The Brampton municipal election, 2006 took place on 13 November 2006, to elect a mayor, five regional councillors and five city councillors in the city of Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It was held in conjunction with all other municipalities in Ontario. See 2006 Ontario municipal elections. It was referred to as CityVote 2006 by the city's website. The nomination period ended on Friday 29 September 2006; thirty candidates registered in the two weeks prior. Six candidates withdrew after this point, before the cut-off of 5 pm Monday. There was a total of 96 candidates running for political office. Over the various days of voting, 68,186 Brampton residents cast ballots; there were 226,869 registered voters in the city at the time. This means there was a 30.8% turn-out.

Candidates

Mayor

Results

Profiles

Susan Fennell (incumbent)

OFFICIAL WEBSITE | GUARDIAN ARTICLE

Sunny Gandhi

OFFICIAL WEBSITE | GUARDIAN INTERVIEW

Amjid Iqbal

GUARDIAN ARTICLE, stating Iqbal did not participate in interviews.

John R.A. Moulton

GUARDIAN INTERVIEW

Raj Sharda

OFFICIAL WEBSITE | GUARDIAN INTERVIEW

Media participation

Wards 1, 5

Regional council

Long-time incumbent Elaine Moore had three people interested in replacing her as Regional Councillor; she won her re-election with a strong majority.

City council

Incumbent Grant Gibson had six candidates challenging his re-election; he was re-elected by over half of participating voters. Gibson had held the seat for more than a decade, as of the election day. Among his challengers was Stephanie Beaumier, daughter of Brampton West MP Colleen Beaumier. As he dropped out of the campaign after nomination lists were finalised, Malcolm Jones' name still appeared on the ballots. Despite no longer officially running, he took fourth place, out of seven.

Wards 2, 6

Regional council

One of the longest sitting incumbents, Paul Palleschi had five people attempting to take him out of office. Palleschi received roughly 45% of the vote.

City council

Incumbent John Hutton had ten candidates challenging his re-election, the most of any riding. Due to the berth of competition, he was only re-elected with 27% support. Among the challengers was Doug Whillans, son of Ken Whillans, a former Brampton mayor. As of election day, Hutton had held the seat for 21 years.

Wards 3, 4

Regional council

Businessman and 2005 Brampton Citizen of the Year John Sanderson beat incumbent Susan DiMarco. One of four challengers, Sanderson had previous run and lost for the same ward in 2003. With a mere 292 votes dividing them, the race between Sanderson and DiMarco was the last to be declared in all of Peel.

City council

Incumbent Bob Callahan easily won this race. Once an MPP, Callahan won over his nearest competitor by 33.36%. Babra's second-place finish was unexpected, as while he participated in a Brampton Guardian interview, he did not reply to The Toronto Star or The Brampton News/Wikinews. His email address was inactive throughout the duration of his campaign.

Wards 7, 8

Regional council

Long-time incumbent Gael Miles easily won the election for regional councillor (Wards 7 and 8), against political newcomer John Villella.

City council

Incumbent Sandra Hames won with little trouble, garnering also three out of every four votes.

Wards 9, 10

Regional council

Incumbent John Sprovieri had six candidates challenging his re-election, which he won with 44.91% support. Among the challengers is Derek Begley, son of retired regional councillor Rhoda Begley. Johal is known in the ward as a star candidate.

City council

Garnett Manning had five people contesting his seat, which he eventually lost to Vicky Dhillon. Manning had beat Dhillon by a slim amount in the 2003 election. At time of election, Dhillon was the Brampton—Springdale riding association president for the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario); it is unknown if he will retain this position. Among the other candidates was Daljit Gill, a one-term Peel District School Board trustee.

Peel District School Board

The Peel District School Board runs a website about its trustees and their roles.

Wards 1, 3

Wards 2, 9, 10

There is no incumbent in these wards, as one-term trustee Daljit Gill is running for city council.

Wards 4, 5, 6

Wards 7, 8

Beryl Ford is the only person elected by acclamation to any political seat in Brampton; this is her eighth term as a trustee.

Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board

Wards 1, 3, 4

There is no incumbent in these wards.

Wards 2, 5, 6

Debates in this ward received extremely small audiences. Eleven, then six people showed up to two separate evenings.

Wards 7, 8, 9, 10

There is no incumbent in these wards.

Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest

None of the incumbents are seeking re-election

Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud