The 2014 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 27, 2014.
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 Submissions for candidate nominations were first accepted on 1 January 2014, at which time the campaign period began. The last day for acceptance of nominations or candidacy withdrawal was 12 September 2014.
From 1978 until 2006 the second Monday of November was the fixed date. Notwithstanding advance polling arrangements, municipal elections will be held on the fourth Monday of October, that is 27 October 2014.
The elected representatives will begin their council terms on 1 December 2014. Officials will serve a four-year term excepting death or resignation. All candidates must terminate their campaigning activity by 31 December 2014; this includes, for example, collecting electoral signs. They must file campaign financial details by 27 March 2015.
Single tier municipalities Brant County
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Ron Eddy (X) 5,357 56.77 Roy Haggart 2,508 26.58 Shawn Pratt 1,571 16.65
Brantford
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Chris Friel (X) 8,743 36.02 Jan Vanderstelt 4,519 18.62 Dave Wrobel 4,042 16.65 Michael St. Amant 3,703 15.26 Mark H. Littell 2,018 8.31 Mary Ellen Kaye 1,113 4.59 John Turmel 133 0.55
Chatham-Kent
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Randy Hope (X) 9,242 28.55 Marjorie Crew 7,884 24.35 Steve Brent 5,603 17.31 Ian McLarty 4,451 13.75 Jeff Bultje 4,298 13.28 Reno Lachapelle 558 1.72 John Willatt 339 1.05
Greater Sudbury
Haldimand County
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Ken Hewitt (X) 6,804 52.19 Kevin Smith 3,308 25.37 John Trainer 1,541 11.82 Marnie Knight 1,385 10.62
Hamilton
Kawartha Lakes
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Andy Letham 16,055 58.01 Donna Villemare 4,742 17.13 Brenda Lee Karagiannis 3,888 14.05 John Macklem 2,338 8.45 Bill Denby 654 2.36
Norfolk County
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Charlie Luke 10,644 54.15 Dennis Travale (X) 8,166 41.54 Jim Miller 848 4.31
Ottawa
Prince Edward County
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Robert Leighton Quaff 4,837 51.10 Jeff Goddard 2,817 29.76 Paul Boyd 1,811 19.13
Toronto
Counties Bruce
Dufferin
Elgin
Essex
Frontenac
Grey
Haliburton
Hastings
Huron
Lambton
Lanark
Leeds and Grenville
Lennox and Addington
Middlesex
Northumberland
Perth
Peterborough
Prescott and Russell
Renfrew
Simcoe
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
Wellington
Regional municipalities Durham
Halton
Muskoka District
Niagara
Oxford
Peel
Waterloo
York
Separated municipalities Barrie
Belleville Mayoral Candidate Vote % Taso Christopher3,91425.98 Pat Culhane 3,75324.91 Richard David Courneyea 2,520 16.73 Bill Glisky 2,28415.16 Jill Raycroft 1,87412.44 Lonnie Herrington 379 2.52 Kenzo Dozono 3432.28
Brockville Mayoral Candidate Vote % David Henderson (X) 2,628 36.76 Louise Severson 2,394 33.49 Cec Drake 2,127 29.75
Cornwall Mayoral Candidate Vote % Leslie O'Shaughnessy 6,277 50.78 Bob Kilger (X) 5,396 43.66 Jamie Gilcig 687 5.56
Gananoque Mayoral Candidate Vote % Erika Demchuk (X) 838 40.94 James E. Garrah 553 27.02 Joe Truesdell 487 23.79 Don Mills 169 8.26
Guelph
London
In June 2014, mayor Joe Fontana resigned after being convicted for misusing government funds."Joe Fontana officially resigns as mayor of London". Toronto Sun, June 19, 2014. On June 24, Council appointed Joni Baechler as mayor for the remainder of the current term.
Kingston Mayoral Candidate Vote % Bryan Paterson 13,577 38.15 Dorothy Hector 8,663 24.34 Rick Downes 8,388 23.57 Brenda Slomka 4,108 11.54 Scott Foster 492 1.38 Michael J. M. Owen 362 1.02
Orillia Mayoral Candidate Vote % Steve Clarke 8,090 89.99 John Maxwell 900 10.01
Pembroke Mayoral Candidate Vote % Mike LeMay 2,144 47.80 Ed Jacyno (X) 1,380 30.77 Dan Callaghan 961 21.43
Peterborough Mayoral Candidate Vote % Daryl Bennett (X) 11,210 41.38 Maryam Monsef 9,879 36.47 Alan Wilson 4,052 14.96 Patti S. Peeters 1,564 5.77 Terry LeBlanc 202 0.75 Tom Young 183 0.68
Prescott Mayoral Candidate Vote % Brett Todd (X) 1,105 64.36 Sandra Lawn 482 28.07 Kelly Cole 130 7.57
Quinte West Mayoral Candidate Vote % Jim Harrison 6,131 61.02 Terry Cassidy 2,255 22.44 Sandra Carter 1,470 14.63 Monte Hennessy 149 1.48 Claud'R du-Lude 42 0.42
Smiths Falls Mayoral Candidate Vote % Shawn James Pankow 1,619 47.17 Ken Graham 1,078 31.41 Rob Peters 680 19.81 Benjamin DuHamel 55 1.60
Stratford Mayoral Candidate Vote % Dan Mathieson (X) 8,638 81.54 Don Robinson 1,166 11.01 Martin Weatherall 523 4.94 Matthew Murphy 266 2.51
St. Marys Mayoral Candidate Vote % Al Strathdee 2,031 72.85 Steve Grose (X) 757 27.15
St. Thomas Mayoral CandidateCity of St. Thomas. 2014 Municipal Election. List of candidates Vote % Heather Jackson (X) 4,475 45.15 Mark E. Cosens 3,633 36.66 Cliff Barwick 1,803 18.19
Windsor
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Drew Dilkens 32,271 55.36 John Millson 15,848 27.19 Larry Horwitz 7,293 12.51 Ernie The Bacon Man"Ontario mayoral candidate changes name to Bacon Man". CBC News, May 17, 2013. 640 1.10 Robin Easterbrook 611 1.05 Bruce Martin 365 0.63 Steve Gavrildis 330 0.57 Timothy Dugdale 295 0.51 Mike Tessier 244 0.42 Raymond Poisson 143 0.25 Ronald Van Dyk 132 0.23 Jaysen R. Sylvestre 123 0.21
Districts Algoma District
Cochrane District
Kenora District
Manitoulin District
Nipissing District
Parry Sound District
Rainy River District
Sudbury District
Thunder Bay District
Timiskaming District
Term lengths
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario legislation (Bill 81, Schedule H), passed in 2006, sets the length of terms in office for all municipal elected officials at four years.
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