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The 2018 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 22, 2018.[2]
Voters in the province of Ontario elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities.
Electoral period
As per the Ontario Municipal Elections Act, 1996, nomination papers for candidates for municipal and school board elections could be filed from May 1, 2018, at which time the campaign period began.[3]
Nominations closed on July 27, 2018, at 2 PM local time. Certification of nomination papers was completed by 4 PM on July 30, 2018.[2]
Voting was on October 22 from 10 AM to 8 PM.[2]
Ranked ballots
In 2016, the provincial government passed Bill 181, the Municipal Elections Modernization Act, which permitted municipalities to adopt 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] while Kingston and Cambridge held referendums concurrently with their 2018 elections on whether to adopt ranked ballots for the next municipal elections in 2022.[6] Both of the referendums passed, though neither reached the 50 per cent turnout required to make the results legally binding.[7][8]
In 2020, the provincial government passed Bill 218, the Supporting Ontario's Recovery Act, which, among other things, eliminated the option of ranked balloting for municipalities. The City of London will now have to switch back to first-past-the-post for its 2022 municipal elections.[9]
Online voting
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.[10]
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.[11] 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.[12]
Counties
- 2018 Bruce County municipal elections
- 2018 Dufferin County municipal elections
- 2018 Elgin County municipal elections
- 2018 Essex County municipal elections
- 2018 Frontenac County municipal elections
- 2018 Grey County municipal elections
- 2018 Haliburton County municipal elections
- 2018 Hastings County municipal elections
- 2018 Huron County municipal elections
- 2018 Lambton County municipal elections
- 2018 Lanark County municipal elections
- 2018 Leeds and Grenville United Counties municipal elections
- 2018 Lennox and Addington County municipal elections
- 2018 Middlesex County municipal elections
- 2018 Northumberland County municipal elections
- 2018 Perth County municipal elections
- 2018 Peterborough County municipal elections
- 2018 Prescott and Russell United Counties municipal elections
- 2018 Renfrew County municipal elections
- 2018 Simcoe County municipal elections
- 2018 Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties municipal elections
- 2018 Wellington County municipal elections
Regional municipalities
- 2018 Durham Region municipal elections
- 2018 Halton Region municipal elections
- 2018 Muskoka District municipal elections
- 2018 Niagara Region municipal elections
- 2018 Oxford County municipal elections
- 2018 Peel Region municipal elections
- 2018 Waterloo Region municipal elections
- 2018 York Region municipal elections
Districts
- 2018 Algoma District municipal elections
- 2018 Cochrane District municipal elections
- 2018 Kenora District municipal elections
- 2018 Manitoulin District municipal elections
- 2018 Nipissing District municipal elections
- 2018 Parry Sound District municipal elections
- 2018 Rainy River District municipal elections
- 2018 Sudbury District municipal elections
- 2018 Thunder Bay District municipal elections
- 2018 Timiskaming District municipal elections
Single tier municipalities
Brant
Brantford
Chatham-Kent
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate[13] | 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 |
Chatham-Kent Municipal Council
The results for Chatham-Kent municipal council is as follows:[14]
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Greater Sudbury
Haldimand County
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate[15] | Vote | % |
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Ken Hewitt (X) | 6,578 | 50.26 |
David McClung | 3,840 | 29.34 |
Lisa Taylor | 2,671 | 20.41 |
Haldimand County Municipal Council
The results for Haldimand County Council are as follows:[16]
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Hamilton
Kawartha Lakes
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate[17] | Vote[18] | % |
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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 |
Kawartha Lakes Municipal Council
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:[18]
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Norfolk County
The following are the results for Norfolk County.[19]
Mayor
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 |
Norfolk County Council
There were some slight alterations to Norfolk County's ward map.[20]
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By-election
A by-election was held on June 3, 2021, in Ward 2 to fill the vacancy of Roger Geysens who retired.[21]
Candidate | Vote | % |
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Linda Vandendriessche | 1,025 | 56.57 |
Bill Dendekker | 338 | 18.65 |
Noel Haydt | 200 | 11.04 |
David Van Hamme | 128 | 7.06 |
Pamela Moore | 106 | 5.08 |
Russell Colebrook | 10 | 0.55 |
Ottawa
Prince Edward County
Mayor
The following are the results for Prince Edward County.[22]
Candidate | Vote | % |
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Steve Ferguson | 4,981 | 50.17 |
Dianne O'Brien | 4,043 | 40.72 |
Richard Whiten | 904 | 9.11 |
Toronto
Separated municipalities
Barrie
Belleville
The following are the results for Belleville.[23]
Mayor
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 |
Councillors
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Brockville
The following are the results for Brockville.[24]
Mayor
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 |
Councillors
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 |
Cornwall
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate[25] | 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 |
Cornwall City Council
The results for Cornwall city council are as follows:[26]
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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 |
Gananoque
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate[27] | 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 |
Guelph
Mayor
Candidate | Vote | % |
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Cam Guthrie (X) | 22,203 | 66.57 |
Aggie Mlynarz | 11,149 | 33.43 |
Guelph City Council
Two councillors to be elected in each ward. Results for Guelph city council are as follows.
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Kingston
Referendum
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.[28]
Choice [29] | Vote | % |
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Yes | 20,642 | 62.00 |
No | 12,161 | 37.00 |
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate[29] | 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 |
Kingston City Council
The results for Kingston city council are as follows:[29]
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London
Orillia
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate[30] | Vote | % |
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Steve Clarke (X) | 5,710 | 66.98 |
Gord Launchbury | 2,815 | 33.02 |
Pelee
The results for Pelee Island were as follows:
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
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Raymond Durocher | Acclaimed |
Peterborough
The following are the results for Peterborough.[31]
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate[32] | Vote | % |
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Diane Therrien | 19,254 | 68.98 |
Daryl Bennett (X) | 8,659 | 31.02 |
Councillors
Two councillors were elected from each of the 5 wards.
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Pembroke
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate[33] | Vote | % |
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Michael LeMay (X) | 2,893 | 67.40 |
Paul Kelly | 1,399 | 32.60 |
Prescott
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate[34] | Vote | % |
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Brett Todd (X) | Acclaimed |
Quinte West
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate[35] | Vote | % |
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Jim Harrison (X) | 7,019 | 67.17 |
Duncan Armstrong | 3,429 | 32.82 |
Quinte West City Council
Elections results for Quinte West city council are as follows:
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St. Marys
Candidate | Vote | % |
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Al Strathdee (X) | Acclaimed |
Stratford
Mayoral Candidate[37] | Vote | % |
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Dan Mathieson (X) | 7,837 | 68.93 |
Tom Drake | 2,174 | 19.12 |
Andrew Fraser | 1,358 | 11.94 |
Smiths Falls
Mayoral Candidate[38] | Vote | % |
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Shawn Pankow (X) | 2,120 | 66.69 |
Joe Gallipeau | 1,059 | 33.31 |
St. Thomas
Source:[39]
Mayor
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 |
St. Thomas City Council
The results for St. Thomas city council are as follows:
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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 |
Windsor
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