2022 Ontario municipal elections

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Mayor before election

Kevin Davis

Elected mayor

Kevin Davis

Turnout30.56%

Candidate	Darrin Canniff	William Pickard	Andy Fisher
Popular vote	17,981	3,588	2,364
Percentage	75.13%	14.99%	9.88%

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Incumbent mayor Darrin Canniff was challenged by truck driver Andy Fisher and retiree Bill Pickard.^{[17] [18]}

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Darrin Canniff (X)	17,981	75.13
William Pickard	3,588	14.99
Andy Fisher	2,364	9.88

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 (X) 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

The results for mayor of Cornwall were as follows:^[19]

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

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

Incumbent mayor Ted Lojko was challenged by military veteran John Beddows and perioperative nurse Greg Truesdell.^[20]

The results for mayor of Gananoque were as follows:^[21]

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
John Beddows	940	46.03
Ted Lojko (X)	721	35.31
Greg Truesdell	381	18.66

The results for mayor of Haldimand County and Haldimand County Municipal Council are as follows:^[22]

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.^[23]

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

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

A by-election was held in Ward 4 on June 19, 2023. The seat was vacated after Natalie Stam resigned for health reasons.^[24] The results were as follows:^[25]

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

Following the death of Trainer on October 31, 2024, another by-election was held in Ward 4 on April 11, 2025. The results were as follows:^[26]

Council Candidate	Vote	%
Brad Adams	1,508	58.70
Tony Dalimonte	711	27.68
Albert Marshall	321	12.50
Jesse Little	29	1.13

Following the death of Stewart Patterson on November 26, 2024,^[27] a by-election was held in Ward 1, also on April 11, 2025. The results were as follows:^[26]

Council Candidate	Vote	%
Debra McKeen	944	44.74
Brian Doyle	926	43.89
Alicia Phillips	240	11.37

The results for mayor of Kawartha Lakes and Kawartha Lakes City Council were as follows:^[28]

Incumbent mayor Andy Letham did not run for re-election.^[29] Running to replace him includes city councillors Pat Dunn, Doug Elmslie and Kathleen Seymour-Fagan.^[30]

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

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

A by-election was held in Ward 5 on April 10, 2025. The seat was vacated after Eric Smeaton resigned for health and personal reasons.^[31] The results were as follows:^[32]

Council Candidate	Vote	%
Mark Doble	1,176	40.86
Malcolm Quigley	586	20.36
Pat Dunn	469	16.30
Duncan Gallacher	459	15.95
Alex Steven	173	6.01
Aananth Paraparan	15	0.52

The candidates for mayor of Norfolk County and for Norfolk County Council were as follows:^[33]

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.^[34]

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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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

Incumbent mayor Steve Clarke did not run for re-election of Orillia.^[36] The candidates for mayor of Orillia are as follows:^[37]

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Donald McIsaac	4,861	57.28
Mason Ainsworth	3,345	39.42
John Edward Maxwell	280	3.30

The results for Pelee Island were as follows:

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Cathy Miller	273	85.58
Larry Bailey	46	14.42

The candidates for mayor of Pembroke are as follows:^[38]

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Ron Gervais	Acclaimed

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%

The results for mayor of Peterborough and Peterborough City Council are as follows:^[39]

Incumbent mayor Diane Therrien did not for run for re-election.^[40] Candidates running to replace her include former Liberal MPP Jeff Leal and city councillors Henry Clarke and Stephen Wright.^[41]

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

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

Town councillor Gauri Shankar has been acclaimed as mayor of Prescott.^{[42] [43]}

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Gauri Shankar	Acclaimed

The results for mayor of Prince Edward County are as follows:^[44]

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

The results for mayor of Quinte West and Quinte West City Council were as follows:^[45]

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Jim Harrison (X)	5,655	54.26
Karen Sharpe	4,664	44.75
Claudor du-Lude	104	1.00

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

Incumbent mayor of Smiths Falls Shawn Pankow was challenged by the "self-proclaimed resident protestor" Justin Duhamel.^[46]

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Shawn Pankow (X)	1,635	63.40
Justin Duhamel	944	36.60

Incumbent mayor Al Strathdee was re-elected by acclamation for a third term.^{[47] [48]}

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Al Strathdee (X)	Acclaimed

Incumbent mayor Dan Mathieson did not run for re-election.^[49] The results for mayor of Stratford were as follows:^[50]

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Martin Ritsma	4,350	37.76
Robert Ritz	4,005	34.76
Kathy Vassilakos	3,166	27.48

The results for mayor of St. Thomas and St. Thomas City Council were as follows:^[51]

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Joe Preston (X)	5,526	59.14
Heather Jackson	2,912	31.16
Gregg McCart	906	9.70

At-large 8 to be elected
Candidate	Vote	%
Steve Peters (X)	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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