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2010 Waterloo Region municipal elections

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2010 Waterloo Region municipal elections
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The Waterloo Region municipal election, 2010 were held in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo of Ontario on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

Waterloo Regional Council

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Chair

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Candidate Vote %
Ken Seiling (X) 70,354 71.37
Robert F. Milligan 28,225 28.65

Council

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Waterloo Regional Council includes the chair, the mayors of the seven constituent municipalities (see below) plus the following council races:

Candidate Vote %
Cambridge (2 to be elected)
Jane Brewer (X) 10,866 29.5
Claudette Millar (X) 9,270 25.1
Atinuke Bankole 6,086 16.5
Glen A. Whetham 5,970 16.2
Robert A. Ross 4,681 12.7
Kitchener (4 to be elected)
Tom Galloway (X) 22,268 19.38
Jim Wideman (X) 19,437 16.91
Geoff Lorentz 15,848 13.79
Jean Haalboom (X) 15,399 13.40
Barbara J. da Silva 11,217 9.76
Derek Satnik 7,939 6.91
Kristen Porritt 7,375 6.42
Jason Hammond 7,272 6.33
Leszek Jankowski 5,169 4.50
Martin Schell 3.006 2.62
Waterloo (2 to be elected)
Sean Strickland (X) 17,098 47
Jane Mitchell (X) 14,829 40.77
Jack Hone 4,448 12.23

Plebiscite

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Question
"Should the Region of Waterloo fluoridate your municipal water?"
Choice Vote %
No 15,461
Yes 15,266

(Vote only held in the City of Waterloo, and in the part of Woolwich and the small part of Kitchener that receive their water through the same system as Waterloo.)

Question
"Do you support the members of Kitchener and Waterloo councils engaging in discussions about the advantages and disadvantages of merging the cities of Kitchener and Waterloo?"
Choice Vote (Kitchener) Vote (Waterloo) Vote (Total)
Yes 23,116 (65.0%) 9,262 (34.6%) 32,378 (51.0%)
No 12,458 (35.0%) 17,478 (65.4%) 29,936 (49.0%)

Voters in Kitchener overwhelmingly supported the measure, while voters in Waterloo were overwhelmingly against it.

Mayoral Candidate [1] Vote %
Doug Craig (X) 11,230 47.8
Linda Whetham 6,727 28.6
Andrew Johnson 5,537 23.6
City Council Candidate Vote %
Ward 1
Donna Reid (X) 585 21.7
Mike Devine 535 19.9
Gord Hobbs 432 16.0
John Cosman 362 13.4
Steve Halicki 199 7.4
Joseph Gowing 167 6.2
Barbara Bierman 140 5.2
Sean McCafferty 132 4.9
Warren Pinder 91 3.4
Paulo Santos 51 1.9
Ward 2
Rick Cowsill* (X) 1,856 58.5
Sandra Hill 876 27.6
Mark Fox 225 7.1
Visario Moustakas 217 6.8
Ward 3
Karl Kiefer* (X) 1,364 49.1
Mike Toffner 640 23.0
Brian Santos 564 20.3
Bev McDowell 210 7.55
Ward 4
Ben Tucci* (X) 1,478 56.8
Jan Liggett 1,122 43.2
Ward 5
Pam Wolf* (X) 2,344 71.4
Brett Hagey 513 15.6
Rhonda MacDougall-Butcher 426 13.0
Ward 6
Gary Price* (X) 1,410 39.1
Thomas Vann 1,181 32.8
Shannon Adshade 1,013 28.1
Ward 7
Frank Monteiro* (X) 1,241 62.5
Gary Berger 519 26.1
Frank Curnew 226 11.4
Ward 8
Nicholas Ermeta (X) 1,274 42.8
Gail Moorhouse 736 24.7
Susan Galvao 724 24.3
Bill Kirby 246 8.3
Mayoral Candidate [2] Vote %
Carl Zehr (X) 29,939 79.17
Frank Kulscar 4,072 10.77
Don Pinnell 3,805 10.06
Mayoral Candidate [3][4] Vote %
Robert Deutschmann 1,936 56.3
Kim Denouden (X) 1,505 43.7
Mayoral Candidate [5] Vote %
Brenda Halloran (X) 12,247
Jan d'Ailly 7,092
Dale Ross 5,466
Franklin Ramsoomair 1,987
Mayoral Candidate [6] Vote %
Ross Kelterborn (X) Acclaimed
Mayoral Candidate [7] Vote %
Lee Armstrong 2,138
Terry Broda 1,784
Eliot Fung 1,527
Paul Knowles 1,333

Incumbent mayor Wayne Roth is not running again in 2010.

Mayoral Candidate [8] Vote %
Todd Cowan 2,777
Pat McLean 1,784
William L. Strauss (X) 1,483

* = incumbent

References

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