The 2022 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 24, 2022.[1]
2022 Ontario municipal elections Turnout 33.00%
Voters in the province of Ontario elected mayors , councillors , school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities .
In total, 32 of Ontario's 444 municipalities will not hold elections, as their entire councils were elected by acclamation. In total, 139 municipalities had their mayors or reeves acclaimed. Elections were not held in Armour, Armstrong, Brethour, Chamberlain, Chapleau, Charlton and Dack, Dawn-Euphemia, Dorion, Drummond/North Elmsley, East Garafraxa, Enniskillen, Evanturel, Front of Yonge, Gordon/Barrie Island, Hilton, Hilton Beach, Hornepayne, Howick, Kerns, Lake of the Woods, Laurentian Hills, Minto, Oil Springs, Perry, Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, South River, Tay, The Archipelago, Thessalon and Thornloe.[2]
In 2016, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario passed Bill 181, the Municipal Elections Modernization Act ,[3] ranked ballots for municipal elections.[4]
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,[5] Cambridge and Kingston held referendums concurrently with their 2018 elections on whether to adopt ranked ballots for the next municipal elections in 2022, with both referendums passing.[6] [7] [8]
However, in 2020 the Legislative Assembly of Ontario passed the Supporting Ontario's Recovery and Municipal Elections Act, 2020 ,[9] First-past-the-post voting for the 2022 election, the cities of Cambridge and Kingston will not be able to switch to ranked ballots.[10]
Municipalities with fewer than 125,000 people:
Belleville Map of Belleville's wards The results for mayor of Belleville are as follows:[11]
Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Neil Ellis 9,194 59.25 Mitch Panciuk (X) 5,654 36.44 Kyle Thomson 668 4.31
Belleville City Council The candidates for Belleville City Council are as follows.
Ward 1 - Belleville 6 to be elected Candidate Vote % Tyler Allsopp (X)7,695 13.44 Garnet Thompson (X)6,767 11.82 Chris Malette (X)6,528 11.40 Sean Kelly (X)6,058 10.58 Lisa Anne Chatten 4,331 7.56 Barbara Enright-Miller 4,050 7.07 Margaret Seu 3,821 6.67 Kelly McCaw (X) 3,734 6.52 Carol Ann Feeney (X) 3,602 6.29 Nick Boretski 3,240 5.66 Sarita Van Dyke 2,983 5.21 Mike Benson 1,681 2.94 Jeremy T. Davis 1,615 2.82 Robert Labarge 1,162 2.03
Ward 2 - Thurlow 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Paul Carr (X)2,781 41.66 Kathryn Ann Brown 1,727 25.87 Bill Sandison (X) 1,677 25.12 Michael Clark 490 7.34
Brant, County of Map of the County of Brant's five wards Mayor The results for mayor of the County of Brant are as follows:[12]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % David Bailey (X)5,964 72.41 David Swanson 1,471 17.86 Shawn Pratt 802 9.74
Brant County Council The results for Brant County Council were as follows. Two to be elected from each ward.
Ward 1 Candidate Vote % John Bradley MacAlpine (X)1,167 34.01 Jennifer Kyle 1,010 29.44 John Wheat (X) 824 24.02 Jeannine Forbes 430 12.53
Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Steve Howes (X)1,341 42.65 Lukas Oakley 751 23.89 Jay Arora 627 19.94 Christina Speers 372 11.83 Faizan Baig 53 1.69
Ward 3 Candidate Vote % John Peirce (X)1,022 36.76 John Bell (X)920 33.09 Danny Teves 838 30.14
Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Robert Chambers (X)Acclaimed David Miller (X)Acclaimed
Ward 5 Candidate Vote % Christine Garneau 1,018 30.22 Brian Coleman (X)829 24.61 Ella Haley 665 19.74 Mike Gatopoulos 500 14.84% John Starkey 357 10.60
Brantford Mayor 2022 Brantford Mayoral election Turnout 27.01% Candidate Kevin Davis Dave Wrobel Ryan Smith Popular vote 9,220 9,012 1,491 Percentage 45.91% 44.91% 7.43%
Incumbent mayor Kevin Davis was challenged by former city councillor Dave Wrobel.[13]
The results for mayor of Brantford were as follows:[14]
Brantford City Council Map of Brantford's five wards The results for Brantford City Council were as follows. Two elected from each ward.
Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Michael Sullivan 2,020 39.85 Rose Sicoli (X)1,641 32.37 Mike Tutt 983 19.39 John Van Dyk 425 8.38
Ward 2 Candidate Vote % John Sless (X)2,571 29.52 Gino Caputo 1,803 20.70 Mark Littell 1,596 18.33 Erica James 1,453 16.68 Peter Sheere 1,012 11.62 Matthew Vaandering 274 3.15
Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Dan McCreary (X)2,658 28.56 Greg Martin (X)2,144 23.04 Kim Harrison 1,794 19.28 Mark St. Angelo 1,146 12.31 Kailee Poisson 864 9.28 Frances McCallum 700 7.52
Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Richard Carpenter (X)3,074 39.93 Linda Hunt 1,530 19.87 Ray Petro 1,254 16.29 Kris Gutierrez 588 7.64 Janet Paul 574 7.46 Richard Wright 314 4.08 Rob Ferguson 211 2.74 Dale Beemer 84 1.09 Mike Gomon 70 0.91
Ward 5 Candidate Vote % Brian Van Tilborg (X)1,518 32.51 Mandy Samwell 1,307 27.99 Paul MacDougall 579 12.40 Sandra Biggar 415 8.89 Heather Macdonald 372 7.97 John Beaumont 274 5.87 Mike Clancy 112 2.40 Eric Mundy 93 1.99
Brockville Mayor The candidates for mayor of Brockville are as follows:[15]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Matt Wren Acclaimed
Chatham-Kent Mayor 2022 Chatham-Kent Mayoral election Turnout 30.56% Candidate Darrin Canniff William Pickard Andy Fisher Popular vote 17,981 3,588 2,364 Percentage 75.13% 14.99% 9.88%
Incumbent mayor Darrin Canniff was challenged by truck driver Andy Fisher and retiree Bill Pickard.[16] [17]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Darrin Canniff 17,981 75.13 William Pickard 3,588 14.99 Andy Fisher 2,364 9.88
Chatham-Kent Municipal Council Map of Chatham-Kent's six wards The results for Chatham-Kent Municipal Council were as follows.
Ward 1 - West Kent 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Melissa Harrigan (X)1,399 36.80 Lauren Anderson 1,331 35.01 Sandy Maynard 718 18.88 David Serednicki 354 9.31
Ward 2 - South Kent 3 to be elected Candidate Vote % Anthony Ceccacci (X)3,214 28.10 Trevor Thompson (X)2,909 25.43 Ryan Doyle 2,083 18.21 Mary Clare Latimer (X) 2,082 18.20 Mike Walker 1,151 10.06
Ward 3 - East Kent 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Steve Pinsonneault 2,049 37.47 John Wright (X)1,727 31.58 Moréna McDonald 1,161 21.23 Matt Lamarche 315 5.76 Martin Fisher 216 3.95
Ward 4 - North Kent 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Jamie McGrail (X)1,506 28.02 Rhonda Jubenville 1,046 19.46 Aaron Neaves 765 14.23 Jim Konecny 631 11.74 Jason Sayer 520 9.67 Scott Kilbride 426 7.93 Dennis Fox 266 4.95 Steve Scott 415 4.00
Ward 5 - Wallaceburg 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Aaron Hall (X)Acclaimed Carmen McGregor (X)Acclaimed
Ward 6 - Chatham 6 to be elected Candidate Vote % Brock McGregor (X)5,329 10.34 Michael Bondy (X)5,146 9.99 Conor Allin 5,095 9.89 Marjorie Crew (X)5,056 9.81 Alysson Storey 4,776 9.27 Amy Finn (X)3,900 7.57 Carson Warrener 3,890 7.55 Derek Robertson 3,844 7.46 Karen Kirkwood-Whyte (X) 3,487 6.77 Larry Vellinga 2,693 5.23 Dava Robichaud 2,087 4.05 Sheila M. Martin 1,937 3.76 Lynn O'Brien 1,621 3.15 Bonny Pigeon 918 1.78 Michael Gibbons 884 1.72 Andrew Elliott 859 1.67
Cornwall Mayor The results for mayor of Cornwall were as follows:[18]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Justin Towndale 5,169 51.55 Glen G. Grant (X) 4,088 40.77 James Leroux 556 5.54 Jordan Poapst 215 2.14
Cornwall City Council The results for Cornwall City Council were as follows:
At-large 10 to be elected Candidate Vote % Sarah Good 5,478 8.40 Carilyne Hébert (X)4,439 6.80 Elaine MacDonald (X)3,880 5.95 Dean Hollingsworth (X)3,480 5.33 Todd Bennett (X)3,312 5.08 Maurice Dupelle (X)3,302 5.06 Claude McIntosh (X)3,217 4.93 Denis Sabourin 2,859 4.38 Syd Gardiner (X)2,738 4.20 Fred Ngoundjo 2,719 4.17 Jason Riley 2,564 3.93 Claude Poirier 2,490 3.82 Denis Carr (X) 2,304 3.53 Mark A. MacDonald 2,242 3.44 Bruce Baker 2,184 3.35 Abid Hussain 2,111 3.24 David Murphy 1,938 2.97 Carol Boileau 1,911 2.93 Patrick Dussault 1,850 2.84 Gerald E. Samson 1,745 2.67 Cory Dixon 1,652 2.53 Mary Jane Proulx 1,610 2.47 Stephen Scott 1,396 2.14 Ryan Martelle 1,175 1.80 Steven Robinson 1,106 1.70 Christopher Leclair 960 1.47 Martin Chevalier 575 0.88
Gananoque Mayor Incumbent mayor Ted Lojko was challenged by military veteran John Beddows and perioperative nurse Greg Truesdell.[19]
The results for mayor of Gananoque were as follows:[20]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % John Beddows 940 46.03 Ted Lojko (X) 721 35.31 Greg Truesdell 381 18.66
Haldimand County The results for mayor of Haldimand County and Haldimand County Municipal Council are as follows:[21]
Map of Haldimand County's wards Mayor Incumbent mayor Ken Hewitt ran for re-election. He ran in the 2022 Ontario general election for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in Haldimand—Norfolk , losing to Independent Bobbi Ann Brady .[22]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Shelley Ann Bentley 4,760 32.09 Jake Vandendool 4,594 30.97 Ken Hewitt (X) 3,700 24.95 Dick Passmore 1,444 9.74 Jennifer Gilmour 334 2.25
Haldimand County Municipal Council Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Stewart Patterson (X)Acclaimed
Ward 2 Candidate Vote % John Metcalfe (X)1,502 67.72 Paul Beauvais 716 32.28
Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Dan Lawrence (X)1,731 49.09 Julie Richardson 1,035 29.35 Mark McEachern 539 15.29 Ray Kitchen 221 6.27
Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Natalie Stam 1,899 65.57 Tony Dalimonte (X) 997 34.43
Ward 5 Candidate Vote % Rob Shirton (X)925 53.01 Sheldon Simpson 532 30.49 James Kaspersetz 288 16.50
Ward 6 Candidate Vote % Patrick O'Neill 1,003 46.54 Lisa Taylor 909 42.18 Julie Marchese 243 11.28
By-election A by-election was held in Ward 4 on June 19, 2023. The seat was vacated after Natalie Stam resigned for health reasons.[23] [24]
Council Candidate Vote % Marie Trainer 675 37.05 Tony Dalimonte 641 35.18 Albert Marshall 356 19.54 Jesse Little 101 5.54 James Kaspersetz 49 2.69
Kawartha Lakes The results for mayor of Kawartha Lakes and Kawartha Lakes City Council were as follows:[25]
Map of Kawartha Lakes' eight wards Mayor Incumbent mayor Andy Letham did not run for re-election.[26] [27]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Doug Elmslie 7,982 35.72 Pat Dunn 5,295 23.40 Kathleen Seymour-Fagan 3,949 17.45 Faye McGee 2,800 12.37 Jim Riches 1,371 6.06 William Denby 1,232 5.44
Kawartha Lakes City Council Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Emmett Yeo (X)1,004 44.23 Don Logan 597 26.30 Jim Harris 453 19.96 Raymonde Blais Couture 216 9.52
Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Pat Warren 1,823 64.51 Jamie Brown 579 20.49 John Snider 424 15.00
Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Mike Perry 2,207 61.80 Doug Dickerson 1,364 38.20
Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Dan Joyce 548 24.17 David Skrabek 538 23.73 Ian Nicolson 466 20.56 Jamie Campbell 297 13.10 Trevor Johnston 187 8.25 Tyler Richards 182 8.03 Angel Godsoe 49 2.16
Ward 5 Candidate Vote % Eric Smeaton 2,182 57.95 Duncan Gallacher 699 18.57 Janet Di Bello 569 15.11 Wesley Letsholo 190 5.05 Gloria Graham-Weir 125 3.32
Ward 6 Candidate Vote % Ron Ashmore (X)1,632 59.00 Gerard Jilesen 1,134 41.00
Ward 7 Candidate Vote % Charles McDonald 2,035 64.03 Danielle Willette 696 21.90 Diane Holder 447 14.07
Ward 8 Candidate Vote % Tracy Richardson (X)1,700 83.33 Greg Ward 340 16.67
Norfolk County The candidates for mayor of Norfolk County and for Norfolk County Council were as follows:[28]
Map of Norfolk County's wards Mayor Incumbent mayor Kristal Chopp ran for re-election. Running against her were county councillors Amy Martin and Ian Rabbitts, former Simcoe town councillor Bill Culver and businessman David Bate.[29]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Amy Martin 8,199 42.27 Kristal Chopp (X) 5,127 26.43 Bill Culver 3,926 20.24 Ian Rabbitts 1,638 8.44 David Bate 508 2.62
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Norfolk County Council Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Tom Masschaele (X)1,310 64.50 Randy Mawhiney 721 35.50
Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Linda Vandendriessche (X)1,346 80.89 Lucas Tulpin 318 19.11
Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Michael Columbus (X)1,616 82.24 Jeanette Gomori-Cole 349 17.76
Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Chris Van Paassen (X)1,108 54.10 William Murray 504 24.61 Jeff Smrcka 300 14.65 Tony Lasanowski 136 6.64
Ward 5 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Alan Duthie 2,375 28.48 Doug Brunton 1,906 22.85 Peter Black 1,427 17.11 Kristine Mitchell 1,402 16.81 Brian Jones 703 8.43 Ryan J. Taylor (X) 527 6.32
Ward 6 Candidate Vote % Adam Veri 2,654 64.00 Peter Butler 1,015 24.48 Pamela Taylor 216 5.21 Holly Ann Smith 141 3.40 Adam Wilson 121 2.92
Ward 7 Candidate Vote % Kim Huffman (X)1,073 45.33 Lorraine Skarratt 742 31.35 Grant MacDonald 447 18.88 Lana Plank 105 4.44
Orillia Mayor Incumbent mayor Steve Clarke did not run for re-election of Orillia .[31] Orillia are as follows:[32]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Donald McIsaac 4,861 57.28 Mason Ainsworth 3,345 39.42 John Edward Maxwell 280 3.30
Pelee Mayor The results for Pelee Island were as follows:
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Cathy Miller 273 85.58 Larry Bailey 46 14.42
Pembroke Mayor The candidates for mayor of Pembroke are as follows:[33]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Ron Gervais Acclaimed
Council Top candidate becomes Deputy Mayor.
Council Candidate Vote % Brian Abdallah (X) 2,238 13.01% Ian Kuehl 1,935 11.25% Andrew Plummer (X) 1,855 10.78% Patricia Lafreniere (X) 1,800 10.46% Ed Jacyno (X) 1,433 8.33% Troy Purcell 1,146 6.66% Stacy Taylor 1,089 6.33% Dan Callaghan 1,073 6.23% Dorian Pearce 1,006 5.84% Jane Wood 882 5.12% Chela Breckon 808 4.69% Karen Walsh 658 3.82% Jason Laronde 480 2.79% Andrew Clark 457 2.65% Wade Wallace 338 1.96%
Peterborough The results for mayor of Peterborough and Peterborough City Council are as follows:[34]
Map of Peterborough's five wards Mayor Incumbent mayor Diane Therrien did not for run for re-election.[35] Liberal MPP Jeff Leal and city councillors Henry Clarke and Stephen Wright.[36]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Jeff Leal 12,911 49.33 Henry Clarke 8,280 31.63 Stephen Wright 3,924 14.99 Brian Lumsden 728 2.78 Victor Kreuz 331 1.26
Peterborough City Council The results for Peterborough City Council are as follows. Two councillors are elected from each of the 5 wards.
Ward 1 - Otonabee Candidate Vote % Lesley Parnell (X)3,192 40.82 Kevin Duguay 1,943 25.33 Eleanor Underwood 1,169 15.24 Chanté White 1,032 13.45 Nathan Russell-Meharry 396 5.16
Ward 2 - Monaghan Candidate Vote % Matt Crowley 2,871 28.00 Don Vassiliadis (X)2,469 24.08 Jeff Westlake 1,968 19.19 Charmaine Magumbe 1,620 15.80 Tom Wigglesworth 806 7.86 Lyle Saunders 520 5.07
Ward 3 - Town Candidate Vote % Alex Bierk 2,600 30.79 Joy Lachica 2,308 27.33 Dean Pappas (X) 2,143 25.38 Vickie Ann Karikas 966 11.44 Brian Christoph 428 5.07
Ward 4 - Ashburnham Candidate Vote % Gary Baldwin (X)3,326 40.07 Keith Riel (X)2,964 35.71 Andrew MacGregor 2,011 24.23
Ward 5 - Northcrest Candidate Vote % Andrew Beamer (X)4,003 38.28 Dave Haacke 2,334 22.32 Carlotta James 1,874 17.92 Shauna Kingston 1,105 10.57 Aldo Andreoli 722 6.90 Karen Grant 420 4.02
Prescott Town councillor Gauri Shankar has been acclaimed as mayor of Prescott .[37] [38]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Gauri Shankar Acclaimed
Prince Edward County Mayor The results for mayor of Prince Edward County are as follows:[39]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Steve Ferguson (X)4,634 41.53 Terry Shortt 3,199 28.67 Dianne O'Brien 3,122 27.98 Kyle Mayne 202 1.81
Quinte West Mayor The results for mayor of Quinte West and Quinte West City Council were as follows:[40]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Jim Harrison (X)5,655 54.26 Karen Sharpe 4,664 44.75 Claudor du-Lude 104 1.00
Quinte West City Council Map of Quinte West's four wards Ward 1 - Trenton 5 to be elected Candidate Vote % Zack Card 2,260 16.69 Michael Kotsovos (X)2,076 15.33 Dave Hugh O'Neil (X)2,029 14.99 Sally Freeman (X)1,900 14.03 Duncan Armstrong 1,859 13.73 Leslie Roseblade (X) 1,792 13.24 Jason Young 861 6.36 David Lovely 761 5.62
Ward 2 - Sidney 4 to be elected Candidate Vote % Egerton Boyce 2,072 19.22 Shelley Stedall 1,775 16.47 Terry R. F. Cassidy (X)1,766 16.39 Don Kuntze (X)1,703 15.80 Allan DeWitt (X) 1,665 15.45 Hillary Robert 1,441 13.37 Stephen P. Kornblum 356 3.30
Ward 3 - Murray 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Jim Alyea (X)1,529 28.60 David McCue (X)1,319 24.67 Lori Whaley 924 17.28 Doug Herrington 720 13.47 Tyler Rickey 589 11.02 Jodan Hoyland 266 4.97
Ward 4 - Frankford Candidate Vote % Lynda Reid (X)337 48.14 Matt Joice 275 39.29 Gregg Covell 88 12.57
Smiths Falls Mayor Incumbent mayor of Smiths Falls Shawn Pankow was challenged by the "self-proclaimed resident protestor" Justin Duhamel.[41]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Shawn Pankow (X)1,635 63.40 Justin Duhamel 944 36.60
St. Marys Incumbent mayor Al Strathdee was re-elected by acclamation for a third term.[42] [43]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Al Strathdee (X)Acclaimed
Stratford Mayor Incumbent mayor Dan Mathieson did not run for re-election.[44] Stratford were as follows:[45]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Martin Ritsma 4,350 37.76 Robert Ritz 4,005 34.76 Kathy Vassilakos 3,166 27.48
St. Thomas Mayor The results for mayor of St. Thomas and St. Thomas City Council were as follows:[46]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Joe Preston 5,526 59.14 Heather Jackson 2,912 31.16 Gregg McCart 906 9.70
St. Thomas City Council At-large 8 to be elected Candidate Vote % Steve Peters 7,385 13.58 Steve Wookey (X)5,564 10.23 Jeff Kohler (X)5,253 9.66 Lori Baldwin-Sands (X)5,057 9.30 Gary Clarke (X)4,811 8.84 Jim Herbert (X)3,521 6.47 Rose Gibson 3,266 6.00 Tara McCaulley 3,101 5.70 Earl Taylor 3,096 5.69 Petrusia Hontar 2,251 4.14 Joe Docherty Jr. 2,140 3.93 Dawn Docker 2,031 3.73 Devon Church 1,896 3.49 Shawn De Neire 1,803 3.31 Harald Schraeder 1,739 3.20 Timothy Hedden 1,479 2.72
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