2018 Ontario municipal elections

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2018 Ontario municipal elections
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  2014 October 22, 2018 (2018-10-22) 2022  
Turnout38.29% [1]

The 2018 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 22, 2018. [2]

Contents

Voters in the province of Ontario elected 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 could be filed from May 1, 2018, at which time the campaign period began. [3]

Nominations closed on July 27, 2018, at 2 PM local time. Certification of nomination papers was completed by 4 PM on July 30, 2018. [2]

Voting was on October 22 from 10 AM to 8 PM. [2]

Ranked ballots

In 2016, the provincial government passed Bill 181, the Municipal Elections Modernization Act, which permitted municipalities to adopt ranked ballots for municipal elections. [4]

London was the only municipality to use ranked ballots in the 2018 election itself, with the decision in that city being made by London City Council in 2017, [5] while Kingston and Cambridge held referendums concurrently with their 2018 elections on whether to adopt ranked ballots for the next municipal elections in 2022. [6] Both of the referendums passed, though neither reached the 50 per cent turnout required to make the results legally binding. [7] [8]

In 2020, the provincial government passed Bill 218, the Supporting Ontario's Recovery Act, which, among other things, eliminated the option of ranked balloting for municipalities. The City of London will now have to switch back to first-past-the-post for its 2022 municipal elections. [9]

Online voting

The 2018 elections were also noted for a significant increase in the adoption of online voting. Across Ontario, over 150 municipalities conducted their elections primarily online, with physical polling stations either abandoned entirely or limited to only a few central polling stations for voters who could not or did not want to vote online. [10]

On election day, however, 51 of those municipalities, all of which had selected Dominion Voting Systems as their online voting contractor, were affected by a technical failure. According to Dominion the company's colocation centre provider imposed a bandwidth cap, without authorization from or consultation with Dominion, due to the massive increase in voting traffic in the early evening, thus making it impossible for many voters to get through to the server between 5:00 and 7:30 p.m. [11] All of the affected municipalities extended voting for at least a few hours to compensate for the outage; several, including Pembroke, Waterloo, Prince Edward County and Greater Sudbury, opted to extend voting for a full 24 hours into the evening of October 23. [12]

Counties

Regional municipalities

Districts

Single tier municipalities

Brant

Brantford

Chatham-Kent

Map of Chatham-Kent's six wards Chatham-Kent ward map.png
Map of Chatham-Kent's six wards

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate [13] Vote %
Darrin Canniff 19,31656.01
Alysson Storey9,25526.83
Randy Hope (X)4,72213.69
Harold Atkinson6751.96
Robert Salvatore Powers3511.02
Allan Robert Traylor1700.49

Chatham-Kent Municipal Council

The results for Chatham-Kent municipal council is as follows: [14]

Ward 1 - West Kent
2 to be elected
CandidateVote %
Mark Authier (X)1,99139.32
Melissa Harrigan1,68233.22
Bryon Fluker (X)1,05020.74
Mark Pastorius2524.98
Jordan Dell881.74
Ward 2 - South Kent
3 to be elected
CandidateVote %
Trevor Thompson (X)3,72325.26
Anthony Ceccacci1,96713.34
Mary Clare Latimer1,91012.96
Frank Vercouteren (X)1,84012.48
Art Stirling1,54110.45
Henry Svec1,2818.69
Tanya Bondy1,2768.66
Amy Ramsden Dalton1,2028.15
Ward 3 - East Kent
2 to be elected
CandidateVote %
Steve Pinsonneault (X)2,54139.48
John Wright2,02331.43
MaryAnn Hawthorne1,87229.09
Ward 4 - North Kent
2 to be elected
CandidateVote %
Joe Faas (X)1,52819.36
Jamie McGrail1,50619.08
Joey Cyples1,41817.97
Patricia Sylvain1,32416.77
Mary Anne Udvari85410.82
Steven Scott6057.67
Jessica Brooks5286.69
Dylan Robert McLay1301.65
Ward 5 - Wallaceburg
2 to be elected
CandidateVote %
Carmen McGregor (X)1,86636.62
Aaron Hall1,67332.84
Randy McNeil81816.05
Nicolas Cadotte73814.48
Ward 6 - Chatham
6 to be elected
CandidateVote %
Marjorie Crew7,58910.87
Michael Bondy (X)7,55210.82
Brock McGregor (X)7,26710.41
Doug Sulman (X)6,5659.40
Karen Kirkwood-Whyte5,8938.44
Amy Finn5,7538.24
Larry Vellinga5,6988.16
Don Fuoco5,4497.80
Sparky Leonard4,5766.55
Kirk Hooker3,3014.73
Penelope Duchesne2,9604.24
Chris June2,6873.85
Ryan Jackson1,4322.05
Gordon Thomas1,1271.61
Les Banks7401.06
James Thompson6680.96
Drew Simpson5640.81

Greater Sudbury

Haldimand County

Map of Haldimand County's wards Haldimand County wards.png
Map of Haldimand County's wards

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate [15] Vote %
Ken Hewitt (X)6,57850.26
David McClung3,84029.34
Lisa Taylor2,67120.41

Haldimand County Municipal Council

The results for Haldimand County Council are as follows: [16]

Ward 1
CandidateVote %
Stewart Patterson1,10055.06
Leroy Bartlett (X)80040.04
Andrew Bergsma984.90
Ward 2
CandidateVote %
John Metcalfe98844.75
Ray Hunsinger54324.59
Fred Morison (X)49122.24
Donna Pitcher1868.42
Ward 3
CandidateVote %
Dan Lawrence1,26739.89
Craig Grice (X)1,16036.52
Cheryl Beemer74922.58
Ward 4
CandidateVote %
Tony Dalimonte (X)1,47067.77
Patrick Cook69932.23
Ward 5
CandidateVote %
Rob Shirton (X)85557.38
Marianne Kidd44229.66
Joey Tingle19312.95
Ward 6
CandidateVote %
Bernie Corbett (X)1,66877.55
Julie Marchese48322.45

Hamilton

Kawartha Lakes

Map of Kawartha Lakes' eight new wards Kawartha lakes ward map 2018.png
Map of Kawartha Lakes' eight new wards

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate [17] Vote [18]  %
Andy Letham (X)11,43545.66
Gord James9,87839.44
Brian Junkin2,72410.88
Peter Weygang1,0074.02

Kawartha Lakes Municipal Council

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

The results for Kawartha Lakes council are as follows: [18]

Ward 1
CandidateVote %
Emmett Yeo (X)1,21347.25
Don Logan68026.49
Rob Macklem (X)47918.66
Raymonde Blais Couture1957.60
Ward 2
CandidateVote %
Kathleen Seymour-Fagan (X)1,11235.29
Stephen Slack88326.44
Afe Helleman61519.52
John Snider37311.84
Jim Greensides1434.54
Leslie Mieszkowski752.38
Ward 3
CandidateVote %
Doug Elmslie (X)2,04763.20
Roger McInnis81025.01
Stephen Clarke38211.79
Ward 4
CandidateVote %
Andrew Veale (X)1,19547.59
Ian Nicolson76330.39
John Pollard (X)36514.54
George Davidson1887.49
Ward 5
CandidateVote %
Pat Dunn (X)1,40334.93
Duncan Gallacher1,04926.11
John Hagarty91922.88
Derrick Camphorst64616.08
Ward 6
CandidateVote %
Ron Ashmore66620.58
Pat Warren57117.65
Gerard Jilesen (X)52716.29
Jeffery Farquhar46214.28
Emily Nigro37411.56
Mary Ann Martin (X)34710.72
Al Robb2898.93
Ward 7
CandidateVote %
Patrick O'Reilly (X)2,83272.28
Charles Clarke1,08627.72
Ward 8
CandidateVote %
Tracy Richardson81536.35
Heather Stauble (X)67029.88
Jack Morrison31414.01
David Watson2079.23
Wayne Hunt1838.16
Michelle Murphy-Ward532.36

Norfolk County

The following are the results for Norfolk County. [19]

Map of Norfolk County's wards Norfolk County ward map.png
Map of Norfolk County's wards

Mayor

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Kristal Chopp10,83853.95
Charlie Luke (X)8,64643.04
Russell Colebrook6043.01

Norfolk County Council

There were some slight alterations to Norfolk County's ward map. [20]

Ward 1
CandidateVote %
Tom Masschaele54725.94
John Henderson52324.80
Ted Mole49823.61
John Peazel23511.14
Doug McArthur1507.11
Daniel Wagner1175.55
Michael Toth391.85
Ward 2
CandidateVote %
Roger Geysens (X)72045.63
Matt Devos58236.88
Joe Murphy27617.49
Ward 3
CandidateVote %
Michael Columbus1,24954.95
Darryl Smart47720.99
Leslie Berta27312.01
Albert Guiler2219.72
Tim Sullivan532.33
Ward 4
CandidateVote %
Chris Van Paassen1,08952.51
Dean Morrison91344.02
Thomas Ferris723.47
Ward 5
2 to be elected
CandidateVote %
Ian Rabbitts3,00733.10
Ryan Taylor1,61617.79
Doug Brunton (X)1,54216.97
Peter Black (X)1,22713.51
Doreen Oates96010.57
Rick Dixon7338.08
Ward 6
CandidateVote %
Amy Martin2,24251.00
Adam Veri91220.75
John Wells (X)3237.35
Doug Long2826.41
Jeff Miller2335.30
Gary Muntz2305.23
Rick Misner1743.96
Ward 7
CandidateVote %
Kim Huffman1,19750.87
Jean Montgomery1,15649.13
By-election

A by-election was held on June 3, 2021, in Ward 2 to fill the vacancy of Roger Geysens who retired. [21]

CandidateVote %
Linda Vandendriessche1,02556.57
Bill Dendekker33818.65
Noel Haydt20011.04
David Van Hamme1287.06
Pamela Moore1065.08
Russell Colebrook100.55

Ottawa

Prince Edward County

Mayor

The following are the results for Prince Edward County. [22]

CandidateVote %
Steve Ferguson4,98150.17
Dianne O'Brien4,04340.72
Richard Whiten9049.11

Toronto

Separated municipalities

Barrie

Belleville

Map of Belleville's wards Belleville ward map.png
Map of Belleville's wards

The following are the results for Belleville. [23]

Mayor

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Mitch Panciuk5,23836.06
Taso Christopher (X)3,68825.39
Egerton Boyce3,13221.56
Jodie Jenkins2,46917.00

Councillors

Ward 1 - Belleville
CandidateVote %
Ryan Williams 6,16811.43
Garnet Thompson (X)5,83910.82
Pat Culhane5,59410.36
Chris Malette5,49810.19
Kelly McCaw (X)4,9059.09
Sean Kelly4,7138.73
Tyler Allsopp3,8917.21
Carol Feeney2,9985.55
Paul Martin2,5674.76
Brigitte Muir2,2284.13
Richard Black1,7443.23
Michael Graham1,6643.08
Danny Morrison1,6433.04
Jeremy Davis1,4902.76
Stanley Jones1,4072.61
Paul Bell1,0962.03
Curtis Hayes5270.98
Ward 2 - Thurlow
CandidateVote %
Paul Carr (X)1,97933.18
Bill Sandison1,20120.14
Kathryn Brown86714.54
Lisa Warriner80513.50
Nicholas Mulhall5859.81
Barry Robinson5278.84

Brockville

The following are the results for Brockville. [24]

Mayor

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Jason Baker3,03338.87
Mark Oliver3,01438.63
Cec Drake1,35617.38
Kelly Cole2863.67

Councillors

Eight Councillors were elected.

CandidateVote %
Matt Wren4,4328.83
Cameron Wales4,1198.21
Mike Kalivas (X)4,0548.08
Jane Fullarton (X)3,8067.59
Larry Journal3,1266.23
Jeffrey Earle (X)3,0436.07
Nathalie Lavergne2,9935.97
Leigh Bursey (X)2,8435.67
Joy Sterritt2,8305.64
Jessica Barabash2,7595.50
Philip Deery2,5335.05
Naomi McNeill1,9673.92
Bud Eyre1,6063.20
Tony Barnes1,4862.96
Mark Darrah1,4442.88
Willy Stevenson1,4362.86
John Henderson1,3862.76
Robert Shannon1,3602.71
Matthew Blair1,0592.11
Jeff Severson1,0142.02
Ralph Legere8231.64

Cornwall

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate [25] Vote %
Bernadette Clement 6,68853.86
David Murphy3,04224.50
Leslie O'Shaughnessy (X)2,45019.73
Nicole Spahich2381.92

Cornwall City Council

The results for Cornwall city council are as follows: [26]

At-large
10 to be elected
CandidateVote %
Justin Towndale (X)5,3236.78
Elaine MacDonald (X)4,7156.00
Carilyne Hébert (X)4,4855.71
Maurice Dupelle (X)4,3655.56
Claude McIntosh (X)4,3315.51
Eric Bergeron3,9995.09
Glen Garry Grant3,6734.68
Todd Bennett3,6524.65
Syd Gardiner3,4244.36
Dean Hollingsworth3,3614.28
Denis Carr (X)3,3564.27
Kelly Bergeron3,2244.11
Heather Megill2,7173.46
Claude Poirier2,7093.45
Alex de Wit2,5703.27
Gérald E. Samson2,4693.14
Carson Andrews2,2822.91
Mark A. MacDonald (X)2,1542.74
Kyle Bergeron2,0952.67
Patrick Dussault1,9062.43
Carol A. Boileau1,8932.41
Jack Lindsay1,7802.27
Keith Frost1,6042.04
Mary Jane Proulx1,5321.95
Ellen Crothers1,1481.46
John Rattray1,0561.34
Amani Aburamadan6460.82
Bernie M. Brunette6240.79
Ryan Acheson5400.69
William Douglas Beattie4890.61
James Brent Charles4220.54

Gananoque

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate [27] Vote %
Ted Lojko86240.19
John S. Beddows42019.58
Jim Garrah37617.53
Brian Brooks27512.82
Christine Milks2129.88

Guelph

Map of Guelph's six wards Guelph ward map 2018.png
Map of Guelph's six wards

Mayor

CandidateVote %
Cam Guthrie (X)22,20366.57
Aggie Mlynarz11,14933.43

Guelph City Council

Two councillors to be elected in each ward. Results for Guelph city council are as follows.

Ward 1
CandidateVote %
Dan Gibson (X)3,03327.18
Bob Bell (X)2,36121.16
Barbara Mann1,89817.01
Charlene Downey1,74815.67
Jamie Killingsworth1,0579.47
Mark Gernon7376.61
Jax Thornton1721.54
Dave Heffernan1511.35
Ward 2
CandidateVote %
James Gordon (X)3,00930.59
Rodrigo Goller2,72827.74
Jonathan Knowles1,59116.18
Dorothe Fair1,34113.63
Mary Thring99610.13
Sudha Sharma1701.73
Ward 3
CandidateVote %
Phil Allt (X)3,18736.74
June Hofland (X)2,76431.86
Patrick Sheridan1,31915.20
Jason Dodge1,05412.15
Steven Petric3514.05
Ward 4
CandidateVote %
Christine Billings (X)2,33026.63
Mike Salisbury (X)1,70219.45
Indu Arora1,50117.15
Peter Hamtak94510.80
Matt Saunders87710.02
Brendan Clark7028.02
Eli Ridder6947.93
Ward 5
CandidateVote %
Leanne Piper (X)3,71941.29
Cathy Downer (X)3,52539.14
Alex Green1,76219.56
Ward 6
CandidateVote %
Dominique O'Rourke4,13336.57
Mark MacKinnon (X)3,13727.75
Stacy Cooper2,01217.80
Anshu Khurana8707.70
Usha Arora7456.59
Lise Burcher4063.59

Kingston

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Map of Kingston's 12 districts

Referendum

Referendum on ranked ballots. The "yes" side won decidedly with 62%, but the turnout to make the referendum binding did not reach the 50% mark. However, Kingston City Council has promised to pursue the matter anyway. [28]

Choice [29] Vote %
Yes20,64262.00
No12,16137.00

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate [29] Vote %
Bryan Paterson (X)23,70869.03
Vicki Shmolka7,54521.97
Rob Matheson2,5297.36
Eric Lee5641.64

Kingston City Council

The results for Kingston city council are as follows: [29]

Countryside District 1
CandidateVote %
Gary Oosterhof (X)1,17141.64
Louis Cyr1,08038.41
Jeff Scott56119.95
Loyalist-Cataraqui District 2
CandidateVote %
Simon Chapelle1,52749.79
Bittu George86128.07
Stephanie Drapeau38512.55
Georgina Riel2949.59
Collins-Bayridge District 3
CandidateVote %
Lisa Osanic (X)2,32267.91
Don Amos1,09732.09
Lakeside District 4
CandidateVote %
Wayne Hill1,95852.01
Chris Morris59115.70
Ashley Johnson52914.05
Joran Morelli50313.36
Dave McKenna1263.35
Ed Smith581.54
Portsmouth District 5
CandidateVote %
Bridget Doherty1,41054.69
Chris Ball58422.65
David Dossett42416.45
Alexandra de Haas963.72
Carly Francke642.48
Trillium District 6
CandidateVote %
Robert Kiley1,50842.49
Jimmy Hassan1,24935.19
Jim Hoover43612.29
Floyd Patterson35610.03
Kingscourt-Rideau District 7
CandidateVote %
Mary Rita Holland (X)1,00745.20
Cheryl-anne Dorey Bennett68830.88
Darryl McIntosh53323.92
Meadowbrook-Strathcona District 8
CandidateVote %
Jeff McLaren (X)1,92762.38
Taylor Pearce1,16237.62
Williamsville District 9
CandidateVote %
Jim Neill (X)93250.98
Vincent Cinanni74240.59
Andre Imbeault1548.42
Sydenham District 10
CandidateVote %
Peter Stroud (X)1,14164.57
Dylan Chenier38021.51
Steve France1719.68
Matt Gaiser754.24
King's Town District 11
CandidateVote %
Rob Hutchison (X)2,00180.43
Byron Emmons48719.57
Pittsburgh District 12
CandidateVote %
Ryan Nelson Boehme (X)Acclaimed

London

Orillia

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate [30] Vote %
Steve Clarke (X)5,71066.98
Gord Launchbury2,81533.02

Pelee

The results for Pelee Island were as follows:

Mayor

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Raymond DurocherAcclaimed

Peterborough

The following are the results for Peterborough. [31]

Map of Peterborough's five wards Peterborough ward map.png
Map of Peterborough's five wards

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate [32] Vote %
Diane Therrien 19,25468.98
Daryl Bennett (X)8,65931.02

Councillors

Two councillors were elected from each of the 5 wards.

Ward 1 - Otonabee
CandidateVote %
Kim Zippel2,70928.01
Lesley Parnell (X)2,40524.87
Bob Hall2,04521.15
Brock Grills1,42714.76
Ryan Waudby8959.26
Jason Wallwork1891.95
Ward 2 - Monaghan
CandidateVote %
Don Vassiliadis (X)3,06627.39
Henry Clarke (X)2,65523.72
Jeff Westlake2,43921.79
Charmaine Magumbe1,81316.20
Dave McGowan1,21910.89
Ward 3 - Town
CandidateVote %
Dean Pappas (X)3,40436.66
Kemi Akapo2,71829.27
Jim Russell1,35414.58
Jane Davidson1,08911.73
Jenny Lanciault7217.76
Ward 4 - Ashburnham
CandidateVote %
Gary Baldwin (X)3,09530.82
Keith Riel (X)2,83328.21
Paul Rellinger1,65316.46
Sheila Wood1,50114.95
Ian Peddle9599.55
Ward 5 - Northcrest
CandidateVote %
Andrew Beamer (X)3,74233.47
Stephen Wright3,39930.40
Dave Haacke (X)2,54822.79
Zach Hatton1,49213.34

Pembroke

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate [33] Vote %
Michael LeMay (X)2,89367.40
Paul Kelly1,39932.60

Prescott

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate [34] Vote %
Brett Todd (X)Acclaimed

Quinte West

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate [35] Vote %
Jim Harrison (X)7,01967.17
Duncan Armstrong3,42932.82

Quinte West City Council

Elections results for Quinte West city council are as follows:

Ward 1 - Trenton
5 to be elected [36]
CandidateVote %
Michael Kotsovos (X)2,31815.81
Sally Freeman (X)2,28815.61
David Hugh O'Neil2,09014.26
Fred Kuypers (X)1,95713.35
Leslie Roseblade1,60010.91
Mark Kennedy1,4209.69
Andre deVries1,2628.61
Paul Bordonaro6764.61
Tyler Rickey6264.27
Stuart Gilboord4222.88
Ward 2 - Sidney
4 to be elected
CandidateVote %
Karen Sharpe (X)2,18320.27
Allan DeWitt (X)1,72516.02
Terry R. F. Cassidy1,55514.44
Don Kuntze (X)1,31512.21
Garry Quinn (X)1,22911.41
Paul Kyte1,22511.37
Ernst Kuglin1,0469.71
Fred Keating4924.57
Ward 3 - Murray
2 to be elected
CandidateVote %
David McCue (X)Acclaimed
Jim Alyea (X)Acclaimed
Ward 4 - Frankford
CandidateVote %
Lynda Reid40053.05
Gregg Covell17823.61
Rob MacIntosh17623.34

St. Marys

CandidateVote %
Al Strathdee (X)Acclaimed

Stratford

Mayoral Candidate [37] Vote %
Dan Mathieson (X)7,83768.93
Tom Drake2,17419.12
Andrew Fraser1,35811.94

Smiths Falls

Mayoral Candidate [38] Vote %
Shawn Pankow (X)2,12066.69
Joe Gallipeau1,05933.31

St. Thomas

Source: [39]

Mayor

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Joe Preston 3,73136.55
Heather Jackson (X)3,18931.24
Stephen Wookey2,94928.89
Malichi Malé3383.31

St. Thomas City Council

The results for St. Thomas city council are as follows:

At-large
8 to be elected
CandidateVote %
Steve Peters 8,19713.58
Jeff Kohler (X)5,8889.76
Gary Clarke (X)5,0328.34
Lori Baldwin-Sands5,0198.32
Linda Stevenson (X)4,0806.76
Mark Tinlin (X)3,9396.53
Joan Rymal (X)3,4775.76
Jim Herbert3,4175.66
John Laverty3,0365.03
Rose Gibson2,9274.85
Lesley Buchanan2,6074.32
David Mathers2,4234.01
Serge Lavoie2,2963.80
Petrusia Hontar1,9953.31
Timothy Hedden1,7112.83
Greg Graham1,4962.48
Kevin Smith1,1901.97
James Murray8421.40
Michael Manary7851.30

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Steve Clark (Canadian politician)</span> Canadian politician

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto</span>

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<i>Supporting Ontarios Recovery Act, 2020</i>

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