Durham Region municipal elections, 2010

Elections were held in the Regional Municipality of Durham of Ontario on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

Durham Regional Council

Position Elected
Ajax Mayor Steve Parrish
Ajax Wards 1 & 2 Shaun Collier
Ajax Wards 3 & 4 Colleen Jordan
Brock Mayor Larry O'Connor
Brock Councillor Debbie Bath
Clarington Mayor Adrian Foster
Clarington Wards 1 & 2 Mary Novak
Clarington Wards 3 & 4 Willie Woo
Oshawa Mayor John Henry
Oshawa Councillor Nancy Diamond
Oshawa Councillor Nester Pidwerbecki
Oshawa Councillor Tito-Dante Marimpietri
Oshawa Councillor John Neal
Oshawa Councillor John R. Aker
Oshawa Councillor Amy England
Oshawa Councillor Bob Chapman
Pickering Mayor Dave Ryan
Pickering Ward 1 Jennifer O'Connell
Pickering Ward 2 Bill McLean
Pickering Ward 3 Peter Rodrigues
Scugog Mayor Chuck Mercier
Scugog Councillor Bobbie Drew
Uxbridge Mayor Gerri Lynn O'Connor
Uxbridge Councillor Jack Ballinger
Whitby Mayor Pat Perkins
Whitby Councillor Don Mitchell
Whitby Councillor Lorne Earle Coe
Whitby Councillor Joe Drumm

Plebiscite

Are you in favour of the Council of the Regional Municipality of Durham passing the necessary resolutions and by-laws to change the method of selecting its Chair from appointment by the members of Regional Council to election by general vote of all electors in the Region?

Option Vote %
Yes 95,377 79.70
No 24,289 20.30

Ajax

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Steve Parish (X) 13,451 79.08
Sherry Clymer 3,582 20.92

Brock

Larry O'Connor, the incumbent mayor of Brock, was reelected by a margin of just 13 votes over challenger Terry Clayton, who had previously been mayor of the township from 2000 to 2003. The narrow margin resulted in an ongoing judicial recount battle;[1] the township used a mail-in voting system in 2010, and when ballots which were postmarked before election day but arrived late were counted, O'Connor's margin of victory was reduced to just three votes.[1]

O'Connor voluntarily resigned as mayor on March 28, 2011,[2] and the township council subsequently appointed Clayton as the new mayor.[3]

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Larry O'Connor (X) 2,339 50.14
Terry Clayton 2,326 49.86

Clarington

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Adrian Foster 6,905 35.51
Jim Abernethy (X) 6,132 31.54
Paul Adams 5,740 29.52
Jeremy Woodcock 667 3.43

Oshawa

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
John G. Henry 15,268 46.58
John Gray (X) 8,973 27.37
Louise V. Parkes 3,941 12.02
Cathy Clarke 2,959 9.02
Bill Longworth 1,383 4.21
Eve E. Simson 137 0.41
Dale Jodoin 115 0.35

Pickering

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Dave Ryan (X) 10,361 51.21
Maurice Brenner 8,661 42.80
Ken W. Nash 1,212 5.99

Scugog

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Chuck Mercier 4,690 55.95
Jim McMillen 3,692 44.05

Uxbridge

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Gerri Lynn O'Connor 4,293 53.04
Bob Shepherd (X) 3,150 38.92
George Apostolou 651 8.04

Whitby

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Pat Perkins (X) 12,064 47.55
Rocky Varcoe 8,987 35.42
Marcel Brunelle 4,322 17.03

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Carola Vyhnak (15 February 2011). "Political soap opera ripping Brock apart". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
  2. "Mayor Larry O'Connor resigns". mykawartha.com, March 29, 2011.
  3. "Clayton appointed mayor". mykawartha.com, May 2, 2011.