London, Ontario municipal election, 2018

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London municipal election, 2018
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Candidate Ed Holder Paul Paolatto
Round 1344,373
58.82%		31,061
41.18%
Round 133,042
34.19%		21,456
22.20%
 
CandidateTanya ParkPaul Cheng
Round 119,656
20.34%		19,161
19.83%
London ontario ward map 2018.png
Map of London's wards used in the 2018 election
Mayor before election

Matt Brown
Independent

Elected Mayor

Ed Holder
Independent

The 2018 London municipal election occurred on October 22, 2018 to elect the Mayor of London, London City Council and the Thames Valley District School Board, London District Catholic School Board, Conseil scolaire catholique Providence and Conseil scolaire Viamonde. The election was held on the same day as elections in every other municipality in Ontario.

London, Ontario City in Ontario, Canada

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 383,822 according to the 2016 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximately 200 km (120 mi) from both Toronto and Detroit; and about 230 km (140 mi) from Buffalo, New York. The city of London is a separated municipality, politically separate from Middlesex County, though it remains the county seat.

London City Council is the governing body of the city of London, Ontario, Canada.

The Thames Valley District School Board is a public school board in southwestern Ontario. It was created on January 1, 1998, by the amalgamation of the Elgin County Board of Education, The Board of Education for the City of London, Middlesex County Board of Education, and Oxford County Board of Education.

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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. [1]

For the first time in a Canadian municipal election, London used ranked ballots to elect members of council. [2] Some of the major issues facing candidates in this election included the council approved plan for Bus Rapid Transit, the institution of safe injection sites, affordable rent and social housing stock as well as city unemployment rates. [3]

Instant-runoff voting (IRV) or Ranked choice voting (RCV) is a type of ranked preferential voting method used in single-seat elections with more than two candidates. Instead of indicating support for only one candidate, voters in IRV elections can rank the candidates in order of preference. Ballots are initially counted for each voter's top choice. If a candidate has more than half of the vote based on first-choices, that candidate wins. If not, then the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated. The voters who selected the defeated candidate as a first choice then have their votes added to the totals of their next choice. This process continues until a candidate has more than half of the votes. When the field is reduced to two, it has become an "instant runoff" that allows a comparison of the top two candidates head-to-head.

Mayor

The mayoralty was an open seat, as incumbent mayor Matt Brown was not running for re-election. [4]

Matthew Brown is a Canadian politician, who was elected mayor of London, Ontario in the city's 2014 municipal election.

London, Ontario mayoral election, 2018 [5]
Candidate% 1st PrefCount 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11Count 12Count 13Count 14
Vahide Bahramporian0.4348351351357363368
Paul Cheng19.819,16119,17519,19019,21119,23819,25419,32919,36219,39619,44219,616
Ali Hamadi0.3304304304306311
Ed Holder 34.233,04233,05633,07333,10133,13533,18333,24033,28033,32533,39133,54338,69044,37357,609
Dan Lenart0.3255258263275
Nina McCutcheon0.4340344351361364375384
David Millie0.3337343347358380385391401
Jordan Minter0.2212217224
Mohamed Moussa1.09199229259339491,0231,0351,0431,0631,077
Carlos Murray0.1127131
Sean M. O'Connell0.4370372380389401406416442483
Paul Paolatto22.221,45621,46421,47121,48721,51621,54121,57921,60421,63721,67521,85625,94331,061
Tanya Park20.319,65619,67619,69019,74019,78119,80119,82819,96020,07120,19920,43422,415
Jonas White0.1111
Electorate: 244,962  Valid: 96,638  Spoilt: 1,297  Quota: 48,320  Turnout: 40.0%
    Analysis of transferred votes, ranked in order of 1st preference votes
    CandidateMaximum
    Round    		Maximum
    Votes    		Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Ed Holder 1457,609100.0%
    ​​
    Paul Paolatto1331,06141.2%
    ​​
    Tanya Park1222,41525.8%
    ​​
    Paul Cheng1119,61620.6%
    ​​
    Mohamed Moussa101,0771.1%
    ​​
    Sean M. O'Connell94830.5%
    ​​
    Vahide Bahramporian63680.4%
    ​​
    Nina McCutcheon73840.4%
    ​​
    David Millie84010.4%
    ​​
    Al Hamadi53110.3%
    ​​
    Dan Lenart42750.3%
    ​​
    Jordan Minter32240.2%
    ​​
    Carlos Murray21310.2%
    ​​
    Jonas White11110.1%
    ​​
    Eligible votes96,63859.6%
    Exhausted votes39,02940.4%
    ​​

    City Council

    Ward 1 results [6]
    CandidateMaximum
    Round    		Maximum
    Votes    		Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Michael van Holst (X)12,58150.7%
    ​​
    Melanie O'Brien11,33226.2%
    ​​
    Bud Polhill11,17823.1%
    ​​
    Eligible votes5,091100.0%
    Ward 2 results [7]
    CandidateMaximum
    Round    		Maximum
    Votes    		Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Shawn Lewis13,48163.9%
    ​​
    Bill Armstrong (X)11,79933.1%
    ​​
    Alan Jackson*11633.0%
    ​​
    Eligible votes5,443100.0%

    *Withdrew in September 2018 [8]

    Ward 3 results [9]
    CandidateMaximum
    Round    		Maximum
    Votes    		Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Mo Mohamed Salih (X)13,42172.8%
    ​​
    Harry Prince11,28127.2%
    ​​
    Eligible votes4,702100.0%
    Ward 4 results [10]
    CandidateMaximum
    Round    		Maximum
    Votes    		Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Jesse Helmer (X)12,55950.5%
    ​​
    Stephen William Orser11,19123.5%
    ​​
    Tricia Lystar11,00319.8%
    ​​
    Connor Garrett11803.6%
    ​​
    Xuemei Jiang11302.6%
    ​​
    Eligible votes5,063100.0%
    Ward 5 results [11]
    CandidateMaximum
    Round    		Maximum
    Votes    		Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Maureen Cassidy (X)64,741100.0%
    ​​
    Randy Warden53,81649.3%
    ​​
    Charles Knott41,83321.6%
    ​​
    Stephanie Marentette Di Battista393710.7%
    ​​
    Shane Clarke28099.0%
    ​​
    Shiv Chokhani1881.0%
    ​​
    Eligible votes9,00252.7%
    Exhausted votes4,26147.3%
    ​​
    Ward 6 results [12]
    CandidateMaximum
    Round    		Maximum
    Votes    		Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Philip Squire (X)13,95969.5%
    ​​
    Mike Bloxam11,73730.5%
    ​​
    Eligible votes5,696100.0%
    Ward 7 results [13]
    CandidateMaximum
    Round    		Maximum
    Votes    		Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Josh Morgan (X)16,11775.2%
    ​​
    Joe Kolenko12,02024.8%
    ​​
    Eligible votes8,137100.0%
    Ward 8 results [14]
    CandidateMaximum
    Round    		Maximum
    Votes    		Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Steve Lehman93,823100.0%
    ​​
    Matt Reid82,90448.7%
    ​​
    Bill Downie71,28219.3%
    ​​
    Tariq Khan61,05914.6%
    ​​
    Morena Hernadez57439.9%
    ​​
    Osam Ali44646.1%
    ​​
    Nour Hamid33744.8%
    ​​
    Matthew Greer21912.4%
    ​​
    Moon Inthavong11121.4%
    ​​
    Eligible votes7,83548.7%
    Exhausted votes4,01251.2%
    ​​
    Ward 9 results [15]
    CandidateMaximum
    Round    		Maximum
    Votes    		Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Anna Hopkins (X)34,94854.4%
    ​​
    Matt Millar32,60628.7%
    ​​
    Kyle Thompson31,53616.9%
    ​​
    Ben Charlebois29229.9%
    ​​
    Veronica Marie Warner12402.5%
    ​​
    Eligible votes9,41896.5%
    Exhausted votes3283.5%
    ​​
    Ward 10 results [16]
    CandidateMaximum
    Round    		Maximum
    Votes    		Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Paul Van Meerbergen14,40253.1%
    ​​
    Virginia Ridley (X)13,04036.7%
    ​​
    Kevin May14044.9%
    ​​
    Gary Manley12983.6%
    ​​
    Thomas Risley11401.7%
    ​​
    Eligible votes8,284100.0%
    Ward 11 results [17]
    CandidateMaximum
    Round    		Maximum
    Votes    		Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Stephen Turner (X)14,25554.1%
    ​​
    Rachel Powell11,80322.9%
    ​​
    Vicki Van Linden16718.5%
    ​​
    Paul-Michael Anderson15096.5%
    ​​
    Menno Meijer14195.3%
    ​​
    Eric H. Deleeuw12092.7%
    ​​
    Eligible votes7,866100.0%
    Ward 12 results [18]
    CandidateMaximum
    Round    		Maximum
    Votes    		Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Elizabeth Peloza53,40358.3%
    ​​
    Eric Weniger52,43441.7%
    ​​
    Gord Evans41,06117.2%
    ​​
    Rowa Mohamed373011.4%
    ​​
    Faisal Mahmood22193.4%
    ​​
    Jesse Haidar11322.0%
    ​​
    Eligible votes6,54689.2%
    Exhausted votes70910.8%
    ​​
    Ward 13 results [19]
    CandidateMaximum
    Round    		Maximum
    Votes    		Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Arielle Kayabaga82,804100.0%
    ​​
    John Fyfe-Millar72,18648.5%
    ​​
    Jonathan Hughes61,10021.6%
    ​​
    Kevin Wilbee583115.3%
    ​​
    Ben Benedict43917.5%
    ​​
    Gil Warren33586.3%
    ​​
    David Lundquist22404.2%
    ​​
    Rod Morley1571.0%
    ​​
    Eligible votes5,71449.1%
    Exhausted votes2,91050.9%
    ​​
    Ward 14 results [20]
    CandidateMaximum
    Round    		Maximum
    Votes    		Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Steven Hillier43,370100.0%
    ​​
    Jared Zaifman (X)32,12845.8%
    ​​
    Allan Tipping278715.8%
    ​​
    Annette Swalwell164712.4%
    ​​
    Eligible votes5,22964.4%
    Exhausted votes1,85935.6%
    ​​

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    2. ↑ https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/london-city-clerk-praised-for-smooth-shift-to-ranked-ballots
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    4. ↑ "London Mayor Matt Brown won't seek a second term". CBC London, April 6, 2018.
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