2014 Huron County municipal elections explained
Elections took place in Huron County, Ontario on October 27, 2014 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.
Huron County Council
Huron County Council consists of the Mayors and Reeves of each constituent municipality, plus deputy mayors, deputy reeves for all municipalities except Howick, Morris-Turnberry and North Huron[1]
For the 2014 election, Huron County Council will be reduced from 16 to 15 councillors, with the removal of one council seat from Bluewater.[2]
| Position | Elected |
|---|
| Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Reeve | Ben Van Diepenbeek |
| Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Deputy Reeve | (selected from council) |
| Bluewater Mayor | Tyler Hessel |
| Bluewater Deputy Mayor | Jim Fergusson |
| Central Huron Mayor | Jim L. Ginn (acclaimed) |
| Central Huron Deputy Mayor | David Jewitt (acclaimed) |
| Goderich Mayor | Kevin Morrison |
| Goderich Deputy Mayor | Jim Donnelly |
| Howick Reeve | Art Versteeg |
| Huron East Mayor | Bernie MacLellan (acclaimed) |
| Huron East Deputy Mayor | Joe Steffler (acclaimed) |
| Morris-Turnberry Mayor | Paul B. Gowing |
| North Huron Reeve | Neil G. Vincent |
| South Huron Mayor | Maureen Cole |
| South Huron Deputy Mayor | David Frayne | |
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh
| Reeve Candidate [3] | Vote | % |
|---|
| Ben Van Diepenbeek (X) | 1,609 | 54.97 |
| Shawn Drennan | 1,318 | 45.03 | |
| Mayoral Candidates [4] | Vote | % |
|---|
| Tyler Hessel | 1,618 | 35.20 |
| 1,268 | 27.58 |
| Bill Dowson (X) | 1,090 | 23.71 |
| Cindy Moyer | 621 | 13.51 | |
| Deputy Mayoral Candidates [5] | Vote | % |
|---|
| Fergusson, Jim | 2838 | 64 |
| Walden, Peter | 1616 | 36 | |
| Mayoral Candidates [7] | Vote | % |
|---|
| Kevin Morrison | 1,995 | 57.41 |
| Deb Shewfelt (X) | 1,480 | 42.59 | |
| Deputy Mayoral Candidates [8] | Vote | % |
|---|
| Crawford, Judy | 629 | 18 |
| Donnelly, Jim | 1480 | 43 |
| Grace, John (X) | 1371 | 39 | |
| Councillor Candidates [9] | Vote | % |
|---|
| Bazinet, Trevor | 1535 | 10.6 |
| Dean, Tom | 977 | 6.7 |
| Elliot, Luke | 2073 | 14.3 |
| Hansen, Michele (X) | 1828 | 12.6 |
| Hoy, Matthew | 2023 | 14.0 |
| Hughes, Nancy J. | 1056 | 7.3 |
| Murdock, Myles | 2246 | 15.5 |
| Rutledge, Jim | 1260 | 8.7 |
| Shelton, Grant Windsor | 1483 | 10.2 | |
| Reeve Candidate [10] | Vote | % |
|---|
| Art Versteeg (X) | 752 | 69.37 |
| Rosemary Rognvaldson | 332 | 30.63 | |
| Mayoral Candidate [12] | Vote | % |
|---|
| Paul B. Gowing (X) | 766 | 54.13 |
| Jamie McCallum | 649 | 45.87 | |
North Huron
| Reeve Candidate [13] | Vote | % |
|---|
| Neil G. Vincent (X) | 998 | 49.21 |
| Bernie Bailey | 869 | 42.85 |
| Steve Hill | 161 | 7.94 | |
| Mayoral Candidates [14] | Vote | % |
|---|
| Maureen Cole | 2,554 | 61.07 |
| Jim Dietrich | 1,628 | 38.93 | |
| Deputy Mayoral Candidates [15] | Vote | % |
|---|
| Frayne, David | 1679 | 41 |
| Robertson, Drew | 1387 | 34 |
| Seip, Cathy | 1065 | 26 | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Archived copy . www.huroncounty.ca . 15 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070704172742/http://www.huroncounty.ca/cc/ . 4 July 2007 . dead.
- Web site: County Council - Municipal Elections in Huron County . 2014-09-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234057/http://www.huroncounty.ca/cc/munelections.php . 2016-03-03 . dead .
- Web site: Municipal Election 2014 — Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, ON . 2014-09-19 . 2014-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140707185915/http://www.acwtownship.ca/council/elections/ . dead .
- Web site: CivicWeb: Nomination Register . 2014-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141107181725/https://bluewater.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=3930 . 2014-11-07 . dead .
- Web site: CivicWeb: Nomination Register . 2014-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141107181725/https://bluewater.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=3930 . 2014-11-07 . dead .
- https://centralhuron.civicweb.net/Documents/DocumentList.aspx?ID=19537{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Web site: List of Candidates - Goderich . 2014-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141028131108/http://www.goderich.ca/en/townhall/List-of-Candidates.asp . 2014-10-28 . dead .
- Web site: List of Candidates - Goderich . 2014-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141028131108/http://www.goderich.ca/en/townhall/List-of-Candidates.asp . 2014-10-28 . dead .
- Web site: List of Candidates - Goderich . 2014-09-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141028131108/http://www.goderich.ca/en/townhall/List-of-Candidates.asp . 2014-10-28 . dead .
- http://town.howick.on.ca/content/page-content/2014-certified-election-list-1.pdf{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Web site: Archived copy . 2014-09-17 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030723/http://www.huroneast.com/he_gov/elections/FormEL20-DeclarationofAcclamationtoOffice.pdf . dead .
- Web site: Archived copy . 2014-09-19 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042719/http://www.morristurnberry.ca/media/PDF/listofcertifiedcandidates2014.pdf . dead .
- Web site: Elections. 8 September 2021.
- Web site: Archived copy . 2014-09-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141106031754/http://municipal.southhuron.ca/sites/municipal.southhuron.ca/files/documents/List%20of%20Certified%20Candidates.pdf . 2014-11-06 . dead .
- Web site: Archived copy . 2014-09-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141106031754/http://municipal.southhuron.ca/sites/municipal.southhuron.ca/files/documents/List%20of%20Certified%20Candidates.pdf . 2014-11-06 . dead .
