The 3rd municipal election

Election

An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy operates since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the...

 in Norfolk County, Ontario

Norfolk County, Ontario

Norfolk County is a rural city-status single-tier municipality on the north shore of Lake Erie in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Bloomsburg is a small town located in Norfolk County and is the hometown of David Slater. The county seat and largest community is Simcoe...

, Canada

Canada

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took place on November 13, 2006. Dennis Travale

Dennis Travale

Dennis Travale is the second mayor of Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada whose tenure has witness a major worldwide economic meltdown starting on September 2008.-Summary:...

, a businessman who also ran in the 2000 election, was elected mayor. Rita Kalmbach

Rita Kalmbach

Rita Kalmbach was the first mayor of Norfolk County. It was during her tenure that Norfolk County became a separate municipality from Haldimand County...

 had chosen not to run for re-election due to personal reasons. It was the first election in Norfolk County history to have electronic voting

Electronic voting

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 in place.

Mayoral race

Candidate	Vote	%
Peter Black	3818	19.32%
Gary Muntz	2353	11.91%
Frank Nightingale	6362	32.19%
Dennis Travale Dennis Travale Dennis Travale is the second mayor of Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada whose tenure has witness a major worldwide economic meltdown starting on September 2008.-Summary:...	7230	36.58%

Ward 1

Candidate	Vote	%
John Hunt	996	41.55%
Donald Quick	525	21.90%
Ted Whitworth (X)	876	36.55%

Ward 2

Candidate	Vote	%
Roger Geysens (X)	1428	89.53%
Maurice Kalle	167	10.47%

Ward 3

Candidate	Vote	%
Michael J. Columbus (X)	1807	73.22%
Ede Pos	167	10.47%

Ward 4

Candidate	Vote	%
Dean Morrison (X)	841	38.60%
Bill Culver	365	16.75%
Jim Oliver	973	44.65%

Ward 5

Two to be elected

Candidate	Vote	%
Doug Brunton	1520	14.53%
Russell Colebrook	213	2.04%
Edward Doerksen	294	2.81%
Al Harrington	961	9.19%
John Kinnear	1084	10.36%
Charlie Luke (X)	2831	27.07%
Chris Thomas	1349	12.90%
Bob Thompson	139	1.33%
Heidy Van Dyk	2068	19.77%

Ward 6

Candidate	Vote	%
John Wells (X)	ACCLAIMED

Ward 7

Candidate	Vote	%
Geoff Dew	897	33.60%
Ronald G. Smith	204	7.64%
Harold Sonnenberg (X)	1236	46.29%
Gordon Woods	333	12.47%

Sources

Norfolk County Municipal Election 2006

See also

2003 Norfolk County municipal elections

Norfolk County municipal election, 2003

The second municipal election in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada took place in 2003; it challenged the tobacco status quo of the municipality. Rita Kalmbach defeated 21-year-old political neophyte Brian Decker by more than half of the popular votes in order to maintain the integrity of the local...

2000 Norfolk County municipal elections

Norfolk County municipal election, 2000

The first municipal election in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada in the year 2000 was the first one as a single-tier municipality. Rita Kalmbach defeated the former Simcoe mayor Rick Kolwasky and another rival candidate by the name of Dennis Travale by ensuring the tobacco farmers a future in...