Nov14
Municipal Elections 2006
Here's some election coverage I have been following:
MARKHAM:
- With no surprise, Frank Scarpitti wins with a 83% of total ballots, and takes reign from Don Cousens who stepped down after undergoing a second kidney transplant..
- Incrumbent Alex Chiu retains his seat as councillor of Ward 8-- which its electoral boundaries saw some radical changes.
- Incrumbent Khalid Usman for Ward 7, my former ward, ran for York regional councillor in this election but did not make the mark. He placed sixth when the cutoff is the top four. Filling in his shoes in Ward 7 is Logan Kanapathi.
- MPP for Markham, Tony Wong, successfully returns to his seat on Regional Council.
TORONTO:
- David Miller, retains his position of mayor. A sure sigh of relief. Hourray for sustainable public transit.
- John Sewell, the author of the planning famous Shape of the City, is defeated by incrumbent Joe Mihevc in Ward 21 St. Paul's. Both candidates had polarized views of the St. Clair ROW, with Mihevic for, and Sewell against.
- CityTV star Adam Vaughan wins in Ward 20 Trinty-Spadina, which was occupied by MP Olivia Chow. His website truly communicates his dedication to consider all the needs of his widely diverse ward.
WATERLOO:
VAUGHAN:
- After a naughty mayoral race in a town that is perceived to be quite naughty, Linda Jackson takes down incrumbent Michael Di Biase by a narrow 90 votes.
Toronto Star Election Coverage - [thestar.com]
Spacing Votes - [spacing.ca]
Comments (5)
1
Liz
outside of Toronto, Hazel McCallion - mayor of Mississauga - got 91.41% of the votes. it's pretty cool that the majority of residents believe in ONE vision. Hazel is AWESOME!
(sorry i had to post this because i felt left out of all this Toronto business, but yay to Miller!)
2
greg
being a former region of peeler...i've been brainwashed to think otherwise about hazel.
bashing hazel was a common thing at the region's planning department over her lack of interest/acknowledgement in planning and wanting eliminate regional planning in general.
but thats not to say shes not a good mayor in other aspects and a nice person in general.
i once saw her give a tour of her beautiful backyard watergarden on breakfast television...which i thought was awesome and extremely down to earth...which is a rare quality of big city mayors these days.
she even named her dog 'hurricane'...and still plays ice hockey...hahaha
3
bev
Did you see the CityTV segment with Jane Pitfield, basically telling her right away, at around 8pm, that she basically lost already and there was no hope she'd win?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bprBuuzwek&eurl=
It's quite awkward and cringeworthy.
And I know I come by your blog after every election to say HAHAHAHA JOE LI LOST (I can't help it if he just keeps running for everything), but well... here I am again to say that INCOHERENT FOOL WITH NO CORE [POLITICAL] VALUES lost. And I am glad. *
* no offense if you're a Joe Li supporter or he's, like, your uncle or something.
4
Liz
Greg: really?? lack of interest in planning?? but she's all about planning now. she's even chair of the Smart Growth Panel. Didn't she want to combine or move Peel Region's office from Brampton into Mississauga? Is that why ppl at your office were bashing her? haha
wow, that's pretty awesome! before i moved neighborhoods, i use to see Hazel driving around on Sunday mornings heading to church on MY street! it was this old white car with the licence plate "Mayor1" on it. AND she use to give speeches at graduation ceremonies at the middle school named after her (which i went to). Pretty cool! =)
5
matt
Trust me, I am not a Joe Li supporter.
I wonder if he is still considering politics.
