2006 St. Catharines municipal election

September 2023 2006 St. Catharines municipal election Canada presidential no 2003 St. Catharines municipal election 2003 2010 St. Catharines municipal election 2010 November 13, 2006 St.-Catharines-Wards.png 325px The Ward boundaries for the 2006 Election. The Mayor and regional councillors are elected across the city, Councillors in their respective wards. Mayor Tim Rigby Brian McMullan The 2006 St. Catharines municipal election took place on 13 November 2006 to determine a mayor, regional and city councillors and school trustees in the city of St. Catharines, Ontario. The incumbent mayor, Tim Rigby, vacated the mayoral position and ran for election to Niagara Regional Council. Report Eligible Voters 94607 Ballots Cast 38474 Turnout 40.7% Mayoral results Candidate Vote %Brian McMullan 15067 39.6Rob Welch 6047 15.9Marilyn C. Bodogh 4412 11.6Jackie Phelan 3390 8.9Preston Haskell 3261 8.6Sue Erskine 3207 8.4Garry Robbins 2263 5.9Emad Zawady 411 1.1 Total valid votes 38,088100.00 Niagara Regional Council Judy Casselman has a Diploma in Public Health Nursing, and has worked as a registered nurse.Judy Casselman: Candidate Details https://web.archive.org/web/20070320120755/http://www.stcatharines.ca/Elections/candidates_voting/meetthecandidates.cfm 2007-03-20 , City of St. Catharines, accessed 15 November 2006. She represented Ward Two (St. Andrews) on city council from 1992 to 2003, and was deputy mayor in the 1990s.Kate Harries, "Church renews pride in its black history", Toronto Star, 14 September 1998, A4. She was elected to the regional council in 2003 and re-elected in 2006, topping the polls both times. Casselman is an advocate for preserving rural lands.Doug Draper, "'Green' school plan on sensitive land faces flak", Hamilton Spectator, 23 February 2001, A14. She was a founding member of Heritage St. Catharines, Friends of the Twelve and the St. Catharines Community Foundation, and is a board member of the Niagara Symphony.Judy Casselman: Niagara Councillor Profile https://web.archive.org/web/20071007234843/http://regional.niagara.on.ca/government/council/profiles/jcasselman.html October 7, 2007 , accessed 14 November 2006. Michael R. Collins is a graduate of Carleton University, and for many years taught Communication and Municipal Finance at Niagara College. He served three terms as a St. Catharines city councillor, and has been a member of the Niagara Regional Council since 1985. He opposed a provincial Sunday shopping extension in the 1980s, and was chair of a local group called People for Sunday.Marie Chamberland and Janice Paskey, "Niagara area begins major push to end wide-open Sundays", Toronto Star, 8 February 1988, A13. He called for a freeze on welfare as a form of guaranteed income during the early 1990s, and supported a pioneer needle exchange program in 1992."Niagara balks at adding 21 workers to meet welfare load", Hamilton Spectator, 7 February 1992, B4 [welfare]; Joanne McDonald, "Niagara council picks AIDS group to handle needle exchange program", Hamilton Spectator, 18 December 1992, B5. Collins has served on several local organizations and committees, including the Niagara Regional Housing Board and the Niagara Escarpment Commission, and is a board member of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.Michael Collins: Niagara Councillor Profile https://web.archive.org/web/20060710202818/http://regional.niagara.on.ca/government/council/profiles/mcollins.html July 10, 2006 , accessed 14 November 2006. Brian Heit was a St. Catharines city councillor from 1988 to 2003. He served on every major committee, and was deputy mayor for two terms. He was first elected to the Niagara Regional Council in 2003, and has served on the Corporate and Financial Services Committee and the Human Resources Committee.Brian Heit: Niagara Councillor Profile https://web.archive.org/web/20040628004803/http://www.regional.niagara.on.ca/government/council/profiles/bheit.html June 28, 2004 , accessed 15 November 2006. Ronna Katzman was elected as a School Board Trustee in 1991 and 1994, and as a St. Catharines City Councillor in 1997 and 2000. She was first elected to the Niagara Regional Council in 2003, and has served on the Public Health and Social Services Committee. In 2002, she recommended that St. Catharines phase out its purchase of electricity from polluting plants.Marlene Bergsma, "Council checking cost of clean electricity", St. Catharines Standard, 23 July 2002 https://web.archive.org/web/20060117185559/http://www.cleanair.web.ca/media/med2002c.html 17 January 2006 , OCAA in the media, accessed 5 November 2006. She has been a member of many boards and associations, including the St. Catharines Downtown Association.Ronna Katzman: Niagara Councillor Profile https://web.archive.org/web/20071007234937/http://www.regional.niagara.on.ca/government/council/profiles/rkatzman.html October 7, 2007 , Regional Municipality of Niagara, accessed 5 November 2006. N. Carlos Garcia is a businessman, with consulting experience in North America, Europe, East Asia and Africa. He has Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees, and is past chair of Port Realizing our Unique Distinction (PROUD), an historical preservation group in the Port Dalhousie area of St. Catharines. PROUD opposed development plans proposed by the Port Dalhousie Vitalization Corp. (PDVC)."Port Dalhousie residents send out SOS against highrise", Hamilton Spectator, 7 March 2005, A4; N. Carlos Garcia: Candidate Details https://web.archive.org/web/20070320120755/http://www.stcatharines.ca/Elections/candidates_voting/meetthecandidates.cfm 2007-03-20 , City of St. Catharines, accessed 15 November 2006. Bart Brouwer was born in the Netherlands in 1983, and moved to Canada in 1997. He is a member of the Covenant Christian Reformed Church, and assisted in the 2006 federal election.Bart Brouwer: Candidate Details https://web.archive.org/web/20070320120755/http://www.stcatharines.ca/Elections/candidates_voting/meetthecandidates.cfm 2007-03-20 , City of St. Catharines, accessed 15 November 2006. St. Catharines City Council Candidate Vote % Ward 1 - MerritonJeff Burch 2857 33.01%Jennie Stevens (X) 2849 32.92%Sheila Morra (X) 2049 23.68%Robbie Craine 899 10.39% Ward 2 - St. Andrew'sAndrew Gill 3454 33.65%Joseph Kushner (X) 3199 31.16%Cam Donevan (X) 2372 23.11%Wayne Sadlak 1241 12.09% Ward 3 - St. George'sGreg Washuta (X) 3432 47.67%Peter Secord (X) 2635 36.60%Darren Platakis 1133 15.74% Ward 4 - St. Patrick'sHeather Foss 2173 24.19%Mark Elliott 1520 16.92%Milica Kovacevich 1414 15.74%John Bacher 1205 13.41%Bill Buckle 1025 11.41%Charles Gervais (X) 1016 11.31%Matthew Cutler 631 7.02% Ward 5 - GranthamBill Phillips 2833 21.14%Dawn Dodge (X) 2543 18.98%Brian Dorsey (X) 2173 16.22%Mike Sullivan 2029 15.14%Salvatore Sorrento 1807 13.49%Laura Ip 1332 9.94%Tony Tullo 683 5.10% Ward 6 - Port DalhousieBruce Williamson (X) 3818 30.71%Len Stack 2384 19.17%Norm St. George 2256 18.15%Susan Bassett 1372 11.04%Tim Atherton 1172 9.43%Mark Klimchuk 739 5.94%Richard Martinelli 385 3.10%David P. Prentice 307 2.47% Niagara Catholic District School Board Trustee, Ward 1 Candidate Vote %Tony Scalzi 631 50.28%Alex McKee 624 49.72% Trustee, Ward 2,3,4,5,6 Candidate Vote %Maurice Charbonneau 495138.82%Kathy Burtnik 3176 24.9%Lorna Costantini 2287 17.93%Larry Newton 1524 11.95%Suzanne Westera 816 6.4% District School Board of Niagara Candidate Vote %Lora Campbell 11320 18.32%Marcy Heit 11260 18.23%Dalton Clark 10123 16.4%Lynn Campbell 6591 10.67%Andrew L. Bowles 6132 9.93%John Davis 5924 9.59%Elaine Manocha 4315 6.98%Flavia Orvitz 3682 5.69%Shawn Montreuil 2422 3.92% Footnotes expanded Category:2006 Ontario municipal elections 2006