# 2006 Guelph municipal election

The 2006 Guelph municipal election was held on November 13, 2006, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, to elect the Mayor of Guelph, Guelph City Council and the Guelph members of the Upper Grand District School Board (Public) and Wellington Catholic District School Board. The election was one of many races across the province of Ontario.

## Election results

Names in bold denotes elected candidates.
(X) denotes incumbent.

### Mayor

One candidate to be elected.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Karen Farbridge | 17,689 | 50.96 |
| Kate Quarrie (X) | 12,319 | 35.49 |
| Mark Briestensky | 4,180 | 12.04 |
| Bev A. Izzillo-Ustation | 523 | 1.51 |

### Councillors

Two candidates per ward to be elected.

#### Ward 1

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Bob Bell | 3,212 | 32.32 |
| Laura Baily (X) | 1,717 * | 17.28 |
| Kathleen Farrelly | 1,717 * | 17.28 |
| Rocco J. Furfaro (X) | 1,647 | 16.57 |
| John Allan | 1,329 | 13.37 |
| Eugene Gromczynski | 316 | 3.18 |
* The Ward 1 tie between Laura Baily and Kathleen Farrelly was broken under the Municipal Elections Act with the City Clerk drawing Baily's name randomly by lot.

#### Ward 2

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Vicki Beard | 2,404 | 22.67 |
| Ian Findlay | 2,330 | 21.97 |
| Gary Walton | 1,815 | 17.12 |
| Ray Ferraro (X) | 1,671 | 15.76 |
| Dan Moziar (X) | 1,522 | 14.35 |
| Andrew Colwill | 771 | 7.27 |
| Matthew Knock | 90 | 0.85 |

#### Ward 3

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Maggie Laidlaw (X) | 3,213 | 30.22 |
| June Hofland | 3,083 | 29.00 |
| Dan Schnurr (X) | 1,607 | 15.11 |
| Craig Chamberlain | 1,508 | 14.18 |
| Charlie Whittaker | 1,221 | 11.48 |

#### Ward 4

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Gloria Kovach (X) | 2,623 | 34.19 |
| Mike Salisbury | 1,999 | 26.06 |
| Cam Guthrie | 1,805 | 23.53 |
| David Birtwistle (X) | 1,244 | 16.22 |

#### Ward 5

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Leanne Piper | 4,339 | 36.88 |
| Lise Burcher (X) | 4,053 | 34.45 |
| Sal De Monte | 1,613 | 13.71 |
| Dan Douma | 962 | 8.18 |
| John Alves | 797 | 6.77 |

#### Ward 6

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Karl Wettstein | 2,537 | 27.42 |
| Christine Billings (X) | 2,438 | 26.35 |
| Ken Morgan | 2,423 | 26.19 |
| Peter Hamtak (X) | 1,555 | 16.81 |
| William McAdams | 300 | 3.24 |

## Upper Grand District School Board
### Wards 1, 5 and 6

Two candidates to be elected.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Mark Bailey | 5,681 | 32.76 |
| Linda Busuttil | 3,666 | 21.14 |
| Marty Fairbairn (X) | 3,201 | 18.46 |
| Randy Norris | 2,706 | 15.61 |
| Helen Teece | 2,085 | 12.02 |

### Wards 2, 3 and 4

Two candidates to be elected.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Jennifer Waterston (X) | 5,366 | 32.39 |
| Susan Moziar (X) | 4,341 | 26.20 |
| Andrea Robinson | 3,565 | 21.52 |
| Don Griffin | 3,297 | 19.90 |

## Wellington Catholic District School Board

Four candidates to be elected.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Dennis J. Noon (X) | 4,343 | 21.90 |
| Jim Furfaro | 3,883 | 19.58 |
| Marino L. Gazzola (X) | 3,780 | 1906 |
| Victoria (Sorbara) Dupuis (X) | 3,085 | 15.55 |
| Richard A. Gazzola (X) | 3,078 | 15.52 |
| David G. Bryden | 1,666 | 8.4 |

## Conseil Scolaire Public de District du Centre-Sud Ouest

One candidate to be elected, representing Waterloo Region, Middlesex County, Wellington County, Perth County and Huron County.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Gilles Arpin (X) | 71 | 67.41 |
| Stephan Barath | 44 | 32/59 |

## Conseil Scolaire de District Catholiques Centre-Sud

1 Candidate to be elected, representing the Region of Waterloo, and the Counties of Wellington, Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Dorothée Petit-Pas (X) | Acclaimed | 100 |

## Ward Referendum

"Are you in favour of retaining the ward system
as the current method of electing city councillors?" :
| Response | Votes | % |
| Yes | 26,741 | 83.2 |
| No | 5,390 | 16.8 |

## Timeline

* September 29, 2006 - Nominations close.
* November 13, 2006 - Election Day.

## Issues

Professionalism on City Council
Wet/Dry Recycling
Heritage Protection
Growth Management