In the 2006 municipal elections in Ontario, voters in the province of Ontario, elected

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, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of Ontario's municipalities. These elections were regulated by th
Municipal Elections Act of Ontario

Date

Municipal elections in all Ontario municipalities took place on Monday, November 13, 2006 (notwithstanding advance polling arrangements). Currently municipal elections in Ontario have fixed election dates, and the next round of elections are due to take place in November, 2010. Prior to the vote in 2006, the period between elections had been 3 years.

Voting Notice and Attention

Candidates may have withdrawn from the race prior to November 13, 2006, and while their names may still have appeared on the ballot, voting for a withdrawn candidate resulted in a spoiled ballot and was not counted.

Term lengths

The

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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

In Toronto, their municipal election had incumbent mayor David Miller easily defeating councillor Jane Pitfield and former Liberal Party president Stephen LeDrew.

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

's election race was a heated affair with incumbent mayor Bob Chiarelli finishing third behind victorious businessman Larry O'Brien and popular former councillor

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. In London, incumbent mayor

Anne Marie DeCicco-Best Anne Marie DeCicco-Best (born April 1964) was the 60th and longest-serving mayor of London, Ontario, Canada. Early life and family DeCicco graduated from Fanshawe College's broadcast journalism program in 1986 and worked for CHYR in Leamington, ...

defeated Liberal MP

Joe Fontana Joseph Frank Fontana (born January 13, 1950) is an Italian-born Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1987 to 2006, and mayor of London, Ontario from 2010 until his 2014 convictions for fraud and ...

. In

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, Hazel McCallion, who has been mayor since 1978 faced little competition en route to victory.

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, Hamilton's mayor was upset in an extremely close race by former alderman Fred Eisenberger. In

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, mayor David Courtemanche was defeated by former NDP MP John Rodriguez. In Guelph, former mayor

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defeated incumbent mayor

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in a reversal of the election three years prior when Quarrie defeated Farbridge.

Municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants

The following lists mayoral races and city council races unless a main article exists, in which case only the mayoral races are listed here. In the tables, candidates marked with an (X) were the incumbent.

Chatham-Kent Chatham-Kent ( 2021 population: 104,316)Greater Sudbury Sudbury, officially the City of Greater Sudbury is the largest city in Northern Ontario by population, with a population of 166,004 at the 2021 Canadian Census. By land area, it is the largest in Ontario and the List of the largest cities and to ...

Mayoral race City council: See separate article.

Guelph

Mayoral race

Hamilton

Mayoral race City council * See main article

Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated: Kingston, Jamaica Kingston upon Hull, England City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...

Mayoral race City council

Kitchener Kitchener may refer to: People * Earl Kitchener, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British Field Marshal and 1st Earl Kitchener Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener (1846–1937) ...

Mayoral race City council Regional council

London

Mayoral race Board of control (Four to be elected) City council

Markham Markham may refer to: It may also refer to brand of of clothing which originates from South Africa which saw it's establishment in 1873. Biology * Markham's storm-petrel (''Oceanodroma markhami''), a seabird species found in Chile and Colombia * ...

Mayor Regional council Town council

Mississauga Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a popul ...

Mayoral race

Oakville

Mayoral race Town & regional council *See main article

Oshawa Oshawa ( , also ; 2021 population 175,383; CMA 415,311) is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario, approximately east of Downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of the G ...

Mayoral race

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

Mayoral race

Richmond Hill

Mayoral race Other races *See main article

St. Catharines St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in the province of Ontario. As of 2016, it has an area of , 136,803 residents, and a metropolitan population of 406,074. It lies in Southern Ontario ...

Mayoral race Other races *See main article

Municipalities with 25,000 to 100,000 people

Races for mayor only, see main article for more information. In the tables, candidates marked with an (X) were the incumbent.

Municipalities with 5,000 to 25,000 people

(Elected mayors shown only)

The Municipalities of Prescott and Russell

(Elected mayors shown only)

References

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Date

Voting Notice and Attention

Term lengths

Campaigns in major cities

Municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants

Barrie

Brampton

Burlington

Cambridge

Guelph

Hamilton

Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated: Kingston, Jamaica Kingston upon Hull, England City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...

Kitchener Kitchener may refer to: People * Earl Kitchener, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British Field Marshal and 1st Earl Kitchener Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener (1846–1937) ...

London

Markham Markham may refer to: It may also refer to brand of of clothing which originates from South Africa which saw it's establishment in 1873. Biology * Markham's storm-petrel (''Oceanodroma markhami''), a seabird species found in Chile and Colombia * ...

Mississauga Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a popul ...

Oakville

Oshawa Oshawa ( , also ; 2021 population 175,383; CMA 415,311) is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario, approximately east of Downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of the G ...

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

Richmond Hill

St. Catharines St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in the province of Ontario. As of 2016, it has an area of , 136,803 residents, and a metropolitan population of 406,074. It lies in Southern Ontario ...

Thunder Bay

Toronto

Vaughan

Windsor

Municipalities with 25,000 to 100,000 people

Municipalities with 5,000 to 25,000 people

The Municipalities of Prescott and Russell

See also

External links

References

Date

Voting Notice and Attention

Term lengths

Campaigns in major cities

Municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants

Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...

Kitchener Kitchener may refer to: People * Earl Kitchener, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ** Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British Field Marshal and 1st Earl Kitchener ** Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener (1846–1937) ...

Markham Markham may refer to: It may also refer to brand of of clothing which originates from South Africa which saw it's establishment in 1873. Biology * Markham's storm-petrel (''Oceanodroma markhami''), a seabird species found in Chile and Colombia * ...

Mississauga Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a popul ...

Oshawa Oshawa ( , also ; 2021 population 175,383; CMA 415,311) is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario, approximately east of Downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of the G ...

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

St. Catharines St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in the province of Ontario. As of 2016, it has an area of , 136,803 residents, and a metropolitan population of 406,074. It lies in Southern Ontario ...

Municipalities with 25,000 to 100,000 people

Municipalities with 5,000 to 25,000 people

The Municipalities of Prescott and Russell

See also

External links

References

Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated: Kingston, Jamaica Kingston upon Hull, England City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...

Kitchener Kitchener may refer to: People * Earl Kitchener, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British Field Marshal and 1st Earl Kitchener Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener (1846–1937) ...