Elections were held in the Regional Municipality of Halton of Ontario on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

Halton Regional Council

Position Elected Chair Gary Carr Burlington Mayor Marianne Meed Ward Councillor, Ward 1 Kelvin Galbraith Councillor, Ward 2 Lisa Kearns Councillor, Ward 3 Rory Nisan Councillor, Ward 4 Shawna Stolte Councillor, Ward 5 Paul Sharman Councillor, Ward 6 Angelo Bentivegna Halton Hills Mayor Ann Lawlor Regional Councillor, Wards 1 & 2 Clark Somerville (acclaimed) Regional Councillor, Wards 3 & 4 Jane Fogal Milton Mayor Gord Krantz Regional Councillor, Ward 1 Colin Best (acclaimed) Regional Councillor, Ward 2 Rick Malboeuf (acclaimed) Regional Councillor, Ward 3 Sammy Ijaz Regional Councillor, Ward 4 Sameera Ali Oakville Mayor Rob Burton Regional Councillor, Ward 1 Sean O'Meara Regional Councillor, Ward 2 Cathy Duddeck (acclaimed) Regional Councillor, Ward 3 Janet Haslett-Theall (acclaimed) Regional Councillor, Ward 4 Allan Elgar Regional Councillor, Ward 5 Jeff Knoll Regional Councillor, Ward 6 Tom Adams (acclaimed) Regional Councillor, Ward 7 Nav Nanda

Results * denotes incumbency Halton Regional Chair

Incumbent chair Gary Carr faced off against former Progressive Conservative MPP for Burlington Jane McKenna and Halton District School Board trustee Andrea Grebenc.

Candidate Vote % Gary Carr* 51,776 47.99 Jane McKenna 35,830 33.21 Andrea Grebenc 20,276 18.79

Burlington List of candidates:

Mayor

Burlington mayor Marianne Meed Ward announced she would be running for re-election on the first day of nominations, May 2. This ended speculation that she would run for Regional Chair. Running against Meed Ward is perennial candidate Anne Marsden who ran for regional chair in 2018.

Candidate Vote % Marianne Meed Ward* 30,135 77.95 Jim Kerr 5,194 13.43 Anne Marsden 1,636 4.23 Steven Rieck 1,113 2.88 William Tuck 583 1.51

Regional & City Councillors

Candidate Vote % Ward 1 Kelvin Galbraith* 4,155 63.35 Robert Radway 2,404 36.65 Ward 2 Lisa Kearns* 4,453 71.81 Tim O'Brien 1,095 17.66 Keith Demoe 653 10.53 Ward 3 Rory Nisan* 3,190 63.95 Jennifer Hounslow 1,394 27.95 Luke McEachern 404 8.10 Ward 4 Shawna Stolte* 3,591 47.01 Tony Brecknock 1,833 24.00 Olivia Duke 1,478 22.88 Eden Wood 467 6.11 Ward 5 Paul Sharman* 3,852 58.86 Andrew Hall 1,062 16.23 Guy D'Alesio 911 13.92 Denny Pirzas 719 10.99 Ward 6 Angelo Bentivegna* 3,678 61.11 Rick Greenspoon 1,725 28.66 Renato Velocci 616 10.23

Halton Hills List of candidates:

Mayor Incumbent mayor Rick Bonnette did not run for re-election. Running to replace him include Acton businessman Norm Paulsen, town councillors Bryan Leiws, and Ann Lawlor and former East York alderman Ken Paige.

Candidate Vote % Ann Lawlor 5,323 40.67 Bryan Lewis 4,743 36.24 Ken Paige 1,42310.87 Norm Paulsen 1,019 7.79 Robert Gottardi 581 4.44

Regional Councillors Two Regional Councillors are elected in 1 of 2 wards. Candidate Vote % Wards 1 & 2 Clark Somerville* Acclaimed Wards 3 & 4 Jane Fogal* 4,355 54.65 Wendy Farrow-Reed 3,614 43.35

Local Councillors Eight Local Councillors are elected in 1 of 4 wards (2 from each ward). Candidate Vote % Ward 1Alex Hilson1,62741.12 Mike Albano* 1,237 31.26 Jon Hurst (X)1,09327.62 Ward 2 Jason Brass 854 20.73 Joseph Racinsky 771 18.72Matt Kindbom64915.76Greg Cosper43510.56Geoff Maltby41810.15Bryan Robinson41710.12Maureen Gillham3057.40Peter Snow2706.55 Ward 3 Chantal Garneau 1,982 31.81 Ron Norris 1,507 24.19Drew Pullman1,20419.33 Waldo Paquette 854 13.71 Syl Carle 683 10.96 Ward 4 Bob Inglis* 2,783 42.70 D'Arcy Keene 2,180 33.45 Blake Mandarino1,55523.86

Milton List of candidates:

Mayor

Mayor Gord Krantz, the longest serving mayor of a major municipality in Canada won a combined 21st consecutive term in office (7 as councillor and 14 as mayor). He was challenged by regional councillor Zeeshan Hamid.

Candidate Vote % Gord Krantz* 11,391 49.51 Zee Hamid 10,396 45.18 Rajiv Dhawan 625 2.72 Saba Ishaq 597 2.59

Regional Councillors Four Regional Councillors are elected in 1 of 4 wards. Candidate Vote % Ward 1 (North-West) Colin Best* Acclaimed Ward 2 (North-East) Rick Malboeuf* Acclaimed Ward 3 (South-East) Sammy Ijaz 2,182 38.13 Rick Di Lorenzo 1,827 31.93 Mike Cluett* 1,713 29.94 Ward 4 (South-West) Sameera Ali 3,297 68.49 Mahmood Chaudhry 873 18.13 Syed Raza 644 13.38

Local Councillors Four Local Councillors are elected in 1 of 4 wards. Candidate Vote % Ward 1Kristina Tesser Derksen* 4,200 71.54 George Minakakis 1,671 28.46 Ward 2 John Challinor* 3,542 57.54 Michael Vertolli 2,614 42.46 Ward 3 Adil Khalqi 2,067 37.20 Patricia Belvedere 1,102 19.83 Patrick Murphy 1,090 19.61 Manju Sekhri 943 16.97 Gilles Paquette 355 6.39 Ward 4 Sarah Marshall 1,041 21.37 Giles vanderHolt 860 17.66 Khurshid Ali Khan 853 17.51 Kiran Fahim Ali 640 13.14 Indu Verma 505 10.37 Saim Sohail 377 7.74 Samar Tariq 186 3.82 Tresa Ratnakumar 179 3.67 Syed Saleh Ali Hashmi 175 3.59 Mawiz Hassan 55 1.13

By-election A by-election was held in Ward 1 on October 6, 2025 to fill the seat vacated by Kristina Tesser Derksen, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons.

Results:

Candidate Vote % George Minakakis 1,804 45.43 Rick Di Lorenzo 958 24.12 Zainab Raza 565 14.23 Zaheer Ashraf 364 9.17 Adejisola Atiba 96 2.42 Pat O'Reilly 79 1.99 Gourav Suri 51 1.28 Shahbaz Khan 29 0.73 Cecil Young 25 0.63

Oakville List of candidates:

Mayor

Mayor Rob Burton ran for re-election. It was a re-match of the 2018 mayoral race between him and Julia Hanna, a local restaurant owner and former chamber of commerce chair.

Mayoral Candidate Vote % Rob Burton* 19,949 49.24 Julia Hanna 19,063 47.06 Jack Kukolic 1,498 3.70

Oakville Town Council

Town and Regional Council Candidate Vote % Ward 1 Sean O'Meara* 4,998 74.14 JD Meaney 1,708 25.86 Ward 2 Cathy Duddeck* Acclaimed Ward 3 Janet Haslett-Theall Acclaimed Ward 4 Allan Elgar* 5,806 84.68 Gilbert Jubinville 1,050 15.32 Ward 5 Jeff Knoll* 4,529 73.99 Alicia Bedford 1,592 26.01 Ward 6 Tom Adams* Acclaimed Ward 7 Nav Nanda 1,984 57.71 Pavan Parmar* 1,454 42.99

Town Council Candidate Vote % Ward 1 Jonathan McNeice 3,137 48.08 Beth Robertson* 2,755 42.22 John Florio 476 7.30 Oliver Vadas 157 2.41 Ward 2 Ray Chisholm* Acclaimed Ward 3 Dave Gittings 4,438 83.17 Dyanne Dumas 898 16.83 Ward 4 Peter Longo* 5,465 79.63 Gordon Brennan 1,398 20.37 Ward 5 Marc Grant* 2,769 45.71 Michael Reid 1,951 32.21 Angela Parsons 970 16.01 Pierre Sauvageot 368 6.07 Ward 6 Natalia Lishchyna* 4,238 85.15 Lama Aggad 739 14.85 Ward 7 Scott Xie 820 23.25 Amir Henry 687 19.48 Ajay Rosha 482 13.67 Shahab Khan 385 10.92 Nabil Bin Arif 380 10.77 Melody Wong-Gonsalves 315 8.93 Gregory Park 293 8.31 Kashif Chaudry 126 3.57 Faryal Ghazanfar 39 1.11

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