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The 2022 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 24, 2022. [1]
Voters in the province of Ontario elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities. The election date coincided with the religious festival of Diwali. [2]
In total, 32 of Ontario's 444 municipalities will not hold elections, as their entire councils were elected by acclamation. In total, 139 municipalities had their mayors or reeves acclaimed. Elections were not held in Armour, Armstrong, Brethour, Chamberlain, Chapleau, Charlton and Dack, Dawn-Euphemia, Dorion, Drummond/North Elmsley, East Garafraxa, Enniskillen, Evanturel, Front of Yonge, Gordon/Barrie Island, Hilton, Hilton Beach, Hornepayne, Howick, Kerns, Lake of the Woods, Laurentian Hills, Minto, Oil Springs, Perry, Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, South River, Tay, The Archipelago, Thessalon and Thornloe. [3]
In 2016, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario passed Bill 181, the Municipal Elections Modernization Act, [4] which permitted municipalities to adopt ranked ballots for municipal elections. [5]
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, [6] while Cambridge and Kingston held referendums concurrently with their 2018 elections on whether to adopt ranked ballots for the next municipal elections in 2022, with both referendums passing. [7] [8] [9]
However, in 2020 the Legislative Assembly of Ontario passed the Supporting Ontario's Recovery and Municipal Elections Act, 2020, [10] which removed the option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections. Therefore, London will switch back to First-past-the-post voting for the 2022 election, the cities of Cambridge and Kingston will not be able to switch to ranked ballots. [11]
Municipalities with more than 125,000 people:
Municipalities with fewer than 125,000 people:
The results for mayor of Belleville are as follows: [12]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Neil Ellis | 9,194 | 59.25 |
Mitch Panciuk (X) | 5,654 | 36.44 |
Kyle Thomson | 668 | 4.31 |
The candidates for Belleville City Council are as follows.
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The results for mayor of the County of Brant are as follows: [13]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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David Bailey (X) | 5,964 | 72.41 |
David Swanson | 1,471 | 17.86 |
Shawn Pratt | 802 | 9.74 |
The results for Brant County Council were as follows. Two to be elected from each ward.
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Incumbent mayor Kevin Davis was challenged by former city councillor Dave Wrobel. [14]
The results for mayor of Brantford were as follows: [15]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Kevin Davis (X) | 9,220 | 45.95 |
Dave Wrobel | 9,012 | 44.91 |
Ryan Smith | 1,491 | 7.43 |
John Turmel | 343 | 1.71 |
The results for Brantford City Council were as follows. Two elected from each ward.
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The candidates for mayor of Brockville are as follows: [16]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Matt Wren | Acclaimed |
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Incumbent mayor Darrin Canniff was challenged by truck driver Andy Fisher and retiree Bill Pickard. [17] [18]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Darrin Canniff (X) | 17,981 | 75.13 |
William Pickard | 3,588 | 14.99 |
Andy Fisher | 2,364 | 9.88 |
The results for Chatham-Kent Municipal Council were as follows.
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The results for mayor of Cornwall were as follows: [19]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Justin Towndale | 5,169 | 51.55 |
Glen G. Grant (X) | 4,088 | 40.77 |
James Leroux | 556 | 5.54 |
Jordan Poapst | 215 | 2.14 |
The results for Cornwall City Council were as follows:
At-large 10 to be elected | ||
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Candidate | Vote | % |
Sarah Good | 5,478 | 8.40 |
Carilyne Hébert (X) | 4,439 | 6.80 |
Elaine MacDonald (X) | 3,880 | 5.95 |
Dean Hollingsworth (X) | 3,480 | 5.33 |
Todd Bennett (X) | 3,312 | 5.08 |
Maurice Dupelle (X) | 3,302 | 5.06 |
Claude McIntosh (X) | 3,217 | 4.93 |
Denis Sabourin | 2,859 | 4.38 |
Syd Gardiner (X) | 2,738 | 4.20 |
Fred Ngoundjo | 2,719 | 4.17 |
Jason Riley | 2,564 | 3.93 |
Claude Poirier | 2,490 | 3.82 |
Denis Carr (X) | 2,304 | 3.53 |
Mark A. MacDonald | 2,242 | 3.44 |
Bruce Baker | 2,184 | 3.35 |
Abid Hussain | 2,111 | 3.24 |
David Murphy | 1,938 | 2.97 |
Carol Boileau | 1,911 | 2.93 |
Patrick Dussault | 1,850 | 2.84 |
Gerald E. Samson | 1,745 | 2.67 |
Cory Dixon | 1,652 | 2.53 |
Mary Jane Proulx | 1,610 | 2.47 |
Stephen Scott | 1,396 | 2.14 |
Ryan Martelle | 1,175 | 1.80 |
Steven Robinson | 1,106 | 1.70 |
Christopher Leclair | 960 | 1.47 |
Martin Chevalier | 575 | 0.88 |
Incumbent mayor Ted Lojko was challenged by military veteran John Beddows and perioperative nurse Greg Truesdell. [20]
The results for mayor of Gananoque were as follows: [21]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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John Beddows | 940 | 46.03 |
Ted Lojko (X) | 721 | 35.31 |
Greg Truesdell | 381 | 18.66 |
The results for mayor of Haldimand County and Haldimand County Municipal Council are as follows: [22]
Incumbent mayor Ken Hewitt ran for re-election. He ran in the 2022 Ontario general election for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in Haldimand—Norfolk, losing to Independent Bobbi Ann Brady. [23]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Shelley Ann Bentley | 4,760 | 32.09 |
Jake Vandendool | 4,594 | 30.97 |
Ken Hewitt (X) | 3,700 | 24.95 |
Dick Passmore | 1,444 | 9.74 |
Jennifer Gilmour | 334 | 2.25 |
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A by-election was held in Ward 4 on June 19, 2023. The seat was vacated after Natalie Stam resigned for health reasons. [24] The results were as follows: [25]
Council Candidate | Vote | % |
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Marie Trainer | 675 | 37.05 |
Tony Dalimonte | 641 | 35.18 |
Albert Marshall | 356 | 19.54 |
Jesse Little | 101 | 5.54 |
James Kaspersetz | 49 | 2.69 |
Following the death of Trainer on October 31, 2024, another by-election was held in Ward 4 on April 11, 2025. The results were as follows: [26]
Council Candidate | Vote | % |
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Brad Adams | 1,508 | 58.70 |
Tony Dalimonte | 711 | 27.68 |
Albert Marshall | 321 | 12.50 |
Jesse Little | 29 | 1.13 |
Following the death of Stewart Patterson on November 26, 2024, [27] a by-election was held in Ward 1, also on April 11, 2025. The results were as follows: [26]
Council Candidate | Vote | % |
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Debra McKeen | 944 | 44.74 |
Brian Doyle | 926 | 43.89 |
Alicia Phillips | 240 | 11.37 |
The results for mayor of Kawartha Lakes and Kawartha Lakes City Council were as follows: [28]
Incumbent mayor Andy Letham did not run for re-election. [29] Running to replace him includes city councillors Pat Dunn, Doug Elmslie and Kathleen Seymour-Fagan. [30]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Doug Elmslie | 7,982 | 35.72 |
Pat Dunn | 5,295 | 23.40 |
Kathleen Seymour-Fagan | 3,949 | 17.45 |
Faye McGee | 2,800 | 12.37 |
Jim Riches | 1,371 | 6.06 |
William Denby | 1,232 | 5.44 |
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A by-election was held in Ward 5 on April 10, 2025. The seat was vacated after Eric Smeaton resigned for health and personal reasons. [31] The results were as follows: [32]
Council Candidate | Vote | % |
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Mark Doble | 1,176 | 40.86 |
Malcolm Quigley | 586 | 20.36 |
Pat Dunn | 469 | 16.30 |
Duncan Gallacher | 459 | 15.95 |
Alex Steven | 173 | 6.01 |
Aananth Paraparan | 15 | 0.52 |
The candidates for mayor of Norfolk County and for Norfolk County Council were as follows: [33]
Incumbent mayor Kristal Chopp ran for re-election. Running against her were county councillors Amy Martin and Ian Rabbitts, former Simcoe town councillor Bill Culver and businessman David Bate. [34]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Amy Martin | 8,199 | 42.27 |
Kristal Chopp (X) | 5,127 | 26.43 |
Bill Culver | 3,926 | 20.24 |
Ian Rabbitts | 1,638 | 8.44 |
David Bate | 508 | 2.62 |
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Incumbent mayor Steve Clarke did not run for re-election of Orillia. [36] The candidates for mayor of Orillia are as follows: [37]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Donald McIsaac | 4,861 | 57.28 |
Mason Ainsworth | 3,345 | 39.42 |
John Edward Maxwell | 280 | 3.30 |
The results for Pelee Island were as follows:
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Cathy Miller | 273 | 85.58 |
Larry Bailey | 46 | 14.42 |
The candidates for mayor of Pembroke are as follows: [38]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Ron Gervais | Acclaimed |
Top candidate becomes Deputy Mayor.
Council Candidate | Vote | % |
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Brian Abdallah (X) | 2,238 | 13.01% |
Ian Kuehl | 1,935 | 11.25% |
Andrew Plummer (X) | 1,855 | 10.78% |
Patricia Lafreniere (X) | 1,800 | 10.46% |
Ed Jacyno (X) | 1,433 | 8.33% |
Troy Purcell | 1,146 | 6.66% |
Stacy Taylor | 1,089 | 6.33% |
Dan Callaghan | 1,073 | 6.23% |
Dorian Pearce | 1,006 | 5.84% |
Jane Wood | 882 | 5.12% |
Chela Breckon | 808 | 4.69% |
Karen Walsh | 658 | 3.82% |
Jason Laronde | 480 | 2.79% |
Andrew Clark | 457 | 2.65% |
Wade Wallace | 338 | 1.96% |
The results for mayor of Peterborough and Peterborough City Council are as follows: [39]
Incumbent mayor Diane Therrien did not for run for re-election. [40] Candidates running to replace her include former Liberal MPP Jeff Leal and city councillors Henry Clarke and Stephen Wright. [41]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Jeff Leal | 12,911 | 49.33 |
Henry Clarke | 8,280 | 31.63 |
Stephen Wright | 3,924 | 14.99 |
Brian Lumsden | 728 | 2.78 |
Victor Kreuz | 331 | 1.26 |
The results for Peterborough City Council are as follows. Two councillors are elected from each of the 5 wards.
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Town councillor Gauri Shankar has been acclaimed as mayor of Prescott. [42] [43]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Gauri Shankar | Acclaimed |
The results for mayor of Prince Edward County are as follows: [44]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Steve Ferguson (X) | 4,634 | 41.53 |
Terry Shortt | 3,199 | 28.67 |
Dianne O'Brien | 3,122 | 27.98 |
Kyle Mayne | 202 | 1.81 |
The results for mayor of Quinte West and Quinte West City Council were as follows: [45]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Jim Harrison (X) | 5,655 | 54.26 |
Karen Sharpe | 4,664 | 44.75 |
Claudor du-Lude | 104 | 1.00 |
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Incumbent mayor of Smiths Falls Shawn Pankow was challenged by the "self-proclaimed resident protestor" Justin Duhamel. [46]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Shawn Pankow (X) | 1,635 | 63.40 |
Justin Duhamel | 944 | 36.60 |
Incumbent mayor Al Strathdee was re-elected by acclamation for a third term. [47] [48]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Al Strathdee (X) | Acclaimed |
Incumbent mayor Dan Mathieson did not run for re-election. [49] The results for mayor of Stratford were as follows: [50]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Martin Ritsma | 4,350 | 37.76 |
Robert Ritz | 4,005 | 34.76 |
Kathy Vassilakos | 3,166 | 27.48 |
The results for mayor of St. Thomas and St. Thomas City Council were as follows: [51]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Joe Preston (X) | 5,526 | 59.14 |
Heather Jackson | 2,912 | 31.16 |
Gregg McCart | 906 | 9.70 |
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Candidate | Vote | % |
Steve Peters (X) | 7,385 | 13.58 |
Steve Wookey (X) | 5,564 | 10.23 |
Jeff Kohler (X) | 5,253 | 9.66 |
Lori Baldwin-Sands (X) | 5,057 | 9.30 |
Gary Clarke (X) | 4,811 | 8.84 |
Jim Herbert (X) | 3,521 | 6.47 |
Rose Gibson | 3,266 | 6.00 |
Tara McCaulley | 3,101 | 5.70 |
Earl Taylor | 3,096 | 5.69 |
Petrusia Hontar | 2,251 | 4.14 |
Joe Docherty Jr. | 2,140 | 3.93 |
Dawn Docker | 2,031 | 3.73 |
Devon Church | 1,896 | 3.49 |
Shawn De Neire | 1,803 | 3.31 |
Harald Schraeder | 1,739 | 3.20 |
Timothy Hedden | 1,479 | 2.72 |