Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2018

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The 2018 Greater Sudbury municipal election was held on October 22, 2018 to elect a mayor and 12 city councillors in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. In addition, school trustees were elected to the Rainbow District School Board, Sudbury Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'Ontario and Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario.

Greater Sudbury City Council

Greater Sudbury City Council is the governing body of the City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.

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Rainbow District School Board covers a geographic area of more than 14,757 square kilometers in the heart of the Rainbow Country local services district and is the largest public school board in Northern Ontario. The Board offers English language and French Immersion programs.

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The election was held in conjunction with those held in other municipalities in the province of Ontario. For other elections, see Ontario municipal elections, 2018. For the first time in the city's history, the election was conducted primarily through online voting, with only a small number of physical voting locations available for people who could not or did not want to vote online.

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 began. [1]

Issues

The dominant issue in the election campaign was the Kingsway Entertainment District, a proposed new arena and hotel complex in the city's east end which will replace the Sudbury Arena as the city's primary sports and entertainment events venue. [2]

In the end, the newly elected council comprises a mix of both supporters and opponents of the Entertainment District. [3]

Voting delays

On election day, Greater Sudbury was one of 51 municipalities across Ontario whose elections were affected by a technical failure at Dominion Voting Systems, the company that operated the online voting architecture. [4] According to Dominion Voting Systems, the company's colocation centre provider imposed an unauthorized bandwidth cap 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. [5] Under the provisions of the Ontario Municipal Act which permit city clerks to extend voting hours in the event of an emergency, the city announced that voting would be extended to October 23, with no results announced until Tuesday evening. [6]

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Mayor [7]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Brian Bigger (X)14,68428.32
Patricia Mills9,74618.80
Dan Melanson8,67316.73
Cody Cacciotti8,06615.56
Troy Crowder 4,2798.25
Jeff Huska2,7465.30
Bill Crumplin2,1584.16
Bill Sanders7921.53
Ron Leclair5341.03
Rodney Newton1020.20
J. David Popescu720.14

City Council [8]

Map of the City of Greater Sudbury's 12 wards Greater Sudbury Ward map 2006.png
Map of the City of Greater Sudbury's 12 wards

Ward 1

Council CandidateVote%
Mark Signoretti (X)2,29153.30
Bob Johnston1,07525.01
Justin Pappano71916.73
Gordon Harris2134.96

Ward 2

Council CandidateVote%
Michael Vagnini (X)acclaimed

Ward 3

Council CandidateVote%
Gerry Montpellier (X)acclaimed

Ward 4

Council CandidateVote%
Geoff McCausland1,50338.18
Don Roy1,13728.88
Eric Lachance81220.62
Jessica Bertrand3589.09
Sharon Scott1273.23

Ward 5

Council CandidateVote%
Robert Kirwan (X)1,80750.19
Michel Lalonde1,24334.53
Jerry Desormeaux55015.28

Ward 6

Council CandidateVote%
René Lapierre (X)1,64936.78
André Rivest1,30929.20
Jesse Brooks1,10424.63
Chris Bentley4219.39

Ward 7

Council CandidateVote%
Mike Jakubo (X)2,34751.95
Frank Mazzuca Jr.1,20526.67
Deborah Swyer-Burke96621.38

Ward 8

Council CandidateVote%
Al Sizer (X)1,82245.79
Stefano Presenza1,02525.76
Rob Franceschini66816.79
Kyle McCall46411.66

Ward 9

Council CandidateVote%
Deb McIntosh (X)3,17061.85
Paul Stopciati1,20423.49
Simon Nickson54610.65
Trinity Mary Hollis2054.00

Ward 10

Council CandidateVote%
Fern Cormier (X)3,61174.42
Steve Ripley71914.82
Denis Ferron52210.76

Ward 11

Council CandidateVote%
Bill Leduc2,31748.60
Terry Kett1,03121.63
Elisabeth De Luisa52310.97
Derek Young3637.61
John Lindsay3487.30
Kevin Lalonde1853.88

Ward 12

Council CandidateVote%
Joscelyne Landry-Altmann (X)2,23762.52
Shawn Ouimet58416.32
Tay Butt37310.42
Leo Frappier2045.70
Mike Petryna1805.03

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References

  1. ↑ "Municipal Election Resources - 2018 Regular Election". Ministry of Municipal Affairs . Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sudbury voters return Bigger for second term as mayor". Sudbury Star , October 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Two new faces, 10 incumbents on Sudbury city council". CBC Sudbury, October 24, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Voting times extended in several Ontario municipalities due to online voting glitches". Global News, October 22, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Bandwidth glitch delays Sudbury's municipal election". Sudbury Star , October 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Voting extended until 8 p.m. Tuesday, city says electronic voting system is now back up and running". Northern Life , October 22, 2018.
  7. ↑ "2018 Nominated Candidates". www.greatersudbury.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  8. ↑ "2018 Nominated Candidates". www.greatersudbury.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
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