Elections in the Regional Municipality of York of Ontario, Canada were held on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.
Incumbents are marked with "(X)".
York Regional Council Position Representing Councillor Notes Chair Wayne Emmerson Chairman and CEO 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 Naomi Davison Councillor King Steve Pellegrini Mayor of King Councillor Markham Frank Scarpitti Mayor of Markham Councillor Markham Joe Li Councillor Markham Jim Jones Councillor Markham Michael Chan Deputy Mayor of Markham Councillor Markham Alan Ho Councillor Newmarket John Taylor Mayor of Newmarket Councillor Newmarket Tom VeghDeputy Mayor of Newmarket Councillor Richmond Hill David West Mayor of Richmond Hill Councillor Richmond Hill Joe DiPaola Councillor Richmond Hill Godwin Chan Councillor Vaughan Steven Del Duca Mayor of Vaughan Councillor Vaughan Linda Jackson Deputy Mayor of Vaughan Councillor Vaughan Mario Ferri Councillor Vaughan Gino Rosati Councillor Vaughan Mario Racco Councillor Whitchurch–Stouffville Iain Lovatt Mayor of Whitchurch–Stouffville
Regional chair The chair of the council is usually elected by members of the council at the first council meeting. However, the provincial government ended up appointing Wayne Emmerson to the position in 2022. Mr. Emmerson later retired, and the York Region Chairman in 2026 is Eric Jolliffe.
Aurora List of candidates:
Mayor Incumbent mayor Tom Mrakas was challenged by businessperson Phiona Durrant and writer, editor and photographer Anna Lozyk Romeo. Mayoral candidate Vote %Tom Mrakas (X)7,74369.49Anna Lozyk Romeo1,80216.17Phiona Durrant1,59714.33
Aurora Town Council
In 2020, Aurora Council passed a by-law establishing a ward system. Previously Aurora councillors were elected at an at-large basis.
Ward 1 Candidate Vote %Ron Weese1,44562.18Sandra Humfryes (X)63127.15Nick Biase24810.67
Ward 2 Candidate Vote % Rachel Gilliland (X) 1,070 52.71Marco Di Girolamo492 24.24Daniel Lajeunesse25612.61Alison Connolly21210.44
Ward 3 Candidate Vote %Wendy Gaertner (X)1,21047.90Harold MacDonald54621.62Alexandra Bonham42316.75Owen Heritage34713.74
Ward 4 Candidate Vote %Michael Thompson (X)74469.73Iwona Czarnecka27425.68Carson Day494.59
Ward 5 Candidate Vote %John Gallo (X)60230.25Mae Khamissa51425.83Steve Fleck42421.31Robert Lounds23111.61Ian Clark21911.01
Ward 6 Candidate Vote %Harold Kim (X)80172.55Greg Smith19817.93Robert James Fraser1059.51
East Gwillimbury East Gwillimbury elected two councillors per ward. Incumbent mayor Virginia Hackson ran against her predecessor James Young and 2018 candidate Franco Colavecchia. Voter turnout was reported as being just 25%. The lists of candidates for East Gwillimbury Council are as follows:
Mayor Mayoral candidate Vote %Virginia Hackson (X)3,26651.51James R. Young2,79744.11Franco Colavecchia2784.38
Ward 1 Candidate Vote %Loralea Carruthers (X)AcclaimedTerry E. Foster (X)Acclaimed
Ward 2 Candidate Vote %Brian Johns1,28741.9Tara Roy-DiClemente (X)1,11836.4Aida Kostuck49816.2David Price1715.5
Ward 3 Candidate Vote %Scott Crone (X)1,52435.7Susan Lahey1,07225.1Christine Glenn94322.1Cathy Morton (X)52612.3Douglas Willitts2014.7
Georgina The results for mayor and for the council of Georgina are as follows:
Mayor Mayoral candidate Vote % Margaret Quirk (X) 4,68347.25 Jeffrey Cathcart 2,182 22.02 Ralph Hirmann 1,263 12.74 Frank Sebo 968 9.77 Boris Godzinevski 568 5.73 George Sheffield 246 2.48
Georgina Town Council
Regional Councillor Council candidate Vote % Naomi Davison 6,640 70.96 Dawn Zimmermann 2,717 29.04
Ward 1 Council candidate Vote % Charlene Biggerstaff 896 55.86 Allison Cain 336 20.95 Mike Taggart 300 18.70 Mona Steitieh 72 4.49
Ward 2 Council candidate Vote % Dan Fellini (X) 1,04843.45 Natalie Floyd 781 32.38 Shannon DeLenardo 58324.17
Ward 3 Council candidate Vote % Dave Neeson (X) 1,150 50.88 Andrew Edge 598 26.46 Danielle Cohen 358 15.84 Scott Wollin 154 6.81
Ward 4 Council candidate Vote % Dale Kerr Genge 884 40.40 Mike Anderson 830 37.93 Amanda Pace 302 13.80 Laurie Pangman 172 7.86
Ward 5 Council candidate Vote % Lee Dale 923 69.92 Kelly McCarthy 397 30.08
King
The results for mayor and for the council of King Township are as follows:
Mayor Steve Pellegrini was re-elected mayor of the Township of King by acclamation. Ward 2 councillor David Boyd and Ward 6 councillor Avia Eek were also acclaimed: Mayoral candidate Vote %Steve Pellegrini (X) Acclaimed
Ward 1 Candidate Vote % Jordan Alexander Cescolini (X) 738 55.6 Rob Payne 518 39.0 Nick Seretis 71 5.4
Ward 2 Candidate Vote % David Boyd (X) Acclaimed
Ward 3 Candidate Vote % Jennifer Anstey 228 41.6 Adam Pham 192 35.0 Jakob Schneider (X) 120 21.9 Ryan Raymond 8 1.5
Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Mary Asselstine 553 44.6 Simon Lloyd 502 40.5 Michael Lovisotto 120 9.7 Becky Eveson 64 5.2
Ward 5 Candidate Vote % Debbie Schaefer (X) 575 64.7 Michael Di Mascolo 314 35.3
Ward 6 Candidate Vote % Avia Eek (X) Acclaimed
Markham The results for mayor and for the council of Markham are as follows:
Mayor
Mayor Frank Scarpitti was challenged by deputy mayor Don Hamilton.
Mayoral candidate Vote % Frank Scarpitti (X) 44,172 64.35 Don Hamilton 24,469 35.65
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 who receive the highest number of votes. The candidate with the highest number of votes received also serves as Deputy Mayor.
Council candidate Vote % Michael Chan 30,095 14.41 Jim Jones (X) 26,578 12.72 Joe Li (X) 25,823 12.36 Alan Ho 24,735 11.84 Nirmala Armstrong 23,183 11.10 Allan Tam 18,548 8.88 Shanta Sundarason 15,774 7.55 Sophia Sun 13,639 6.53 Greg Marcos 12,471 5.97 Ivy Lee 12,356 5.92 Srini Suppira 5,678 2.72
Ward 1 Council candidate Vote % Keith Irish (X) 6,095 74.37 Howard Shore 2,101 25.63
Ward 2 Council candidate Vote % Ritch Lau 3,012 36.36Yan Wang 1,866 22.53 Larry Lau 1,573 18.99 Trina Kollis 937 11.31 Steven Sun 895 10.81
Ward 3 Council candidate Vote % Reid McAlpine (X) 5,007 56.75 Sandra Tam 1,023 11.59 Bill Chan 990 11.22 Robin Choy 882 10.00 Sheng Huang 501 5.68 Annie Chan 420 4.76
Ward 4 Council candidate Vote % Karen Rea (X) 8,563 92.22 Vid Sansanwal 722 7.78
Ward 5 Council candidate Vote % Andrew Keyes (X) 5,120 72.88 Sri Sivasubramaniam 1,372 19.53 Ashok Bangia 533 7.59
Ward 6 Council candidate Vote % Amanda Yeung Collucci (X) 4,921 78.71 Darren Soo 1,331 21.29
Ward 7
Council candidate Vote % Juanita Nathan 5,388 47.75 Nimisha Patel 2,648 23.47 Shahzad Habib 1,955 17.33 Neetu Gupta 1,292 11.45
Ward 8 Council candidate Vote % Isa Lee (X) 6,549 80.81 Nihanthan Ratnasingham 640 7.90 Jack Levinson 485 5.98 Deepak Talreja 430 5.31
Newmarket The results for mayor and for the council of Newmarket are as follows:
Mayor Mayoral candidate Vote %John Taylor (X)Acclaimed
Newmarket Town Council
Deputy mayor and regional councillor Candidate Vote % Tom Vegh (X) 9,396 63.27Gordon Prentice5,45536.73
Ward 1 Council candidate Vote % Grace Simon (X) 1,899 70.52Mark Holmes79429.48
Ward 2 Council candidate Vote % Victor Woodhouse (X) 1,211 53.99 Brian Andrews 841 37.49 Hunter Murchison-Doggart 191 8.52
Ward 3 Council candidate Vote % Jane Twinney (X) Acclaimed
Ward 4 Council candidate Vote % Trevor Morrison (X) 1,222 57.91Grant Waddell62729.72 Chris Dupee 261 12.37
Ward 5 Council candidate Vote % Bob Kwapis (X) Acclaimed
Ward 6 Council candidate Vote % Kelly Broome (X) 1,726 70.19Lukas Fuina73329.81
Ward 7 Council candidate Vote % Christina Bisanz (X) 1,687 76.20 Nadia Hansen52723.80
Richmond Hill The results for mayor and for the council of Richmond Hill were as follows:
Mayor David West, who was elected in a by-election in January 2022, was challenged in a re-match against Regional Councillor Carmine Perrelli, who finished third in the by-election.
Mayoral candidate Vote % David West (X) 28,318 70.18 Carmine Perrelli 10,304 25.54 Domenic Bardari 1,155 2.86 Holo Devnani 572 1.42
Richmond Hill City Council
Regional council Two to be elected.
Council candidate Vote % Godwin Chan 25,392 38.61 Joe DiPaola (X) 18,334 27.88 Terrence Au 12,005 18.25 Marco Coletta 7,617 11.58 Abu Alam 2,424 3.69
Ward 1 Council candidate Vote % Carol Davidson 3,201 45.88 Greg Beros (X) 1,856 26.60 Catherine Dellerba 1,301 18.65 Weibo Cheng 619 8.87
Ward 2 Council candidate Vote % Scott Thompson 2,028 39.37 Tom Muench (X) 1,597 31.00 Sigmund Lee 816 15.84 Yehuda Goldberg 536 10.41 Tabinda Jatoi 174 3.38
Ward 3 Council candidate Vote % Castro Liu (X) 5,299 84.92 Juni Yeung 941 15.08
Ward 4 Council candidate Vote % Simon Cui 2,498 32.34 Raika Sheppard (X) 2,235 28.93 Rose A. Weinberg 1,735 22.46 Liana Falzone 459 5.94 Johnny So 328 4.25 Mahnaz Shahbazi 247 3.20 Harry H. Harakh 223 2.89
Ward 5 Council candidate Vote % Karen Cilevitz (X) 1,525 23.34 Tarun Saroya 828 12.67 Richard Rupp 749 11.46 Yuliya Benedziktavich 673 10.30 Anders Lindfors-Wheeler 655 10.02 Wil Husnutdinov 595 9.11 Vera Murano 546 8.36 Sarkis Assadourian 467 7.15 Shohreh Sabaghpour 396 6.06 Emmanuel Lazaris 100 1.53
Ward 6 Council candidate Vote % Michael Shiu 1,893 27.66 Linda Zhang 1,685 24.62 Carol Chan 1,254 18.32 Sharon Chisholm 819 11.96 Kate Jiang 695 10.15 Julie Maxey 269 3.93 Yung Li 230 3.36
Vaughan The size of Vaughan's council will increase by one with the addition of a regional councillor. The list of candidates for mayor and for the council of Vaughan are as follows:
Mayor
Incumbent mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua is not running for re-election. Former Ontario Liberal Party leader Steven Del Duca is running against long-time city councillor Sandra Yeung Racco.
Mayoral candidate Vote % Steven Del Duca 22,69938.06 Sandra Yeung Racco 21,84836.64 Danny DeSantis 759112.72 Paul Donofrio 26974.52 Lino Mancinella 24274.07 Parveen Bola 14922.50 Robert Gulassarian 8801.48
Withdrawn Deb Schulte, former MP and Minister of Seniors. Schulte withdrew after her cancer re-diagnosis and then endorsed Del Duca.
Opinion polls Polling firm Link Last dateof polling Sample Size Marginof error Parveen Bola Steven Del Duca Danny DeSantis Paul Donofrio Robert Gulassarian Hiten Patel Sandra Yeung Racco Undecided Mainstreet PDF 506 ±4.4% 2 22 - - 6 0 7 30 Mainstreet 452 ±4.6% 3 23 5 3 2 - 13 50
Vaughan City Council
Regional council Four to be elected.
Council candidate Vote % Linda D. Jackson (X) 28,39817.08 Mario Ferri (X) 27,93716.80 Gino Rosati (X) 27,45716.51 Mario G. Racco 19,56411.77 Nick Pinto 18,46711.11 Carrie Liddy12,5027.52 Mario Di Nardo 12,2987.40 John Santoro 10,1136.08 Mandy Rai 9,5245.73
Ward 1 Council candidate Vote % Marilyn Iafrate (X) 8,77164.72 Vince Scaramuzzo 2,02014.90 Justin Piersanti 8286.11 Sony Abraham 7665.65 Maeda Aslam 6454.76 Stephen Fefer 5233.86
Ward 2 Council candidate Vote % Adriano Volpentesta 7,22953.91 Tony Carella (X) 4,04230.14 Simone Barbieri 1,1508.58 Lena Ibrahim 4333.23 Meera Anand 2782.07 Bryan Gary Groulx 2772.07
Ward 3 Council candidate Vote % Rosanna DeFrancesca (X) 6,64351.63 Ty Ty Nguyen 2,40718.71 Victor Lacaria 2,37318.44 Gino Nardi 6935.39 Tony Lorini 6655.17 Philip James Piluris 860.67
Ward 4 Council candidate Vote % Chris Ainsworth 2,70538.73 Styles Q. Weinberg 1,57322.52 Nadia Rosati 1,07115.33 Erlinda Insigne 6278.98 Jacob Joel Ginsberg 5628.05 Meenakashi Sudarshan 4476.40
Ward 5 Alan Shefman, city councillor for Ward 5 and one of the longest serving councillors in Vaughan was defeated for re-election by former MPP Gila Martow. Her win was attributed to her status in the area and personal popularity.