2022 Essex County municipal elections

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Map of Essex County showing the municipalities that use a Ward system for their Town Councils in Dark Blue, and an At-Large system (with the top 5 placed candidates elected) in Light Blue. Red is the City of Windsor and Pelee Township which are both nominaly part of Essex County, but are considered separate municipalities, and do not send members to the Essex County Council. Essex County Ontario Municipality Electoral Sytem Map.png
Map of Essex County showing the municipalities that use a Ward system for their Town Councils in Dark Blue, and an At-Large system (with the top 5 placed candidates elected) in Light Blue. Red is the City of Windsor and Pelee Township which are both nominaly part of Essex County, but are considered separate municipalities, and do not send members to the Essex County Council.

Municipal elections were held in Essex County in Ontario on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

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This page only includes the results for the towns of Essex County, and Pelee. While the City of Windsor (the largest population centre in the county by far) is nominally part of the county and counted in its population numbers, the city and its municipal government are a separate entity, and do not send any members to the County Council. The elections to Windsor's Mayor and City Council were held concurrently.

(NOTE: Elected candidates are shown in bold. An (X) indicates an incumbent candidate.)

Essex County Council

Essex County Council consists of the 7 mainland mayors of Essex County and their seven deputy mayors. [1]

PositionElected
Amherstburg Mayor Michael Prue
Amherstburg Deputy MayorChris Gibb
Essex MayorSherry Bondy
Essex Deputy MayorRob Shepley
Kingsville MayorDennis Rogers
Kingsville Deputy MayorKimberly DeYong
Lakeshore MayorTracey Bailey
Lakeshore Deputy MayorKirk Walstedt
LaSalle MayorCrystal Meloche
LaSalle Deputy MayorMichael Akpata
Leamington MayorHilda Macdonald
Leamington Deputy MayorLarry Verbeke
Tecumseh MayorGary McNamara
Tecumseh Deputy MayorJoe Bachetti

Amherstburg

The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of Amherstburg. [2]

Mayor

Mayor Aldo DiCarlo did not run for re-election. [3]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Michael Prue 3,48848.93
Bob Rozankovic1,53021.46
Frank Cerasa1,07315.05
John Laframboise1,03814.56

Deputy Mayor

Deputy Mayoral candidateVote %
Chris Gibb2,76639.00
Nancy Atkinson1,70624.05
Joe Shaw1,11015.65
Dennis Sanson84111.86
Gregory Moore6709.45

Amherstburg Municipal Council

The following candidates ran for the Amherstburg Municipal Council. All candidates run on a town-wide constituency, and the top 5 placed candidates are elected.

CandidateVote %
Linden Crain3,79512.74
Donald McArthur (X)3,09110.38
Molly Allaire2,8589.60
Peter Courtney (X)2,7439.21
Diane Pouget2,6248.81
Lori Wightman2,1807.32
Gerry Theriault2,1167.10
Patrica Simone (X)2,1147.10
Bill Fryer1,5795.30
Lawrence Amlin1,4895.00
Frank Di Pasquale1,4654.92
Marc Renaud (X)1,2534.21
Tara Kearsey9963.34
Holger Kretschmann6822.29
Andrew Argoselo4441.49
Lucas Anderson3561.20

Essex

The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of Essex [4]

Mayor

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Sherry Bondy3,79454.16
Richard Meloche (X)3,21145.84

Deputy Mayor

The following were the results for deputy mayor of Essex. [5]

Deputy Mayoral candidateVote %
Rob Shepley3,58152.83
Ron Rogers3,19747.17

Essex Municipal Council

The following candidates ran for the Essex Municipal Council. Elections in Wards 1 and 3 elect the top two placed candidates, and Wards 2 and 4 elect only the first place candidate.

CandidateVote %
Ward 1 (elect 2)
Joe Garon (X)1,28232.99
Katie McGuire-Blais1,18630.52
Morley Bowman (X)77119.84
Glen Mills64716.65
Ward 2 (elect 1)
Kim Verbeek (X)Acclaimed
Ward 3 (elect 2)
Brad Allard1,06335.52
Jason Matyi1,03834.68
Chris Vander Doelen (X)89229.80
Ward 4 (elect 1)
Rodney Hammond62656.86
Shawn Mulder47543.14

Kingsville

The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of Kingsville. [6]

Mayor

Mayor Nelson Santos stepped down as mayor on July 17 to take a job outside the region, and therefore did not run for re-election. Deputy mayor Gord Queen served as acting mayor in the interim. [7]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Dennis Rogers3,18237.98
Tamara Stomp3,03636.23
Laura Lucier2,16125.79

Deputy Mayor

Deputy mayoral candidateVote %
Kimberly DeYong4,62955.82
Gord Queen (X)3,13037.75
Samson Zad5336.43

Kingsville Municipal Council

The following candidates ran for the Kingsville Municipal Council. All candidates run on a town-wide constituency, and the top 5 placed candidates are elected.

CandidateVote %
Tony Gaffan (X)5,28514.57
Larry Patterson (X)4,40912.15
Thomas Neufeld (X)4,18811.54
Debby Jarvis-Chausse3,4439.49
Sheri Lowrie3,3169.14
Barry Wilson3,2318.90
Michael Del Ciancio2,5687.08
Tim Seech1,9035.24
Michael Glass1,7284.76
Willy Fittler1,6734.61
Brandon Stanley1,4293.94
Les McDonald1,3263.65
Scott Collier1,0282.83
Gideon Spevak7562.08

Lakeshore

The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of Lakeshore. [8]

Results of the 2022 Lakeshore Mayoral Election, showing which candidate had the majority of the vote in the town's 6 wards. Pie charts indicate the vote of all candidates. 2022 Lakeshore Municipal Election - Mayoral Election Results by Ward.png
Results of the 2022 Lakeshore Mayoral Election, showing which candidate had the majority of the vote in the town's 6 wards. Pie charts indicate the vote of all candidates.

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Tom Bain lost to deputy mayor Tracey Bailey. [9]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Tracey Bailey5,63862.06
Tom Bain (X)3,44737.94
Results of the 2022 Lakeshore Deputy Mayoral Election, showing which candidate had the majority of the vote in the town's 6 wards. Pie charts indicate the vote of all candidates. 2022 Lakeshore Municipal Election - Deputy Mayoral Election Results by Ward.png
Results of the 2022 Lakeshore Deputy Mayoral Election, showing which candidate had the majority of the vote in the town's 6 wards. Pie charts indicate the vote of all candidates.

Deputy Mayor

Deputy Mayoral CandidateVote %
Kirk Walstedt4,71953.18
Dave Monk4,15446.82

Lakeshore Municipal Council

Map of Lakeshore's six wards Lakeshore, Ontario ward map.png
Map of Lakeshore's six wards
CandidateVote %
Ward 1
Ryan McNamara97476.57
Nick Panasiuk29823.43
Ward 2
Paddy Byrne60556.38
Michael Hoffman46843.62
Ward 3
Kelsey Santarossa(X)83760.92
Giovanni Butera48335.15
Mohamed Seddik543.93
Ward 4
John Kerr(X)1,32761.92
Jennifer Alderson62829.30
Sarah Aubin1888.77
Ward 5
Ian Ruston65640.62
Tim McDermott64740.06
Steve Anhorn31219.32
Ward 6
Larissa Vogler1,08476.72
David Cecile17812.60
David Larue15110.69

LaSalle

The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of LaSalle.

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Marc Bondy did not run for re-election. [10] Crystal Meloche was elected as mayor of LaSalle by acclamation. [11] This led to a rare situation where both the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor positions were open seats, but both ended up being acclaimed.

This also made Crystal the first female Mayor of LaSalle in the town's history. [12]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Crystal MelocheAcclaimed

Deputy Mayor

Incumbent Deputy Mayor Crystal Meloche ran for Mayor, leaving this seat open as well. Michael Akpata was the only candidate to put their name forward, and was elected Deputy Mayor by acclamation.

Deputy Mayoral CandidateVote %
Michael AkpataAcclaimed
Results of the 2022 LaSalle Town Council election by polling district. Each district is coloured according to the candidate which received the plurality of the vote. LaSalle Municipal Election 2022 - Town Council Results by Polling District.png
Results of the 2022 LaSalle Town Council election by polling district. Each district is coloured according to the candidate which received the plurality of the vote.

LaSalle Municipal Council

The following candidates ran for the Town Council of LaSalle. All candidates run on a town-wide constituency, and the top 5 placed candidates are elected.

CandidateVote %
Jeff Renaud (X)4,81014.41
Sue Desjarlais (X)4,26712.78
Anita Riccio-Spagnuolo (X)4,06412.17
Mark Carrick (X)3,89611.67
Terry Burns3,1569.45
Brad Krewench2,6417.91
Christopher Matis2,5477.63
Kevin O'Neil2,4347.29
David Lucier1,7835.34
Manpreet Brar1,6815.03
Brian Kovacsi1,2963.88

Leamington

The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and the Municipal Council of Leamington. [13]

Mayor

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Hilda Macdonald(X)4,33353.55
Jimmy Simoni3,00437.13
Chris Biron7549.32

Deputy Mayor

Deputy Mayoral CandidateVote %
Larry Verbeke (X)3,22941.06
Shelly J. Quick2,33029.63
John Tofflemire2,30529.31

Leamington Municipal Council

The following candidates ran for the Leamington Municipal Council. All candidates run on a town-wide constituency, and the top 5 placed candidates are elected.

CandidateVote %
Tim Wilkinson (X)4,25312.45
Bill Dunn (X)4,25012.44
Paul Tiessen (X)3,94911.56
Anthony Abraham2,8068.22
Heather Latam2,3636.92
Corey Robertson2,2106.47
Derek Friesen2,1666.34
Issac Schmitt2,1206.21
Christine Lehn2,0796.09
Tara Adams1,6844.93
Dave Metcalfe1,6374.79
Christine Montgomery1,4124.13
Kyle Sousa1,2863.76
Mark Stevenson8062.36
Oscar Ramirez7922.32
Gerald Barros3441.01

Tecumseh

The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of Tecumseh. [14]

Mayor

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Gary McNamara (X)Acclaimed

Deputy Mayor

Deputy Mayoral CandidateVote %
Joe Bachetti (X)Acclaimed

Tecumseh Municipal Council

CandidateVote %
Ward 1
Alica Higgison1,06872.55
Daniel Hofgartner40427.44
Ward 2
James Dorner1,13970.92
Antoni Tanbunan46729.07
Ward 3
Rick "Rico" Tonial (X)88175.75
Aleksander Ilijoski28224.24
Ward 4
Brian Houston (X)Acclaimed
Ward 5
Tania Jobin (X)61274.18
Michael Strong21325.81

Pelee

Like Windsor, the Township of Pelee is part of Essex County officially, but does not send members to the Essex County Council.

The following are the results for Mayor, and the Municipal Council of Pelee. The position of Deputy Mayor is appointed to the candidate that gets first place on the ballot. [13]

Mayor

Incumbent Mayor Ray Durocher announced his retirement from politics in May 2022.

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Cathy Miller27385.57
Larry Bailey4614.43

Pelee Municipal Council

The following candidates ran for the Pelee Municipal Council. All candidates run on a town-wide constituency, and the top 4 placed candidates are elected - with the first-place winner being appointed Deputy Mayor and the remaining top three candidates elected as Councillors.

CandidateVote %
Dayne Malloch (X)

(appointed Deputy Mayor)

25724.50
David Delellis (X)23222.12
Sherri Smith Ouellette (X)20119.16
Stephanie Briggs-Crawford19418.49
Michelle Taylor16515.73

Windsor

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