayoral race Other races See main article === Thunder Bay === Mayoral race === Toronto === Mayoral race City council See main article === Vaughan === Mayoral race Other races See main article === Windsor === Mayor Other races See main article == Municipalities with 25,000 to 100,000 people == Races for mayor only, see main article for more information. In the tables, candidates marked with an (X) were the incumbent. == Municipalities with 5,000 to 25,000 people == (Elected mayors shown only) == The Municipalities of Prescott and Russell == (Elected mayors shown only) == See also == Municipal elections in Canada 2003 Ontario municipal elections Electronic voting in Canada == External links == Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Elections Page Council results for every municipality Town of Ajax elections City of Barrie Municipal Elections City of Belleville Municipal Elections City of Brampton Municipal Elections Archived October 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine City of Brantford Municipal Elections City of Burlington Municipal Elections City of Cambridge Municipal Elections Community of Chatham-Kent Municipal Elections Clarington Votes 2006 City of Greater Sudbury Elections City of Guelph Elections City of Hamilton Municipal Elections City of Kawartha Lakes Municipal Election City of Kingston Municipal Elections City of Kitchener Municipal Elections City of London Municipal Elections Town of Markham Municipal Elections City of Mississauga Municipal Elections Archived September 6, 2006, at the Wayback Machine Town of Newmarket Municipal Election 2006 City of Niagara Falls Municipal Elections Norfolk County 2006 Municipal Election Town of Oakville Municipal Elections City of Oshawa Municipal Elections City of Ottawa Municipal Elections Archived 2006-01-11 at the Wayback Machine City of Peterborough Municipal Elections - online voting City of Pickering municipal elections Town of Richmond Hill Elections City of Sarnia Municipal Elections City of Sault Ste. Marie elections City of St. Catharines Elections City of Thunder Bay Municipal Elections City of Toronto Municipal Elections City of Waterloo Municipal Elections City of Welland Municipal Elections City of Windsor Municipal Elections Whitby Municipal Elections 2006 == References ==