The 2022 Waterloo Region municipal elections were held on October 24, 2022, in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo , Ontario, Canada, to elect Waterloo Regional Council , the mayors and city councils of Cambridge , Kitchener , North Dumfries , Waterloo , Wellesley , Wilmot , and Woolwich , the Waterloo Region District School Board (Public), the Waterloo Catholic District School Board , and the regional members of Conseil Scolaire de District Catholiques Centre-Sud and Conseil Scolaire Viamonde (Public). The election will be held in conjunction with the province wide 2022 municipal elections .
2022 Waterloo Chair election Turnout 25.34% BJD
NDS
Candidate Karen Redman Brendon John Da Costa Narine Dat Sookram Popular vote 68,084 19,909 6,158 Percentage 72.21% 21.15% 6.54%
(X) denotes incumbent.
Waterloo Regional Council
Chair Incumbent chair Karen Redman ran for re-election.[1]
Candidate Vote % Karen Redman 68,084 72.31 Brendon John Da Costa 19,909 21.15 Narine Dat Sookram 6,158 6.54
Council Waterloo Regional Council includes the chair, the mayors of the seven constituent municipalities (see below) and eight directly elected councillors[2]
Candidate Vote % Cambridge (2 to be elected) Doug Craig 12,688 28.79 Pam Wolf 10,001 22.69 Tyler Calver 8,947 20.30 Prakash Venkataraman 5,118 11.61 Bobbi Stewart 4,197 9.52 Crystal Whetham 3,118 7.08 Kitchener (4 to be elected) Colleen James 13,519 13.49 Michael Harris 11,628 11.61 Kari Williams 10,703 10.68 Robert Deutschmann 10,102 10.08 Matt Rodrigues 9,714 9.70 Heather Caron 7,293 7.28 Michael Parkinson 7,019 7.01 Mary Henein Thorn 5,195 5.19 Joe Gowing 4,828 4.82 Mac Graham 4,826 4.82 Tom Hiller 4,388 4.38 Duncan McLean 3,978 3.97 Soo Bok Lee 3,851 3.84 Iffat Sultana Riasat 3,137 3.13 Waterloo (2 to be elected) Jim Erb (X)12,541 35.30 Chantal Huinink 4,655 13.10 Jim Bolger 3,456 9.73 Cindy Watkin 3,284 9.24 John Vieth 2,538 7.14 Mark Fisher 2,450 6.90 Gord Greavette 2,438 6.86 James Ball 1,988 5.60 Peter Neufeld 1,431 4.03 Ryan Keating 747 2.10
List of candidates:[3]
Mayor 2022 Cambridge Mayoral election Turnout 28.87% JL
Candidate Jan Liggett Kathryn McGarry Popular vote 12,567 11,441 Percentage 46.22% 42.08% Candidate Randy Carter Cody Allen Botelho Popular vote 1,644 1,538 Percentage 6.05% 5.66%
Incumbent mayor Kathryn McGarry ran against city councillor Jan Liggett .[4]
Map of Cambridge's eight wards Candidate Vote % Ward 1 Donna Reid (X)1,108 35.09 Helen Shwery 1,062 33.63 Paul Brown 595 18.84 Erick Takor 393 12.44 Ward 2 Mike Devine (X)2,343 61.61 Piyush Nanda 739 19.43 Matt Rogers 721 18.96 Ward 3 Corey Klimpson 1,152 37.17 Nate Whalen 769 24.81 Belinda Karahalios 449 14.49 Michele Braniff 415 13.39 Tracy Hipel 314 10.13 Ward 4 Ross Earnshaw 1,215 39.44 Clifford Vanclief 692 22.46 Usman Lalva 680 22.07 Barbara Harrington 494 16.03 Ward 5 Sheri Roberts 1,550 38.33 Amanda Maxwell 1,208 29.87 Jim Karahalios 859 21.24 Naeem Awan 271 6.70 Mark D. Fisher 156 3.86 Ward 6 Adam Cooper 1,336 35.22 Shannon Adshade (X) 857 22.59 Bill Conway 795 20.96 Kris Langford 452 11.92 Eian Campbell 353 9.31 Ward 7 Scott Hamilton (X)1,514 67.95 Manuel da Silva 420 18.85 Chris Sim 294 13.20 Ward 8 Nicholas Ermeta (X)2,295 63.17 Vandan Patel 634 17.45 David Hood 430 11.84 Jack Perkes 274 7.54
By-election A by-election was held on November 13, 2023 in Ward 1 following the death of councillor Donna Reid.[5] New Blue Party of Ontario .[6]
The results were as follows:[7]
Candidate Vote % Helen Shwery 944 49.17 Karl Kiefer 623 32.45 Michelle Goodridge 256 13.33 Richard Kaufman 97 5.05
List of candidates:[8]
Mayor 2022 Kitchener Mayoral election Turnout 20.26% VN
MN
Candidate Berry Vrbanovic Val Neekman Manikantan Nair Popular vote 26,846 3,097 1,817 Percentage 79.97% 9.23% 5.41%
Mayor Berry Vrbanovic ran for re-election.[9]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Berry Vrbanovic 26,846 79.97 Val Neekman 3,097 9.23 Manikantan Nair 1,817 5.41 Rehman-Ullah Khan 1,067 3.18 Milos Sokollu Posavljak 742 2.21
Map of Kitchener's 10 wards Candidate Vote % Ward 1 Scott Davey (X)2,375 68.68 Simon Guthrie 704 20.36 Alan Becirevic 284 8.21 Prashant Deol 95 2.75 Ward 2 Dave Schnider (X)3,284 81.98 Derrick Rabethge 416 10.38 Asher Shahzad 306 7.64 Ward 3 Jason Deneault 532 29.70 Bryan Richardson 348 19.43 Rosanne Berwick 337 18.82 Marijo Howard 228 12.73 Matthew Griffin 174 9.72 Devon Harnarain 172 9.60 Ward 4 Christine Michaud (X)1,638 57.86 John Vandonk 842 29.74 Al Akbar 351 12.40 Ward 5 Ayo Owodunni 844 31.52 Jon Massimi 724 27.04 Ajmer S. Mandur 701 26.18 Naveed Najmuddin 235 8.78 Farah Muhammad 174 6.50 Ward 6 Paul Singh (X)2,060 74.94 Anwar Arkani 689 25.06 Ward 7 Bil Ioannidis (X)1,620 41.55 Kevin McCrea 1,216 31.19 Colin Maley 1,063 27.26 Ward 8 Margaret Johnston (X)2,596 88.30 Aleena Aftab 344 11.70 Ward 9 Debbie Chapman (X)2,276 59.89 Brooklin Wallis 974 25.63 David Redman 288 7.58 Beth Warren 106 2.79 Alex Shevchenko 79 2.08 Matthew Robson 77 2.03 Ward 10 Aislinn Clancy 1,765 36.15 Stephanie Stretch 1,650 33.80 Peter Davis 513 10.51 Phong Tran 398 8.15 Daniel J. Fife 346 7.09 Lana Hiscock 210 4.30
Sue Foxton was re-elected as mayor by acclamation:[10]
Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Sue Foxton (X)Acclaimed
List of candidates:[11]
Mayor 2022 Waterloo Mayoral election Turnout 27.18% Candidate Dorothy McCabe Shannon Weber Rob Evans Popular vote 9,543 9,212 2,474 Percentage 43.53% 42.02% 11.28%
Incumbent mayor Dave Jaworsky did not seek re-election.[1] [12]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Dorothy McCabe 9,543 43.53 Shannon Weber 9,212 42.02 Rob Evans 2,474 11.28 Kypp Saunders 694 3.17 Total 22,435
Map of Waterloo's seven wards Candidate Vote % Ward 1 - Southwest Sandra Hanmer (X)1,675 57.03 Robert Parent 1,262 42.97 Ward 2 - Northwest Royce Bodaly (X)1,568 66.55 Khaled Berbash 703 29.84 Shaheen Mujahid 85 3.61 Ward 3 - Lakeshore Hans Roach 1,404 55.49 Madelyn Steiss 1,126 44.51 Ward 4 - Northeast Diane Freeman (X)2,647 84.25 Maryssa Barras 300 9.55 Obinna Obi 195 6.21 Ward 5 - Southeast Jen Vasic (X)2,194 62.67 Joe Brenner 834 23.82 Blayr Hogg 306 8.74 Obie Oberholtzer 167 4.77 Ward 6 - Central-Columbia Mary Lou Roe 896 32.21 Matthew Nicholas Schwarze 799 28.72 Jonathan Cassels 607 21.82 Karen Fischer 480 17.25 Ward 7 - Uptown Julie Wright 3,041 80.64 Bruce Polan 730 19.36
Joe Nowak was re-elected mayor by acclamation.[13]
Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Joe Nowak (X)Acclaimed
The following were the results for mayor.[14]
Mayor Incumbent mayor Les Armstrong did not run for re-election.[15] [16]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Natasha Salonen 4,524 61.23 Jenn Pfenning 2,694 38.77
The following were the results for mayor:[17]
Mayor Incumbent mayor Sandy Shantz ran for re-election. Councillor Pat Merlihan ran against her.[18]
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Sandy Shantz (X)3,929 57.90 Patrick Merlihan 2,857 42.10
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