2014 York Region municipal elections


Elections in the Regional Municipality of York of Ontario, Canada were held on October 27, 2014 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

[York Regional Council]

Returning candidates who stood for election included Heath, Jones and Li. Long-time Markham councillor Landon and current Chair Bill Fisch did not return to council.

Aurora">Aurora, Ontario">Aurora

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Georgina">Georgina, Ontario">Georgina

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Markham">Markham, Ontario">Markham

Mayor

Mayoral candidateVotesVote %Vote ΔElection spending
Frank Scarpitti 50,06570.97-14.15
Stephen Kotyck10,68315.14+6.41
Patrick Cottrell3,6215.13
Partap Dua3,3264.71-1.43
James Treacy2,8504.04

On October 16, 2014, Treacy 'withdrew' from the race and endorsed Kotyck. However his name still appeared on the ballot as his 'withdrawal' was past the deadline.

Regional Councillor

In Markham, Regional Councillors serve on both the City Council as well as York Region Council. Electors can vote for up to four candidates on their ballots, equal to the total number that may be elected. The four winning candidates are those whom receive the highest number of votes. The candidate with the highest number of votes received also serves as Deputy Mayor.
Regional councillor candidateVotesVote %Vote ΔElection spending
Jack Heath 37,66816.67-3.41%
Jim Jones 33,11914.65-0.24%
Joe Li 29,24712.94-1.44%
Nirmala Armstrong 23,83410.54-1.90%
Sophia Sun16,9317.49
Peter Pavlovic16,4137.26-1.93%
Ivy Lee15,7996.99
Bin Chang14,8636.58
Charles Deacon14,0426.21
Tammy Mok11,8275.23
Nadeem Qureshi7,3153.24
Surinder Issar4,9712.20-0.85%

Incumbents Jack Heath, Jim Jones, and Joe Li sought re-election, while Gordon Landon announced his retirement before the close of nominations.
The election returned all standing incumbents to office. Landon's vacated seat was won by Nirmala Armstrong.

Ward 1

Councillor candidateVotesVote %Election spending
Valerie Burke 7,05571.48
Howard Ian Shore2,81528.52

Markham reviewed the boundaries of its ward system in 2013. In an attempt to balance the City's electoral districts to match current population and growth patterns, it merged Thornhill's two wards into one. As a result, incumbents Burke and Shore ran against each other to represent the new ward.

Ward 2

Councillor candidateVotesVote %Election spending
Alan Ho 2,93239.29
Jim Kwan1,90525.53
David Papadimitriou1,69322.69
Daphne Wong93312.50

New Ward 2 created for 2014 from former Ward 6 with old Ward 6 councillor Alan Ho running. David Papadimitriou and Jim Kwan ran in old Ward 6 in last election.

Ward 3

Councillor candidateVotesVote %Vote ΔElection spending
Don Hamilton 6,21274.17+8.55
Nelson Cheng6047.21
Vincent Cheung5927.07
Christine Brawley4655.55
Adam Poon3303.94
Jawed Syed1722.05

The boundaries of the ward were left unchanged after the 2013 review. Incumbent Don Hamilton faced a wider field of challengers, none of which stood against him in 2010.

Ward 4

Councillor candidateVotesVote %Election spending
Karen Rea 4,75442.89
Carolina Moretti3,15828.49
Neil Thomas1,94117.51
Stephen McLeod1,23111.11

Ward 4 is newly created from former parts of old Ward 4 and 6. Phil Richardson has withdrawn from the race in Ward 4.

Ward 5

Councillor candidateVotesVote %Election spending
Colin Campbell 3,52755.21
Raj Subramaniam1,31320.55
Compass Chung85513.38
John Egsgard5678.88
Siva Sivagnanam1261.97

Ward 5 boundaries changed from 2010 with parts of former Ward 4.

Ward 6

Councillor candidateVotesVote %Election spending
Amanda Yeung-Collucci 1,68325.86
Benson Lau1,44222.16
Cliff Redford1,09216.78
Raymond Miu93414.35
Gin Siow99015.21
Zach Armstrong3665.62

Ward 6 is newly created from parts of old Wards 4 and 6. All new candidates as current Ward 6 councillor Alan Ho ran in the new Ward 2 and current Ward 4 Councillor Carolina Moretti ran in the new ward 4. Siow ran in the old Ward 4 in last election.

Ward 7

Councillor candidateVotesVote %Vote ΔElection spending
Logan Kanapathi 5,67348.25+12.04
Khalid Usman3,53930.10
Shusmita Sharma1,30811.12
Sothy Sella1,0789.17
Vasu Murugesu1601.36

The ward boundaries were unchanged following the 2013 review. Khalid Usman is former Ward 7 councillor and ran for Ward 6 in 2010 and as regional councillor in 2006.

Ward 8

Councillor candidateVotesVote %Election spending
Alex Chiu 2,82830.54
Isa Lee2,69229.07
Joseph Remisiar2,23824.17
Miriam Ku7598.20
Peter Deboran7438.02

Ward 8 has new boundaries with parts transferred from old Wards 2 and 6.

Endorsements

Media

endorsed Stephen Kotyck for Mayor

Community Groups

"Markham Residents for Responsible Community Planning" endorsed the following:
"Markham Citizens Coalition for Responsive Government" endorsed:

Richmond Hill">Richmond Hill, Ontario">Richmond Hill

As of September 2014, incumbent mayor Barrow is in court facing conflict on interest complaint and may be removed from office if found guilty, but the ruling may not be made until after the elections in October. Perrelli is incumbent Ward 2 councillor running as mayor.
Mayoral candidateVote%
Dave Barrow 23,39763.74
Carmine Perrelli12,32033.56
Anastasios Baxevanidis9892.69

[Vaughan]

Mayor

Regional councillors

Ward councillors

Ward 2 candidateVote%
Tony Carella 4,96441.42
Nick Pinto3,56729.76
Frank Miele1,44212.03
Adriano Volpentesta1,1009.18
Marco Villella5734.78
Sam Acquaviva3382.82

Ward 3 candidateVote%
Rosanna DeFrancesca 6,38556.23
Lorenzo Catuzza3,52231.02
Francesco Ferraro7196.33
Nick Lima3843.38
Anthony Liberio3152.77

Ward 4 candidateVote%
Sandra Yeung Racco 3,16252.99
Styles Q. Weinberg2,35239.42
Jonathan Gorenstein4537.59

Ward 5 candidateVote%
Alan Shefman 7,14252.97
Josh Martow6,34147.03

[Whitchurch–Stouffville]

Incumbent mayor Wayne Emmerson is not running in 2014. Incumbent Ward 2 councillor Bannon is running for mayor.
Mayoral candidateVote%
Justin Altmann4,36533.35
Phil Bannon4,00630.61
Richard Bartley3,46426.47
Arnold Neufeldt-Fast1,0478.00
Willie Reodica2051.57

Footnotes