Municipal elections in Richmond Hill, Ontario are held every four years, concurrent with othermunicipal elections in Ontario . Historically, elections were held more often. Elected positions include mayor, regional and local councillor and ward councillors (for six different wards) on theRichmond Hill City Council , as well as trustees for theYork Region District School Board , theYork Catholic District School Board and for a Conseillere for the Conseil Scholare de District de Centre SudOuest.
The first election in Richmond Hill was held January 6, 1873, just after its incorporation as a village.[ 1]
Abraham Law, elected the first reeve of Richmond Hill The vote tallies were (elected candidates bolded):
Reeve Votes Councillors Votes Abraham Law 56 William Warren 98 Andrew McNair 47 Jacob Brillinger 83 Dr. John Duncumb 5 William Powell 77 David Hopkins 62 James Freek 58 J.R. Arnold 42
Concurrent with the 1985 election, twoplebiscites were held, one relating to the ward system and one relating toNuclear-free zones .[ 2] voter turnout was credited to the poor weather and the lack of a mayoral race.[ 3]
Mayor Votes Local and Regional Councillor Votes Ward 1 Votes Ward 2 Votes Ward 3 Votes Ward 4 Votes Ward 5 Votes Ward 6 Votes Al Duffy Accl. Gordon Rowe 4890 Tom Simpson 681 Doug Smith 1455 William F. Bell 1042 Gail Blackburn 1345 Bob Case 1108 Bryon Wilfert 810 Lois Hancey 6232 Bill Corcoran 3468 Frank Gallant 1058 Terence Munsey 128 Paul Hunter 585 Bernie Gaten 755 Nick Papa 333 David Amos 2814 Larry Ashton 207 James Justin Hogan 106 Gerry O'Donnell 313 Frank Cavallo 381 Steven Rotman 747 John Fearon 44 Joe Pacitto 151
The election was held November 14, 1988.[ 4] [ 5] houses in Richmond Hill which many felt had outpaced the growth of corresponding services.[ 6] [ 7]
Mayor Votes Local and Regional Councillor Votes Ward 1 Votes Ward 2 Votes Ward 3 Votes Ward 4 Votes Ward 5 Votes Ward 6 Votes William F. Bell 8887 Frank Endean 6277 Tom Simpson 1737 Janet Mabley 1901 David Cohen 1456 Gail Blackburn 2466 Catherine Bishop 1907 Bryon Wilfert 1479 Al Duffy 5386 Lois Hancey 6002 Bonnie Tiffin 589 Nicholas Legge 802 Bronwyn Frazer 976 Dennis Chris 919 Nick Papa 1636 Rosario DeGregorio 671 Isabelle Gargarella 4811 Linda Christie 5940 David Amos 530 Terence Munsey 433 Nick Negri 322 Bill Monroe 4407 Joanne Leroux-Willison 138 Stephen Kaye 350 Robert Cage 3749 Larry Ashton 1165
One of the main issue of the 1991 election was plans to scrap the building of a largecivic centre in the downtown area, and instead lease office space in Beaver Creek Industrial Park for that purpose, and build a single purposelibrary downtown instead of integrating it into a multi-purpose facility.[ 8]
The 2003 election was held on November 12, 2003.
Mayor[ 9] Votes Local and Regional Councillor Votes Ward 1[ 10] Votes Ward 2[ 11] Votes Ward 3[ 12] Votes Ward 4[ 13] Votes Ward 5[ 14] Votes Ward 6[ 15] Votes William F. Bell 2373 Vito Spatafora 2052 Arnie Warner 2027 David Cohen 1750 Lynn Foster 1830 Elio Di Iorio 2420 Joe DiPaola 1444 William Lazenby 917 Vince Agozzino 2006 Gary Schecter 614 Agnes Chan-Wong 1257 Bruce Gilmour 1121 Nick Papa 2175 Michael Charles Latour 858 Sonny Khan 202 Cathy Leung-Rosnuk 995 Ali Mian 399 Shirley Chan 86 Ted Bunker 850 Lucy Rosina Cunningham 294 Godwin Chan 702 Joe Pacitto 315 Blair Kingsland 107 Ali Zahedi 43 Jane Robertson 608
The election debates centred onurban sprawl , especially with regards to theOak Ridges Moraine , waste management andurban renewal in the downtown area of Richmond Hill.[ 16]
Mayor[ 17] Votes Local and Regional Councillor[ 18] Votes Ward 1[ 19] Votes Ward 2[ 20] Votes Ward 3[ 21] Votes Ward 4[ 22] Votes Ward 5[ 23] Votes Ward 6[ 24] Votes Dave Barrow 22007 Brenda Hogg 15296 Greg Beros 1568 Arnie Warner 2128 David Cohen 2179 Lynn Foster 4046 Nick Papa 2509 Godwin Chan 1627 David McCann 2661 Vito Spatafora 14536 Carrie Hoffelner 1209 Asghar Naqvi 1138 Natalie Helferty 685 Shiraz Hudda 608 Elio di Iorio 2480 MichaelCharles Latour
1292 Anastasios Baxevanidis 2276 Joe DiPaola 13916 Don Ciccone 746 Carmine Perrelli 1095 Vik Gandhi 436 Marg Aldridge 609 Sandra di Iorio 1069 Ramon Datol 962 Heather Sinclair 328 Mike McCallum 354 Arif Khan 228 Michael McGouran 552 Derek Wu 614 Adam Dodwell 78 D.L. Meitz 63 Nancy Storey 502 Muhammad Ali 303
The 2010 election was held on October 25, 2010.[ 25] [ 26] VIVA rapidways ,Line 1 Yonge extension ), the future of theDavid Dunlap Observatory , and debt in York Region.[ 27] [ 28]
2010 Richmond Hill Election Results[ 29] Position Electee Mayor Dave Barrow Local and Regional Councillor Vito Spatafora Local and Regional Councillor Brenda Hogg Ward 1 Councillor Greg Beros Ward 2 Councillor Carmine Perrelli Ward 3 Councillor Castro Liu Ward 4 Councillor Lynn Foster Ward 5 Councillor Nick Papa Ward 6 Councillor Godwin Chan
The 2014 election was held on October 27, 2014.
2014 Richmond Hill Election Results[ 30] Mayor Votes Local and Regional Councillor Votes Ward 1 Votes Ward 2 Votes Ward 3 Votes Ward 4 Votes Ward 5 Votes Ward 6 Votes Dave Barrow 23397 Vito Spatafora 16112 Greg Beros 3426 Tom Muench 958 Castro Liu 3758 David West 3815 Karen Cilevitz 3405 Godwin Chan 4177 Carmine Perrelli 12320 Brenda Hogg 14145 Todd Hansen 1352 Stan Daneman 937 Donalda Johnson 950 Angel Freedman 2007 Nick Papa 2730 Frank Mastroianni 1365 Anastasios Baxevanidis 989 Joe DiPaola 13269 Trifon Haitas 749 Marjan Moridi-Arcuri 923 Alireza Rafiee 286 Ted Schneider 819 Ted Leider 1292 Igor Bily 190 David Cohen 11561 Alex Khoroshylov 289 Ramona Singh 756 Davood Borojerdi-Azar 151 Karen Trofimchuk 3672 Keith Menezes 734 Ally Hemani 535 Paul Tuen Muk 216 Paul Pilli 196 Morteza Behrooz 104
The 2018 election was held on October 22, 2018.
2018 Richmond Hill Election Results[ 31] Mayor Votes Local and Regional Councillor Votes Ward 1 Votes Ward 2 Votes Ward 3 Votes Ward 4 Votes Ward 5 Votes Ward 6 Votes Dave Barrow 23304 Joe DiPaola 11758 Greg Beros 2323 Tom Muench 1827 Castro Liu Accl. David West 3963 Karen Cilevitz 3137 Godwin Chan 4146 Susan Korman 4756 Carmine Perrelli 11418 Carol Davidson 1687 Scott Thompson 1076 Bob Aurora 1228 Nick Papa 2247 Julie Maxey 912 Abu Alam 1238 Carol Chan 9448 Lidia Kafieh 1167 Keith Menezes 636 Michael D'Amelio 799 Mahnaz Shahbazi 542 Ali Noroozi 770 Jason Cherniak 8878 Trifon Haitas 211 Michael Aziz 520 Nima Shahi 129 Mino Tari 567 Ramin Faraji 3706 Mike Rajbar 284 Weibo Cheng 3523 Sabine Ho 2605 Murtaza Bhujwalla 1269
2022 mayoral by-election [ edit ] 2022 Richmond Hill mayoral by-election Turnout 32.10% ( Nominee David West Godwin Chan Popular vote 13,053 10,167 Percentage 33.55% 26.13% Nominee Carmine Perrelli Joe DiPaola Popular vote 8,017 6,074 Percentage 20.60% 15.61%
The 2022 mayoral by-election was held on January 18-24, 2022. City council passed By-Law 133-21 on October 13, 2021 authorizing the use of internet voting to accommodate voters for theby-election during theCOVID-19 pandemic .
Reasons for the by-election [ edit ] Then incumbent mayor Dave Barrow went on indefinite medical leave on February 24, 2021, leaving city council with 8 voting members.[ 32] [ 33]
Barrow returned to preside over a special council meeting on September 8, 2021 regarding the future of the governance of council given the inefficiencies during his absence. Four councillors left the meeting in protest before it was adjourned.[ 34] [ 35] [ 36]
On September 29, 2021, city council agreed to hold a by-election to fill the mayor's vacant seat instead of appointing a mayor.[ 37]
Godwin Chan, incumbent city councillor (Ward 6) Joe DiPaola, acting mayor and one of two incumbent regional councillors Susan Korman, CEO, Furry Friends Company[ 38] Carmine Perrelli, deputy mayor and one of two incumbent regional councillors Ruida Tian, Founder/CEO, Smair Inc.[ 39] Rona Wang, President & CEO at GoBest Immigration Services[ 40] David West , incumbent city councillor (Ward 4)Juni Yeung, music teacher, author, cultural historian, and interpreter[ 41] Michael Zambakkides, Vice president, Z3 Controls[ 42] 2022 Richmond Hill Mayoral By-election Results[ 43] Candidate Votes Share David West 13053 33.55% Godwin Chan 10167 26.13% Carmine Perrelli 8017 20.60% Joe DiPaola 6074 15.61% Rona Wang 406 1.04% Ruida Tian 389 1.00% Susan Korman 364 0.94% Michael Zambakkides 237 0.61% Juni Yeung 202 0.52%
Voter turnout for this election was 32.10%.
The 2022 election was held on October 24, 2022.
Mayoral candidate Vote % David West 28,318 70.18 Carmine Perrelli 10,304 25.54 Domenic Bardari 1,155 2.86 Holo Devnani 572 1.42
Two to be elected.
Council candidate Vote % Godwin Chan 25,392 38.61 Joe DiPaola (X)18,334 27.88 Terrence Au 12,005 18.25 Marco Coletta 7,617 11.58 Abu Alam 2,424 3.69
Council candidate Vote % Carol Davidson 3,201 45.88 Greg Beros (X) 1,856 26.60 Catherine Dellerba 1,301 18.65 Weibo Cheng 619 8.87
Council candidate Vote % Scott Thompson 2,028 39.37 Tom Muench (X) 1,597 31.00 Sigmund Lee 816 15.84 Yehuda Goldberg 536 10.41 Tabinda Jatoi 174 3.38
Council candidate Vote % Castro Liu (X)5,299 84.92 Juni Yeung 941 15.08
Council candidate Vote % Simon Cui 2,498 32.34 Raika Sheppard (X) 2,235 28.93 Rose A. Weinberg 1,735 22.46 Liana Falzone 459 5.94 Johnny So 328 4.25 Mahnaz Shahbazi 247 3.20 Harry H. Harakh 223 2.89
Council candidate Vote % Karen Cilevitz (X)1,525 23.34 Tarun Saroya 828 12.67 Richard Rupp 749 11.46 Yuliya Benedziktavich 673 10.30 Anders Lindfors-Wheeler 655 10.02 Wil Husnutdinov 595 9.11 Vera Murano 546 8.36 Sarkis Assadourian 467 7.15 Shohreh Sabaghpour 396 6.06 Emmanuel Lazaris 100 1.53
Council candidate Vote % Michael Shiu 1,893 27.66 Linda Zhang 1,685 24.62 Carol Chan 1,254 18.32 Sharon Chisholm 819 11.96 Kate Jiang 695 10.15 Julie Maxey 269 3.93 Yung Li 230 3.36
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