2006 Vaughan Municipal Election
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The City of Vaughan 2006 Municipal Election took place on November 13, 2006. One mayor, three regional councillors and five local councillors were elected for the city of
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, Canada. In addition, local school trustees were elected to the
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,
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,
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and
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. These elections were held in conjunction with all other municipalities across Ontario, which for the first time elected politicians to four year terms, rather than three years as had previously been the case. (see
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).


Results

The 2006 municipal election in Vaughan saw a number of major upsets and a number of other close races — contrary to past results in the city elections. All but one incumbent were re-elected.


Mayor

In the Mayoral race, former Regional Councillor Linda Jackson unseated incumbent Mayor and former Regional Councillor
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. This was the first time since the incorporation of the City of Vaughan that an incumbent mayor had been defeated. Jackson took the place of her mother,
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who had held the position before she succumbed to
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prior to Di Biase's tenure. After the final results came in, Di Biase called for a recount due to the extremely close resul

However, he later called off the recount and filed an application for an injunction in the
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requesting that the election be declared “illegal and void”

for a number of reasons including faulty vote-counting machines. On November 22, Di Biase again reversed his decision, asking City Council to support a recount. The results of the recount were released Nov. 30. Jackson was once again declared mayor with 28,402 votes over Di Biase's 28,30


Regional Councillors

With Jackson no longer serving as a Regional Councillor, only two incumbents ran for that position, Mario Ferri and Joyce Frustaglio. In a surprise result, Frustaglio took first place in the race, making her the Deputy Mayor, a post held since Di Biase became Mayor by Mario Ferri. The third position was filled by a former Local and Regional Councillor, Gino Rosati.


Local Councillors

All five Ward Councilor positions were won by the incumbents, with many difficult challenges coming from former city staff and councillors.


Potential issues

* Construction of the Thornhill, Ontario, Thornhill
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Mall * Corporate donations to members of council * Lack of a public hospital * Mayoral and councillor salaries * Traffic Gridlock * New $96.3 Million Civic Centre construction, contracts and costs


Candidates


Mayor


Regional Council

''Because Joyce Frustaglio received the highest vote count among the candidates for Regional Councillor, she is styled as the acting Mayor in cases where the Mayor is unavailable. However commonly confused, this is a different role than being the
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''


Local Council


Ward 1


Ward 2


Ward 3


Ward 4


Ward 5


Withdrawals

* Mario G. Racco (nomination withdrawn from Ward 4 on Jan. 20) * Aurelio E. Acquaviva (nomination withdrawn from Ward 1 on Aug 15, moved to Ward 2) * Robert Craig (nomination withdrawn from Mayor on Aug 28, moved to Regional Councillor) * Stan Grabowski (nomination withdrawn from Ward 2 on Sept. 27) * Gino Ruffolo (nomination withdrawn from Mayor on Oct. 2)


Controversy

Following the November 2006 election, former mayor
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appealed the results of the elections citing possible errors in the ballot counting machines. The results were reviewed following a decision in his favour in
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, concluding that the original result, the election of Jackson as mayor, was the correct one.


References


Vaughan Citizen article on election



Globe and Mail report on Municipal salaries
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Toronto Star article on Go Vote Vaughan about releasing names of contributors prior to election day
# ttp://www.yorkregion.com/yr/yr4/YR_News/Newscentre/Citizen/story/3610390p-4173415c.html Vaughan Citizen follow-up to the 'online clash' Wikipedia storybr>Toronto Star article Ending GTA traffic gridlock tops wish list for seething motorists Toronto Star, Vaughan election heats up alreadyToronto Star, Trying to Avoid the Tender Trap


Trivia

* An article on website Wikipedia entitled "Vaughan municipal election, 2006" was cited as an issue in the campaign; the ''Vaughan Citizen'' newspaper has, to date, published two articles about opposing allegations of politically biased edits to this article. * The 2006 Vaughan municipal election has the largest percentage of female candidates (27.3%) in the province. Nine out of thirty three candidates are women. It is possible for women to win every seat with the exception of one of the regional council seats and the Ward 5 council seat although it is still possible for men to win every seat. * ''
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'' newspaper reports that Mayor Di Biase receives a salary of $164,074 per year, making him one of the highest-paid municipal politicians in the country. * The mayor of the largest city in Canada, David Miller of Toronto, which is over ten times the size of Vaughan in terms of population, receives $143,635 per year. The average salary of Vaughan councillors is $102,657, compared to Toronto councillors at $85,497.


References


External links


Vaughan Votes 2006
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