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

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

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

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

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 Beaulieu1,41258.18
Elaine Mannisto79732.84
Mike Malouf2188.98

Manitouwadge

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)44550.80
Gordon MacDonald29133.22
Dave Wheadon849.59
Michel Villeneuve566.39

Marathon

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

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 Polkowski39234.39
Beverly Mercer36031.58
Steven Harasen (X)21018.42
John B. Livingston17815.61

Nipigon

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

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

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)1,14268.84
John Graveson51731.16

Red Rock

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

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

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)89156.68
Peter J. Tighe68143.32

Terrace Bay

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

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

Mayoral Candidate Vote  %
Keith Hobbs17,51746.04
Lynn Peterson (X)11,46030.12
Frank Pullia6,42416.88
Jeff Irwin2,3176.09
Colin Burridge1920.50
Brian Kwasny1330.34

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

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 Boshcoff22,51614.62
Larry Hebert (X)18,47711.99
Iain Angus (X)15,74410.24
Rebecca Johnson (X)14,2019.22
Aldo Ruberto (X)13,3968.70
Lawrence Timko12,6508.21
Norm Staal11,0887.20
Gerald Graham7,7445.02
Beatrice Metzler7,6034.93
Dick Waddington6,1133.97
Darren Roberts4,6603.02
Cindy Crowe3,7062.40
Sharon Ostberg3,6312.35
House Richard Moorey3,2382.10
Norman Sponchia3,0822.00
Tyler Woods2,9671.92
Sydney Pettit1,2560.81
Iqbal Khan1,2250.79
Marvin Robert McMenemy6500.42
Total153,977

Ward councillors

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

Candidate Vote  %
Andrew Foulds (X)3,75877.82
Andy Wolff1,07122.17
Total4,829

McIntyre

Candidate Vote  %
Trevor Giertuga (X)2,07935.99
Christopher Watkins1,32622.95
Trudy Tuchenhagen90415.65
Terrence A. Yahn82314.24
Michael Komar64411.14
Total5,766

McKellar

Candidate Vote  %
Paul Pugh2,83565.24
David Nicholson1,00623.15
Robin Rickards50411.59
Total4,345

Neebing

Candidate Vote  %
Linda Rydholm (X)1,84050.02
Bill Scollie113030.72
Don Sinclair44812.18
Henry Wojak1544.18
Gary Shchepanik1062.88
Total3,678

Northwood

Candidate Vote  %
Mark Bentz (X)2,30542.00
David Polhill2,16239.40
Frank Armiento1,02018.58
Total5,487

Red River

Candidate Vote  %
Brian McKinnon (X)2,98844.57
Paul Wolfe2,10831.44
Jay Stapleton1,05015.66
Laury Alexander5588.32
Total6,704

Westfort

Candidate Vote  %
Joe Virdiramo (X)3,09155.31
John Radl1,61728.93
Jeffrey John Polhill88015.74
Total5,588

References

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