2010 Thunder Bay District municipal elections

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Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Thunder Bay District of Ontario on October 25, 2010 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

Conmee[edit]

Kevin Holland was acclaimed as reeve of Conmee, and Mary-Lynne Hunt, Grant Arnold, Robert Rydholm and Robert McMaster were elected to council.[1]

Reeve Candidate Vote %
Kevin Holland Acclaimed

Dorion[edit]

No council elections were held in Dorion, as the entire council won by acclamation. Dave Harris will serve as reeve; Ed Chambers, Don Modin, Diane Poulin and Kitty Dumonski will serve on council.[1]

Reeve Candidate Vote %
Dave Harris (X) Acclaimed

Gillies[edit]

No council elections were held in Gillies, as the entire council won by acclamation. Rick Kieri will serve as reeve; Rudy Buitenhuis, William Groenheide, Henry Jantunen and Linda Turk will serve on council.[1]

Reeve Candidate Vote %
Rick Kieri (X) Acclaimed

Greenstone[edit]

Renald Beaulieu won the mayoralty of Greenstone, and Chris Walterson, William Assad, Mary Moylan, Jane Jantunen, Ronald Melhuish, Kevin Melanson, Jay Daiter and Armand Giguère were elected to council.[1]

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Renald Beaulieu 1,412 58.18
Elaine Mannisto 797 32.84
Mike Malouf 218 8.98

Manitouwadge[edit]

Incumbent mayor John MacEachern was re-elected in Manitouwadge; Sheldon Plummer, Connie Hunter, Donna Jaunzarins and Natalie Labbee were elected to council.[1]

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
John MacEachern (X) 445 50.80
Gordon MacDonald 291 33.22
Dave Wheadon 84 9.59
Michel Villeneuve 56 6.39

Marathon[edit]

No council elections were held in Marathon, as the entire council won by acclamation. Rick Dumas will serve as mayor; Terry Fox, Ray Lake, Roger Souckey and Kelly Tsubouchi will serve on council.[1]

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Rick Dumas (X) Acclaimed

Neebing[edit]

Ziggy Polkowski defeated incumbent mayor Steven Harasen in Neebing; Dawne Kilgour, Roger Shott, Bev Dale, Curtis Coulson, Bill Lankinen and Michael McCooeye were elected to council.[1]

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Ziggy Polkowski 392 34.39
Beverly Mercer 360 31.58
Steven Harasen (X) 210 18.42
John B. Livingston 178 15.61

Nipigon[edit]

Incumbent mayor Richard Harvey was acclaimed back into office in Nipigon; James Foulds, Gordon MacKenzie, Levina Collins and Louise Dupuis were elected to council.[1]

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Richard Harvey (X) Acclaimed

O'Connor[edit]

Incumbent mayor Ron Nelson was acclaimed back into office in O'Connor; Kevin Foekens, Gwen Garbutt, Bishop Racicot and Jim Vezina were elected to council.[1]

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Ron Nelson (X) Acclaimed

Oliver Paipoonge[edit]

Incumbent mayor Lucia Kloosterhuis won re-election in Oliver Paipoonge. Bernie Kamphof, Allan Vis, Jim Byers and Eric Collingwood were elected to council.[1]

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Lucia Kloosterhuis (X) 1,142 68.84
John Graveson 517 31.16

Red Rock[edit]

Incumbent mayor Gary Nelson was re-elected in Red Rock. Steven Carruthers, Darquise Robinson, Judith Sobush and Sara Park were elected to council.[1]

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Gary Nelson (X) Acclaimed

Schreiber[edit]

Don McArthur was acclaimed mayor of Schreiber. Mark Figliomeni, Bob Krause, Lorraine Huard and Pat Halonen were elected to council.[1]

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Don McArthur Acclaimed

Shuniah[edit]

Incumbent reeve Maria Harding was re-elected in Shuniah. Ron Giardetti, Donna Blunt, Ab Covello and Alana Bishop were elected to council.[1]

Reeve Candidate Vote %
Maria Harding (X) 891 56.68
Peter J. Tighe 681 43.32

Terrace Bay[edit]

There were no council elections in Terrace Bay, as incumbent mayor Michael King and councillors George Davis, Gino Leblanc, Jamie Robinson and Rick St. Louis were all acclaimed back into office.[1]

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Michael King (X) Acclaimed

Thunder Bay[edit]

Keith Hobbs defeated incumbent mayor Lynn Peterson in Thunder Bay.[1]

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Keith Hobbs 17,517 46.04
Lynn Peterson (X) 11,460 30.12
Frank Pullia 6,424 16.88
Jeff Irwin 2,317 6.09
Colin Burridge 192 0.50
Brian Kwasny 133 0.34

Voters are asked to elect a mayor, five at-large city councillors and seven ward councillors. Unofficially, of 80,796 registered voters, 38,327 votes were cast. Voter turnout was 47.43%, a significant increase over the 38.19% turnout of the 2006 election.

Councillors at-large[edit]

Five councillors are elected at-large to sit on City Council. Nineteen people ran for the position in 2010. Each registered voter can choose up to five candidates. Incumbents Larry Hebert, Iain Angus, Rebecca Johnson, and Aldo Ruberto were re-elected, with former mayor Ken Boshcoff replacing Frank Pullia, who ran for mayor. Both Boshcoff and Hebert gained more votes than the mayor.

Candidate Vote %
Ken Boshcoff 22,516 14.62
Larry Hebert (X) 18,477 11.99
Iain Angus (X) 15,744 10.24
Rebecca Johnson (X) 14,201 9.22
Aldo Ruberto (X) 13,396 8.70
Lawrence Timko 12,650 8.21
Norm Staal 11,088 7.20
Gerald Graham 7,744 5.02
Beatrice Metzler 7,603 4.93
Dick Waddington 6,113 3.97
Darren Roberts 4,660 3.02
Cindy Crowe 3,706 2.40
Sharon Ostberg 3,631 2.35
House Richard Moorey 3,238 2.10
Norman Sponchia 3,082 2.00
Tyler Woods 2,967 1.92
Sydney Pettit 1,256 0.81
Iqbal Khan 1,225 0.79
Marvin Robert McMenemy 650 0.42
Total 153,977

Ward councillors[edit]

Map of Thunder Bay's seven municipal wards

The city of Thunder Bay is divided into seven electoral wards: Current River, McIntyre, McKellar, Neebing, Northwood, Red River, and Westfort.[2] Residents of each ward elect one member to represent their ward on city council. Twenty-five people ran for these positions. All six incumbent ward councillors were re-elected. The incumbent councillor for McKellar did not seek re-election.

Current River[edit]

Candidate Vote %
Andrew Foulds (X) 3,758 77.82
Andy Wolff 1,071 22.17
Total 4,829

McIntyre[edit]

Candidate Vote %
Trevor Giertuga (X) 2,079 35.99
Christopher Watkins 1,326 22.95
Trudy Tuchenhagen 904 15.65
Terrence A. Yahn 823 14.24
Michael Komar 644 11.14
Total 5,766

McKellar[edit]

Candidate Vote %
Paul Pugh 2,835 65.24
David Nicholson 1,006 23.15
Robin Rickards 504 11.59
Total 4,345

Neebing[edit]

Candidate Vote %
Linda Rydholm (X) 1,840 50.02
Bill Scollie 1130 30.72
Don Sinclair 448 12.18
Henry Wojak 154 4.18
Gary Shchepanik 106 2.88
Total 3,678

Northwood[edit]

Candidate Vote %
Mark Bentz (X) 2,305 42.00
David Polhill 2,162 39.40
Frank Armiento 1,020 18.58
Total 5,487

Red River[edit]

Candidate Vote %
Brian McKinnon (X) 2,988 44.57
Paul Wolfe 2,108 31.44
Jay Stapleton 1,050 15.66
Laury Alexander 558 8.32
Total 6,704

Westfort[edit]

Candidate Vote %
Joe Virdiramo (X) 3,091 55.31
John Radl 1,617 28.93
Jeffrey John Polhill 880 15.74
Total 5,588

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Results for Northwestern Ontario elections". The Chronicle-Journal, November 4, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  2. ^ City Government > Your Council > Ward Map Archived 2010-11-15 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 October 2010