Elections were held in Oxford County, Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.
Oxford County Council County council consists of the mayors of the municipalities plus two "city and county" councillors from Woodstock.
PositionElectedBlandford-Blenheim Mayor Mark PetersonEast Zorra-Tavistock Mayor Don McKay Ingersoll Mayor Ted ComiskeyNorwich Mayor Larry MartinSouth-West Oxford Mayor David Mayberry (acclaimed)Tilsonburg Mayor Stephen Molnar Woodstock Mayor Trevor BirtchWoodstock Councillor Sandra J. TalbotWoodstock Councillor Deb TaitZorra Mayor Marcus Ryan
Blandford-Blenheim Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Mark Peterson 1,850 90.07 John Mailloux 204 9.93
Township Councillors 4 to be elected, electors have multiple votes Candidate Vote % Justin Read 1,382 20.26 Nancy Demarest 1,235 18.10 Randy Balzer (X) 986 14.45 G Bruce Banbury (X) 823 12.06 William Bell 734 10.76 Kent Jordan 647 9.48 Charles Doering 442 6.48 Hewitt Bryan 375 5.49 Ron Behm 196 2.87
East Zorra-Tavistock Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Don McKay (X) 1,234 58.62 Maureen Ralph 871 41.38
Township Councillors Elected from multi-member wards Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Philip Schaefer 774 46.88 Margaret Lupton 610 36.94 Thomas Murray 267 16.17
Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Scott Rudy Acclaimed
Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Jeremy Smith (X) Acclaimed Matthew Gillespie Acclaimed
Ingersoll Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Ted Comiskey (X) 1,833 44.84 Paul Holbrough 1,365 33.39 Tim Lobzun 889 21.75
Town Councillors 5 to be elected, electors have multiple votes Candidate Vote % Kristy Van Kooten-Bossence (X) 2,129 11.95 Rick Eus 2,020 11.34 Brian Petrie (X) 1,868 10.48 Gordon Lesser (X) 1,679 9.42 Michael Bowman (X) 1,572 8.82 Cathy Mott 1,509 8.47 Kirk Franklin 1,484 8.33 Dick Huntley 1,324 7.43 Tammy Jeffery-Larder 1,150 6.45 John Bell 1,039 5.83 Becci Verbrugge 993 5.57 Eric Berridge 523 2.93 Maria Sikal 521 2.92
Norwich Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Larry Martin (X) 2,374 81.83 Tara King 527 18.17
Township Councillors Ward 1 Candidate Vote % John Scholten (X) 632 83.04 Tyler Zacher-King 129 16.95
Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Lynne DePlancke (X) 481 53.50 John Palmer 325 36.15 Scott Takacs 93 10.34
Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Jim Palmer (X) Acclaimed
Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Alan Dale 286 56.85 Ed Atfield 217 43.14
South-West Oxford Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % David Mayberry (X) Acclaimed
Township Councillors Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Paul Buchner Acclaimed
Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Peter Ypma 152 57.35 Debbie Kasman 113 42.64
Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Valerie Durston (X) Acclaimed
Ward 4 Candidate Vote % George Way (X) Acclaimed
Ward 5 Candidate Vote % Jim Pickard (X) Acclaimed
Ward 6 Candidate Vote % Craig Gillis 157 68.26 Geoffrey Innes 57 24.78 Kelly Anne Cowell 16 6.95
Tillsonburg Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Stephen Molnar (X) 2,909 60.08 Mark Renaud 1,933 39.92
Town Councillors 5 to be elected, electors have multiple votes Candidate Vote % Dave Beres (X) 3,304 13.78 Pete Luciani 2,906 12.12 Deb Gilvesy 2,894 12.07 Penny Esseltine (X) 2,395 9.99 Chris Rosehart (X) 2,288 9.54 Chris Parker 1,904 7.94 Michael Holly 1,867 7.79 Max Adam (X) 1,811 7.55 Cindy Allen 1,616 6.74 Sherry Hamilton 1,522 6.35 Kim Sage 839 3.50 James Murphy 618 2.57
Woodstock Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Trevor Birtch (X) 5,412 58.73 Shawn Shapton 3,664 39.76 Gabriel Rose 138 0.14
The results for Woodstock City Council are as follows:
City-County Councillor 2 to be elected
Candidate Vote % Sandra J. Talbot (X) 5,135 32.39 Deb Tait (X) 5,104 32.19 Michael Harding 3,040 19.17 Naseeb Singh 1,749 11.03 Peter Croves 826 5.21
City Councillor 4 to be elected
Candidate Vote % Jerry Acchione (X) 5,483 18.91 Ron Fraser 5,282 18.22 Connie Lauder (X) 4,969 17.14 Mark Schadenberg 4,345 14.98 Kate Leatherbarrow 4,286 14.78 Ross Gerrie 3,395 11.71 Collin Matthews 1,236 4.26
Zorra Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Marcus Ryan 1,639 60.97 Doug Matheson 1,049 39.03
Township Councillors Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Ron Forbes (X) 385 68.75 Betty Bartram 175 31.25
Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Katie Davies Acclaimed
Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Paul Mitchell 706 85.67 Michael Kukhta 118 14.32
Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Steven Macdonald Acclaimed
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