2018 Durham Region municipal elections explained

Election Name:2018 Durham Chair election
Flag Image:File:Flag_of_the_Regional_Municipality_of_Durham.svg
Country:Canada
Type:Presidential
Previous Election:2014 Durham Region municipal elections
Previous Year:2014
Next Election:2022 Durham Region municipal elections
Next Year:2022
Election Date:October 22, 2018
Image1:File:John Henry at Durham Region Real Estate Board (1) (cropped).jpg
Candidate1:John Henry
Colour1:0071bd
Popular Vote1:69,804
Percentage1:54.99%
Candidate2:Tom Dingwall
Colour2:B2A3AF
Popular Vote2:25,662
Percentage2:20.22%
Image4:File:John Mutton 2018 IMG 8302.jpg
Candidate4:John Mutton
Colour4:e4512f
Popular Vote4:16,795
Percentage4:13.23%
Image5:File:Peter Neal 2018 IMG 8326.jpg
Candidate5:Peter Neal
Colour5:B68400
Popular Vote5:8,324
Percentage5:6.56%
Chair
Before Election:Roger Anderson
After Election:John Henry

Elections were held in the Regional Municipality of Durham in Ontario, on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

Durham Regional Council

PositionElected
Chair
John Henry
Ajax
Mayor Shaun Collier
Regional Councillor, Ward 1 Marilyn Crawford
Regional Councillor, Ward 2 Sterling Lee
Regional Councillor, Ward 3 Joanne Dies
Brock
Mayor Debbie Bath-Hadden
Regional Councillor Ted Smith
Clarington
Mayor Adrian Foster
Regional Councillor, Wards 1 & 2 Joe Neal
Regional Councillor, Wards 3 & 4 Granville Anderson
Oshawa
Mayor Dan Carter
Regional Councillor, Ward 1 John Neal
Regional Councillor, Ward 2 Tito-Dante Marimpietri
Regional Councillor, Ward 3 Bob Chapman
Regional Councillor, Ward 4 Rick Kerr
Regional Councillor, Ward 5 Brian Nicholson
Pickering
Mayor Dave Ryan
Regional Councillor, Ward 1 Kevin Ashe
Regional Councillor, Ward 2 Bill McLean
Regional Councillor, Ward 3 David Pickles
Scugog
Mayor Bobbie Drew
Regional Councillor Wilma Wotten
Uxbridge
Mayor Dave Barton
Regional Councillor Gord Highet
Whitby
Mayor Don Mitchell
Regional Councillor Elizabeth Roy
Regional Councillor Chris Leahy
Regional Councillor Steve Yamada
Regional Councillor Rhonda Mulcahy

Durham Regional Chair

The following are the preliminary results for the position of Durham Regional Chair.[1]

Candidate Vote%
John Henry 69,804 54.99
Tom Dingwall 25,662 20.22
John Mutton 16,795 13.23
Peter Neal 8,324 6.56
Muhammad Ahsin Sahi 6,346 5.00

Ajax

The following are the preliminary results for the Town of Ajax.[2]

Following a ward boundary review, Ajax gained one regional councillor and lost one local councillor for the 2018 election. The overall size of the council remained the same.[3]

Mayor

Candidate Vote%
Shaun Collier 10,799 42.84
Colleen Jordan 8,293 32.90
Arthur Augustine 2,996 11.90
Jennifer Brown 2,156 8.55
Carion Fenn 963 3.82

Regional Councillors

Three Regional Councillors were elected in 1 of 3 wards.

CandidateVote%
Ward 1
Marilyn Crawford 6,738 80.21
Mohamed Karatella 1,662 19.79
Ward 2
Sterling Lee 2,901 41.95
Nancy Henry 2,512 36.33
Muhammad Asif 1,502 21.72
Ward 3
Joanne Dies 6,685 71.32
Kurtis McAleer 2,688 28.68

Local Councillors

Three Local Councillors were elected in 1 of 3 wards.

CandidateVote%
Ward 1
Rob Tyler Morin 2,378 28.18
Marsha Lynn Jones Dooley 2,078 24.62
Michael Bissonnette 1,914 22.68
Christopher Gillett 708 8.39
Margaret Cecconet 683 8.10
Robert Bishop 678 8.03
Ward 2
Ashmeed Khan 1,530 21.81
Kenroy Wilson 1,421 20.26
Ashish Pandya 1,397 19.92
Tyrone Fernando 1,243 17.72
Scott Crawford 891 12.70
Larry Leung 285 4.10
Arsalan Iqbal 247 3.52
Ward 3
Lisa Bower 4,380 45.80
Pat Brown (X) 2,826 29.55
Clayton McLean 904 9.45
Matthew Pond 886 9.26
Dane Record 317 3.31
Joe Careen 252 2.63

Brock

The following are the preliminary results for the Township of Brock.[4]

Mayor

Candidate Vote%
Debbie Bath-Hadden 2,273 51.42
John Grant (X) 2,147 48.58

Regional Councillor

One Regional Councillor was elected.

CandidateVote%
Ted Smith 1,851 42.67
Jay Yerema-Weafer 1,245 28.70
Judi Forbes 968 22.31
Dorothy Sanderson 274 6.31

Local Councillors

Five Local Councillors were elected in 1 of 5 wards.

CandidateVote%
Ward 1
Michael Jubb 542 62.37
Gord Lodwick 327 37.63
Ward 2
Claire Doble 436 59.32
Cyndi Schaffer 245 33.33
Wayne Dunnett 54 7.35
Ward 3
Walter Schummer 670 74.86
Bill Basztyk 225 25.14
Ward 4
Cria Pettingill 373 42.78
Chris Shier 255 29.24
Ralph Maleus 244 28.00
Ward 5
Lynn Campbell 532 50.33
Tony Laundrie 396 37.46
Allan Simpson 129 12.20

Clarington

The following are the preliminary results for the Municipality of Clarington.[5]

Mayor

Candidate Vote%
Adrian Foster (X) 12,507 68.06
Mark Canning 5,259 28.62
Matthew Marshall 610 3.32

Regional Councillors

Two Regional Councillors were elected in 1 of 2 wards.

CandidateVote%
Wards 1 & 2
Joe Neal (X) 5,395 51.65
Mary Novak 5,050 48.35
Wards 3 & 4
Granville Anderson 2,675 34.11
Steven Cooke (X) 2,205 28.12
Wendy Partner (X) 2,083 26.56
Peter Vogel 879 11.21

Local Councillors

Four Local Councillors were elected in 1 of 4 wards.

CandidateVote%
Ward 1
Janice Jones 2,857 52.89
Sami Elhajjeh 1,566 28.99
Franklin Wu 979 18.12
Ward 2
Ron Hooper (X) 3,794 76.23
Maralyn Tassone1,183 23.77
Ward 3
Corinna Traill (X) 1,957 48.85
Bradley Phillips 973 24.29
Sarah MacDonald 732 18.27
Robert Grovum 344 8.59
Ward 4
Margaret Zwart 1,249 32.57
Zachery Prescott 704 18.36
Alan Harris 703 18.33
Greg Rowden 621 16.19
J.C. Dougan 389 10.14
Evan King 169 4.41

Oshawa

Election Name:2018 Oshawa Mayoral election
Flag Image:File:Flag of Oshawa, Ontario.gif
Country:Canada
Type:Presidential
Previous Election:2014 Durham Region municipal elections#Oshawa
Previous Year:2014
Next Election:2022 Durham Region municipal elections#Oshawa
Next Year:2022
Election Date:October 22, 2018
Image1:Dan Carter 2018 IMG 8948 (cropped).jpg
Candidate1:Dan Carter
Colour1:083667
Popular Vote1:17,630
Percentage1:69.39%
Candidate2:Sara Lear
Colour2:0F7E08
Popular Vote2:2,892
Percentage2:11.38%
Image3:Joe Ingino 2018 IMG 8982.jpg
Candidate3:Joe Ingino
Colour3:fd060a
Popular Vote3:1,407
Percentage3:5.54%

The following are the preliminary results for the City of Oshawa.[6]

For the 2018 election, Oshawa re-adopted a ward based system. Voters in each ward elected one regional councillor and one city councillor.[7]

Mayor

Candidate Vote%
Dan Carter 17,630 69.39
Sara Lear 2,892 11.38
Joe Ingino 1,407 5.54
Bob Rutherford 1,076 4.24
Adam Kunz 1,057 4.16
Kenneth Carruthers 977 3.85
Rosaldo Russo 367 1.44

Regional & City Councillors

Five Regional & City Councillors were elected in 1 of 5 wards.

CandidateVote%
Ward 1
John Neal (X) 1,408 50.67
Cathy Clarke 1,051 37.82
Dominic Barone 320 11.51
Ward 2
Tito-Dante Marimpietri 2,136 43.72
Julia McCrea 1,232 25.21
Jim Van Allen 873 17.87
George Milosh 346 7.08
Daniel Cullen 299 6.12
Ward 3
Bob Chapman 3,084 44.14
John Shields (X) 2,555 36.57
Teresa Aker 1,348 19.29
Ward 4
Rick Kerr (X) 3,176 50.55
Doug Sanders (X) 3,107 49.45
Ward 5
Brian Nicholson 1,675 39.74
Nester Pidwerbecki (X) 1,393 33.05
Kim Beatty 1,147 27.21

City Councillors

Five City Councillors were elected in 1 of 5 wards.

CandidateVote%
Ward 1
Rosemary McConkey 1,152 43.65
Theresa Corless 834 31.60
Robert Stevenson 331 12.54
Diane Stephen 186 7.05
Adam White 136 5.15
Ward 2
Jane Hurst 1,758 37.97
Gail Bates (X) 1,003 21.66
Jonathan Giancroce 853 18.42
Karen Albrecht 815 17.60
Adrian Gianello 201 4.34
Ward 3
Bradley Marks 3,056 45.80
Eric Guernsey 1,494 22.39
Ethan Eastwood 1,280 19.18
Cerise Wilson 843 12.63
Ward 4
Derek Giberson 1,464 23.02
Catherine Hawthorn 941 14.80
Dave Thompson 871 13.69
Mark Logan 791 12.44
Chris Topple 584 9.18
Gregory Milosh 527 8.29
Elizabeth Jamischak 443 6.97
Matthew Kotsopoulos 404 6.35
Clayton Paterson 194 3.05
Michael Goodmurphy 141 2.22
Ward 5
John Gray 2,411 57.79
Alex Down 1,535 36.79
Joe Lococo 226 5.42

Pickering

The following are the preliminary results for the City of Pickering.[8]

Mayor

Candidate Vote%
Dave Ryan (X) 12,959 66.13
Eileen Higdon 3,647 18.61
Wesley Henry 2,620 13.37
Bert Cortez 370 1.90

Regional Councillors

Three Regional Councillors were elected in 1 of 3 wards.

CandidateVote%
Ward 1
Kevin Ashe (X) 3,318 47.90
Musa Mansuar 2,526 36.47
Robert Jones 771 11.13
Usha Chahar 311 4.50
Ward 2
Bill McLean (X) 2,659 54.25
Gary Strange 2,242 45.75
Ward 3
David Pickles (X) 4,468 58.65
Peter Rodrigues 3,150 41.35

City Councillors

Three City Councillors were elected in 1 of 3 wards.

CandidateVote%
Ward 1
Maurice Brenner (X) 2,707 38.95
Lisa Robinson 2,523 36.30
Tony Harold 779 11.21
Nancy Granados 569 8.19
Clyde Taffe 213 3.06
Haidar Furozuni 159 2.29
Ward 2
Ian Cumming (X) 2,536 53.31
Tanya Foster 891 18.73
Sari Sarieddine 727 15.28
Dave Currie 603 12.68
Ward 3
Shaheen Butt (X) 3,115 41.84
Nadia Peerzada 2,646 35.54
Damian Williams 1,486 20.00
Javed Akhtar 124 1.67
Ali Naqvi 74 1.00

Scugog

The following are the preliminary results for the Township of Scugog.[9]

Mayor

Candidate Vote%
Bobbie Drew (X) 4,578 58.56
Betty Somerville 3,239 41.44

Regional Councillor

One Regional Councillor was elected.

CandidateVote%
Wilma Wotten 4,804 63.04
Marc Gibbons 1,437 18.86
Don Kett 1,100 14.44
Dwayne Marrison 279 3.66

Local Councillors

Five Local Councillors were elected in 1 of 5 wards.

CandidateVote%
Ward 1
Ian McDougall 681 42.67
David LeRoy 426 26.70
John Debono 354 22.18
Jim Howard 135 8.46
Ward 2
Janna Guido 917 53.85
Tony Janssen 621 36.47
Cindy Sutch 165 9.69
Ward 3
Angus Ross 474 62.37
Charlotte Hale 286 37.63
Ward 4
Deborah Kiezebrink 727 50.03
Jennifer Bankay 326 22.44
Tara-Lyn Mappin 201 13.83
Christopher Turner 199 13.70
Ward 5
Lance Brown 1,106 49.64
Jennifer Back 770 34.56
Tracy McGarry 352 15.80

Uxbridge

The following are the preliminary results for the Town of Uxbridge.[10]

Mayor

CandidateVote%
Dave Barton 5,325 63.01
Patrick Molloy (X) 2,406 28.47
Diane Reilly 720 8.52

Regional Councillor

One Regional Councillor was elected.

CandidateVote%
Gord Highet 4,315 53.70
Michelle Viney 3,721 46.30

Local Councillors

Five Local Councillors were elected in 1 of 5 wards.

CandidateVote%
Ward 1
Pamela Beach 832 53.47
Amanda Brannigan 724 46.53
Ward 2
Gary Ruona 709 39.90
Gordon Shreeve 629 35.40
Ted Eng 439 24.70
Ward 3
Bruce Garrod 797 56.61
John Haddock 383 27.20
Logan O'Connor 228 16.19
Ward 4
Willie Popp 1,126 51.18
Fred Bryan 814 37.00
Tamara Williamson 260 11.82
Ward 5
Todd Snooks 586 41.50
Angela Horne 290 20.54
Tammy Murphy 242 17.14
Roger Varley 232 16.43
Blair Emmerson 62 4.39

Whitby

The following are the preliminary results for the Town of Whitby.[11]

Mayor

Candidate Vote%
Don Mitchell (X) 16,464 71.11
Andrea Kennedy 6,689 28.89

Regional Councillors

Four Regional Councillors were elected.

CandidateVote%
Elizabeth Roy (X) 12,257 16.44
Chris Leahy 11,210 15.04
Steve Yamada 10,404 13.96
Rhonda Mulcahy 8,545 11.46
Terry Johnston 8,055 10.80
Derrick Gleed (X) 7,259 9.74
Christine Winters 6,852 9.19
John Dolstra 5,786 7.76
Rod Thwaites 2,132 2.86
Chudi Asidianya 2,051 2.75

Local Councillors

Four Local Councillors were elected in 1 of 4 wards.

CandidateVote%
Ward 1 North
Steve Lee 2,624 54.98
Bill Windrem 1,316 27.57
Sharmila Saigaonkar 833 17.45
Ward 2 West
Deidre Newman 2,540 39.24
Matt Cardwell 2,435 37.62
Kimberly Zeppieri 738 11.40
Meredith Dodge 413 6.38
Tracy Roulston 347 5.36
Ward 3 Centre
Joanne Alexander 1,551 34.19
Michael Emm (X) 1,538 33.90
Bob Baker 1,242 27.37
Dave Sansom 206 4.54
Ward 4 East
Maleeha Shahid 2,015 30.23
Liam Nichols 1,314 19.71
Paul Johnston 1,147 17.21
Carleen Blissett 1,086 16.29
Chris Jones 740 11.10
Sharon Peters 364 5.46

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  7. Web site: What's my Ward. 24 February 2021.
  8. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-10-23 . 2018-10-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181023234325/https://www.pickering.ca/en/elections/resources/2018-Unofficial-Election-Results.pdf . dead .
  9. http://www.scugog.ca/en/township-office/resources/2018-Election/Resutls_Power-Point_Chambers_NEW.pdf Unofficial 2018 Municipal Election Results
  10. Web site: Election Results . 2018-10-23 . 2018-10-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181024035236/https://2018-election.town.uxbridge.on.ca/#at/2fa16b8b-e332-40d9-9b96-8896d5500239/ct/1001 . dead .
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