2022 Cochrane District municipal elections explained

Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Cochrane District of Ontario on October 24, 2022 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

The following are the results of the mayoral races in each municipality and the council races in the City of Timmins. (X) denotes an incumbent candidate.

Black River-Matheson

Mayor

Doug Bender was elected mayor of Black River-Matheson by acclamation.[1]

Cochrane

Mayor

The following were the results for mayor of Cochrane.[2]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Peter Politis 1,397 68.61
Denis Clement (X) 639 31.39

Hearst

Mayor

Roger Sigouin, who has been mayor of Hearst since 2002 was challenged by Edward Williamson.[3] [4]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Roger Sigouin (X) 965 83.62
Edward Williamson 189 16.38

Fauquier-Strickland

The following were the results for mayor of Fauquier-Strickland.[5]

Mayor

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Madeleine Tremblay (X) 174 57.43
Robert Courchesne 129 42.57

Iroquois Falls

Mayor

The following were the results for mayor of Iroquois Falls.[6]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Tory Delaurier (X) 1,209 72.31
Roger Hardy 463 27.69

Kapuskasing

Dave Plourde was re-elected by acclamation.[7]

Mayor

Mattice-Val Côté

Mayor

The following were the results for mayor of Mattice-Val Côté.[8]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Marc Dupuis (X) 189 64.95
Gaetan Garneau 102 35.05

Moonbeam

Mayor

The following were the results for mayor of Moonbeam.[9]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Eric Côté 319 53.17
Nicole Fortier Levesque (X) 281 46.83

Moosonee

Mayor

The following were the results for mayor of Moosonee.[10]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Wayne Taipale (X) 226 51.95
Randy Cota 121 27.82
Jennifer Tozer 88 20.23

Opasatika

Mayor

The following were the results for mayor of Smooth Rock Falls.[11]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Patrick Roberts 294 46.08
Sue Perras (X) 290 45.45
Kevin Somer 54 8.46

Timmins

The following are the results for mayor and city council of Timmins.[12]

Mayor

Kristin Murray was mayor of Timmins since being appointed in August 2022.[13] The previous mayor, George Pirie was elected in the 2022 Ontario general election for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario on June 2, 2022.[14]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Michelle Boileau 7,403 61.47
Joe Campbell 3,863 32.07
Richard Lafleur 778 6.46

Timmins City Council

In Wards 1 to 4, the councillor is elected through First-past-the-post voting, with each voter casting just one vote. About a thousand votes were cast in each, barring Ward 1, which was decided by acclamation.In Ward 5, the seats are filled through Plurality block voting with each voter casting up to four votes. With about four times the population of each of the other wards, Ward 5 saw 21,000 votes cast.

CandidateVote%
Ward 1
Rock Whissell (X)Acclaimed
Ward 2
Lorne Feldman 449 46.48
Mickey Auger (X) 331 34.27
Marcus Niebler 186 19.25
Ward 3
Bill Gvozdanovic 37251.96
Carter Lucyk 294 41.06
Sylvin Lacroix 50 6.98
Ward 4
John Patrick Curley (X) 645 47.99
Kenneth Karl Stenbrunner 370 27.53
Tim Jamieson 329 24.48
Ward 5
4 to be elected
Kristin Murray 3,965 18.45
Steve Black 3,801 17.69
Andrew Marks (X) 2,800 13.03
Cory Robin (X) 2,370 11.03
Veronica Farrell 1,900 8.84
Rick Dubeau 1,750 8.14
Caroline Martel 1,696 7.89
Neil David Siblall 1,463 6.81
Edge Stecewicz 1,336 6.22
James McMahon 410 1.91

Val Rita-Harty

Mayor

The following were the results for mayor of Val Rita-Harty.[15]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Johanne Baril (X) 165 57.09
Rosane Parent 12442.91

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elections. Township of Black River-Matheson . 27 August 2022.
  2. Web site: Municipal Elections. Town of Cochrane. 27 August 2022.
  3. Web site: Élections municipales : vers du renouveau dans le Nord de l’Ontario. ONFR+. 18 September 2022. fr.
  4. Web site: 2022 Municipal and School Board Elections. Town of Hearst. 27 August 2022.
  5. Web site: Official List of Candidates. Township of Fauquier-Strickland . 27 August 2022.
  6. Web site: Official List of Certified Candidates. Town of Iroquois Falls . 27 August 2022.
  7. Web site: Elections. Kapuskasing . 27 August 2022.
  8. Web site: Municipal Elections 2022. Municipality of Mattice-Val Côté. 27 August 2022.
  9. Web site: THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MOONBEAM OFFICIAL LIST OF CERTIFIED CANDIDATES. Township of Moonbeam. 27 August 2022.
  10. Web site: List of Certified Candidates. Town of Moosonee. 27 August 2022.
  11. Web site: ELECTIONS. Town of Smooth Rock Falls. 18 June 2022.
  12. Web site: 2022 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. City of Timmins. 18 June 2022.
  13. Web site: Timmins, Ont., council appoints Kristin Murray as new mayor. CBC. 27 August 2022.
  14. Web site: Vacancy on city council following provincial election . Sudbury Star. 18 June 2022.
  15. Web site: Official List of certified candidates. Municipality of Val Rita-Harty. 27 August 2022.