2006 Peterborough municipal election

Municipal elections in Canada September 2023 The 2006 Peterborough municipal election was held in the city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada on November 13, 2006. All municipal elections in the province of Ontario are held on the same date; see 2006 Ontario municipal elections for elections in other cities. The election chose the mayor and city councillors to sit on the Peterborough city council. Mayor John Pritchard was a township representative, deputy reeve, and reeve in Cavan before moving to Peterborough in 1992."Ex-Cavan reeve seeks city seat," Peterborough Examiner, 27 September 2000, B1. After a failed bid for the Peterborough city council in 1997, he was elected for Northcrest Ward in 2000. During the campaign, he supported a controversial parkway extension through municipal green space.Joseph Kim, "Action on The Parkway urged by candidates," Peterborough Examiner, 10 November 2000, B2. After the election, he chaired the transportation committee and continued to promote the parkway.Joseph Kim, "Rezoning OK'd despite objections," Peterborough Examiner, 26 June 2001, B1; Joseph Kim, "Pritchard tries end run with Parkway motion," Peterborough Examiner, 5 September 2001, A1. In 2001, he was one of only two councillors to vote against a grant to Showplace Peterborough.JoElle Kovach, "City bailout for Showplace a grant, not a loan," Peterborough Examiner, 11 October 2001, B1. He later recommended replacing the city's Memorial Centre with a new building and was the only councillor to vote against a renovation plan.JoElle Kovach, "Councillor leans toward building new arena for city," Peterborough Examiner, 2 February 2002, A1. Pritchard also opposed a comprehensive smoking ban.JoElle Kovach, "City wants meeting to clear air on smoking ban," Peterborough Examiner, 26 February 2002, A1. In 2003, he voted against a symbolic motion opposing the American invasion of Iraq.JoElle Kovach, "Council votes to ask Ottawa to stay out of Iraq conflict," Peterborough Examiner, 14 February 2003, A1. He was defeated in his bid for re-election in 2003. There was some speculation that Pritchard could become the Liberal Party candidate for Peterborough in the 2006 federal election, although nothing came of this.Elizabeth Bower, "Liberals fish for candidate," Peterborough Examiner, 6 May 2006, A1. In the 2006 mayoral election, he said that he would work for high-quality jobs in Peterborough.Brendan Wedley, "Pritchard runs for mayor," Peterborough Examiner, 23 February 2006, B1. Gord Vass was fifty-four years old at the time of the election; he worked for a taxi firm and ran an online distribution company. He reserved the name "Royal Canadian Equity Party" (RCEP) with Elections Ontario in 1999, though he has never registered the party. He has said the RCEP was intended to address issues of the working poor, including fair taxation and an expanded social safety net. He is the brother of city councillor Len Vass. The 2006 mayoral campaign was his first bid for public office.Brendan Wedley, "Brothers could face off for mayor's job job: Next election could see Vass vs. Vass," Peterborough Examiner, 4 January 2006, A1. Council (partial) Doug Peacock (born November 15, 1943) worked in Ontario's education system for thirty-five years. Starting as a teacher in Scarborough, he later became a secondary school principal in Peterborough from 1991 to 2001.Jack Marchen, "Peacock ousts Duncan in Ashburnham," Peterborough Examiner, 14 November 2000, B4; Kelly Leydier, "Peacock to retire as principal," Peterborough Examiner, 31 January 2001, B1; JoElle Kovach, "'Sport has all the essences of politics'," 6 November 2003, B1. He was first elected to the Peterborough city council in 2000, finishing first in the Ashburnham ward. After the election, he chaired the city's newly formed youth committee."Youth committee sets first meeting," Peterborough Examiner, 6 March 2001, B1; "New youth committee sets priorities," Peterborough Examiner, 29 April 2001, B2. See also Joseph Kim, "Vision statement complete," Peterborough Examiner, 4 July 2001, B1. He was offered a job with the Ontario Ministry of Education in 2001 to implement changes in the education system, but turned it down.Bill Hodgins, "Retiring principal turns down provincial job," Peterborough Examiner, 7 June 2001, B1. In early 2003, he introduced a symbolic motion that called for Canada to stay out of the American invasion of Iraq.JoElle Kovach, "Council votes to ask Ottawa to stay out of Iraq conflict," Peterborough Examiner, 14 February 2003, A1. He ran for mayor of Peterborough in 2003 and finished a very close second to incumbent Sylvia Sutherland. During this campaign, he called for a limited tax increase to pay for sewer and road improvements and homeless shelters.JoElle Kovach, "Peacock makes his pitch," Peterborough Examiner, 5 September 2003, B1. He also opposed the construction of a parkway through municipal green space.David Smith, "Mayoralty candidates talk Parkway," Peterborough Examiner, 8 October 2003, A1. Following the mayoral contest, Peacock taught at Trent University's School of Education and wrote a column for the Peterborough Examiner.See for instance Doug Peacock, "Education reform goes on waiting list," Peterborough Examiner, 22 July 2004, A4; Doug Peacock, "Nasty election campaigns not our style," Peterborough Examiner, 29 July 2004, A4; Doug Peacock, "After 40 years, Trent's challenges change," Peterborough Examiner, 14 October 2004, A4. There was a rumour that Peacock would challenge Peter Adams for the Liberal Party nomination in the buildup to the 2004 federal election, although Peacock himself dismissed the possibility; he also declined to stand for the nomination when Adams retired in 2005.Alek Gazdic, "Parties gear up for election: MP Peter Adams happy that Liberal nomination now open," Peterborough Examiner, 21 January 2004, B1; Elizabeth Bower, "Liberals lack any candidates," Peterborough Examiner, 27 April 2005, B1. In September 2004, he was appointed to the Peterborough Community Social Plan committee."Peacock added to committee," Peterborough Examiner, 20 September 2004, B12. Peacock was re-elected to city council in 2006 for the Otonabee Ward and later served as chair of the mayor's anti-poverty task force. Peterborough This Week rated him among Peterborough's better councillors in its 2007 and 2008 "report cards."Kathryne Miller, "Peterborough City Council Report Card," Peterborough This Week, 8 November 2007, p. 1; "Council Report Card 2008," Peterborough This Week, 19 November 2008, p. 1. He was not a candidate in the 2010 election. Paul Peterson was the anticipated Progressive Conservative candidate for Peterborough in the 2000 federal election, but he withdrew from the contest for personal reasons two days before the nomination date. Fifty-two years old at the time, he was president of Craaytech Painted Plastics and a founding president of the Peterborough Safe Communities Coalition. He attended the 2003 Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leadership contest. Initially a supporter of Scott Brison, he shifted his support to Jim Prentice after Brison was forced from the ballot. He later sought the Conservative Party nomination for Peterborough in the leadup to the 2006 federal election. Peterson described himself as a right-wing Conservative in this period, noting his opposition to same-sex marriage. He lost to Dean Del Mastro.John Driscoll, "Craaytech chief seeks Conservative nod," Peterborough Examiner, 18 October 2000, B1; Kelly Leydier, "PCs nominate Langen in city," Peterborough Examiner, 24 October 2000, A1; Alek Gazdic, "Local Tories rally around leader after backing rival," Peterborough Examiner, 2 June 2003, B6; Rachel Punch, "Another Tory candidate steps up," Peterborough Examiner, 30 April 2005, B1. Cameron Holmstrom was twenty-six years old during the 2006 election and worked as an elementary school French teacher with the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. In declaring his candidacy, he said the council could use some "young blood."Brendan Wedley, "Pritchard runs for mayor," Peterborough Examiner, 23 February 2006, B1. During the campaign, he criticized another council candidate (in a different ward) for proposing to jail panhandlers.Cameron Holmstrom, "Not saving for BMW," Peterborough Examiner, 14 March 2006, A4. An individual named Sean Cameron Holmstrom later sought the federal New Democratic Party nomination for Peterborough in the buildup to the 2008 federal election, but lost to Steve Sharpe. It is assumed this is same person.Lauren Gilchrist, Local NDP choose Steve Sharpe as their candidate, Kawartha Lakes This Week, 14 February 2007, accessed 2 September 2010. After the 2008 election, Holmstrom worked as an assistant to Member of Parliament John Rafferty."Local youth leader to bring CSA Conference to Brockville area," St. Lawrence EMC, 15 July 2010, p. 27. Election results source: City of Peterborough website References Category:2006 Ontario municipal elections Category:Municipal elections in Peterborough