Elections were held in Oxford County, Ontario on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province. Each municipality will elect a mayor and a local council, plus two city and county councillors from Woodstock. Trustees to the Thames Valley District School Board, London District Catholic School Board, and Conseil scolaire catholique Providence will also be elected.[1] This election is expected to have more candidates than usual, particularly female, due to the launch of Municipal Campaign School Oxford.[2]

Controversy

In early 2022, the Mayor of Woodstock Trevor Birtch was criminally charged by the London Police for assault, sexual assault, and sexual assault with choking. However, he did not resign from his position.[3] He eventually took a paid leave of absence, and appeared in court on May 2 for the sexual assault with choking charge being dropped to a second sexual assault charge, and the matter was adjourned until June 6. Three additional charges of sexual assault, involving a different victim, were added to his case, which will first be put in court on July 4.[4]

Oxford County Council

PositionElected
Blandford-Blenheim MayorMark Peterson (acclaimed)
East Zorra-Tavistock MayorPhilip Schaefer
Ingersoll MayorBrian Petrie
Norwich MayorJim Palmer
South-West Oxford MayorDavid Mayberry (acclaimed)
Tilsonburg MayorDeb Gilvesy
Woodstock MayorJerry Acchione
Woodstock CouncillorDeb Tait
Woodstock CouncillorBernia Wheaton
Zorra MayorMarcus Ryan (acclaimed)

Blandford-Blenheim

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate [5] Vote  %
Mark Peterson (X) Acclaimed

Township Councillors

4 to be elected, electors have multiple votes

Candidate[5] Vote  %
Nancy Demarest (X)1,07321.64
Tina Young93518.85
George Bruce Banbury (X)76515.43
Daryl Barnes57611.62
Adam Bell52510.59
Randy Balzer (X)51710.43
Dillon Occleston2815.67
Ron Paterson1543.11
Andrew Broschinski1332.68

East Zorra-Tavistock

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[6] Vote  %
Philip Schaefer1,21856.23
Donald Edmiston94843.77

Deputy Mayor

Candidate[6] Vote  %
Bradley Smith139665.54
Lee Griffi73434.46

Township Councillors

Ward 1

2 to be elected

Candidate[6] Vote  %
Steven Wyk Acclaimed
Scott Zher Acclaimed

Ward 2

Candidate[6] Vote  %
Scott Rudy (X) Acclaimed

Ward 3

2 to be elected

Candidate[6] Vote  %
Jeremy Smith (X)55638.77
Matthew Gillespie (X)54237.80
Cody Hayward33623.43

Ingersoll

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[7] Vote  %
Brian Petrie1,81541.97
Ted Comiskey (X)1,58236.58
Tim Lobzun92821.46

Deputy Mayor

Former Ontario NDP candidate for Oxford in the 2022 Ontario general election Lindsay Wilson is challenging incumbent Deputy Mayor Fred Freeman.

Candidate[7] Vote  %
Lindsay Wilson294769.08
Fred Freeman (X)131930.92

Town Councillors

5 to be elected, electors have multiple votes

Candidate[7] Vote  %
Kristy Van Kooten Bossence (X)251313.74
Rick Eus (X)197210.78
Shannon Hutson185410.14
Mike Bowman (X)17969.82
Khadijah Haliru17089.34
Ben Lampkin16529.03
Gord Lesser (X)16489.01
Broderick Carey14347.84
Evan McHugh12086.60
Pauline White12026.57
Dixie Bowden8904.87
Henny Arends4162.27

Norwich

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[8] Vote  %
Jim Palmer2,21951.31
Lynne DePlancke1,86343.08
Tyler Zacher-King2435.62

Township Councillors

Ward 1

Candidate[8] Vote  %
John Scholten (X)57851.38
Val Haley45440.36
Daniel A Wagner938.27

Ward 2

Candidate[8] Vote  %
Alisha Stubbs75959.02
William Van Lagen39230.48
Michael Legge13510.50

Ward 3

Candidate[8] Vote  %
Shawn Gear60250.17
John Van Brenk59849.83

Ward 4

Candidate[8] Vote  %
Adrian Couwenberg26736.28
Alan Dale (X)24733.56
Len Overbeek22230.16

South-West Oxford

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[9] Vote  %
David Mayberry (X) Acclaimed

Township Councillors

Ward 1

Candidate[9] Vote  %
Paul Buchner (X)22778.01
Mark Renaud6421.99

Ward 2

Candidate[9] Vote  %
Peter Ypma (X) Acclaimed

Ward 3

Candidate[9] Vote  %
Valerie Durston (X) Acclaimed

Ward 4

Candidate[9] Vote  %
George Way (X) Acclaimed

Ward 5

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

Ward 6

Candidate[9] Vote  %
Craig Gillis (X) Acclaimed

Tillsonburg

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[10] Vote  %
Deb Gilvesy2,93455.20
Stephen Molnar (X)2,38144.80

Town Councillors

6 to be elected, electors have multiple votes

Candidate[10] Vote  %
Dave Beres (X)327912.48
Chris Parker (X)316112.03
Kelly Spencer295811.26
Pete Luciani (X)267410.18
Bob Parsons24109.17
Chris Rosehart (X)23368.89
Cedric Tomico20227.70
Cindy Allen18076.88
Michael Holly17056.49
Max Adam14045.34
Marcel Rosehart10614.04
Mary Anne Van Geertruyde8263.14
Barbara Bleck6282.39

Woodstock

Mayor

Mayor Trevor Birtch sought re-election.[11] He is currently facing charges for sexual assault.[12]

Mayoral Candidate [13] Vote  %
Jerry Acchione3,61238.68
David Hilderley3,44136.85
Anthony Scalisi1,88320.16
Trevor Birtch (X)3053.27
Peter Croves660.71
Henry Biro310.33

City-County Councillor

2 to be elected

Candidate [13] Vote  %
Bernia Wheaton4,50929.62
Deb Tait (X)4,20727.63
Paul Plant3,78824.88
Sandra J. Talbot (X)2,72117.87

City Councillor

4 to be elected

Candidate[13] Vote  %
Kate Leatherbarrow4,90115.74
Liz Wismer-Van Meer4,84315.55
Connie Lauder (X)3,60511.58
Mark Schadenberg (X)3,59811.56
Jay Pember3,42511.00
Jaspreet Sandhu2,3817.65
Duane Kumala-Thomas2,2477.22
Wes Mazur2,0986.74
Leah Santos1,0823.47
Dave Babcock1,0643.42
Allison Frederick Gowling8562.75
Jason Norris6992.24
Francisco Cornejo3391.09

Zorra

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[14] Vote  %
Marcus Ryan (X) Acclaimed

Township Councillors

Ward 1

Candidate[14] Vote  %
Kevin Stewart24167.13
Emily Moitoso11832.87

Ward 2

Candidate[14] Vote  %
Katie Grigg Acclaimed

Ward 3

Candidate[14] Vote  %
Paul Mitchell (X) Acclaimed

Ward 4

Candidate[14] Vote  %
Crystal Finch39474.20
Steve MacDonald (X)13725.80

School Boards

Thames Valley District School Board

Candidate[13] Vote  %
Leeanne Hopkins464745.27
Seth Allen285027.76
David Cripps276826.97

London District Catholic School Board

Candidate[13] Vote  %
Mary Holmes (X)78174.17
Ana Paula Alves27225.83

Conseil scolaire catholique Providence

Candidate[13] Vote  %
Alexandre Alary (X) Acclaimed

References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming 2022 Municipal Election". www.swox.org. January 12, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Oxford's Municipal Campaign School launches new video series". Woodstock Sentinel-Review.
  3. ↑ "Woodstock Mayor Trevor Birtch facing criminal charges". London. February 7, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Charges against Woodstock Mayor Trevor Birtch revised in court". CBC News.
  5. 1 2 "Unofficial 2022 Election Results".
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Election Results".
  7. 1 2 3 "2022 ELECTION RESULTS".
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Norwich Election Results 2022". Township of Norwich. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Candidates".
  10. 1 2 "2022 Unofficial Municipal Election Results".
  11. ↑ "Area mayors: Who's in, who's out, who's on the fence about running again".
  12. ↑ "Embattled Woodstock mayor faces more sex charges: London police".
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Election Results (Unofficial)".
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 "Candidates & Votes".
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