Peterborough municipal election, 2010
Encyclopedia
The 2010 Peterborough municipal election was held on October 25, 2010, to elect a mayor
, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Peterborough
, Ontario
, Canada
. All other municipalities in Ontario also held elections on the same day
. In the mayoral contest, challenger Daryl Bennett
defeated one-term incumbent Paul Ayotte
.
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
, city councillors, and school trustees in the city of Peterborough
Peterborough, Ontario
Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks...
, Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
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. All other municipalities in Ontario also held elections on the same day
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....
. In the mayoral contest, challenger Daryl Bennett
Daryl Bennett
Daryl Bennett is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He is the current mayor of Peterborough, having won the position in the 2010 municipal election.-Early life and business career:...
defeated one-term incumbent Paul Ayotte
Paul Ayotte
D. Paul Ayotte is a municipal politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. Formerly a city councillor, he was the mayor of Peterborough from 2006 to 2010.-Early life and private career:...
.
Results
- David R. Edgerton was born and raised in Peterborough and has worked as a chartered financial advisor. He is past president of Royal Canadian LegionRoyal Canadian LegionThe Royal Canadian Legion is a non-profit Canadian ex-service organization founded in 1925, with more than 400,000 members worldwide. Membership includes people who have served as current and former military, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, provincial and municipal police, direct relatives of...
Branch 52 and for many years worked to create a "Wall of Honour" for Peterborough city and county veterans. Edgerton is also a perennial candidatePerennial candidateA perennial candidate is one who frequently runs for public office with a record of success that is infrequent, if existent at all. Perennial candidates are often either members of minority political parties or have political opinions that are not mainstream. They may run without any serious hope...
for public office, having stood in every Peterborough municipal election since 1985. His only success came in 1988, when he was elected as a councillor for the Monaghan Ward. He ran for mayor of Peterborough in the 2006 municipal electionPeterborough municipal election, 2006The 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 Ontario municipal elections, 2006 for elections in other cities.The election chose the mayor and...
on a platform of financial restraint and finished sixth against Paul AyottePaul AyotteD. Paul Ayotte is a municipal politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. Formerly a city councillor, he was the mayor of Peterborough from 2006 to 2010.-Early life and private career:...
; he was fifty-six years old at the time.
- Bill Juby was raised in Peterborough and has worked as a realtor in the city. He was first elected to city council in the 2000Peterborough municipal election, 2000The 2000 Peterborough municipal election was held in the city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada on November 13, 2000, to chose the mayor and city councillors to sit on the Peterborough city council. Electors in Peterborough also voted for the city's representatives on the regional public and...
, representing the Town Ward. Fifty-three years old at the time, he called for an increased police presence and a binding decision on the city's longstanding plans for a parkway extension through green space. After the election, he chaired the city's renovation committee. He oversaw a comprehensive renovation for the Peterborough Memorial Centre and was criticized when the project went over budget by more than one million dollars. Juby also supported the parkway when council opponents tried to cancel it. In 2003, he opposed a symbolic motion against the American invasion of Iraq2003 invasion of IraqThe 2003 invasion of Iraq , was the start of the conflict known as the Iraq War, or Operation Iraqi Freedom, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein in 21 days of major combat operations...
. Re-elected in 2003Peterborough municipal election, 2003The 2003 Peterborough municipal election took place on November 10, 2003, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Peterborough, Ontario.Sylvia Sutherland was narrowly re-elected in the mayoral contest.-Mayor:...
, he was subsequently named as second deputy mayor and chair of the committee of the whole. He supported surveillance cameras for the downtown area, and in early 2006 he established a committee to target illegal drug use. He was a late entry into the 2006 mayoral contestPeterborough municipal election, 2006The 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 Ontario municipal elections, 2006 for elections in other cities.The election chose the mayor and...
and finished fourth against Paul AyottePaul AyotteD. Paul Ayotte is a municipal politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. Formerly a city councillor, he was the mayor of Peterborough from 2006 to 2010.-Early life and private career:...
. In 2010, Juby was re-elected as a councillor for the Town Ward; his platform included a call for much of Bethune Street to be made into a linear park.
- Len Vass was raised in Peterborough and is a businessman in the city. He finished third in the 1997 mayoral election, centering his campaign on local concerns relating to the opening of a hazardous waste facility. He ran again in 2000Peterborough municipal election, 2000The 2000 Peterborough municipal election was held in the city of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada on November 13, 2000, to chose the mayor and city councillors to sit on the Peterborough city council. Electors in Peterborough also voted for the city's representatives on the regional public and...
and placed second to incumbent Sylvia SutherlandSylvia SutherlandSylvia Sutherland is a former Canadian politician, who was mayor of Peterborough, Ontario from 1986–1991 and 1998-2006.Sutherland has a diploma in journalism from the Ryerson Institute of Technology, a BA in history from Trent University, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from the...
. Forty years old in his second campaign, he called for more open government and said he was concerned with the quality of employment in the city. He also said that did not belong to any political party and was neither right-wing nor left-wing. In January 2001, he was appointed to the Peterborough Youth Commission. Vass was first elected to city council for Ashburnham Ward in the 2003 electionPeterborough municipal election, 2003The 2003 Peterborough municipal election took place on November 10, 2003, to elect a mayor, councillors, and school trustees in the city of Peterborough, Ontario.Sylvia Sutherland was narrowly re-elected in the mayoral contest.-Mayor:...
. He was subsequently appointed to chair the city's transportation committee and commissioned a review for Peterborough's Transportation Master Plan. The Peterborough This WeekPeterborough This WeekPeterborough This Week is a twice-weekly flyer delivery service in Peterborough, Ontario that was established in 1989. It is one of three newspapers in the Kawartha Division of Metroland Publishing, a company that owns newspapers across Ontario...
journal, while ambivalent toward Vass's overall record on council, described him as "shin[ing] with his devotion to public transit." In 2004, he was one of two councillors to vote against a rezoning that allowed Wal-MartWal-MartWal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...
to open a new store in the city. He was elected to a second term in 2006Peterborough municipal election, 2006The 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 Ontario municipal elections, 2006 for elections in other cities.The election chose the mayor and...
and to a third term in 2010.