Brampton municipal election, 2006
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The Brampton municipal election, 2006 will take place on 13 November 2006, to elect a mayor, five regional councillors and five city councillors in the city of Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It is being held in conjunction with all other municipalities in Ontario. See Ontario municipal elections, 2006.
It is called CityVote 2006 by the City's website.
The nomination period ended on Friday 29 September 2006; thirty candidates registered in the two weeks prior. Six candidates withdrew after this point, before the cut-off of 5 pm Monday. There are a total of 96 candidates running for political office.
Over the various days of voting, 68,186 Brampton residents cast ballots; there were 226,869 registered voters in the city at the time.[1] This means there was a 30.8% turn-out.
[edit] Candidates
[edit] Mayor
[edit] Results
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Susan Fennell (incumbent, winner) | 51,036 | 74.8 |
| Raj Sharda | 9,585 | 14.1 |
| John R. A. Moulton | 4,007 | 5.9 |
| Sunny Gandhi | 2,343 | 3.4 |
| Amjid Iqbal | 1,215 | 1.8 |
[edit] Profiles
[edit] Susan Fennell (incumbent)
OFFICIAL WEBSITE | GUARDIAN ARTICLE
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- Mayor Fennell served as a city councillor, then a regional councillor, prior to becoming Mayor.[2] She is currently a member of the Peel Regional Police Services Board,[3] Large Urban Mayors Caucus of Ontario,[4] the board of Hydro One Brampton,[5] the Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance,[6] Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council,[7] and two time chair of the Infrastructure and Transportant Committee of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Previously she was commissioner of the National Women's Hockey League,[8] and involved in the Brampton Board of Trade, Downtown Business Improvement Area, and Sheridan College Board of Governors.[9]
[edit] Sunny Gandhi
OFFICIAL WEBSITE | GUARDIAN INTERVIEW
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- Gandhi is a 29-year-old small business owner, with no previous political experience.[2]
[edit] Amjid Iqbal
GUARDIAN ARTICLE, stating Iqbal did not participate in interviews.
[edit] John R.A. Moulton
[edit] Raj Sharda
OFFICIAL WEBSITE | GUARDIAN INTERVIEW
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- Rajneesh Sharda is a 40-year-old lawyer.[2] He was appointed as a replacement councillor for both the Town of Oakville and the Halton Region, upon retirement of the Ward 2 representative,[15] serving from June to 30 November 2000.[16] Sharda serves as a provincial adjudicator on the Ontario Consent and Capacity Board,[17] is immediate past president of the Halton Multicultural Council,[18] and was once on the board of the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly.[19] He is legal advisor for the Brampton Small Business Enterprise Centre[20] and the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce,[21] He was endorsed for mayor by the Toronto Star on November 6, 2006.[22]
[edit] Media participation
- The Brampton Guardian: Susan Fennell, Sunny Gandhi, John Moulton, and Raj Sharda participated in interviews with the Guardian. The newspaper was unable to attract Amjid Iqbal, despite multiple attempts.[23]
- Rogers Television: Susan Fennell, John Moulton, and Raj Sharda all participated in a televised debate for Rogers Cable. Sunny Gandhi had accepted, but declined when he found out the interview wasn't public; Amjid Iqbal gave the Brampton Guardian no reason for his absence. The program repeats frequently on channel 10 for any Rogers subscriber in Brampton.
- Wikinews: None of the five candidates have completed interviews for Wikinews. Raj Sharda's campaign had promised a response, but nothing has been received. John Moulton replied, denying an interview. Campaign offices for Susan Fennell, Sunny Gandhi, and Amjid Iqbal did not reply.
- The Brampton News: Playwright columnist T. Gregory Argall emailed all of his council candidates, as well as the mayoral noms. Not revealing he was writing for the News. Moulton and Sharda replied via email. Gandhi and Fennell both arrived at his house. As per routine, Iqbal did not reply in any fashion. Note that all Wikinews articles were republished on The Brampton News.[24]
[edit] Wards 1, 5
[edit] Regional council
Long-time incumbent Elaine Moore had three people interested in replacing her as Regional Councillor; she won her re-election with a strong majority.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Bousfield | 692 | 6.69 |
| Janet Hamilton | 1620 | 15.67 |
| Tejinder Lamba | 847 | 8.19 |
| Elaine Moore, incumbent, winner OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 7182 | 69.45 |
[edit] City council
Incumbent Grant Gibson had six candidates challenging his re-election; he was re-elected by over half of participating voters. Gibson had held the seat for more than a decade, as of the election day.
Among his challengers was Stephanie Beaumier, daughter of Brampton-West MP Colleen Beaumier. As he dropped out of the campaign after nomination lists were finalised, Malcolm Jones' name still appeared on the ballots. Despite no longer officially running, he took fourth place, out of seven.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Beaumier OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 3215 | 30.84 |
| Grant Gibson, incumbent, winner | 5335 | 51.17 |
| Malcolm Jones OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 320 | 3.07 |
| Larry Lee OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 256 | 2.46 |
| Jeffrey Schrik OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 194 | 1.86 |
| Jagtar Shergill OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1034 | 9.92 |
| Whoston Wray | 72 | 0.69 |
[edit] Wards 2, 6
[edit] Regional council
One of the longest sitting incumbents, Paul Palleschi had five people attempting to take him out of office, including Chuck Jeffrey, husband of local MPP Linda Jeffrey. Palleschi received roughly 45% of the vote.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Vicky Colbourne OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1767 | 14.00 |
| David Esho OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 548 | 4.34 |
| Curtis Grant OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1653 | 13.10 |
| Chuck Jeffrey OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1396 | 11.06 |
| Paul Palleschi, incumbent, winner | 5766 | 45.68 |
| Tejinder Singh | 1493 | 11.83 |
[edit] City council
Incumbent John Hutton had ten candidates challenging his re-election, the most of any riding. Due to the berth of competition, he was only re-elected with 27% support. Among the challengers was Doug Whillans, son of the late Ken Whillans, a former Brampton mayor. As of election day, Hutton had held the seat for 21 years.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Derrick Coke OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1768 | 13.70 |
| Jassi Dhillon | 185 | 1.43 |
| Navdeep Gill OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1790 | 13.87 |
| Ralph Irving Greene | 1466 | 11.36 |
| Jim Howell | 535 | 4.15 |
| John A. Hutton, incumbent, winner | 3552 | 27.53 |
| Adrian Avinash Lalla | 45 | 0.35 |
| Paul Mangat | 142 | 1.10 |
| Mathew Njenga OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 454 | 3.52 |
| Joyce Rodriguez OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1175 | 9.11 |
| Doug Whillans OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1792 | 13.89 |
[edit] Wards 3, 4
[edit] Regional council
Businessman and 2005 Brampton Citizen of the Year John Sanderson beat incumbent Susan DiMarco. One of four challengers, Sanderson had previous run and lost for the same ward in 2003. With a mere 292 votes dividing them, the race between Sanderson and DiMarco was the last to be declared in all of Peel.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Tibor Bankuti | 181 | 1.22 |
| Susan DiMarco, incumbent OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 5431 | 36.60 |
| Theo Goary | 463 | 3.12 |
| John Sanderson, winner OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 5723 | 38.56 |
| Sukhwant Thethi OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 3042 | 20.50 |
- Note, Tejinder Singh Bhatta has withdrawn from the race.
[edit] City council
Incumbent Bob Callahan easily won this race. Once an MPP, Callahan won over his nearest competitor by 33.36%.
Babra's second place finish was unexpected, as while he participated in a Brampton Guardian interview, he did not reply to The Toronto Star or The Brampton News/Wikinews. His email address was inactive throughout the duration of his campaign.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Balbir Babra | 3212 | 21.94 |
| Manny Bianchi-Morfino | 264 | 1.80 |
| Bob Callahan, incumbent, winner | 8094 | 55.30 |
| Dolly Khokhar | 289 | 1.97 |
| Maria Peart | 585 | 4.00 |
| Tim Turcott | 251 | 1.71 |
| Innocent Watat | 61 | 0.42 |
| Sheila White OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1881 | 12.85 |
- Note, Ernie Macdonald has withdrawn from the race.
[edit] Wards 7, 8
[edit] Regional council
The race for regional councillor for Wards 7 and 8 will be between long-time incumbent Gael Miles and John Villella.
- Gael Miles, incumbent OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- John Villella OFFICIAL WEBSITE
[edit] City council
- Khalid Alvi, Ran in 2003 election for city wards 7 & 8
- Tom Armstrong
- Sandra Hames, incumbent OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- Vaughn Parker
- John B. Spry, Ran in 2003 election for wards 9 & 10.
- Note, Curtis Grant and Oscar R. Odulio have both withdrawn from the race.
[edit] Wards 9, 10
[edit] Regional council
Incumbent John Sprovieri had six candidates challenging his re-election, which he won with 44.91% support. Among the challengers is Derek Begley, son of retired regional councillor Rhoda Begley. Johal has acted as the representative for MP Gurbax Malhi.[25]
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Derek Begley OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 1364 | 8.25 |
| Sherdaljit Dhillon | 2148 | 12.99 |
| Mahen Gupta | 760 | 4.60 |
| Satpaul Johal | 3707 | 22.42 |
| Dalbir S. Kathuria | 995 | 6.02 |
| Vahid Saadati-Khanshir | 133 | 0.80 |
| John Sprovieri, incumbent OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 7425 | 44.91 |
[edit] City council
Garnett Manning had five people contesting his seat, which he eventually lost to Vicky Dhillon. Manning had beat Dhillon by a slim amount in the 2003 election. At time of election, Dhillon was the Brampton—Springdale riding association president for the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario); it is unknown if he will retain this position. Among the other candidates was Daljit Gill, a one-term Peel District School Board trustee.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Stella Ambler OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 4029 | 23.80 |
| Mandeep Dhaliwal OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 2879 | 17.01 |
| Vicky Dhillon, Ran in 2003 election for city wards 9 & 10 OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 4700 | 27.77 |
| Daljit Gill | 620 | 3.66 |
| Nalem Malik | 439 | 2.59 |
| Garnett Manning, incumbent OFFICIAL WEBSITE | 4259 | 25.16 |
- Note, Iqbal Dhillon, David A. Esho, and Whoston Wray have all withdrawn from the race.
[edit] Peel District School Board
The Peel District School Board runs a website about its trustees and their roles.
[edit] Wards 1, 3
- David Green, incumbent
- Ian Irving
- Dhaval R. B. Patel
- Richard Gordon Patywich
- Satwant Singh Sidhu
- Note, Laura J. Zilney has withdrawn from the race.
[edit] Wards 2, 9, 10
There is no incumbent in these wards, as one-term trustee Daljit Gill is running for city council.
- Gurmail Singh Dhir
- Suman Gupta
- Ibrar Khan OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- Iqbal Mahal
- Suzanne Nurse OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- Maninder Sethi
- Harbans Singh
- Note, Mahesh Malhi, Pretam Kaur Purewal, Maninder Singh, and Raguhbir Singh have all withdrawn from the race.
[edit] Wards 4, 5, 6
- Steve Kavanagh, incumbent OFFICIAL WEBSITE
- Victoria D. Nelson, ran in 2003 election for wards 4, 5 & 6.
- Gary Rao
- Raguhbir Singh
- Carole Walker
- Fraser K. Williamson, ran in 2003 election for wards 4, 5 & 6.
[edit] Wards 7, 8
Beryl Ford is the only person elected by acclamation to any political seat in Brampton; this is her eighth term as a trustee.[26]
- Beryl Ford, incumbent
[edit] Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
[edit] Wards 1, 3, 4
There is no incumbent in these wards.
- Tony Da Silva
- Shirley Packalen
- Steven Thomas, ran in 2003 election for wards 1, 3 & 4
[edit] Wards 2, 5, 6
Debates in this ward received extremely small audiences. Eleven, then six people showed up to two separate evenings.[27]
- Frank Turner
- Linda Zanella, incumbent
[edit] Wards 7, 8, 9, 10
There is no incumbent in these wards.
- Joyce Anderson
- Lety Armstrong
- Janice Gordon
- Jeffrey Grima
- Carmela Marino
[edit] Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest
None of the incumbents are seeking re-election
- Mark David de Pelham
- Christine Guindy
[edit] Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud
- Anne Burke-Gauthier
- Yvonne Musau Kabeya
- Rene Riopel
[edit] References
- ^ http://brampton.ca/election-day/results-1.htm
- ^ a b c d "Election campaign under way", The Brampton Guardian, Brampton: Metroland Newspapers, 4 October 2006.
- ^ Peel Regional Police Services Board: Who We Are
- ^ City of Brampton: Susan Fennell
- ^ Hydro One press release, "Hydro One Brampton Officially Launched", 1 August 2001.
- ^ About the GTMA: Susan Fennell
- ^ Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council: Council Members
- ^ Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity, "Susan Fennell retires from the NWHL", 14 July 2006.
- ^ University of Toronto Great Past: Susan Fennell
- ^ http://www.torontomuslims.com/directory/businesses_display.asp?type=Car%20Mechanics/Dealers
- ^ http://www.brampton.ca/cityvote2006/2003-results/totals.tml
- ^ Quotation marks around the word "entrepreneur" are that of the Brampton Guardian, likely to reflect an ambiguous answer. "Election campaign under way", The Brampton Guardian, Brampton: Metroland Newspapers, 4 October 2006.
- ^ Canadian Classic Table Hockey Federation rankings
- ^ Rogers Community Cable: "Municipal Votes 2006". Fennell asked Moulton not to make such self-defacing comments. Moulton's only other comments were regarding the level of Fennell's campaign donations, a practice he does not participate in, feeling it leads to bias; Fennell defends the process, stating it essentially to letting citizens know of her platform.
- ^ THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF HALTON: REGULAR MEETING OF REGIONAL COUNCIL NO. 11-00 (pdf)
- ^ Minutes of the Oakville Town Council, unknown date, June 2000.
- ^ http://www.pas.gov.on.ca/scripts/en/bios.asp?boardID=876&persID=135118
- ^ Staff and Board of directors directory, Halton Multicultural Council.
- ^ http://www.advocacycentreelderly.org/
- ^ http://www.brampton-business.com/pdfuploads/THINKBIGWINTER2006.pdf
- ^ ICCC Gala magazine (pdf)
- ^ "Editorial: Endorsements for Peel ", Toronto Star, 6 November 2006.
- ^ Iqbal has maintained such a low profile in campaigning that the wrong image was shown with the note about his lack of participation.
- ^ T. Gregory Argall, "Walk Before You Run", The Brampton News, 9 November 2006.
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Public board trustee elected by acclimation", The Brampton Guardian, Metroland, 13 October 2006, pp. 1. Retrieved on 24 October 2006. (in English)
- ^ http://www.northpeel.com/br/editorial/column/story/3770398p-4360782c.html
[edit] External links
