Ontario municipal elections, 2018

Ontario municipal elections, 2018

October 22, 2018 (2018-10-22)

The 2018 municipal elections in Ontario will be held on October 22, 2018.^[1]

Voters in the province of Ontario will elect mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities.

Electoral period

As per the Ontario Municipal Elections Act, 1996, nomination papers for candidates for municipal and school board elections can be filed from May 1, 2018, at which time the campaign period will begin.^[2]

Nominations close on July 27, 2018 at 2 PM local time. Certification of nomination papers is to be completed by 4 PM on July 30, 2018.^[1]

Voting starts on October 22 from 10 AM to 8 PM.^[1]

Ranked ballots

The provincial government passed legislation allowing municipalities to adopt ranked ballots for municipal elections. London will be the first municipality to use ranked ballots, while Kingston and Cambridge^[3] will have a referendum on the issue.^[4]

Counties

• Bruce County municipal elections, 2018
• Dufferin County municipal elections, 2018
• Elgin County municipal elections, 2018
• Essex County municipal elections, 2018
• Frontenac County municipal elections, 2018
• Grey County municipal elections, 2018
• Haliburton County municipal elections, 2018
• Hastings County municipal elections, 2018
• Huron County municipal elections, 2018
• Lambton County municipal elections, 2018
• Lanark County municipal elections, 2018
• Leeds and Grenville United Counties municipal elections, 2018
• Lennox and Addington County municipal elections, 2018
• Middlesex County municipal elections, 2018
• Northumberland County municipal elections, 2018
• Perth County municipal elections, 2018
• Peterborough County municipal elections, 2018
• Prescott and Russell United Counties municipal elections, 2018
• Renfrew County municipal elections, 2018
• Simcoe County municipal elections, 2018
• Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties municipal elections, 2018
• Wellington County municipal elections, 2018

Regional municipalities

• Durham Region municipal elections, 2018
• Halton Region municipal elections, 2018
• Muskoka District municipal elections, 2018
• Niagara Region municipal elections, 2018
• Oxford County municipal elections, 2018
• Peel Region municipal elections, 2018
• Waterloo Region municipal elections, 2018
• York Region municipal elections, 2018

Districts

• Algoma District municipal elections, 2018
• Cochrane District municipal elections, 2018
• Kenora District municipal elections, 2018
• Manitoulin District municipal elections, 2018
• Nipissing District municipal elections, 2018
• Parry Sound District municipal elections, 2018
• Rainy River District municipal elections, 2018
• Sudbury District municipal elections, 2018
• Thunder Bay District municipal elections, 2018
  • Thunder Bay municipal election, 2018
• Timiskaming District municipal elections, 2018

Single tier municipalities

Brantford

Map of Brantford's five wards

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[6]	Vote	%
Chris Friel (X)
Barbara Berardi
Kevin Davis
Michael Issa
Wayne Maw
John Turmel
Dave Wrobel

Brantford City Council

Two to be elected from each ward. The map has changed slightly from 2014 due to the annexation of some territory from Brant County.^[7]

Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Rick Weaver (X) Tracey Bucci Amrik Deol Ramandeep Khokhar Mario Lucente Michael Sullivan Jan vander Stelt

Ward 2 Candidate Vote % John Sless (X) John Utley (X) Sandra Anderson Warren Bechard Alex Felsky Erica James Peter Sheere

Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Greg Martin (X) Dan McCreary (X) Naser Hamed Linda Hunt Nicole Durnford

Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Cheryl Antoski (X) Richard Carpenter (X) Rob Ferguson Mike Gomon

Ward 5 Candidate Vote % Brian Van Tilborg (X) Dale Beemer Ian Carson Jeff Goreski Kathryn Kissinger Mark Littell John Oneill Bobby Panchi Michael Peterson Dustin Starchuk David Swanson Joshua Wall

Chatham-Kent

Map of Chatham-Kent's six wards

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[8]	Vote	%
Randy Hope (X)
Harold Atkinson
Darrin Canniff
Robert Salvatore Powers
Alysson Storey
Allan Robert Traylor

Chatham-Kent Municipal Council

Ward 1 - West Kent 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Mark Authier (X) Bryon Fluker (X) Jordan Dell Melissa Harrigan Mark Pastorius

Ward 2 - South Kent 3 to be elected Candidate Vote % Trevor Thompson (X) Frank Vercouteren (X) Tanya Bondy Anthony Ceccacci Mary Clare Latimer Amy Ramsden Dalton Art Stirling Henry Svec

Ward 3 - East Kent 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Steve Pinsonneault (X) Steve Pinsonneault John Wright

Ward 4 - North Kent 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Joe Faas (X) Jessica Brooks Joey Cyples Jamie McGrail Dylan Robert McLay Steven Scott Patricia Sylvain Mary Anne Udvari

Ward 5 - Wallaceburg 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Carmen McGregor (X) Nicolas Cadotte Aaron Hall Randy McNeil

Ward 6 - Chatham 6 to be elected Candidate Vote % Michael Bondy (X) Brock McGregor (X) Doug Sulman (X) Les Banks Marjorie Crew Penelope Duchesne Amy Finn Don Fuoco Kirk Hooker Ryan Jackson Chris June Karen Kirkwood-Whyte Don 'Sparky' Leonard Drew Simpson Gordon Thomas James Thompson Larry Vellinga

Haldimand County

Map of Haldimand County's wards

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[9]	Vote	%
Ken Hewitt (X)
David McClung
Lisa Taylor

Haldimand County Municipal Council

Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Leroy Bartlett (X) Andrew Bergsma Stewart Patterson

Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Fred Morison (X) Ray Hunsinger John Metcalfe Donna Pitcher

Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Craig Grice (X) Cheryl Beemer Dan Lawrence

Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Tony Dalimonte (X) Patrick Cook

Ward 5 Candidate Vote % Rob Shirton (X) Marianne Kidd Joey Tingle

Ward 6 Candidate Vote % Bernie Corbett (X) Julie Marchese

Kawartha Lakes

Map of Kawartha Lakes' eight new wards

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[10]	Vote	%
Andy Letham (X)
Gord James
Brian Junkin
Peter Weygang

Kawartha Lakes Municipal Council

For 2018, the Kawartha Lakes council will be reduced from 16 to 8 seats, plus the mayor.

Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Rob Macklem (X) Emmett Yeo (X) Raymonde Blais Couture Don Logan

Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Kathleen Seymour-Fagan (X) John Snider Leslie Mieszkowski Stephen Slack Jim Greensides Afe Helleman

Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Doug Elmslie (X) Stephen Clarke Roger McInnis

Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Andrew Veale (X) John Pollard (X) Ian Nicolson George Davidson

Ward 5 Candidate Vote % Pat Dunn (X) Duncan Gallacher Derrick Camphorst John Hagarty

Ward 6 Candidate Vote % Mary Ann Martin (X) Pat Warren Ron Ashmore Emily Nigro Gerard Jilesen (X) Al Robb Jeffery Farquhar

Ward 7 Candidate Vote % Patrick O'Reilly (X) Charles Clarke

Ward 8 Candidate Vote % Heather Stauble (X) Michelle Murphy-Ward Jack Morrison David Watson Wayne Hunt Tracy Richardson

Norfolk County

Map of Norfolk County's wards

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[11]	Vote	%
Russell Colebrook
Charlie Luke (X)

Norfolk County Municipal Council

There were some slight alterations to Norfolk County's ward map.^[12]

Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Joe Peazel Michael Toth John Henderson Ted Mole Tom Masschaele Daniel Wagner

Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Roger Geysens (X) Joe Murphy

Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Albert Guiler Michael J. Columbus (X) Leslie Berta Darryl Smart

Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Chris Van Paassen Dean Morrison Thomas Ferris

Ward 5 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Peter Black (X) Doug Brunton (X) Ian Rabbitts Doreen Oats Ryan J. Taylor Rick Dixon

Ward 6 Candidate Vote % John Wells (X) Jeff Miller Doug Long Amy Martin John Wells Rick Misner Adam Veri Gary Muntz

Ward 7 Candidate Vote % Jean Montgomery Kim Huffman

Separated municipalities

Barrie

Map of Barrie's 10 wards

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[14]	Vote	%
Jeff Lehman (X)
Ram Faerber

Barrie City Council

Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Shaughna Ainsworth Graham Allary Ryan Cardwell Erin Hennigar Dusko Jankov Avery Konda Ann-Marie Kungl Clare Riepma Cole Walsh

Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Rose Romita (X) Keenan Aylwin Richard Forward Yolanda T. Gallo

Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Doug Shipley (X) Lynne-Anne Hill Tanya Saari

Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Barry Ward (X) Daniel Boucher Bryan Harris

Ward 5 Candidate Vote % Peter Silveira (X) Harry Ahmed Brandon Cassidy Robert Thomson

Ward 6 Candidate Vote % Steve Trotter (X) Natalie Harris Colin Nelthorpe Micheline Robichaud

Ward 7 Candidate Vote % Andrew Prince (X) Gary Harvey John McEachern Bonnie North

Ward 8 Candidate Vote % Jim Harris Brian Miller Shelly Skinner Brad Thompson

Ward 9 Candidate Vote % Sergio Morales (X) Acclaimed

Ward 10 Candidate Vote % Mike McCann (X) Peter Culyer John Olthuis

Belleville

Map of Belleville's wards

List of candidates:^[15]

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Taso Christopher (X)
Egerton Boyce
Jodie Jenkins
Mitch Panciuk

Belleville City Council

Ward 1 - Belleville 6 to be elected Candidate Vote % Kelly McCaw (X) Garnet Thompson (X) Tyler Allsopp Paul Bell Richard Black Pat Culhane Jeremy T. Davis Carol Feeney Michael Graham (X) Curtis Hayes Stanley Jones Sean Kelly Chris Malette Paul S. Martin Danny Morrison Brigitte Frances Muir Ryan Williams

Ward 2 - Thurlow 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Paul Carr (X) Kathryn Ann Brown Nicholas Mulhall Barry Robinson Bill Sandison Lisa Warrner

Guelph

Map of Guelph's six wards

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[19]	Vote	%
Cam Guthrie (X)
Aggie Mlynarz

Guelph City Council

Two councillors to be elected in each ward.

Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Dan Gibson (X) Bob Bell (X) Jack Thornton Dave Heffernan Mark Gernon Barbara Mann Jamie Killingsworth Charlene Downey

Ward 2 Candidate Vote % James Gordon (X) Sudha Sharma Dorothe Fair Mary Thring Jonathan Knowles Rodrigo Goller

Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Phil Alt (X) June Hofland (X) Steven Petric Jason Dodge Patrick Sheridan

Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Christine Billings (X) Mike Salisbury (X) Matt Saunders Brendan Clark Peter Hamtak Indu Arora Eli Ridder

Ward 5 Candidate Vote % Cathy Downer (X) Leanne Piper (X) Alex Green

Ward 6 Candidate Vote % Mark MacKinnon (X) Usha Arora Anshu Khurana Lise Burcher Stacy Cooper Dominique O'Rourke

Kingston

Map of Kingston's 12 districts

Referendum

Referendum on ranked ballots.

Choice	Vote	%
Yes
No

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[20]	Vote	%
Bryan Paterson (X)
Eric Lee
Rob Matheson
Vicki Shmolka

Kingston City Council

Countryside District 1 Candidate Vote % Gary Oosterhof (X) Louis Cyr Jeff Scott

Loyalist-Cataraqui District 2 Candidate Vote % Simon Chapelle Bittu George Stephanie Drapeau Georgina Riel

Collins-Bayridge District 3 Candidate Vote % Lisa Osanic (X) Don Amos

Lakeside District 4 Candidate Vote % Wayne Hill Ashley Johnson Dave McKenna Joran Morelli Chris Morris Ed Smith

Portsmouth District 5 Candidate Vote % Chris Ball Alexandra de Haas Bridget Doherty David Dossett Carly Francke

Trillium District 6 Candidate Vote % Jimmy Hassan Jim Hoover Robert Kiley Floyd Patterson

Kingscourt-Rideau District 7 Candidate Vote % Mary Rita Holland (X) Cheryl-anne Dorey Bennett Darryl McIntosh

Meadowbrook-Strathcona District 8 Candidate Vote % Jeff McLaren (X) Taylor Pearce

Williamsville District 9 Candidate Vote % Jim Neill (X) Vincent Cinanni Andre Imbeault

Sydenham District 10 Candidate Vote % Peter Stroud (X) Dylan Chenier Steve France Matt Gaiser

King's Town District 11 Candidate Vote % Rob Hutchison (X) Byron Emmons

Pittsburgh District 12 Candidate Vote % Ryan Nelson Boehme (X) Acclaimed

Peterborough

Map of Peterborough's five wards

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[22]	Vote	%
Daryl Bennett (X)
Diane Therrien

Peterborough City Council

Two to be elected from each ward. Ward boundaries changed in 2018.^[23]

Ward 1 - Otonabee Candidate Vote % Lesley Parnell (X) Bob Hall Jason Andrew Wallwork Kim Zippel Ryan Waudby Brock Grills

Ward 2 - Monaghan Candidate Vote % Henry Clarke (X) Don Vassiliadis (X) Charmaine Magumbe Dave McGowan Jeff Westlake

Ward 3 - Town Candidate Vote % Dean Pappas (X) Kemi Akapo Jane Davidson Jenny Lanciault Jim Russell

Ward 4 - Ashburnham Candidate Vote % Gary Baldwin (X) Keith Riel (X) Ian Russell Peddle Sheila Wood Raul Rellinger

Ward 5 - Northcrest Candidate Vote % Andrew Beamer (X) Dave Haacke (X) Zach Hatton Stephen Wright

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