2022 London, Ontario municipal election

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2022 London municipal election
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Turnout25.50%
 
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Candidate Josh Morgan Khalil Ramal
Popular vote46,28315,912
Percentage65.72%22.59%
London ontario ward map 2018.png
Map of London's 14 wards
Mayor before election

Ed Holder
Independent

Elected mayor

Josh Morgan
Independent

The 2022 London municipal election was a municipal election that occurred on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with municipal elections being held across the province.

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Electoral system

After using ranked ballots in the 2018 municipal election, London returned to using the first past the post electoral system after the passing of the Supporting Ontario's Recovery and Municipal Elections Act, 2020 by the Government of Ontario, which removed the right of municipalities to use a different electoral system from FPTP. [1]

The candidates who registered to run for London City Council are as follows: [2]

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Ed Holder did not run for a second term, announcing on May 24 that he was retiring from politics. [3] Two days later, deputy mayor Josh Morgan announced he was running for the position. [4] He was endorsed by Holder. On June 27, former Liberal MPP Khalil Ramal announced he would run for mayor. [5] On the final day of registration, August 19, well-known local pastor Sandie Thomas entered the race. [6]

Mayoral CandidateVote %
Josh Morgan 46,28365.72
Khalil Ramal 15,91222.59
Sandie Thomas2,2973.26
Sean O'Connell1,4322.03
Johanne Nichols1,3391.90
Daniel Jeffery8101.15
Brandon Ellis7471.06
Dan Lenart7431.05
Norman Robert Miles5360.76
Carlos Murray3290.47

London City Council

Ward 1

CandidateVote %
Hadleigh McAlister1,41537.71
Michael Van Holst (X)1,05328.07
Ken Fischer42011.19
Julie Reynolds3589.54
Ryan Cadden1744.64
Janette Cameron1694.50
Shirley Wilton731.95
Oberon Goodden481.28
Kenneth Saunders421.12

Ward 2

CandidateVote %
Shawn Lewis (X)3,31088.76
Mike Yohnicki41911.24

Ward 3

CandidateVote %
Peter Cuddy1,43336.17
Bob Wright1,02625.90
Prabh Gill77419.54
Ainsley Graham59214.94
Saifullah Qasimi1373.46

Ward 4

CandidateVote %
Susan Stevenson1,06428.34
Jarad Fisher76920.48
Colleen Murphy68418.22
Matt Nicolaidis68118.14
Stephen Orser3659.72
Sylvia Nagy1293.44
Raymond Daamen631.68

Ward 5

CandidateVote %
Jerry Pribil3,98264.52
Connor Pierotti2,19035.48

Ward 6

CandidateVote %
Samuel Trosow2,08248.11
Mariam Hamou (X)1,78341.20
Becky Williamson46310.70

Ward 7

CandidateVote %
Corrine Rahman3,91054.96
Tommy Caldwell2,16330.40
Sharon Deebrah5778.11
Evan Wee4646.52

Ward 8

CandidateVote %
Steve Lehman (X)3,66969.55
Colleen McCauley83815.89
Sarvarinder Singh Dohil54210.27
Patrick O'Connor2264.28

Ward 9

CandidateVote %
Anna Hopkins (X)4,28162.07
Mario Jozic1,56922.75
Baqar Khan3765.45
Jacob Novick3485.05
Veronica Warner3234.68

Ward 10

CandidateVote %
Paul Van Meerbergen (X)2,40041.93
Kevin May1,46125.52
John Kuypers99217.33
Claire Grant65311.41
Michael McMullen2183.81

Ward 11

CandidateVote %
Skylar Franke3,61657.68
Jeremy McCall1,73127.61
Christine Oliver5538.82
Paul-Michael Anderson2674.26
Cole Fobert1021.63

Ward 12

CandidateVote %
Elizabeth Peloza (X)3,40077.15
David Godwin54112.28
Alexander Main46610.57

Ward 13

CandidateVote %
David Ferreira1,88541.23
John Fyfe-Millar (X)1,85140.49
David Millie48710.65
Alexandria Hames3497.63

Ward 14

CandidateVote %
Steve Hillier (X)1,76645.99
Sarah Lehman1,53840.05
Danalynn Williams53613.96

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References

  1. ↑ "Method of voting". City of London. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ "List of Candidates". City of London. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  3. ↑ "London Mayor Ed Holder won't seek 2nd term, will retire from politics". CBC. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Deputy Mayor Josh Morgan enters London, Ont. mayoral race". CBC. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Former Liberal MPP Khalil Ramal enters London mayor's race". London Free Press. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  6. ↑ "London mayoral, council races locked in". Blackburn News. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
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