The 2018 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 22, 2018.
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.
Nominations closed on July 27, 2018, at 2 PM local time. Certification of nomination papers was completed by 4 PM on July 30, 2018.
Voting was on October 22 from 10 AM to 8 PM.
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."Legislation passes allowing Ontario municipalities to use ranked ballots". The Globe and Mail, June 7, 2016.
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,"London, Ont., votes to become 1st Canadian city to use ranked ballots". CBC News Windsor, May 2, 2017. while Kingston and Cambridge held referendums concurrently with their 2018 elections on whether to adopt ranked ballots for the next municipal elections in 2022.Andrew Coyne, "Election reform is coming to Canada — somewhere, somehow, and soon". National Post, October 6, 2017. Both of the referendums passed, though neither reached the 50 per cent turnout required to make the results legally binding."Cambridge voters approve ranked balloting measure but low turnout could spike it". Global News, October 23, 2018."Kingston says “Yes” to electoral reform". Kingstonist, October 23, 2018.
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.
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."How e-voting is taking over Ontario municipal elections". TVOntario, October 8, 2018.
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."Bandwidth glitch delays Sudbury's municipal election". Sudbury Star, October 23, 2018. 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."Technical problems force many Ontario municipalities to extend voting". CTV News, October 23, 2018.
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 Where indicated in the below tables, "(X)" indicates that the candidate was the incumbent.
Brant
Brantford
Chatham-Kent
Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % 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: Ward 1 - West Kent 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Mark Authier (X) 1,991 39.32 Melissa Harrigan 1,682 33.22 Bryon Fluker (X) 1,050 20.74 Mark Pastorius 252 4.98 Jordan Dell 88 1.74 Ward 2 - South Kent 3 to be elected Candidate Vote % Trevor Thompson (X) 3,723 25.26 Anthony Ceccacci 1,967 13.34 Mary Clare Latimer 1,910 12.96 Frank Vercouteren (X) 1,840 12.48 Art Stirling 1,541 10.45 Henry Svec 1,281 8.69 Tanya Bondy 1,276 8.66 Amy Ramsden Dalton 1,202 8.15 Ward 3 - East Kent 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Steve Pinsonneault (X) 2,541 39.48 John Wright 2,023 31.43 MaryAnn Hawthorne 1,872 29.09 Ward 4 - North Kent 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Joe Faas (X) 1,528 19.36 Jamie McGrail 1,506 19.08 Joey Cyples 1,418 17.97 Patricia Sylvain 1,324 16.77 Mary Anne Udvari 854 10.82 Steven Scott 605 7.67 Jessica Brooks 528 6.69 Dylan Robert McLay 130 1.65 Ward 5 - Wallaceburg 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Carmen McGregor (X) 1,866 36.62 Aaron Hall 1,673 32.84 Randy McNeil 818 16.05 Nicolas Cadotte 738 14.48 Ward 6 - Chatham 6 to be elected Candidate Vote % Marjorie Crew 7,589 10.87 Michael Bondy (X) 7,552 10.82 Brock McGregor (X) 7,267 10.41 Doug Sulman (X) 6,565 9.40 Karen Kirkwood-Whyte 5,893 8.44 Amy Finn 5,753 8.24 Larry Vellinga 5,698 8.16 Don Fuoco 5,449 7.80 Sparky Leonard 4,576 6.55 Kirk Hooker 3,301 4.73 Penelope Duchesne 2,960 4.24 Chris June 2,687 3.85 Ryan Jackson 1,432 2.05 Gordon Thomas 1,127 1.61 Les Banks 740 1.06 James Thompson 668 0.96 Drew Simpson 564 0.81
Greater Sudbury
Haldimand County
Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % 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: Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Stewart Patterson 1,100 55.06 Leroy Bartlett (X) 800 40.04 Andrew Bergsma 98 4.90 Ward 2 Candidate Vote % John Metcalfe 988 44.75 Ray Hunsinger 543 24.59 Fred Morison (X) 491 22.24 Donna Pitcher 186 8.42 Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Dan Lawrence 1,267 39.89 Craig Grice (X) 1,160 36.52 Cheryl Beemer 749 22.58 Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Tony Dalimonte (X) 1,470 67.77 Patrick Cook 699 32.23 Ward 5 Candidate Vote % Rob Shirton (X) 855 57.38 Marianne Kidd 442 29.66 Joey Tingle 193 12.95 Ward 6 Candidate Vote % Bernie Corbett (X) 1,668 77.55 Julie Marchese 483 22.45
Hamilton
Kawartha Lakes
Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % 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:
Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Emmett Yeo (X) 1,213 47.25 Don Logan 680 26.49 Rob Macklem (X) 479 18.66 Raymonde Blais Couture 195 7.60 Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Kathleen Seymour-Fagan (X) 1,112 35.29 Stephen Slack 883 26.44 Afe Helleman 615 19.52 John Snider 373 11.84 Jim Greensides 143 4.54 Leslie Mieszkowski 75 2.38 Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Doug Elmslie (X) 2,047 63.20 Roger McInnis 810 25.01 Stephen Clarke 382 11.79 Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Andrew Veale (X) 1,195 47.59 Ian Nicolson 763 30.39 John Pollard (X) 365 14.54 George Davidson 188 7.49 Ward 5 Candidate Vote % Pat Dunn (X) 1,403 34.93 Duncan Gallacher 1,049 26.11 John Hagarty 919 22.88 Derrick Camphorst 646 16.08 Ward 6 Candidate Vote % Ron Ashmore 666 20.58 Pat Warren 571 17.65 Gerard Jilesen (X) 527 16.29 Jeffery Farquhar 462 14.28 Emily Nigro 374 11.56 Mary Ann Martin (X) 347 10.72 Al Robb 289 8.93 Ward 7 Candidate Vote % Patrick O'Reilly (X) 2,832 72.28 Charles Clarke 1,086 27.72 Ward 8 Candidate Vote % Tracy Richardson 815 36.35 Heather Stauble (X) 670 29.88 Jack Morrison 314 14.01 David Watson 207 9.23 Wayne Hunt 183 8.16 Michelle Murphy-Ward 53 2.36
Norfolk County The following are the results for Norfolk County.
Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % 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. Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Tom Masschaele 547 25.94 John Henderson 523 24.80 Ted Mole 498 23.61 John Peazel 235 11.14 Doug McArthur 150 7.11 Daniel Wagner 117 5.55 Michael Toth 39 1.85 Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Roger Geysens (X) 720 45.63 Matt Devos 582 36.88 Joe Murphy 276 17.49 Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Michael Columbus 1,249 54.95 Darryl Smart 477 20.99 Leslie Berta 273 12.01 Albert Guiler 221 9.72 Tim Sullivan 53 2.33 Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Chris Van Paassen 1,089 52.51 Dean Morrison 913 44.02 Thomas Ferris 72 3.47 Ward 5 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Ian Rabbitts 3,007 33.10 Ryan Taylor 1,616 17.79 Doug Brunton (X) 1,542 16.97 Peter Black (X) 1,227 13.51 Doreen Oates 960 10.57 Rick Dixon 733 8.08 Ward 6 Candidate Vote % Amy Martin 2,242 51.00 Adam Veri 912 20.75 John Wells (X) 323 7.35 Doug Long 282 6.41 Jeff Miller 233 5.30 Gary Muntz 230 5.23 Rick Misner 174 3.96 Ward 7 Candidate Vote % Kim Huffman 1,197 50.87 Jean Montgomery 1,156 49.13
By-election A by-election was held on June 3, 2021, in Ward 2 to fill the vacancy of Roger Geysens who retired.
Candidate Vote % 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. Candidate Vote % Steve Ferguson 4,981 50.17 Dianne O'Brien 4,043 40.72 Richard Whiten 904 9.11
Toronto
Separated municipalities Where indicated in the below tables, "(X)" indicates that the candidate was the incumbent.
Barrie
Belleville
The following are the results for Belleville. Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % 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