# 2010 Thunder Bay District municipal elections

Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Thunder Bay District of Ontario on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

## Conmee

Kevin Holland was acclaimed as reeve of Conmee, and Mary-Lynne Hunt, Grant Arnold, Robert Rydholm and Robert McMaster were elected to council.
| Reeve Candidate | Vote | % |
| Kevin Holland | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Dorion

No council elections were held in Dorion, as the entire council won by acclamation. Dave Harris will serve as reeve; Ed Chambers, Don Modin, Diane Poulin and Kitty Dumonski will serve on council.
| Reeve Candidate | Vote | % |
| Dave Harris (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Gillies

No council elections were held in Gillies, as the entire council won by acclamation. Rick Kieri will serve as reeve; Rudy Buitenhuis, William Groenheide, Henry Jantunen and Linda Turk will serve on council.
| Reeve Candidate | Vote | % |
| Rick Kieri (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Greenstone

Renald Beaulieu won the mayoralty of Greenstone, and Chris Walterson, William Assad, Mary Moylan, Jane Jantunen, Ronald Melhuish, Kevin Melanson, Jay Daiter and Armand Giguère were elected to council.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Renald Beaulieu | 1,412 | 58.18 |
| Elaine Mannisto | 797 | 32.84 |
| Mike Malouf | 218 | 8.98 |

## Manitouwadge

Incumbent mayor John MacEachern was re-elected in Manitouwadge; Sheldon Plummer, Connie Hunter, Donna Jaunzarins and Natalie Labbee were elected to council.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| John MacEachern (X) | 445 | 50.80 |
| Gordon MacDonald | 291 | 33.22 |
| Dave Wheadon | 84 | 9.59 |
| Michel Villeneuve | 56 | 6.39 |

## Marathon

No council elections were held in Marathon, as the entire council won by acclamation. Rick Dumas will serve as mayor; Terry Fox, Ray Lake, Roger Souckey and Kelly Tsubouchi will serve on council.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Rick Dumas (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Neebing

Ziggy Polkowski defeated incumbent mayor Steven Harasen in Neebing; Dawne Kilgour, Roger Shott, Bev Dale, Curtis Coulson, Bill Lankinen and Michael McCooeye were elected to council.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ziggy Polkowski | 392 | 34.39 |
| Beverly Mercer | 360 | 31.58 |
| Steven Harasen (X) | 210 | 18.42 |
| John B. Livingston | 178 | 15.61 |

## Nipigon

Incumbent mayor Richard Harvey was acclaimed back into office in Nipigon; James Foulds, Gordon MacKenzie, Levina Collins and Louise Dupuis were elected to council.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Richard Harvey (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## O'Connor

Incumbent mayor Ron Nelson was acclaimed back into office in O'Connor; Kevin Foekens, Gwen Garbutt, Bishop Racicot and Jim Vezina were elected to council.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ron Nelson (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Oliver Paipoonge

Incumbent mayor Lucia Kloosterhuis won re-election in Oliver Paipoonge. Bernie Kamphof, Allan Vis, Jim Byers and Eric Collingwood were elected to council.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Lucia Kloosterhuis (X) | 1,142 | 68.84 |
| John Graveson | 517 | 31.16 |

## Red Rock

Incumbent mayor Gary Nelson was re-elected in Red Rock. Steven Carruthers, Darquise Robinson, Judith Sobush and Sara Park were elected to council.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Gary Nelson (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Schreiber

Don McArthur was acclaimed mayor of Schreiber. Mark Figliomeni, Bob Krause, Lorraine Huard and Pat Halonen were elected to council.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Don McArthur | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Shuniah

Incumbent reeve Maria Harding was re-elected in Shuniah. Ron Giardetti, Donna Blunt, Ab Covello and Alana Bishop were elected to council.
| Reeve Candidate | Vote | % |
| Maria Harding (X) | 891 | 56.68 |
| Peter J. Tighe | 681 | 43.32 |

## Terrace Bay

There were no council elections in Terrace Bay, as incumbent mayor Michael King and councillors George Davis, Gino Leblanc, Jamie Robinson and Rick St. Louis were all acclaimed back into office.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Michael King (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Thunder Bay

Keith Hobbs defeated incumbent mayor Lynn Peterson in Thunder Bay.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Keith Hobbs | 17,517 | 46.04 |
| Lynn Peterson (X) | 11,460 | 30.12 |
| Frank Pullia | 6,424 | 16.88 |
| Jeff Irwin | 2,317 | 6.09 |
| Colin Burridge | 192 | 0.50 |
| Brian Kwasny | 133 | 0.34 |
Voters are asked to elect a mayor, five at-large city councillors and seven ward councillors. Unofficially, of 80,796 registered voters, 38,327 votes were cast. Voter turnout was 47.43%, a significant increase over the 38.19% turnout of the 2006 election.

### Councillors at-large

Five councillors are elected at-large to sit on City Council. Nineteen people ran for the position in 2010. Each registered voter can choose up to five candidates. Incumbents Larry Hebert, Iain Angus, Rebecca Johnson, and Aldo Ruberto were re-elected, with former mayor Ken Boshcoff replacing Frank Pullia, who ran for mayor. Both Boshcoff and Hebert gained more votes than the mayor.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ken Boshcoff | 22,516 | 14.62 |
| Larry Hebert (X) | 18,477 | 11.99 |
| Iain Angus (X) | 15,744 | 10.24 |
| Rebecca Johnson (X) | 14,201 | 9.22 |
| Aldo Ruberto (X) | 13,396 | 8.70 |
| Lawrence Timko | 12,650 | 8.21 |
| Norm Staal | 11,088 | 7.20 |
| Gerald Graham | 7,744 | 5.02 |
| Beatrice Metzler | 7,603 | 4.93 |
| Dick Waddington | 6,113 | 3.97 |
| Darren Roberts | 4,660 | 3.02 |
| Cindy Crowe | 3,706 | 2.40 |
| Sharon Ostberg | 3,631 | 2.35 |
| House Richard Moorey | 3,238 | 2.10 |
| Norman Sponchia | 3,082 | 2.00 |
| Tyler Woods | 2,967 | 1.92 |
| Sydney Pettit | 1,256 | 0.81 |
| Iqbal Khan | 1,225 | 0.79 |
| Marvin Robert McMenemy | 650 | 0.42 |
| Total | 153,977 | |

### Ward councillors

The city of Thunder Bay is divided into seven electoral wards: Current River, McIntyre, McKellar, Neebing, Northwood, Red River, and Westfort. Residents of each ward elect one member to represent their ward on city council. Twenty-five people ran for these positions. All six incumbent ward councillors were re-elected. The incumbent councillor for McKellar did not seek re-election.

#### Current River

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Andrew Foulds (X) | 3,758 | 77.82 |
| Andy Wolff | 1,071 | 22.17 |
| Total | 4,829 | |

#### McIntyre

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Trevor Giertuga (X) | 2,079 | 35.99 |
| Christopher Watkins | 1,326 | 22.95 |
| Trudy Tuchenhagen | 904 | 15.65 |
| Terrence A. Yahn | 823 | 14.24 |
| Michael Komar | 644 | 11.14 |
| Total | 5,766 | |

#### McKellar

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Paul Pugh | 2,835 | 65.24 |
| David Nicholson | 1,006 | 23.15 |
| Robin Rickards | 504 | 11.59 |
| Total | 4,345 | |

#### Neebing

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Linda Rydholm (X) | 1,840 | 50.02 |
| Bill Scollie | 1130 | 30.72 |
| Don Sinclair | 448 | 12.18 |
| Henry Wojak | 154 | 4.18 |
| Gary Shchepanik | 106 | 2.88 |
| Total | 3,678 | |

#### Northwood

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Mark Bentz (X) | 2,305 | 42.00 |
| David Polhill | 2,162 | 39.40 |
| Frank Armiento | 1,020 | 18.58 |
| Total | 5,487 | |

#### Red River

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Brian McKinnon (X) | 2,988 | 44.57 |
| Paul Wolfe | 2,108 | 31.44 |
| Jay Stapleton | 1,050 | 15.66 |
| Laury Alexander | 558 | 8.32 |
| Total | 6,704 | |

#### Westfort

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Joe Virdiramo (X) | 3,091 | 55.31 |
| John Radl | 1,617 | 28.93 |
| Jeffrey John Polhill | 880 | 15.74 |
| Total | 5,588 | |