Ontario municipal elections, 2014

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Ontario municipal elections, 2014
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3306 municipal seats in 444 municipalities [1]
Turnout43.12% (average)

The 2014 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 27, 2014.

Contents

Voters in the province of Ontario elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities.

Ontario Province of Canada

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province accounting for 38.3 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province in total area. Ontario is fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto, which is also Ontario's provincial capital.

Electoral period

Submissions for candidate nominations were first accepted on 1 January 2014, at which time the campaign period began. The last day for acceptance of nominations or candidacy withdrawal was 12 September 2014. [2]

From 1978 until 2006 the second Monday of November was the fixed date. Notwithstanding advance polling arrangements, municipal elections will be held on the fourth Monday of October, that is 27 October 2014. [2]

The elected representatives will begin their council terms on 1 December 2014. Officials will serve a four-year term excepting death or resignation. All candidates must terminate their campaigning activity by 31 December 2014; this includes, for example, collecting electoral signs. They must file campaign financial details by 27 March 2015. [2]

Single tier municipalities

Brant County

Mayoral Candidate [3] Vote%
Ron Eddy (X)5,35756.77
Roy Haggart2,50826.58
Shawn Pratt1,57116.65

Brantford

Mayoral Candidate [4] Vote%
Chris Friel (X)8,74336.02
Jan Vanderstelt4,51918.62
Dave Wrobel4,04216.65
Michael St. Amant3,70315.26
Mark H. Littell2,0188.31
Mary Ellen Kaye1,1134.59
John Turmel 1330.55

Chatham-Kent

Mayoral Candidate [5] Vote%
Randy Hope (X)9,24228.55
Marjorie Crew7,88424.35
Steve Brent5,60317.31
Ian McLarty4,45113.75
Jeff Bultje4,29813.28
Reno Lachapelle5581.72
John Willatt3391.05

Greater Sudbury

Haldimand County

Mayoral Candidate [6] Vote%
Ken Hewitt (X)6,80452.19
Kevin Smith3,30825.37
John Trainer1,54111.82
Marnie Knight1,38510.62

Hamilton

Kawartha Lakes

Mayoral Candidate [7] Vote%
Andy Letham 16,05558.01
Donna Villemare4,74217.13
Brenda Lee Karagiannis3,88814.05
John Macklem2,3388.45
Bill Denby6542.36

Norfolk County

Mayoral Candidate [8] Vote%
Charlie Luke 10,64454.15
Dennis Travale (X)8,16641.54
Jim Miller8484.31

Ottawa

Prince Edward County

Mayoral Candidate [9] Vote [10] %
Robert Leighton Quaff4,83751.10
Jeff Goddard2,81729.76
Paul Boyd1,81119.13

Toronto

Counties

Bruce

Dufferin

Elgin

Essex

Frontenac

Grey

Haliburton

Hastings

Huron

Lambton

Lanark

Leeds and Grenville

Lennox and Addington

Middlesex

Northumberland

Perth

Peterborough

Prescott and Russell

Renfrew

Simcoe

Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry

Wellington

Regional municipalities

Durham

Halton

Muskoka District

Niagara

Oxford

Peel

Waterloo

York

Separated municipalities

Barrie

Mayoral Candidate [11] Vote%
Jeff Lehman (X)26,38492.25
Ram Faerber1,1814.13
Zachary Gillespie-Rogers5331.86
Ray Mawhinney5021.76

Belleville

Mayoral Candidate [12] Vote%
Taso Christopher3,91425.98
Pat Culhane3,75324.91
Richard David Courneyea2,52016.73
Bill Glisky2,28415.16
Jill Raycroft1,87412.44
Lonnie Herrington3792.52
Kenzo Dozono3432.28

Brockville

Mayoral Candidate [13] Vote [14] %
David Henderson (X)2,62836.76
Louise Severson2,39433.49
Cec Drake2,12729.75

Cornwall

Mayoral Candidate [15] Vote%
Leslie O'Shaughnessy 6,27750.78
Bob Kilger (X)5,39643.66
Jamie Gilcig6875.56

Gananoque

Mayoral Candidate [16] Vote%
Erika Demchuk (X)83840.94
James E. Garrah55327.02
Joe Truesdell48723.79
Don Mills1698.26

Guelph

London

In June 2014, mayor Joe Fontana resigned after being convicted for misusing government funds. [17] On June 24, Council appointed Joni Baechler as mayor for the remainder of the current term. [18]

Joe Fontana Canadian politician

Joseph Frank "Joe" Fontana, is an Italian-born Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1987 to 2006, and mayor of London, Ontario from 2010 until his 2014 convictions for fraud and forgery.

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

Kingston

Mayoral Candidate [19] Vote%
Bryan Paterson 13,57738.15
Dorothy Hector8,66324.34
Rick Downes8,38823.57
Brenda Slomka4,10811.54
Scott Foster4921.38
Michael J. M. Owen3621.02

Orillia

Mayoral Candidate [20] Vote%
Steve Clarke8,09089.99
John Maxwell90010.01

Pembroke

Mayoral Candidate [21] Vote%
Mike LeMay2,14447.80
Ed Jacyno (X)1,38030.77
Dan Callaghan96121.43

Peterborough

Mayoral Candidate [22] Vote%
Daryl Bennett (X)11,21041.38
Maryam Monsef 9,87936.47
Alan Wilson4,05214.96
Patti S. Peeters1,5645.77
Terry LeBlanc2020.75
Tom Young1830.68

Prescott

Mayoral Candidate [23] Vote%
Brett Todd (X)1,10564.36
Sandra Lawn48228.07
Kelly Cole1307.57

Quinte West

Mayoral Candidate [24] Vote%
Jim Harrison 6,13161.02
Terry Cassidy2,25522.44
Sandra Carter1,47014.63
Monte Hennessy1491.48
Claud'R du-Lude420.42

Smiths Falls

Mayoral Candidate [25] Vote%
Shawn James Pankow1,61947.17
Ken Graham1,07831.41
Rob Peters68019.81
Benjamin DuHamel551.60

Stratford

Mayoral Candidate [26] Vote%
Dan Mathieson (X)8,63881.54
Don Robinson1,16611.01
Martin Weatherall5234.94
Matthew Murphy2662.51

St. Marys

Mayoral Candidate [27] Vote%
Al Strathdee2,03172.85
Steve Grose (X)75727.15

St. Thomas

Mayoral Candidate [28] Vote%
Heather Jackson (X)4,47545.15
Mark E. Cosens3,63336.66
Cliff Barwick1,80318.19

Windsor

Mayoral Candidate [29] Vote%
Drew Dilkens 32,27155.36
John Millson 15,84827.19
Larry Horwitz7,29312.51
Ernie The Bacon Man [30] 6401.10
Robin Easterbrook6111.05
Bruce Martin3650.63
Steve Gavrildis3300.57
Timothy Dugdale2950.51
Mike Tessier2440.42
Raymond Poisson1430.25
Ronald Van Dyk1320.23
Jaysen R. Sylvestre1230.21

Districts

Algoma District

Cochrane District

Kenora District

Manitoulin District

Nipissing District

Parry Sound District

Rainy River District

Sudbury District

Thunder Bay District

Timiskaming District

Term lengths

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario legislation (Bill 81, Schedule H), passed in 2006, sets the length of terms in office for all municipal elected officials at four years.

Legislative Assembly of Ontario single house of Legislature of Ontario

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario is one of two components of the Legislature of Ontario, the other being the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. The Legislative Assembly is the second largest Canadian provincial deliberative assembly by number of members after the National Assembly of Quebec. The Assembly meets at the Ontario Legislative Building at Queen's Park in the provincial capital of Toronto.

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Key dates - 2014". Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.brant.ca/election/docs/Candidates%20Information%20Site.pdf
  4. ↑ "Mayor Candidates". Brantford.ca. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  5. ↑ "Mayor & Council Candidates List". Chatham-kent.ca. 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  6. ↑ http://www.haldimandcounty.on.ca/Election.aspx?id=14150
  7. ↑ http://www.city.kawarthalakes.on.ca/city-hall/office-of-the-city-clerk/election/unofficial-list-of-nominations-filed-mayor.pdf
  8. ↑ "Who's Running? - NorfolkCounty.ca - Working Together with Our Community". NorfolkCounty.ca. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  9. ↑ http://www.pecounty.on.ca/government/council/elections.php
  10. ↑ http://www.pecounty.on.ca/pdf/DeclarationofResults2014election_002.pdf
  11. ↑ General Information. "Candidates Listing". Barrie.ca. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  12. ↑ "City of Belleville". Belleville.ca. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  13. ↑ http://www.city.brockville.on.ca/Election-candidates
  14. ↑ http://knowbrockville.com/?p=1657
  15. ↑ "Nominated Candidates - Cornwall". Cornwall.ca. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  16. ↑ http://www.gananoque.ca/town-hall/municipal-elections/list-of-certified-candidates
  17. ↑ "Joe Fontana officially resigns as mayor of London". Toronto Sun , June 19, 2014.
  18. ↑ Mahoney, Patrick (June 24, 2014). "London city councillors vote for interim mayor". London Free Press. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  19. ↑
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  25. ↑ http://smithsfalls.ca/public_docs/documents/2014%20Municipal%20Election%20-%20Town%20of%20Smiths%20Falls2.pdf
  26. ↑ http://www.stratfordcanada.ca/en/insidecityhall/Candidates.asp
  27. ↑ http://www.townofstmarys.com/uploadedFiles/Town_Hall/2010_Election/LIST%20OF%20CERTIFIED%20CANDIDATES%202014%20%20Mayor%20and%20Councillor%282%29.pdf
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  29. ↑ "Mayor". Citywindsor.ca. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  30. ↑ "Ontario mayoral candidate changes name to Bacon Man". CBC News, May 17, 2013.
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