2018 Brant municipal election explained
| Election Name: | 2018 Brant mayoral election |
| Type: | Mayoral |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Brant mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Election Date: | October 22, 2018 |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
| Candidate1: | David Bailey |
| Popular Vote1: | 4,478 |
| Percentage1: | 47.58% |
| Image1: | Mayor 8 (cropped).jpg |
| Color1: | 4D832F |
| Candidate2: | Ronald Eddy |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,156 |
| Percentage2: | 33.54% |
| Color2: | 6495ed |
| Candidate4: | Don Cardy |
| Popular Vote4: | 1,133 |
| Percentage4: | 12.04% |
| Image4: | Don Cardy at 2016 AMO (cropped).jpg |
| Color4: | E81B23 |
| Candidate5: | Shawn Pratt |
| Popular Vote5: | 644 |
| Percentage5: | 6.84% |
| Image5: | SP
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| Color5: | FFFF00 |
| Mayor of Brant |
| Before Election: | Ronald Eddy |
| After Election: | David Bailey |
The 2018 Brant municipal election took place on October 22, 2018. Seven-term incumbent Ronald Eddy lost re-election to businessman David Bailey. Bailey is the first openly gay mayor of Brant.[1] [2]
Mayoral candidates
Results
Mayor
| Mayoral Candidate[4] [5] | Vote | % |
|---|
| David Bailey | 4,478 | 47.58 |
| Ronald Eddy (incumbent) | 3,156 | 33.54 |
| Don Cardy | 1,133 | 12.04 |
| Shawn Pratt | 644 | 6.84 | |
Two to be elected from each ward. The results for Brant County Council are as follows:
| valign=top width=10% | | Ward 1 |
|---|
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|
| John Wheat (incumbent) | 1,254 | 33.26 | | John MacAlpine | 1,148 | 30.45 | | Willie Morley | 958 | 25.41 | | Nick Quail | 410 | 10.88 | |
| valign=top width=10% | | Ward 2 |
|---|
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|
| Marc Laferriere | 1,378 | 34.02 | | Steve Howes | 1,211 | 28.99 | | Shirley Simons (incumbent) | 770 | 19.01 | | Steven Acheson | 344 | 8.49 | | Ellay Heys | 296 | 7.31 | | Phil Ogborne | 52 | 1.28 | |
| valign=top width=10% | | Ward 3 |
|---|
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|
| John Peirce (incumbent) | 850 | 27.00 | | John Bell | 642 | 20.39 | | Marty Verhey | 559 | 17.76 | | Clifford Atfield | 416 | 13.21 | | Edith Stone | 383 | 12.17 | | Myles D. Rusak | 261 | 8.29 | | Murray Powell (incumbent) | 37 | 1.18 | |
| valign=top width=10% | | Ward 4 |
|---|
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|
| Robert Chambers (incumbent) | 1,061 | 37.45 | | David Miller (incumbent) | 960 | 33.89 | | Marilyn Baptist | 548 | 19.34 | | Laura Mordaunt | 264 | 9.32 | |
| valign=top width=10% | | Ward 5 |
|---|
| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|
| Brian Coleman (incumbent) | 1,067 | 32.32 | | Joan Gatward (incumbent) | 994 | 30.11 | | Ella Haley | 800 | 24.24 | | Owen DeBoer | 440 | 13.33 | |
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School board trustees
English trustees
| valign=top width=10% | | Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|
| Christina Speers | 5,453 | 32.82 | | Rita Collver | 4,394 | 26.44 | | David VanTilborg | 3,592 | 21.62 | | Tom Waldschmidt | 3,178 | 19.12 | |
| |
French trustee
| valign=top width=10% | | Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|
| Pierre Girouard | 724 | 73.28 | | Denis Frawley | 264 | 26.72 | |
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Notes and References
- Web site: 'Change is needed' . Vincent . Ball . . . 2018-11-01 . 2021-05-19 .
- Web site: Brant County flies first Pride flag . Michelle . Rubio . . . 2019-06-10 . 2021-05-19 .
- Web site: Four vie for Brant mayor's job . Vincent . Ball . . . 2018-10-11 . 2020-06-22 .
- Web site: Archived copy . 2018-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180723212247/https://www.brant.ca/en/county-government/resources/Elections/2018/2018-Municipal-and-School-Board-Election-Candidates.pdf . 2018-07-23 . dead .
- Web site: Election Results. County of Brant. 2021-05-19.
