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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Mayoral Candidate |
Vote |
% |
| Dave Ryan (X) | 10,361 | 51.21 |
| Maurice Brenner | 8,661 | 42.80 |
| Ken W. Nash | 1,212 | 5.99 |
| Mayoral Candidate |
Vote |
% |
| Chuck Mercier | 4,690 | 55.95 |
| Jim McMillen | 3,692 | 44.05 |
| Mayoral Candidate |
Vote |
% |
| Gerri Lynn O'Connor | 4,293 | 53.04 |
| Bob Shepherd (X) | 3,150 | 38.92 |
| George Apostolou | 651 | 8.04 |
| Mayoral Candidate |
Vote |
% |
| Pat Perkins (X) | 12,064 | 47.55 |
| Rocky Varcoe | 8,987 | 35.42 |
| Marcel Brunelle | 4,322 | 17.03 |
References
- 1 2 Carola Vyhnak (15 February 2011). "Political soap opera ripping Brock apart". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
- ↑ "Mayor Larry O'Connor resigns". mykawartha.com, March 29, 2011.
- ↑ "Clayton appointed mayor". mykawartha.com, May 2, 2011.