2018 York Region municipal elections explained

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

Incumbents are marked with "(X)".

Election Name:2018 York Region municipal election
Type:Regional Municipality
Ongoing:yes
Previous Election:2014 York Region municipal elections
Previous Year:2014
Next Election:2022 York Region municipal elections
Next Year:2022
Election Date:October 22, 2018
Council

York Regional Council

Position Representing Councillor Notes
Chair Wayne Emmerson
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 Rob Grossi
Councillor King Steve Pellegrini (acclaimed) Mayor of King
Councillor Markham Frank Scarpitti Mayor of Markham
Councillor Markham Don Hamilton
Councillor Markham Jack Heath
Councillor Markham Joe Li
Councillor Markham Jim Jones
Councillor Newmarket John Taylor Mayor of Newmarket
Councillor Newmarket Tom Vegh
Councillor Richmond Hill Dave Barrow Mayor of Richmond Hill
Councillor Richmond Hill Joe DiPaola
Councillor Richmond Hill Carmine Perelli
Councillor Vaughan Maurizio Bevilacqua Mayor of Vaughan
Councillor Vaughan Mario Ferri
Councillor Vaughan Gino Rosati
Councillor Vaughan Linda D. Jackson
Councillor Whitchurch–Stouffville Iain Lovett Mayor of Whitchurch–Stouffville

Regional chair

The election was to be the first-ever direct election of the York Regional chair, but it was cancelled by the Ontario Government's passing of the Better Local Government Act.[1] [2] [3]

Aurora

Source for results:[4]

Mayor

Mayoral candidate Vote%
Tom Mrakas 4,78138.33
Geoff Dawe (X) 3,53328.33
2,475 19.84
John Abel 1,68413.50

Aurora Town Council

Six to be elected[5] [4]

Councillor Candidate Vote%
Harold Kim (X) 6,01310.75
Wendy Gaertner (X) 5,87510.50
Sandra Humfryes (X) 5,4569.75
Michael Thompson (X) 4,9918.92
Rachel Gilliland 4,8008.58
John Gallo 4,7818.55
Vicky McGrath 4,1127.35
Adam Mobbs 4,0827.30
Anna Kroeplin 2,8185.04
Ian Clark 2,4064.30
David Heard 2,4014.29
James Hoyes 2,0253.62
Denis Van Decker 1,9133.42
Matthew Abas 1,6272.91
Derrick Hammett 1,2692.27
Daniel Lajeunesse 1,3652.44

East Gwillimbury

East Gwillimbury changed its council from 4 councillors elected "at large" from the town, to 6 councillors in a 3-ward system, with two councillors elected in each ward.

Mayor

Mayoral candidate[6] Vote%
Virginia Hackson (X) 4,607 78.10
Franco Colavecchia 1,292 21.90

Ward 1

Two to be elected.

Candidate Vote%
Loralea Carruthers 1,263 30.6
Terry E. Foster 871 21.1
Joel Kearney 560 13.5
Calum MacMillan 753 18.2
Jeremy Smith 277 6.7
Leen Spiering 411 9.9

Ward 2

Two to be elected.

Candidate Vote%
Tara Roy-DiClemente (X) 891 39.6
Joe Persechini (X) 821 36.4
Aida Kostuck 541 24.0

Ward 3

Two to be elected.

Candidate Vote%
Scott Crone 1,525 39.2
Cathy Morton (X) 1,169 30.1
Susan Lahey 821 21.1
Melody Somerville 372 9.6
Source: [6]

Georgina

Source for results:[7]

Mayor

Mayoral candidate Vote%
Margaret Quirk (X) 5,391 60.96
Boris Godzinevski 2,353 26.61
Susan Jagminas 1,100 12.44

Georgina Town Council

Regional Councillor

Council candidate Vote%
Robert Grossi 4,17546.83
Naomi Davison (X) 3,45438.74
Lee Dale 1,28614.43

Ward 1

Council candidate Vote%
Mike Waddington 99157.99
Charlene Biggerstaff (X) 66839.09
Glenn Wittenberg 502.93

Ward 4

Council candidate Vote%
Frank Sebo (X) 94444.89
Wayne Philips 86541.13
Greta Zinck 29413.98

Ward 5

King

Source for results:[8]

Mayor

Markham

List of candidates:[10] Source for results:[11]

Mayor

Mayoral candidate Vote%
Frank Scarpitti (X) 55,553 74.94
Steve Chen 11,068 14.93
Abdul Rahman Malik 3,379 4.56
Jawed Syed 2,294 3.09
Shan Hua Lu 1,835 2.48

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 whom receive the highest number of votes. The candidate with the highest number of votes received also serves as Deputy Mayor.

Council candidate Vote%
Don Hamilton 31,952 13.48
Jack Heath (X) 31,598 13.33
Joe Li (X) 29,852 12.59
Jim Jones (X) 29,037 12.25
Nirmala Armstrong (X) 25,212 10.64
Jeffrey Lee 15,565 6.57
Ray Lai 15,296 6.45
Niran Jeyanesan 14,984 6.32
Tammy Mok 13,773 5.81
Jeff Leung 12,502 5.27
Peter Pavlovic 11,024 4.65
Aaron Madar 5,954 2.51

Ward 1

Council candidate Vote%
Keith Irish 2,266 25.50
Howard Shore 1,602 18.02
Barry Nelson 1,506 16.94
Ricardo Mashregi 1,179 13.27
Peter Wong 670 7.54
Hilary Neubauer 616 6.93
Caryn Bergmann 602 6.77
Jasmine Kang 447 5.03

Ward 2

Council candidate Vote%
Alan Ho (X) 3,598 47.01
Larry Lau 1,441 18.83
Charles Jiang 1,289 16.84
Tammy Armes 545 7.12
Tom Brindley 489 6.39
Bola Otaraki 292 3.81

Ward 3

Council candidate Vote%
Reid McAlpine 3,287 38.69
Jennifer Carrie Wan 2,060 24.25
Ed Law 1,718 20.22
Soraya Mangal 299 3.52
Shanta Sundarason 1,132 13.32

Ward 4

Council candidate Vote%
Karen Rea (X) 8,190 77.87
Ivy Lee 1,761 16.74
Shaarmina A. Rodrigo 372 3.54
Sansanwal Viradhi 194 1.84

Ward 5

Council candidate Vote%
Andrew Keyes 1,266 17.00
Compass Chung 920 12.35
Sri Sivasubramaniam 734 9.86
Fred K. Wong 687 9.23
Tommy Chan 662 8.89
Marlene Mogado 646 8.67
Mo Shakir 603 8.10
Grace Woo 569 7.64
Jeremiah Vijeyaratnam 525 7.05
Scott Au 319 4.28
Sean O'Leary 277 3.72
Rajeev Narang 132 1.77
Ashok Bangia 107 1.44

Ward 6

Council candidate Vote%
Amanda Yeung Collucci (X) 3,125 40.82
Shawn Wang 2,357 30.79
Gin Siow 1,074 14.03
Victor Chan 820 10.71
Arif Mahmood 280 3.66

Ward 7

Council candidate Vote%
Khalid Usman (X) 3,308 24.14
Kethika Logan Kanapathi 2,635 19.23
Sundy Huang 2,079 15.17
Killi Chelliah 1,961 14.31
Malar Varatharaja 1,587 11.58
Mohammed Rahman 1,065 7.77
Sothy Sella 481 3.51
Johnson Irimpan 350 2.55
Mike Srinathan 236 1.72

Ward 8

Council candidate Vote%
Isa Lee 4,616 44.00
Joseph Mohan Remisiar 2,599 24.77
Benson Lau 1,259 12.00
Howard Shen 1,124 10.71
Alex Chiu (X) 893 8.51

Newmarket

Source for results:[12]

Mayor

Mayoral candidate Vote%
John Taylor 14,351 73.71
Joe Wamback 4,82524.78
Talib Ansari 2941.51

Newmarket Town Council

Deputy mayor and regional councillor

Candidate Vote%
Tom Vegh 8,570 44.61
Chris Emanuel 7,952 41.40
Joan Stonehocker 2,68813.99

Ward 1

Council candidate Vote%
Grace Simon 2,082 60.65
Naqi Ashan1,014 29.54
Rohit Singh 3379.82

Ward 2

Council candidate Vote%
Victor Woodhouse 1,73162.45
Bill Kukulewich 1,04137.55

Ward 3

Council candidate Vote%
Jane Twinney (X) 1,645 73.01
Zach Zangari 60826.99

Ward 4

Council candidate Vote%
Trevor Morrison 1,05243.11
Melissa Williams 89136.52
Grant Waddell 49720.37

Ward 5

Council candidate Vote%
Bob Kwapis(X) 2,20173.20
Ron Eibel 80626.80

Ward 7

Richmond Hill

Source for results:[13]

Mayoral candidate Vote%
Dave Barrow (X) 23,30476.07
Susan Korman 4,75615.52
Abu Alam 1,2384.04
Ali Noroozi 7702.51
Mino Tari 5671.85

Richmond Hill Town Council

Regional council

Two to be elected.

Council candidate Vote%
Joe DiPaola 11,75822.35
Carmine Perrelli 11,41821.71
Carol Chan 9,44817.96
Jason Cherniak 8,87816.88
Ramin Faraji 3,7067.04
Weibo Cheng 3,5236.70
Sabine Ho 2,6054.95
Murtaza Bhujwalla 1,2692.41

Ward 1

Council candidate Vote%
Greg Beros (X) 2,32343.11
Carol Davidson 1,68731.31
Lidia Kafieh 1,16721.66
Trifon Haitas 2113.92

Ward 2

Council candidate Vote%
Tom Muench (X) 1,82742.07
Scott Thompson 1,07624.78
Keith Menezes 63614.64
Michael Aziz 52011.97
Mike Rajbar 2846.54

Ward 4

Council candidate Vote%
David West (X) 3,96366.16
Bob Aurora 1,22820.50
Michael D'Amelio 79913.34

Ward 5

Council candidate Vote%
Karen Cilevitz (X) 3,13751.81
Nick Papa 2,24737.11
Mahnaz Shahbazi 5428.95
Nima Shahi 1292.13

Ward 6

Council candidate Vote%
Godwin Chan (X) 4,14681.97
Julie Maxey 91218.03

Vaughan

Source for results:[14]

Mayoral candidate[15] Vote%
Maurizio Bevilacqua (X) 37,07270.70
Frank Miele 13,69026.11
Savino Quatela 1,6713.19
Source:[16]

Vaughan City Council

Regional council

Three to be elected.

Council candidate Vote%
Mario Ferri (X) 23,32318.27
Gino Rosati (X) 23,11318.11
Linda D. Jackson 15,96212.51
Eliana Di Biase 15,40112.07
Richard T. Lorello 10,9698.59
Sunder Singh (X) 9,2527.25
Fred Winegust 8,7456.85
Jacob Joel Ginsberg 7,6696.01
Frank Scarlato 6,4405.05
Mubarak Ahmed 3,9183.07
Skanda Singarajah 2,8452.23
Source:

Ward 1 Maple/Kleinburg

Council candidate Vote%
Marilyn Iafrate (X) 6,53854.93
Carmine Tucci 2,56421.54
Vince Scaramuzzo 1,1269.46
Fitz-Roy Gordon 6435.40
John Santoro 5924.97
Millad Hamidkohzad 4403.70
Source:

Ward 2 Woodbridge West

Council candidate Vote%
Tony Carella (X) 4,02033.83
Nick Pinto 2,97625.04
Adriano Volpentesta 2,90924.48
Simone Barbieri 9648.11
Carrie Liddy 4934.15
Mario Di Nardo 4273.59
Nicole Elfar-Troiano 950.80
Source:

Ward 3 Woodbridge/Vellore

Council candidate Vote%
Rosanna DeFrancesca (X) 6,22061.31
Victor Lacaria 1,18311.66
Mark Pulciani 1,15511.38
Tony Lorini 1,0029.88
Salva Gravets 2192.16
John Yusufi 2032.00
Tom Takacs 1631.61
Source:

Ward 4 Concord/Thornhill

Council candidate Vote%
Sandra Yeung Racco (X) 2,86849.53
Styles Q. Weinberg 1,96833.99
Furio Liberatore 95416.48
Source:

Ward 5 Thornhill

Council candidateVote%
Alan Shefman (X) 6,76955.54
Allan Goldstein 5,41844.46
Source:

Whitchurch-Stouffville

Mayor

Mayoral candidateVote%vote % Δ
Iain Lovatt 5,329 37.44
4,421 31.06
Justin Altmann (X) 3,060 21.50 -11.85
Anand Daté 1,260 8.85
Phil Bannon 162 1.14 -29.47
Source:[17]

Whitchurch-Stouffville Town Council

Ward 1

Council candidateVote%vote % Δ
Ken Ferdinands (X) 490 55.68 -7.14
Elizabeth Johnston 313 35.57 -1.61
Kesha Wint 77 8.75
Source:[17]

Ward 2

Council candidateVote%vote % Δ
Maurice Smith (X) 1,727 71.54 -2.49
Ellen Gowland 687 28.46
Source:[17]

Ward 3

Council candidate Vote%vote % Δ
Hugo Kroon (X) 480 66.76 +13.08
Keith Singer 163 22.67
Stephen Rogers 76 10.57
Source:[17]

Ward 4

Council candidateVote%vote % Δ
Rick Upton (X) 1,694 56.41 +21.15
Brian Sankarsingh 678 22.58
James Liaros 631 21.01% +3.64
Source:[17]

Ward 5

Council candidateVote%vote % Δ
Richard Bartley 817 29.24
Michael Humphreys 736 26.34 -12.68
Rose Pizzulo 488 17.47
Jenny Altmann 378 13.53
Garland Zheng 271 9.70
Steve Downs 104 3.72
Source:[17]

Ward 6

Council candidateVote%vote % Δ
Sue Sherban 1,649 38.46
Rob Hargrave (X) 1,514 35.31% -2.44
Bryan Stott 1,125 26.24% 14.37
Source:[17]

York Region District School Board

Trustee - Area 1 (Vaughan Ward 1 & 2)

CandidateVote%
Anna DeBartolo 4,437 45.3
Miranda Goldberg 1,200 12.2
Charline Grant 2,161 22.0
Vivek Mehta 580 5.9
Sabrina Painda 561 5.7
Mandeep Rai 666 6.8
Azadeh Yeganeh 196 2.0
Source:[18]

Anna DeBartolo submitted her resignation from the Trustee position on January 9, 2019, citing personal reasons.[19]

Trustee - Area 2 (Vaughan Ward 3 & 4)

CandidateVote%
Linda Aversa 2,348 29.0
Sam Sanath Barua 478 5.9
Matthew Forbes 1,723 21.3
Justin Rangooni 1,178 14.5
Elizabeth Sinclair 2,376 29.3
Source:[20]

Trustee - Area 3 (Markham Ward 1 & Vaughan Ward 5)

Candidate Vote%
David Sherman 3,663 38.7
Aviva Polonsky 3,409 36.0
Todd Silverman 954 10.1
Brenndon Goodman 726 7.7
Simon Strelchik 7167.6
Sahar Adaskar 436 4.6
Source:[21]

Trustee - East Gwillimbury and Whitchurch-Stouffville

Candidate Vote %
Lena Singh
Elizabeth Terrell-Tracey

Trustee - Richmond Hill (Wards 1, 2 and 4)

Candidate[22] Vote%
Simone Cui
Corrie McBain
Jonathan Nadler

York Catholic District School Board

Trustee - Area 1 (Vaughan Ward 1)

Candidate Vote%
Rose Cantisano 273847.1
Teresa Ciaravella 252743.5
Teresa Calvi 5489.4

Trustee - Area 2 (Vaughan Ward 2)

CandidateVote%
Dino Giuliani 241837.1
Michaela Barbieri 183828.2
Enza Torchia 147322.6
Daniele DiNardo 5748.8
Justin Darmanin 2083.2

Trustee - Area 3 (Vaughan Ward 3)

CandidateVote%
Joe Giancola
Maria Marchese
Donna Rosati

Trustee - Area 4 (Vaughan Ward 4 & 5)

Le Conseil scolaire Viamonde

Trustee - York Region

Candidate Vote%
François Guérin
Karine Ricard
Source:[23]

Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir

Trustee - York Region

CandidateVote%
Kathleen Beal
Maxime Papillon

Notes and References

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  21. Web site: York Region District School Board Area 3 Trustee . City of Vaughan . July 26, 2019 . July 26, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190726163903/http://www.vaughan.ca/elections/General%20Documents/2018%20Results/YRDSB%20Area%203%20-%20Poll%20Results.pdf . live .
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  23. Web site: 2018 Election . Ontario Education Services Corporation . July 26, 2019. A reliable source for 2018 vote tallies for Le Conseil scolaire Viamonde has not yet been found.

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