Elections were held in the Regional Municipality of Durham of Ontario on October 27, 2014 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.
It marked the first time Durham residents will be electing their regional chair, after voting for the right to do so in a plebiscite held in 2010.
Durham Regional Council
Position
Elected
Chair
Roger Anderson
Ajax
Mayor
Steve Parish
Regional Councillor, Wards 1 & 2
Shaun Collier
Regional Councillor, Ward 3 & 4
Colleen Jordan
Brock
Mayor
John Grant
Regional Councillor
Ted Smith
Clarington
Mayor
Adrian Foster
Regional Councillor, Wards 1 & 2
Joe Neal
Regional Councillor, Wards 3 & 4
Willie Woo
Oshawa
Mayor
John Henry
Regional Councillor
Nancy Diamond
Regional Councillor
Amy England
Regional Councillor
Dan Carter
Regional Councillor
Nester Pidwerbecki
Regional Councillor
John Aker
Regional Councillor
John Neal
Regional Councillor
Bob Chapman
Pickering
Mayor
Dave Ryan
Regional Councillor, Ward 1
Jennifer O'Connell
Regional Councillor, Ward 2
Bill McLean
Regional Councillor, Ward 3
David Pickles
Scugog
Mayor
Tom Rowett
Regional Councillor
Bobbie Drew
Uxbridge
Mayor
Gerri-Lynn O'Connor
Regional Councillor
Jack Ballinger
Whitby
Mayor
Don Mitchell
Regional Councillor
Elizabeth Roy
Regional Councillor
Lorne Coe
Regional Councillor
Joe Drumm
Durham Regional Chair
The following are the official results for the position of the Durham Regional Chair.[1]
Candidate
Vote
%
Roger Anderson
57,905
46.70
Michael Deegan
18,318
14.77
Peter Neal
14,483
11.68
Arthur Augustine
13,167
10.62
Lynn Porteous
10,684
8.86
Barbara Pulst
9,441
7.61
Ajax
Mayoral Candidate [2]
Vote
%
Steve Parish (incumbent)
18,603
83.16
Waran Vaithilingam
2,171
9.70
Tony Hoosain
1,597
7.14
Brock
Mayoral Candidate [3]
Vote
%
John Grant
2,120
48.04
Terry Clayton (incumbent)
1,919
43.49
Dorothy Sanderson
374
8.47
Clarington
The following are the results for the Municipality of Clarington. There was a voter turn-out of 30.53%.[4]
Mayor
Candidate
Vote
%
Adrian Foster (X)
10,093
53.62
John O'Toole
8,731
46.38
Regional Councillors
Two Regional Councillors were elected in 1 of 2 wards.
Candidate
Vote
%
Wards 1 & 2
Joe Neal
3,962
37.17
Mary Novak (X)
3,959
37.14
Jim Abernethy
2,738
25.69
Wards 3 & 4
Willie Woo (X)
Acclaimed
Local Councillors
Four Local Councillors were elected in 1 of 4 wards.
Candidate
Vote
%
Ward 1
Steven Cooke
1,247
24.24
Thomas Sheehan
1,127
21.90
Sami Elhajjeh
1,048
20.37
Steven Conway
929
18.06
Mark Stanisz
422
8.20
Jacqueline Muccio
372
7.23
Ward 2
Ron Hooper (X)
4,132
80.51
Lynn McCullough
1,000
19.49
Ward 3
Corinna Traill (X)
1,593
39.47
Bonnie Seto
1,400
34.69
Tracey Ali
559
13.85
Mark Canning
484
11.99
Ward 4
Wendy Partner (X)
2,135
53.56
Kevin Anyan
1,079
27.07
Zachery Prescott
772
19.37
Oshawa
Mayoral Candidate [5]
Vote
%
John Henry (X)
14,084
48.93
John Gray
8,229
28.59
Rosemary McConkey
2,619
9.10
Chris Topple
1,978
6.87
Bill Longworth
642
2.23
Lou Devuono
564
1.96
Joe Ingino
374
1.30
Dan Hammond
221
0.77
Donald F. Woermke
72
0.25
Pickering
Mayoral Candidate [6]
Vote
%
Dave Ryan (X)
14,410
64.18
Maurice Brenner
7,205
32.09
Edoh Apaloo
838
3.73
Scugog
Mayoral Candidate [7]
Vote
%
Tom Rowett
4,661
55.83
Chuck Mercier (X)
3,687
44.17
Uxbridge
Mayoral Candidate [8]
Vote
%
Gerri Lynn O'Connor (X)
3,976
49.72
Ted Eng
2,061
25.77
Bob Shepherd
1,960
24.51
Whitby
Mayoral Candidate [9]
Vote
%
Don Mitchell
16,803
73.20
Donna Butler
2,895
12.61
Ros Whitby
1,268
5.52
Bob Hartley
1,129
4.92
Lumy Omat
859
3.74
References
Results
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^"Ajax Votes 2014 | Who's Running". Archived from the original on September 13, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
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