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The 2018 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 22, 2018. [1]
Voters in the province of Ontario will elect mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities.
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.
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 will begin. [2]
Nominations close on July 27, 2018 at 2 PM local time. Certification of nomination papers is to be completed by 4 PM on July 30, 2018. [1]
Voting starts on October 22 from 10 AM to 8 PM. [1]
In 2016, the provincial government passed Bill 181, the Municipal Elections Modernization Act, which permitted municipalities to adopt ranked ballots for municipal elections. [3]
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, [4] while Kingston and Cambridge held referendums concurrently with their 2018 elections on whether to adopt ranked ballots for the next municipal elections in 2022. [5] Both of the referendums passed, although the adoption of ranked ballots in both cities may remain in question as the referendums failed to reach the 50 per cent turnout required to make the results legally binding. [6] [7]
The 2018 elections were also noted for a significant increase in the adoption of online voting. Across Ontario, over 150 municipalities conducted their elections primarily online, with physical polling stations either abandoned entirely or limited to only a few central polling stations for voters who could not or did not want to vote online. [8]
On election day, however, 51 of those municipalities, all of which had selected Dominion Voting Systems as their online voting contractor, were affected by a technical failure. According to Dominion the company's colocation centre provider imposed a bandwidth cap, without authorization from or consultation with Dominion, 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 between 5:00 and 7:30 p.m. [9] All of the affected municipalities extended voting for at least a few hours to compensate for the outage; several, including Pembroke, Waterloo, Prince Edward County and Greater Sudbury, opted to extend voting for a full 24 hours into the evening of October 23. [10]
Mayoral Candidate [11] | Vote | % |
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David Bailey | 4,478 | 47.58 |
Ron Eddy (x) | 3,156 | 33.54 |
Don Cardy | 1,133 | 12.04 |
Shawn Pratt | 644 | 6.84 |
Two to be elected from each ward. The results for Brant County Council are as follows: [12]
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Mayoral Candidate [13] | Vote [14] | % |
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Kevin Davis | 12,867 | 52.93 |
Chris Friel (X) | 7,200 | 29.62 |
Dave Wrobel | 3,345 | 13.76 |
Barbara Berardi | 532 | 2.19 |
Michael Issa | 186 | 0.77 |
John Turmel | 128 | 0.53 |
Wayne Maw | 50 | 0.21 |
Two to be elected from each ward. The map has changed slightly from 2014 due to the annexation of some territory from Brant County. [15] The results for city council are as follows: [16]
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Mayoral Candidate [17] | Vote | % |
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Darrin Canniff | 19,316 | 56.01 |
Alysson Storey | 9,255 | 26.83 |
Randy Hope (X) | 4,722 | 13.69 |
Harold Atkinson | 675 | 1.96 |
Robert Salvatore Powers | 351 | 1.02 |
Allan Robert Traylor | 170 | 0.49 |
The results for Chatham-Kent municipal council is as follows: [18]
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Mayoral Candidate [19] | Vote | % |
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Ken Hewitt (X) | 6,578 | 50.26 |
David McClung | 3,840 | 29.34 |
Lisa Taylor | 2,671 | 20.41 |
The results for Haldimand County Council are as follows: [20]
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Mayoral Candidate [21] | Vote [22] | % |
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Andy Letham (X) | 11,435 | 45.66 |
Gord James | 9,878 | 39.44 |
Brian Junkin | 2,724 | 10.88 |
Peter Weygang | 1,007 | 4.02 |
For 2018, the Kawartha Lakes council will be reduced from 16 to 8 seats, plus the mayor.
The results for Kawartha Lakes council are as follows: [23]
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The following are the results for Norfolk County. [24]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Kristal Chopp | 10,838 | 53.95 |
Charlie Luke (X) | 8,646 | 43.04 |
Russell Colebrook | 604 | 3.01 |
There were some slight alterations to Norfolk County's ward map. [25]
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The following are the results for Prince Edward County. [26]
Candidate | Vote | % |
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Steve Ferguson | 4,981 | 50.17 |
Dianne O'Brien | 4,043 | 40.72 |
Richard Whiten | 904 | 9.11 |
Mayoral Candidate [27] | Vote | % |
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Jeff Lehman (X) | 24,854 | 90.97 |
Ram Faerber | 2,467 | 9.03 |
Source: [28]
The results for Barrie City Council are as follows: [29]
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The following are the results for Belleville. [30]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Mitch Panciuk | 5,238 | 36.06 |
Taso Christopher (X) | 3,688 | 25.39 |
Egerton Boyce | 3,132 | 21.56 |
Jodie Jenkins | 2,469 | 17.00 |
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The following are the results for Brockville. [31]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Jason Baker | 3,033 | 38.87 |
Mark Oliver | 3,014 | 38.63 |
Cec Drake | 1,356 | 17.38 |
Kelly Cole | 286 | 3.67 |
Eight Councillors were elected.
Candidate | Vote | % |
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Matt Wren | 4,432 | 8.83 |
Cameron Wales | 4,119 | 8.21 |
Mike Kalivas (X) | 4,054 | 8.08 |
Jane Fullarton (X) | 3,806 | 7.59 |
Larry Journal | 3,126 | 6.23 |
Jeffrey Earle (X) | 3,043 | 6.07 |
Nathalie Lavergne | 2,993 | 5.97 |
Leigh Bursey (X) | 2,843 | 5.67 |
Joy Sterritt | 2,830 | 5.64 |
Jessica Barabash | 2,759 | 5.50 |
Philip Deery | 2,533 | 5.05 |
Naomi McNeill | 1,967 | 3.92 |
Bud Eyre | 1,606 | 3.20 |
Tony Barnes | 1,486 | 2.96 |
Mark Darrah | 1,444 | 2.88 |
Willy Stevenson | 1,436 | 2.86 |
John Henderson | 1,386 | 2.76 |
Robert Shannon | 1,360 | 2.71 |
Matthew Blair | 1,059 | 2.11 |
Jeff Severson | 1,014 | 2.02 |
Ralph Legere | 823 | 1.64 |
Mayoral Candidate [32] | Vote | % |
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Bernadette Clement | 6,688 | 53.86 |
David Murphy | 3,042 | 24.50 |
Leslie O'Shaughnessy (X) | 2,450 | 19.73 |
Nicole Spahich | 238 | 1.92 |
The results for Cornwall city council are as follows: [33]
At-large 10 to be elected | ||
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Candidate | Vote | % |
Justin Towndale (X) | 5,323 | 6.78 |
Elaine MacDonald (X) | 4,715 | 6.00 |
Carilyne Hébert (X) | 4,485 | 5.71 |
Maurice Dupelle (X) | 4,365 | 5.56 |
Claude McIntosh (X) | 4,331 | 5.51 |
Eric Bergeron | 3,999 | 5.09 |
Glen Garry Grant | 3,673 | 4.68 |
Todd Bennett | 3,652 | 4.65 |
Syd Gardiner | 3,424 | 4.36 |
Dean Hollingsworth | 3,361 | 4.28 |
Denis Carr (X) | 3,356 | 4.27 |
Kelly Bergeron | 3,224 | 4.11 |
Heather Megill | 2,717 | 3.46 |
Claude Poirier | 2,709 | 3.45 |
Alex de Wit | 2,570 | 3.27 |
Gérald E. Samson | 2,469 | 3.14 |
Carson Andrews | 2,282 | 2.91 |
Mark A. MacDonald (X) | 2,154 | 2.74 |
Kyle Bergeron | 2,095 | 2.67 |
Patrick Dussault | 1,906 | 2.43 |
Carol A. Boileau | 1,893 | 2.41 |
Jack Lindsay | 1,780 | 2.27 |
Keith Frost | 1,604 | 2.04 |
Mary Jane Proulx | 1,532 | 1.95 |
Ellen Crothers | 1,148 | 1.46 |
John Rattray | 1,056 | 1.34 |
Amani Aburamadan | 646 | 0.82 |
Bernie M. Brunette | 624 | 0.79 |
Ryan Acheson | 540 | 0.69 |
William Douglas Beattie | 489 | 0.61 |
James Brent Charles | 422 | 0.54 |
Mayoral Candidate [34] | Vote | % |
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Ted Lojko | 862 | 40.19 |
John S. Beddows | 420 | 19.58 |
Jim Garrah | 376 | 17.53 |
Brian Brooks | 275 | 12.82 |
Christine Milks | 212 | 9.88 |
Candidate | Vote | % |
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Cam Guthrie (X) | 22,203 | 66.57 |
Aggie Mlynarz | 11,149 | 33.43 |
Two councillors to be elected in each ward. Results for Guelph city council are as follows.
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Referendum on ranked ballots. The "yes" side won decidedly with 62%, but the turnout to make the referendum binding did not reach the 50% mark. However, Kingston City Council has promised to pursue the matter anyway. [35]
Choice [36] | Vote | % |
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Yes | 20,642 | 62.00 |
No | 12,161 | 37.00 |
Mayoral Candidate [37] | Vote | % |
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Bryan Paterson (X) | 23,708 | 69.03 |
Vicki Shmolka | 7,545 | 21.97 |
Rob Matheson | 2,529 | 7.36 |
Eric Lee | 564 | 1.64 |
The results for Kingston city council are as follows: [38]
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Mayoral Candidate [39] | Vote | % |
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Steve Clarke (X) | 5,710 | 66.98 |
Gord Launchbury | 2,815 | 33.02 |
The results for Pelee Island were as follows:
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Raymond Durocher | Acclaimed |
The following are the results for Peterborough. [40]
Mayoral Candidate [41] | Vote | % |
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Diane Therrien | 19,254 | 68.98 |
Daryl Bennett (X) | 8,659 | 31.02 |
Two councillors were elected from each of the 5 wards.
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Mayoral Candidate [42] | Vote | % |
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Michael LeMay (X) | 2,893 | 67.40 |
Paul Kelly | 1,399 | 32.60 |
Mayoral Candidate [43] | Vote | % |
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Brett Todd (X) | Acclaimed |
Mayoral Candidate [44] | Vote | % |
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Jim Harrison (X) | 7,019 | 67.17 |
Duncan Armstrong | 3,429 | 32.82 |
Elections results for Quinte West city council are as follows:
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Candidate | Vote | % |
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Al Strathdee (X) | Acclaimed |
Mayoral Candidate [46] | Vote | % |
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Dan Mathieson (X) | 7,837 | 68.93 |
Tom Drake | 2,174 | 19.12 |
Andrew Fraser | 1,358 | 11.94 |
Mayoral Candidate [47] | Vote | % |
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Shawn Pankow (X) | 2,120 | 66.69 |
Joe Gallipeau | 1,059 | 33.31 |
Source: [48]
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Joe Preston | 3,731 | 36.55 |
Heather Jackson (X) | 3,189 | 31.24 |
Stephen Wookey | 2,949 | 28.89 |
Malichi Malé | 338 | 3.31 |
The results for St. Thomas city council are as follows:
At-large 8 to be elected | ||
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Candidate | Vote | % |
Steve Peters | 8,197 | 13.58 |
Jeff Kohler (X) | 5,888 | 9.76 |
Gary Clarke (X) | 5,032 | 8.34 |
Lori Baldwin-Sands | 5,019 | 8.32 |
Linda Stevenson (X) | 4,080 | 6.76 |
Mark Tinlin (X) | 3,939 | 6.53 |
Joan Rymal (X) | 3,477 | 5.76 |
Jim Herbert | 3,417 | 5.66 |
John Laverty | 3,036 | 5.03 |
Rose Gibson | 2,927 | 4.85 |
Lesley Buchanan | 2,607 | 4.32 |
David Mathers | 2,423 | 4.01 |
Serge Lavoie | 2,296 | 3.80 |
Petrusia Hontar | 1,995 | 3.31 |
Timothy Hedden | 1,711 | 2.83 |
Greg Graham | 1,496 | 2.48 |
Kevin Smith | 1,190 | 1.97 |
James Murray | 842 | 1.40 |
Michael Manary | 785 | 1.30 |
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