2018 Oxford County municipal elections

Elections were held in Oxford County, Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

Oxford County Council

County council consists of the mayors of the municipalities plus two "city and county" councillors from Woodstock.[1]

PositionElected
Blandford-Blenheim MayorMark Peterson
East Zorra-Tavistock MayorDon McKay
Ingersoll MayorTed Comiskey
Norwich MayorLarry Martin
South-West Oxford MayorDavid Mayberry (acclaimed)
Tilsonburg MayorStephen Molnar
Woodstock MayorTrevor Birtch
Woodstock CouncillorSandra J. Talbot
Woodstock CouncillorDeb Tait
Zorra MayorMarcus Ryan

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[2]Vote%
Mark Peterson1,85090.07
John Mailloux2049.93

Township Councillors

4 to be elected, electors have multiple votes

Candidate[3]Vote%
Justin Read1,38220.26
Nancy Demarest1,23518.10
Randy Balzer (X)98614.45
G Bruce Banbury (X)82312.06
William Bell73410.76
Kent Jordan6479.48
Charles Doering4426.48
Hewitt Bryan3755.49
Ron Behm1962.87

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[4]Vote%
Don McKay (X)1,23458.62
Maureen Ralph87141.38

Township Councillors

Elected from multi-member wards

Ward 1

Candidate[5]Vote%
Philip Schaefer77446.88
Margaret Lupton61036.94
Thomas Murray26716.17

Ward 2

Candidate[5]Vote%
Scott RudyAcclaimed

Ward 3

Candidate[5]Vote%
Jeremy Smith (X)Acclaimed
Matthew GillespieAcclaimed

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[6]Vote%
Ted Comiskey (X)1,83344.84
Paul Holbrough1,36533.39
Tim Lobzun88921.75

Town Councillors

5 to be elected, electors have multiple votes

Candidate[7]Vote%
Kristy Van Kooten-Bossence (X)2,12911.95
Rick Eus2,02011.34
Brian Petrie (X)1,86810.48
Gordon Lesser (X)1,6799.42
Michael Bowman (X)1,5728.82
Cathy Mott1,5098.47
Kirk Franklin1,4848.33
Dick Huntley1,3247.43
Tammy Jeffery-Larder1,1506.45
John Bell1,0395.83
Becci Verbrugge9935.57
Eric Berridge5232.93
Maria Sikal5212.92

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[8]Vote%
Larry Martin (X)2,37481.83
Tara King52718.17

Township Councillors

Ward 1

Candidate[9]Vote%
John Scholten (X)63283.04
Tyler Zacher-King12916.95

Ward 2

Candidate[9]Vote%
Lynne DePlancke (X)48153.50
John Palmer32536.15
Scott Takacs9310.34

Ward 3

Candidate[9]Vote%
Jim Palmer (X)Acclaimed

Ward 4

Candidate[5]Vote%
Alan Dale28656.85
Ed Atfield21743.14

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[10]Vote%
David Mayberry (X)Acclaimed

Township Councillors

Ward 1

Candidate[10]Vote%
Paul BuchnerAcclaimed

Ward 2

Candidate[10]Vote%
Peter Ypma15257.35
Debbie Kasman11342.64

Ward 3

Candidate[10]Vote%
Valerie Durston (X)Acclaimed

Ward 4

Candidate[10]Vote%
George Way (X)Acclaimed

Ward 5

Candidate[10]Vote%
Jim Pickard (X)Acclaimed

Ward 6

Candidate[10]Vote%
Craig Gillis15768.26
Geoffrey Innes5724.78
Kelly Anne Cowell166.95

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[11]Vote%
Stephen Molnar (X)2,90960.08
Mark Renaud1,93339.92

Town Councillors

5 to be elected, electors have multiple votes

Candidate[12]Vote%
Dave Beres (X)3,30413.78
Pete Luciani2,90612.12
Deb Gilvesy2,89412.07
Penny Esseltine (X)2,3959.99
Chris Rosehart (X)2,2889.54
Chris Parker1,9047.94
Michael Holly1,8677.79
Max Adam (X)1,8117.55
Cindy Allen1,6166.74
Sherry Hamilton1,5226.35
Kim Sage8393.50
James Murphy6182.57

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[13]Vote%
Trevor Birtch (X)5,41258.73
Shawn Shapton3,66439.76
Gabriel Rose1380.14

The results for Woodstock City Council are as follows:[14]

City-County Councillor

2 to be elected[15]

Candidate[13]Vote%
Sandra J. Talbot (X)5,13532.39
Deb Tait (X)5,10432.19
Michael Harding3,04019.17
Naseeb Singh1,74911.03
Peter Croves8265.21

City Councillor

4 to be elected[15]

Candidate[13]Vote%
Jerry Acchione (X)5,48318.91
Ron Fraser5,28218.22
Connie Lauder (X)4,96917.14
Mark Schadenberg4,34514.98
Kate Leatherbarrow4,28614.78
Ross Gerrie3,39511.71
Collin Matthews1,2364.26

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[16]Vote%
Marcus Ryan1,63960.97
Doug Matheson1,04939.03

Township Councillors

Ward 1

Candidate[17]Vote%
Ron Forbes (X)38568.75
Betty Bartram17531.25

Ward 2

Candidate[17]Vote%
Katie DaviesAcclaimed

Ward 3

Candidate[17]Vote%
Paul Mitchell70685.67
Michael Kukhta11814.32

Ward 4

Candidate[5]Vote%
Steven MacdonaldAcclaimed

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