Elections were held in Oxford County, Ontario on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province. Each municipality will elect a mayor and a local council, plus two city and county councillors from Woodstock. Trustees to the Thames Valley District School Board, London District Catholic School Board, and Conseil scolaire catholique Providence were also elected. This election was expected to have more candidates than usual, particularly female, due to the launch of Municipal Campaign School Oxford.
Controversy In early 2022, the Mayor of Woodstock Trevor Birtch was criminally charged by the London Police for assault, sexual assault, and sexual assault with choking. However, he did not resign from his position. He eventually took a paid leave of absence, and appeared in court on May 2 for the sexual assault with choking charge being dropped to a second sexual assault charge, and the matter was adjourned until June 6. Three additional charges of sexual assault, involving a different victim, were added to his case, which will first be put in court on July 4.
Oxford County Council
PositionElectedBlandford-Blenheim Mayor Mark Peterson (acclaimed)East Zorra-Tavistock Mayor Philip SchaeferIngersoll Mayor Brian PetrieNorwich Mayor Jim PalmerSouth-West Oxford Mayor David Mayberry (acclaimed)Tilsonburg Mayor Deb GilvesyWoodstock Mayor Jerry AcchioneWoodstock Councillor Deb TaitWoodstock Councillor Bernia Wheaton Zorra Mayor Marcus Ryan (acclaimed)
Blandford-Blenheim Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Mark Peterson (X) Acclaimed
Township Councillors 4 to be elected, electors have multiple votes Candidate Vote % Nancy Demarest (X) 1,073 21.64 Tina Young 935 18.85 George Bruce Banbury (X) 765 15.43 Daryl Barnes 576 11.62 Adam Bell 525 10.59 Randy Balzer (X) 517 10.43 Dillon Occleston 281 5.67 Ron Paterson 154 3.11 Andrew Broschinski 133 2.68
East Zorra-Tavistock Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Philip Schaefer 1,218 56.23 Donald Edmiston 948 43.77
Deputy Mayor Candidate Vote % Bradley Smith 1396 65.54 Lee Griffi 734 34.46
Township Councillors
Ward 1 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Steven Wyk Acclaimed Scott Zher Acclaimed
Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Scott Rudy (X) Acclaimed
Ward 3 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Jeremy Smith (X)556 38.77 Matthew Gillespie (X)542 37.80 Cody Hayward 336 23.43
Ingersoll Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Brian Petrie 1,815 41.97 Ted Comiskey (X) 1,582 36.58 Tim Lobzun 928 21.46
Deputy Mayor Former Ontario NDP candidate for Oxford in the 2022 Ontario general election Lindsay Wilson is challenging incumbent Deputy Mayor Fred Freeman. Candidate Vote % Lindsay Wilson 2947 69.08 Fred Freeman (X) 1319 30.92
Town Councillors 5 to be elected, electors have multiple votes Candidate Vote % Kristy Van Kooten Bossence (X)2513 13.74 Rick Eus (X)1972 10.78 Shannon Hutson1854 10.14 Mike Bowman (X)1796 9.82 Khadijah Haliru1708 9.34 Ben Lampkin1652 9.03 Gord Lesser (X)1648 9.01 Broderick Carey1434 7.84 Evan McHugh 1208 6.60 Pauline White 1202 6.57 Dixie Bowden890 4.87 Henny Arends416 2.27
Norwich Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Jim Palmer 2,219 51.31 Lynne DePlancke 1,863 43.08 Tyler Zacher-King 243 5.62
Township Councillors Ward 1 Candidate Vote % John Scholten (X) 578 51.38 Val Haley 454 40.36 Daniel A Wagner 93 8.27
Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Alisha Stubbs 759 59.02 William Van Lagen 392 30.48 Michael Legge 135 10.50
Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Shawn Gear 602 50.17 John Van Brenk 598 49.83
Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Adrian Couwenberg 267 36.28 Alan Dale (X) 247 33.56 Len Overbeek 222 30.16
South-West Oxford Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % David Mayberry (X) Acclaimed
Township Councillors Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Paul Buchner (X)227 78.01 Mark Renaud 64 21.99
Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Peter Ypma (X) Acclaimed
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 (X) Acclaimed
Tillsonburg Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Deb Gilvesy 2,934 55.20 Stephen Molnar (X) 2,381 44.80
Town Councillors 6 to be elected, electors have multiple votes Candidate Vote % Dave Beres (X) 3279 12.48 Chris Parker (X) 3161 12.03 Kelly Spencer 2958 11.26 Pete Luciani (X) 2674 10.18 Bob Parsons 2410 9.17 Chris Rosehart (X) 2336 8.89 Cedric Tomico 2022 7.70 Cindy Allen 1807 6.88 Michael Holly 1705 6.49 Max Adam 1404 5.34 Marcel Rosehart 1061 4.04 Mary Anne Van Geertruyde 826 3.14 Barbara Bleck 628 2.39
Woodstock Mayor Mayor Trevor Birtch sought re-election. He was facing charges for sexual assault. Mayoral Candidate Vote % Jerry Acchione3,612 38.68 David Hilderley 3,441 36.85 Anthony Scalisi 1,883 20.16 Trevor Birtch (X)305 3.27 Peter Croves 66 0.71 Henry Biro 31 0.33
City-County Councillor 2 to be elected Candidate Vote % Bernia Wheaton4,509 29.62 Deb Tait (X)4,207 27.63 Paul Plant3,788 24.88 Sandra J. Talbot (X)2,721 17.87
City Councillor 4 to be elected
Candidate Vote % Kate Leatherbarrow4,901 15.74 Liz Wismer-Van Meer 4,843 15.55 Connie Lauder (X)3,605 11.58 Mark Schadenberg (X) 3,598 11.56 Jay Pember 3,425 11.00 Jaspreet Sandhu 2,381 7.65 Duane Kumala-Thomas 2,247 7.22 Wes Mazur 2,098 6.74 Leah Santos 1,082 3.47 Dave Babcock 1,064 3.42 Allison Frederick Gowling 856 2.75 Jason Norris 699 2.24 Francisco Cornejo 339 1.09
Zorra Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Marcus Ryan (X) Acclaimed
Township Councillors Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Kevin Stewart 241 67.13 Emily Moitoso 118 32.87
Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Katie Grigg Acclaimed
Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Paul Mitchell (X) Acclaimed
Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Crystal Finch 394 74.20 Steve MacDonald (X) 137 25.80
School Boards Thames Valley District School Board Candidate Vote % Leeanne Hopkins 4647 45.27 Seth Allen 2850 27.76 David Cripps 2768 26.97
London District Catholic School Board Candidate Vote % Mary Holmes (X)781 74.17 Ana Paula Alves 272 25.83
Conseil scolaire catholique Providence Candidate Vote % Alexandre Alary (X) Acclaimed
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