Durham Region municipal elections, 2010
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Elections will be held in the Regional Municipality of Durham of Ontario
on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province
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Ajax
, the incumbent mayor of Brock
, was reelected by a margin of just 13 votes over challenger Terry Clayton, who had previously been mayor of the township from 2000 to 2003. The narrow margin resulted in an ongoing judicial recount battle; the township used a mail-in voting
system in 2010, and when ballots which were postmarked before election day but arrived late were counted, O'Connor's margin of victory was reduced to just three votes.
O'Connor voluntarily resigned as mayor on March 28, 2011, and the township council subsequently appointed Clayton as the new mayor.
Clarington
Oshawa
Pickering
Scugog
Uxbridge
Whitby
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on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province
Ontario municipal elections, 2010
The 2010 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 25, 2010.Voters in the province of Ontario elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities....
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Durham Regional Council
| Position | Elected |
|---|---|
| Ajax Mayor | Steve Parrish |
| Ajax Wards 1 & 2 | Shaun Collier |
| Ajax Wards 3 & 4 | Colleen Jordan |
| Brock Mayor | Larry O'Connor Larry O'Connor Larry O'Connor is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is the former mayor of the township of Brock, Ontario, and previously served as a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995.Before entering political life, O'Connor was a member of the political... |
| Brock Councillor | Debbie Bath |
| Clarington Mayor | Adrian Foster |
| Clarington Wards 1 & 2 | Mary Novak |
| Clarington Wards 3 & 4 | Willie Woo |
| Oshawa Mayor | John Henry |
| Oshawa Councillor | Nancy Diamond |
| Oshawa Councillor | Nester Pidwerbecki |
| Oshawa Councillor | Tito-Dante Marimpietri |
| Oshawa Councillor | John Neal |
| Oshawa Councillor | John R. Aker |
| Oshawa Councillor | Amy England |
| Oshawa Councillor | Bob Chapman |
| Pickering Mayor | Dave Ryan |
| Pickering Ward 1 | Jennifer O'Connell |
| Pickering Ward 2 | Bill McLean |
| Pickering Ward 3 | Peter Rodrigues |
| Scugog Mayor | Chuck Mercier |
| Scugog Councillor | Bobbie Drew |
| Uxbridge Mayor | Gerri Lynn O'Connor |
| Uxbridge Councillor | Jack Ballinger |
| Whitby Mayor | Pat Perkins |
| Whitby Councillor | Don Mitchell |
| Whitby Councillor | Lorne Earle Coe |
| Whitby Councillor | Joe Drumm |
Plebiscite
Are you in favour of the Council of the Regional Municipality of Durham passing the necessary resolutions and by-laws to change the method of selecting its Chair from appointment by the members of Regional Council to election by general vote of all electors in the Region?| Option http://www.durham.ca/departments/clerk/election/Question_Election_Results_Unofficial.pdf | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 95,377 | 79.70 |
| No | 24,289 | 20.30 |
AjaxAjax, OntarioAjax is a town in the Durham Region in the Greater Toronto Area.The town is named for the HMS Ajax a Royal Navy cruiser that served in World War II. Ajax is a part of the Greater Toronto Area and the...
| Mayoral Candidate http://survey.townofajax.com/who.html | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Parish (X) | 13,451 | 79.08 |
| Sherry Clymer | 3,582 | 20.92 |
Brock
Larry O'ConnorLarry O'Connor
Larry O'Connor is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is the former mayor of the township of Brock, Ontario, and previously served as a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995.Before entering political life, O'Connor was a member of the political...
, the incumbent mayor of Brock
Brock, Ontario
Brock is a township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada. Brock Township is also a former municipality and geographic township prior to the amalgamation that formed the current municipality.-History:...
, was reelected by a margin of just 13 votes over challenger Terry Clayton, who had previously been mayor of the township from 2000 to 2003. The narrow margin resulted in an ongoing judicial recount battle; the township used a mail-in voting
Postal voting
Postal voting describes the method of voting in an election whereby ballot papers are distributed or returned by post to electors, in contrast to electors voting in person at a polling station or electronically via an electronic voting system....
system in 2010, and when ballots which were postmarked before election day but arrived late were counted, O'Connor's margin of victory was reduced to just three votes.
O'Connor voluntarily resigned as mayor on March 28, 2011, and the township council subsequently appointed Clayton as the new mayor.
| Mayoral Candidate http://www.townshipofbrock.ca/2010-municipal-election/2010-municipal-election/ | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Larry O'Connor Larry O'Connor Larry O'Connor is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is the former mayor of the township of Brock, Ontario, and previously served as a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995.Before entering political life, O'Connor was a member of the political... (X) |
2,339 | 50.14 |
| Terry Clayton | 2,326 | 49.86 |
ClaringtonClarington, OntarioClarington is a municipality in Ontario, Canada in the Regional Municipality of Durham. It took its present name in 1994 after having been known as the Town of Newcastle from 1974-93. The name change was made to alleviate long-standing confusion between the municipality as a whole and the included...
| Mayoral Candidate http://www.clarington.net/htdocs/2010-election-slate.html | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Adrian Foster | 6,905 | 35.51 |
| Jim Abernethy (X) | 6,132 | 31.54 |
| Paul Adams | 5,740 | 29.52 |
| Jeremy Woodcock | 667 | 3.43 |
OshawaOshawaOshawa is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario approximately 60 kilometres east of downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of both the Greater Toronto Area and the Golden Horseshoe. It is now commonly referred to as the most...
| Mayoral Candidate http://www.oshawa.ca/election/2010/candidates-contact.asp | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| John G. Henry | 15,268 | 46.58 |
| John Gray John Gray (Oshawa politician) -Background:John Gray was raised in Whitby, Ontario where his love for politics began; on various occasions, local neighbours would telephone Gray's parents to alert them of his unusually regular attendance at local council meetings.... (X) |
8,973 | 27.37 |
| Louise V. Parkes | 3,941 | 12.02 |
| Cathy Clarke | 2,959 | 9.02 |
| Bill Longworth | 1,383 | 4.21 |
| Eve E. Simson | 137 | 0.41 |
| Dale Jodoin | 115 | 0.35 |
PickeringPickering, OntarioPickering is a city located in Southern Ontario, Canada immediately east of Toronto in Durham Region. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area, the largest metropolitan area in Canada.- Early Period :...
| Mayoral Candidate http://www.cityofpickering.com/standard/cityhall/election/2010elections.html | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Dave Ryan (X) | 10,361 | 51.21 |
| Maurice Brenner | 8,661 | 42.80 |
| Ken W. Nash | 1,212 | 5.99 |
ScugogScugog, OntarioScugog is a township in the Regional Municipality of Durham, south-central Ontario, Canada. A smaller Scugog Township was also a historic municipality and geographic township prior to the amalgamation that formed the current municipality.-History:...
| Mayoral Candidate http://www.township.scugog.on.ca/2010-candidates.29.php | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Chuck Mercier | 4,690 | 55.95 |
| Jim McMillen | 3,692 | 44.05 |
UxbridgeUxbridge, OntarioUxbridge is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada, in the Regional Municipality of Durham, in the Greater Toronto Area.The main centre in the township is the namesake community of Uxbridge...
| Mayoral Candidate http://www.town.uxbridge.on.ca/elections | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gerri Lynn O'Connor | 4,293 | 53.04 |
| Bob Shepherd (X) | 3,150 | 38.92 |
| George Apostolou | 651 | 8.04 |
WhitbyWhitby, OntarioWhitby is a town in Durham Region. Whitby is located in Southern Ontario east of Toronto on the north shore of Lake Ontario, and is home to the headquarters of Durham Region...
| Mayoral Candidate http://www.whitby.ca/index.php?page=379 | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Pat Perkins (X) | 12,064 | 47.55 |
| Rocky Varcoe | 8,987 | 35.42 |
| Marcel Brunelle | 4,322 | 17.03 |