Elections in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, were held on October 22, 2018, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.
Incumbents are marked with "(X)".
York Regional Council Position Representing Councillor Notes Chair Wayne Emmerson Councillor Aurora Tom Mrakas Mayor of Aurora Councillor East Gwillimbury Virginia Hackson Mayor of East Gwillimbury Councillor Georgina Margaret Quirk Mayor of Georgina Councillor Georgina Rob Grossi Councillor King Steve Pellegrini (acclaimed) Mayor of King Councillor Markham Frank Scarpitti Mayor of Markham Councillor Markham Don Hamilton Councillor Markham Jack Heath Councillor Markham Joe Li Councillor Markham Jim Jones Councillor Newmarket John Taylor Mayor of Newmarket Councillor Newmarket Tom Vegh Councillor Richmond Hill Dave Barrow Mayor of Richmond Hill Councillor Richmond Hill Joe DiPaola Councillor Richmond Hill Carmine Perelli Councillor Vaughan Maurizio Bevilacqua Mayor of Vaughan Councillor Vaughan Mario Ferri Councillor Vaughan Gino Rosati Councillor Vaughan Linda D. Jackson Councillor Whitchurch–Stouffville Iain Lovett Mayor of Whitchurch–Stouffville
Regional chair
The election was to be the first-ever direct election of the York Regional chair, but it was cancelled by the Ontario Government's passing of the Better Local Government Act.
Aurora Source for results: Mayor Mayoral candidate Vote % Tom Mrakas 4,78138.33 Geoff Dawe (X) 3,53328.33 Chris Ballard 2,475 19.84 John Abel 1,68413.50
Aurora Town Council Six to be elected Councillor Candidate Vote % Harold Kim (X) 6,01310.75 Wendy Gaertner (X) 5,87510.50 Sandra Humfryes (X) 5,456 9.75 Michael Thompson (X) 4,9918.92 Rachel Gilliland 4,8008.58 John Gallo 4,7818.55 Vicky McGrath 4,112 7.35 Adam Mobbs 4,082 7.30 Anna Kroeplin 2,8185.04 Ian Clark 2,4064.30 David Heard 2,4014.29 James Hoyes 2,0253.62 Denis Van Decker 1,9133.42 Matthew Abas 1,6272.91 Derrick Hammett 1,2692.27 Daniel Lajeunesse 1,3652.44
East Gwillimbury
East Gwillimbury changed its council from 4 councillors elected "at large" from the town, to 6 councillors in a 3-ward system, with two councillors elected in each ward.
Mayor Mayoral candidate Vote % Virginia Hackson (X) 4,607 78.10 Franco Colavecchia 1,292 21.90
Ward 1 Two to be elected. Candidate Vote % Loralea Carruthers 1,263 30.6 Terry E. Foster 871 21.1 Joel Kearney 560 13.5 Calum MacMillan 753 18.2 Jeremy Smith 277 6.7 Leen Spiering 411 9.9
Ward 2 Two to be elected. Candidate Vote % Tara Roy-DiClemente (X) 891 39.6 Joe Persechini (X) 821 36.4 Aida Kostuck 541 24.0
Ward 3 Two to be elected. Candidate Vote % Scott Crone 1,525 39.2 Cathy Morton (X) 1,169 30.1 Susan Lahey 821 21.1 Melody Somerville 372 9.6 Source:
Georgina Source for results:
Mayor Mayoral candidate Vote %Margaret Quirk (X) 5,391 60.96 Boris Godzinevski 2,353 26.61 Susan Jagminas 1,100 12.44
Georgina Town Council
Regional Councillor Council candidate Vote % Robert Grossi 4,175 46.83 Naomi Davison (X) 3,45438.74 Lee Dale 1,286 14.43
Ward 1 Council candidate Vote % Mike Waddington 99157.99 Charlene Biggerstaff (X) 66839.09 Glenn Wittenberg 50 2.93
Ward 2 Council candidate Vote % Dan Fellini (X) Acclaimed
Ward 3 Council candidate Vote % Dave Neeson (X) Acclaimed
Ward 4 Council candidate Vote % Frank Sebo (X) 94444.89 Wayne Philips 86541.13 Greta Zinck 29413.98
Ward 5 Council candidate Vote % Dave Harding (X)Acclaimed
King Source for results: Mayor Mayoral candidate Vote %Steve Pellegrini (X) Acclaimed
Markham List of candidates: Source for results:
Mayor
Mayoral candidate Vote % Frank Scarpitti (X) 55,553 74.94 Steve Chen 11,068 14.93 Abdul Rahman Malik 3,379 4.56 Jawed Syed 2,294 3.09 Shan Hua Lu 1,835 2.48
City Council
Regional Councillor In Markham, Regional Councillors serve on both the City Council as well as York Region Council. Electors can vote for up to four candidates on their ballots, equal to the total number that may be elected. The four winning candidates are those whom receive the highest number of votes. The candidate with the highest number of votes received also serves as Deputy Mayor.
Council candidate Vote % Don Hamilton 31,952 13.48 Jack Heath (X) 31,598 13.33 Joe Li (X) 29,852 12.59 Jim Jones (X) 29,037 12.25 Nirmala Armstrong (X) 25,212 10.64 Jeffrey Lee 15,565 6.57 Ray Lai 15,296 6.45 Niran Jeyanesan 14,984 6.32 Tammy Mok 13,773 5.81 Jeff Leung 12,502 5.27 Peter Pavlovic 11,024 4.65 Aaron Madar 5,954 2.51
Ward 1 Council candidate Vote % Keith Irish 2,266 25.50 Howard Shore 1,602 18.02 Barry Nelson 1,506 16.94 Ricardo Mashregi 1,179 13.27 Peter Wong 670 7.54 Hilary Neubauer 616 6.93 Caryn Bergmann 602 6.77 Jasmine Kang 447 5.03
Ward 2 Council candidate Vote % Alan Ho (X) 3,598 47.01 Larry Lau 1,441 18.83 Charles Jiang 1,289 16.84 Tammy Armes 545 7.12 Tom Brindley 489 6.39 Bola Otaraki 292 3.81
Ward 3 Council candidate Vote % Reid McAlpine 3,287 38.69 Jennifer Carrie Wan 2,060 24.25 Ed Law 1,718 20.22 Soraya Mangal 299 3.52 Shanta Sundarason 1,132 13.32
Ward 4 Council candidate Vote % Karen Rea (X) 8,190 77.87 Ivy Lee 1,761 16.74 Shaarmina A. Rodrigo 372 3.54 Sansanwal Viradhi 194 1.84
Ward 5 Council candidate Vote % Andrew Keyes 1,266 17.00 Compass Chung 920 12.35 Sri Sivasubramaniam 734 9.86 Fred K. Wong 687 9.23 Tommy Chan 662 8.89 Marlene Mogado 646 8.67 Mo Shakir 603 8.10 Grace Woo 569 7.64 Jeremiah Vijeyaratnam 525 7.05 Scott Au 319 4.28 Sean O'Leary 277 3.72 Rajeev Narang 132 1.77 Ashok Bangia 107 1.44
Ward 6 Council candidate Vote % Amanda Yeung Collucci (X) 3,125 40.82 Shawn Wang 2,357 30.79 Gin Siow 1,074 14.03 Victor Chan 820 10.71 Arif Mahmood 280 3.66
Ward 7
Council candidate Vote % Khalid Usman (X) 3,308 24.14 Kethika Logan Kanapathi 2,635 19.23 Sundy Huang 2,079 15.17 Killi Chelliah 1,961 14.31 Malar Varatharaja 1,587 11.58 Mohammed Rahman 1,065 7.77 Sothy Sella 481 3.51 Johnson Irimpan 350 2.55 Mike Srinathan 236 1.72
Ward 8
Council candidate Vote % Isa Lee 4,616 44.00 Joseph Mohan Remisiar 2,599 24.77 Benson Lau 1,259 12.00 Howard Shen 1,124 10.71 Alex Chiu (X) 893 8.51
Newmarket Source for results:
Mayor Mayoral candidate Vote % John Taylor 14,351 73.71 Joe Wamback 4,825 24.78 Talib Ansari 294 1.51
Newmarket Town Council
Deputy mayor and regional councillor Candidate Vote % Tom Vegh 8,570 44.61 Chris Emanuel 7,952 41.40 Joan Stonehocker 2,688 13.99
Ward 1 Council candidate Vote % Grace Simon 2,082 60.65 Naqi Ashan 1,014 29.54 Rohit Singh 337 9.82
Ward 2 Council candidate Vote % Victor Woodhouse 1,731 62.45 Bill Kukulewich 1,041 37.55
Ward 3 Council candidate Vote % Jane Twinney (X) 1,645 73.01 Zach Zangari 608 26.99
Ward 4 Council candidate Vote % Trevor Morrison 1,052 43.11 Melissa Williams 891 36.52 Grant Waddell 497 20.37
Ward 5 Council candidate Vote % Bob Kwapis(X) 2,201 73.20 Ron Eibel 806 26.80
Ward 6 Council candidate Vote % Kelly Broome (X) Acclaimed
Ward 7 Council candidate Vote % Christina Bisanz (X) Acclaimed
Richmond Hill Source for results:
Mayoral candidate Vote % Dave Barrow (X) 23,30476.07 Susan Korman 4,75615.52 Abu Alam 1,238 4.04 Ali Noroozi 770 2.51 Mino Tari 567 1.85
Richmond Hill Town Council
Regional council Two to be elected.
Council candidate Vote % Joe DiPaola 11,75822.35 Carmine Perrelli 11,41821.71 Carol Chan 9,44817.96 Jason Cherniak 8,87816.88 Ramin Faraji 3,706 7.04 Weibo Cheng 3,523 6.70 Sabine Ho 2,605 4.95 Murtaza Bhujwalla 1,269 2.41
Ward 1 Council candidate Vote % Greg Beros (X) 2,32343.11 Carol Davidson 1,68731.31Lidia Kafieh 1,16721.66 Trifon Haitas 211 3.92
Ward 2 Council candidate Vote % Tom Muench (X) 1,82742.07 Scott Thompson 1,07624.78 Keith Menezes 63614.64 Michael Aziz 52011.97 Mike Rajbar 284 6.54
Ward 3 Council candidate Vote % Castro Liu (X) Acclaimed
Ward 4 Council candidate Vote % David West (X) 3,96366.16 Bob Aurora 1,22820.50 Michael D'Amelio 79913.34
Ward 5 Council candidate Vote % Karen Cilevitz (X) 3,13751.81 Nick Papa 2,24737.11 Mahnaz Shahbazi 542 8.95 Nima Shahi 129 2.13
Ward 6 Council candidate Vote % Godwin Chan (X) 4,14681.97 Julie Maxey 91218.03
Vaughan Source for results: Mayoral candidate Vote % Maurizio Bevilacqua (X) 37,07270.70 Frank Miele 13,69026.11 Savino Quatela 1,671 3.19 Source:
Vaughan City Council
Regional council Three to be elected.
Council candidate Vote % Mario Ferri (X) 23,32318.27 Gino Rosati (X) 23,11318.11 Linda D. Jackson 15,96212.51 Eliana Di Biase 15,401 12.07 Richard T. Lorello 10,9698.59 Sunder Singh (X) 9,2527.25 Fred Winegust 8,7456.85 Jacob Joel Ginsberg 7,6696.01 Frank Scarlato 6,4405.05 Mubarak Ahmed 3,918 3.07 Skanda Singarajah 2,845 2.23 Source:
Ward 1 Maple/Kleinburg Council candidate Vote % Marilyn Iafrate (X) 6,538 54.93 Carmine Tucci 2,564 21.54 Vince Scaramuzzo 1,126 9.46 Fitz-Roy Gordon 643 5.40 John Santoro 592 4.97 Millad Hamidkohzad 440 3.70 Source:
Ward 2 Woodbridge West Council candidate Vote % Tony Carella (X) 4,020 33.83 Nick Pinto 2,976 25.04 Adriano Volpentesta 2,909 24.48 Simone Barbieri 964 8.11 Carrie Liddy 493 4.15 Mario Di Nardo 427 3.59 Nicole Elfar-Troiano 95 0.80 Source:
Ward 3 Woodbridge/Vellore Council candidate Vote % Rosanna DeFrancesca (X) 6,220 61.31 Victor Lacaria 1,183 11.66 Mark Pulciani 1,155 11.38 Tony Lorini 1,002 9.88 Salva Gravets 219 2.16 John Yusufi 2032.00 Tom Takacs 1631.61 Source:
Ward 4 Concord/Thornhill Council candidate Vote % Sandra Yeung Racco (X) 2,868 49.53 Styles Q. Weinberg 1,968 33.99 Furio Liberatore 954 16.48 Source:
Ward 5 Thornhill Council candidate Vote % Alan Shefman (X) 6,769 55.54 Allan Goldstein 5,418 44.46 Source:
Whitchurch-Stouffville Mayor Mayoral candidate Vote % vote % Δ Iain Lovatt 5,329 37.44 Keith Acton 4,421 31.06 Justin Altmann (X) 3,060 21.50 -11.85 Anand Daté 1,260 8.85 Phil Bannon 162 1.14 -29.47 Source:
Whitchurch-Stouffville Town Council
Ward 1 Council candidate Vote % vote % ΔKen Ferdinands (X) 490 55.68 -7.14 Elizabeth Johnston 313 35.57 -1.61 Kesha Wint 77 8.75 Source:
Ward 2 Council candidate Vote % vote % Δ Maurice Smith (X) 1,727 71.54 -2.49 Ellen Gowland 687 28.46 Source:
Ward 3 Council candidate Vote % vote % Δ Hugo Kroon (X) 480 66.76 +13.08 Keith Singer 163 22.67 Stephen Rogers 76 10.57 Source:
Ward 4 Council candidate Vote % vote % Δ Rick Upton (X) 1,694 56.41 +21.15 Brian Sankarsingh 678 22.58 James Liaros 631 21.01% +3.64 Source:
Ward 5 Council candidate Vote % vote % Δ Richard Bartley 817 29.24 Michael Humphreys 736 26.34 -12.68 Rose Pizzulo 488 17.47 Jenny Altmann 378 13.53 Garland Zheng 271 9.70 Steve Downs 104 3.72 Source:
Ward 6 Council candidate Vote % vote % Δ Sue Sherban 1,649 38.46 Rob Hargrave (X) 1,514 35.31% -2.44 Bryan Stott 1,125 26.24% 14.37 Source:
York Region District School Board
Trustee - Area 1 (Vaughan Ward 1 & 2) Candidate Vote % Anna DeBartolo 4,437 45.3 Miranda Goldberg 1,200 12.2 Charline Grant 2,161 22.0 Vivek Mehta 580 5.9 Sabrina Painda 561 5.7 Mandeep Rai 666 6.8 Azadeh Yeganeh 196 2.0 Source:
Anna DeBartolo submitted her resignation from the Trustee position on January 9, 2019, citing personal reasons.
Trustee - Area 2 (Vaughan Ward 3 & 4) Candidate Vote % Linda Aversa 2,348 29.0 Sam Sanath Barua 478 5.9 Matthew Forbes 1,723 21.3 Justin Rangooni 1,178 14.5 Elizabeth Sinclair 2,376 29.3 Source:
Trustee - Area 3 (Markham Ward 1 & Vaughan Ward 5) Candidate Vote % David Sherman 3,663 38.7 Aviva Polonsky 3,409 36.0 Todd Silverman 954 10.1 Brenndon Goodman 726 7.7 Simon Strelchik 716 7.6 Sahar Adaskar 436 4.6 Source:
Trustee - East Gwillimbury and Whitchurch-Stouffville Candidate Vote % Lena Singh Elizabeth Terrell-Tracey
Trustee - Richmond Hill (Wards 1, 2 and 4) Candidate Vote % Simone Cui Corrie McBain Jonathan Nadler
York Catholic District School Board
Trustee - Area 1 (Vaughan Ward 1) Candidate Vote % Rose Cantisano 273847.1 Teresa Ciaravella 252743.5 Teresa Calvi 5489.4
Trustee - Area 2 (Vaughan Ward 2)