# 2010 Ontario municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in Ontario, Canada, on October 25, 2010. Voters in Ontario elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities. A total of 444 elections were held. Several smaller municipalities in Northern Ontario held no council elections, as their entire councils were acclaimed into office, although the towns still saw contested elections for their school board seats.

## Voting date

Notwithstanding advance polling arrangements, municipal elections were held on the fourth Monday of October. From 1978 until 2006 the second Monday of November was the fixed date.

## Nomination period

Candidate registration opened on January 4, 2010 and ended on September 10.

## Term lengths

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario legislation (Bill 81, Schedule H), passed in 2006, sets the length of terms in office for all municipal elected officials at four years.

## Campaigns in major cities

The Toronto municipal election saw an open contest for mayor, due to the retirement of David Miller after two terms. In Ottawa, former MPP and Mayor Jim Watson ran against incumbent Larry O'Brien, who was cleared of bribery charges in 2009.
Some media, including a Sudbury Star editorial which was republished in several other Sun Media newspapers, noted the seeming emergence of a Tea Party mentality in some parts of the province, with a number of self-styled "outsider" or populist candidates – including Rob Ford in Toronto, Joe Fontana in London, David D'Intino in St. Catharines, Rob Matheson in Kingston, Ron Schinners in Sault Ste. Marie and Marianne Matichuk in Greater Sudbury – campaigning on platforms that traded heavily in mistrust of the existing municipal governments.

## Single tier municipalities
### Brant County

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ron Eddy (X) | 3,187 | 33.65 |
| Steve Comisky | 3,048 | 32.18 |
| John Weaver | 1,695 | 17.89 |
| Roy Haggart | 1,155 | 12.19 |
| Shawn Pratt | 387 | 4.09 |

### Brantford

vte2010 Brantford municipal election: Mayor of Brantford :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| (x)Chris Friel | 11,334 | 41.80 |
| John Sless | 5,466 | 20.16 |
| Mark Littell | 3,417 | 12.60 |
| Dianne M. Austin | 3,267 | 12.05 |
| Mike Quattrociocchi | 1,875 | 6.92 |
| James Calnan | 1,068 | 3.94 |
| Richard E. Casey | 495 | 1.83 |
| Winston C. Ferguson | 131 | 0.48 |
| John Turmel | 61 | 0.22 |
| Total valid votes | 27,114 | 100 |

### Chatham-Kent

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Randy Hope (X) | 13,169 | 40.87 |
| Tom McGregor | 10,956 | 34.00 |
| Ian McLarty | 6,608 | 20.51 |
| Austin Wright | 765 | 2.37 |
| Mary Kwong Lee | 549 | 1.70 |
| Allan R. Traylor | 171 | 0.53 |

### Greater Sudbury

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Marianne Matichuk | 25,042 | 46.1 |
| John Rodriguez (X) | 19,819 | 36.5 |
| Ted Callaghan | 7,298 | 13.4 |
| Derek Young | 1,432 | 2.6 |
| Zack Gauthier | 390 | 0.7 |
| Dennis Gorman | 167 | 0.3 |
| Ed Pokonzie | 102 | 0.2 |
| David Popescu | 96 | 0.2 |
| Total valid votes | 54,346 | |

### Haldimand County

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ken Hewitt | 6,984 | 44.6 |
| Marie Trainer (X) | 5,748 | 36.7 |
| Buck Sloat | 2,929 | 18.7 |
Summary of the October 25, 2010 Haldimand County Ward Three Councillor Election :
| Candidate | Candidate | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote |
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Craig Grice (incumbent) | 1,578 | 41.43% | n/a |
| | Gary McHale | 1,097 | 28.8% | n/a |
| | Bryan Barker | 933 | 24.5 | n/a |
| | Rob Duncan | 177 | 5.27% | n/a |
| Total Votes | Total Votes | 3,809 | 100% | |
| Registered Voters | Registered Voters | 8,090 | 47.08% | n/a |
| Note: All Haldimand County Municipal Elections are officially non-partisan. Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.) and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. |||||
| Sources: Haldimand County Clerk's Office |||||

### Hamilton

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Bob Bratina | 52,684 | 37.32 |
| Larry Di Ianni | 40,091 | 28.40 |
| Fred Eisenberger (X) | 38,719 | 27.43 |
| Michael James Baldasaro | 2,892 | 2.05 |
| Tone Marrone | 1,052 | 0.75 |
| Mahesh P. Butani | 950 | 0.67 |
| Glenn Hamilton | 949 | 0.67 |
| Pat Filice | 768 | 0.54 |
| Ken Leach | 577 | 0.41 |
| Andrew Haines | 557 | 0.39 |
| Mark Wozny | 433 | 0.31 |
| Steven Waxman | 429 | 0.30 |
| Edward H. C. Graydon | 404 | 0.29 |
| Gino Speziale | 356 | 0.25 |
| Victor Veri | 313 | 0.22 |

### Kawartha Lakes

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ric McGee (X) | 13,850 | 47.78 |
| Andy Letham | 12,722 | 43.88 |
| Lynne Boldt | 2,417 | 8.34 |

### Norfolk County

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Dennis Travale (X) | 11,018 | 66.24 |
| Clarence Wheaton | 5,615 | 33.76 |

### Ottawa

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Jim Watson | 131,258 | 48.70 |
| Larry O'Brien (X) | 64,853 | 24.06 |
| Clive Doucet | 40,147 | 14.89 |
| Andrew S. Haydon | 18,904 | 7.01 |
| Mike Maguire | 6,617 | 2.45 |
| Robert Gauthier | 1,413 | 0.52 |
| Jane Scharf | 1,169 | 0.43 |
| Charlie Taylor | 1,125 | 0.42 |
| Cesar Bello | 926 | 0.34 |
| Idris Ben-Tahir | 729 | 0.27 |
| Samuel Wright | 371 | 0.14 |
| Robin Lawrence | 300 | 0.11 |
| Joseph Furtenbacher | 299 | 0.11 |
| Sean Ryan | 360 | 0.13 |
| Julio Pita | 265 | 0.10 |
| Robert Larter | 219 | 0.08 |
| Michael St. Arnaud | 200 | 0.07 |
| Daniel J. Lyrette | 166 | 0.06 |
| Vincent M. Libeshya | 122 | 0.05 |
| Fraser Liscumb | 104 | 0.04 |

### Prince Edward County

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Peter Mertens | 3489 | 33.18 |
| Sandy Latchford | 2327 | 22.13 |
| Monica Alyea | 1828 | 17.38 |
| Lori Slik | 1203 | 11.44 |
| Gordon Fox | 1073 | 10.20 |
| Paul Boyd | 593 | 564 |

### Toronto

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Rob Ford | 380,201 | 47.098 |
| George Smitherman | 287,393 | 35.602 |
| Joe Pantalone | 94,840 | 11.749 |
| Rocco Rossi | 4,973 | 0.616 |
| George Babula | 3,242 | 0.402 |
| Rocco Achampong | 2,781 | 0.345 |
| Abdullah-Baquie Ghazi | 2,746 | 0.34 |
| Michael Alexander | 2,452 | 0.304 |
| Vijay Sarma | 2,233 | 0.277 |
| Sarah Thomson | 1,876 | 0.232 |
| Jaime Castillo | 1,862 | 0.231 |
| Dewitt Lee | 1,685 | 0.209 |
| Douglas Campbell | 1,420 | 0.176 |
| Kevin Clarke | 1,400 | 0.173 |
| Joseph Pampena | 1,308 | 0.162 |
| David Epstein | 1,198 | 0.148 |
| Monowar Hossain | 1,186 | 0.147 |
| Michael Flie | 1,178 | 0.146 |
| Don Andrews | 1,023 | 0.127 |
| Weizhen Tang | 885 | 0.11 |
| Daniel Walker | 795 | 0.098 |
| Keith Cole | 794 | 0.098 |
| Michael Brausewetter | 791 | 0.098 |
| Barry Goodhead | 736 | 0.091 |
| Charlene Cottle | 730 | 0.09 |
| Tibor Steinberger | 729 | 0.09 |
| Christopher Ball | 690 | 0.085 |
| James Di Fiore | 649 | 0.08 |
| Diane Devenyi | 627 | 0.078 |
| John Letonja | 587 | 0.073 |
| Himy Syed | 576 | 0.071 |
| Carmen Macklin | 565 | 0.07 |
| Howard Gomberg | 472 | 0.058 |
| David Vallance | 442 | 0.055 |
| Mark State | 433 | 0.054 |
| Phil Taylor | 425 | 0.053 |
| Colin Magee | 397 | 0.049 |
| Selwyn Firth | 392 | 0.049 |
| Ratan Wadhwa | 288 | 0.036 |
| Gerald Derome | 249 | 0.031 |

## Separated municipalities
### Barrie

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Jeff Lehman | 13,562 | 39.2% |
| Joe Tascona | 9,650 | 27.9% |
| Rob Hamilton | 5,140 | 14.8% |
| Mike Ramsay | 4,507 | 13% |
| David Aspden (X) | 1,249 | 3.6% |
| Harry Ahmed | 304 | 0.8% |
| Carl Hauck | 115 | 0.4% |
| Darren Roskam | 68 | 0.3% |

### Belleville

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Neil R. Ellis (X) | 10,081 | 75.09 |
| Mitch Panciuk | 2,825 | 21.17 |
| Lonnie D. Herrington | 350 | 2.62 |
| Graham K. Longhurst | 149 | 1.12 |

### Brockville

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| David L. Henderson (X) | 2,718 | 33.6 |
| Ben Tekamp | 2,553 | 31.6 |
| Louise Severson | 2,093 | 25.8 |
| Robert A. Marleau | 393 | 4.8 |
| Hannelore Walther | 328 | 4.0 |

### Gananoque

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Erika Demchuk | 1,260 | 68.6 |
| James E. Garrah (X) | 577 | 31.4 |

### Guelph

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Karen Farbridge (X) | 14,902 | 54.1 |
| David Birtwistle | 10,576 | 38.4 |
| Ray Mitchell | 1,182 | 4.3 |
| Scott Nightingale | 878 | 3.2 |

### Kingston

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Mark Gerretsen | 17,096 | 56.4 |
| Rob Matheson | 6,905 | 22.8 |
| Barrie Chalmers | 5,486 | 18.1 |
| John Last | 377 | 1.2 |
| Nathaniel Wilson | 227 | 0.8 |
| Kevin Lavalley | 215 | 0.7 |

### London

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Joe Fontana | 48,626 | 47.2 |
| Anne Marie DeCicco-Best (X) | 46,089 | 44.8 |
| Cynthia Etheridge | 4,402 | 4.3 |
| Eric Southern | 644 | 0.6 |
| Ivan W. Kasiurak | 612 | 0.6 |
| Christopher R. Foerster | 462 | 0.4 |
| Aaron Broughm | 427 | 0.4 |
| Wayne Ford | 375 | 0.4 |
| Zak Young | 298 | 0.3 |
| Stephen Elliott Beckles | 252 | 0.2 |
| Tomasz Winnicki | 234 | 0.2 |
| Dan Lenart | 173 | 0.2 |
| Tom Ha | 149 | 0.1 |
| Ma'in Sinan | 128 | 0.1 |
| Jonas Richard White | 83 | 0.1 |

### Orillia

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Angelo Orsi | 5,398 | 48.4 |
| Tim Lauer | 3,844 | 34.5 |
| Ralph Cipolla | 1,913 | 17.1 |

### Pembroke

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ed Jacyno (X) | 2,803 | 66.7 |
| Stanley E. Sambey | 1,398 | 33.3 |

### Peterborough

vte2010 Peterborough municipal election: Mayor of Peterborough :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Daryl Bennett | 14,061 | 58.46 |
| (x)Paul Ayotte | 9,990 | 41.54 |
| Total valid votes | 24,051 | 100.00 |

### Prescott

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Brett Todd | 913 | 62.5 |
| Suzanne Dodge (X) | 547 | 37.5 |

### Quinte West

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| John R. Williams (X) | 8,159 | 94.0 |
| Claudor du-Lude | 522 | 6.0 |

### Smiths Falls

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Dennis Staples (X) | 1,925 | 50.9 |
| Jeffrey G. Keays | 1,857 | 49.1 |

### St. Marys

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Steve Grose | 1,767 | 62.4 |
| Jamie Hahn (X) | 989 | 34.9 |
| Eric Farquhar | 76 | 2.7 |

### St. Thomas

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Heather Jackson-Chapman | 3,666 | 37.7 |
| Cliff Barwick (X) | 3,158 | 32.4 |
| Albert Riddell | 2,910 | 29.9 |

### Stratford

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Dan Mathieson (X) | 7,857 | 79.2 |
| Martin Weatherall | 2,061 | 20.8 |

### Windsor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Eddie Francis (X) | 39,384 | 56.2 |
| Rick Limoges | 28,354 | 40.4 |
| Anthony Brothers | 979 | 1.4 |
| Michael Mosgrove | 748 | 1.1 |
| Robert W. Vinson | 377 | 0.5 |
| Sam Sinjari | 273 | 0.4 |

## In fiction

The 2010 first season of the TV sitcom Dan for Mayor takes place during the municipal election in the fictional city of Wessex.