The City of Vaughan 2003 Municipal Election took place on 10 November 2003. One mayor, three regional councillors and five local councillors have been elected for the city of Vaughan, Ontario

Vaughan, Ontario

Vaughan is a city in York Region north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Vaughan is the fastest growing municipality in Canada achieving a population growth rate of 80.2% between 1996–2006, according to Statistics Canada having nearly doubled in population since 1991. Vaughan is located in Southern...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. In addition, local school trustees have been elected to the York Region District School Board

York Region District School Board

The York Region District School Board, also known as YRDSB, is the English-language public school board for York Regional Municipality located in Ontario, Canada. The York Region District School Board is currently the province's third largest school board, with an enrollment of over 115,000 students...

, York Catholic District School Board

York Catholic District School Board

The York Catholic District School Board is the publicly funded English-language Catholic school district authority for the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada. Its head office is in Aurora....

, Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest

Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest

The Conseil scolaire Viamonde manages the French-language Public Schools in the central south-western region of Ontario. The area in which this school board operates covers 68,180 km2 of Ontario...

 and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud

Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud

Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud is the Roman Catholic separate, French language school board for the South-Central region of Ontario. It is headquartered in North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada...

. These elections were held in conjunction with all other municipalities across Ontario. (see Ontario municipal elections, 2003

Ontario municipal elections, 2003

In the 2003 municipal elections in Ontario, voters in Ontario, Canada, elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of Ontario's municipalities.-Results of election:...

).

Following the resignation of Ward 5 local councillor, Susan Kadis on July 9, 2004, a by-election was held on November 25, 2004.

Mayor

Candidate	Votes	%
Michael Di Biase Michael Di Biase Michael Di Biase is a Regional Councillor in Vaughan, an exurb of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was first elected to the city's council in 1986. Following the death of Mayor Lorna Jackson in 2002, Di Biase was appointed acting mayor by virtue of his position as senior regional councilor... (incumbent via appointment)	26,113	62.98
Robert Craig Robert Craig United States Army Second Lieutenant Robert Craig received the Medal of Honor for heroic service as an infantry officer during the Allied invasion of Sicily in World War II.-Early life:...	15,351	37.02

Regional Council

Candidate	Votes	%
Mario Ferri	20,767	21.07
Linda Jackson Linda Jackson (politician) Linda D. Jackson is a Canadian politician and former mayor of Vaughan, Ontario. Jackson has been a resident of the City of Vaughan since 1966 and was elected as Mayor on November 14, 2006. Jackson was defeated by Maurizio Bevilacqua in the 2010 Vaughan municipal election.Jackson’s election to the...	20,368	20.67
Joyce Frustaglio(incumbent)	19,891	10.18
Gino Rosati (incumbent via appointment)	19,349	12.9
Bernie Green	9,719	9.86
Joanna Lionti	8,466	8.59

Because Mario Ferri received the highest vote count among the candidates for Regional Councillor, he was styled as the acting Mayor in cases where the Mayor is unavailable. However commonly confused, this is a different role than being the Deputy Mayor

Deputy Mayor

Deputy mayor is an elective or appointive office of the second-ranking official in many local governments. Many elected deputy mayors are members of the city council who are given the title and serve as acting mayor in the mayor's absence...

Ward 1

Candidate	Votes	%
Peter Meffe	7,061	63.82
Fabio Gesufatto	2,263	20.45
Ian Holland	1,740	15.73

Ward 2

Candidate	Votes	%
Tony Carella	5,693	54.48
Nick Pinto	4,756	45.52

Ward 3

Candidate	Votes	%
Bernie DiVona (incumbent)	4,110	64.35
lou Bruno	1,382	21.64
Paolo Fabrizio	364	5.7
Joseph Bonavota	311	4.87
Anthony Cortese Anthony Cortese Anthony Cortese has been active in academic and industrial support of environmental awareness....	220	3.44

Ward 4

Candidate	Votes	%
Sandra Yeung-Racco	2,315	33.04
Victor Schiralli	1,818	25.95
Ben Steinfeld	1,428	20.38
Erlinda Insigne	976	13.93
Charanjit Singh Mandle	314	4.48
Michael Ricchio	84	1.20
Helen Meszen-Saddler	71	1.01

Ward 5

Candidate	Votes	%
Susan Kadis Susan Kadis Susan R. Kadis is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was the Liberal Member of Parliament for Thornhill in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2008.-Background:... (incumbent)	Acclaimed

Ward 5 By-election

Held on November 25, 2004

Candidate	Votes	%
Alan Shefman	1,267
Bernie Green	947
David Chapley	784
Erlinda Insigne	375
Dina Taub	237
Yehuda Shahaf	208
Joshua Katchen	161
Carlos Laredo	148
Elliott Silverstein	133
Elliott Frankl	70
Russell Korus	57
Joel Ginsberg	39
Harold Moskoff	20

External links

• Vaughan Votes 2003