In total, 32 of Ontario's 444 municipalities did not hold elections, as their entire councils were elected by acclamation. In total, 139 municipalities had their mayors or reeves acclaimed. Elections were not held in Armour, Armstrong, Brethour, Chamberlain, Chapleau, Charlton and Dack, Dawn-Euphemia, Dorion, Drummond/North Elmsley, East Garafraxa, Enniskillen, Evanturel, Front of Yonge, Gordon/Barrie Island, Hilton, Hilton Beach, Hornepayne, Howick, Kerns, Lake of the Woods, Laurentian Hills, Minto, Oil Springs, Perry, Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, South River, Tay, The Archipelago, Thessalon and Thornloe.[3]
London was the only municipality to use ranked ballots (in the form of instant-runoff voting) in the 2018 election, with the decision in that city being made by London City Council in 2017,[7] while Cambridge and Kingston held referendums concurrently with their 2018 elections on whether to adopt ranked ballots for the next municipal elections in 2022, with both referendums passing.[8][9][10]
However, in 2020 the Legislative Assembly of Ontario passed the Supporting Ontario's Recovery and Municipal Elections Act, 2020,[11] which removed the option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections. Therefore, London switched back to First-past-the-post voting election system for the 2022 election, the cities of Cambridge and Kingston were not able to switch to ranked ballots.[12]
The results for Brant County Council were as follows. Two to be elected from each ward.
Ward 1
Candidate
Vote
%
John Bradley MacAlpine (X)
1,167
34.01
Jennifer Kyle
1,010
29.44
John Wheat (X)
824
24.02
Jeannine Forbes
430
12.53
Ward 2
Candidate
Vote
%
Steve Howes (X)
1,341
42.65
Lukas Oakley
751
23.89
Jay Arora
627
19.94
Christina Speers
372
11.83
Faizan Baig
53
1.69
Ward 3
Candidate
Vote
%
John Peirce (X)
1,022
36.76
John Bell (X)
920
33.09
Danny Teves
838
30.14
Ward 4
Candidate
Vote
%
Robert Chambers (X)
Acclaimed
David Miller (X)
Acclaimed
Ward 5
Candidate
Vote
%
Christine Garneau
1,018
30.22
Brian Coleman (X)
829
24.61
Ella Haley
665
19.74
Mike Gatopoulos
500
14.84%
John Starkey
357
10.60
A by-election was held in Ward 5 on March 16, 2026 to replace Christine Garneau who resigned in October 2025, citing "an irreconcilable conflict" between her business and municipal duties.[15]
A by-election was held in Ward 4 on June 19, 2023. The seat was vacated after Natalie Stam resigned for health reasons.[27] The results were as follows:[28]
Following the death of Trainer on October 31, 2024, another by-election was held in Ward 4 on April 11, 2025. The results were as follows:[29]
Council Candidate
Vote
%
Brad Adams
1,508
58.70
Tony Dalimonte
711
27.68
Albert Marshall
321
12.50
Jesse Little
29
1.13
Following the death of Stewart Patterson on November 26, 2024,[30] a by-election was held in Ward 1, also on April 11, 2025. The results were as follows:[29]
Incumbent mayor Andy Letham did not run for re-election.[32] Running to replace him includes city councillors Pat Dunn, Doug Elmslie and Kathleen Seymour-Fagan.[33]
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Doug Elmslie
7,982
35.72
Pat Dunn
5,295
23.40
Kathleen Seymour-Fagan
3,949
17.45
Faye McGee
2,800
12.37
Jim Riches
1,371
6.06
William Denby
1,232
5.44
Kawartha Lakes City Council
Ward 1
Candidate
Vote
%
Emmett Yeo (X)
1,004
44.23
Don Logan
597
26.30
Jim Harris
453
19.96
Raymonde Blais Couture
216
9.52
Ward 2
Candidate
Vote
%
Pat Warren
1,823
64.51
Jamie Brown
579
20.49
John Snider
424
15.00
Ward 3
Candidate
Vote
%
Mike Perry
2,207
61.80
Doug Dickerson
1,364
38.20
Ward 4
Candidate
Vote
%
Dan Joyce
548
24.17
David Skrabek
538
23.73
Ian Nicolson
466
20.56
Jamie Campbell
297
13.10
Trevor Johnston
187
8.25
Tyler Richards
182
8.03
Angel Godsoe
49
2.16
Ward 5
Candidate
Vote
%
Eric Smeaton
2,182
57.95
Duncan Gallacher
699
18.57
Janet Di Bello
569
15.11
Wesley Letsholo
190
5.05
Gloria Graham-Weir
125
3.32
Ward 6
Candidate
Vote
%
Ron Ashmore (X)
1,632
59.00
Gerard Jilesen
1,134
41.00
Ward 7
Candidate
Vote
%
Charles McDonald
2,035
64.03
Danielle Willette
696
21.90
Diane Holder
447
14.07
Ward 8
Candidate
Vote
%
Tracy Richardson (X)
1,700
83.33
Greg Ward
340
16.67
By-election
A by-election was held in Ward 5 on April 10, 2025. The seat was vacated after Eric Smeaton resigned for health and personal reasons.[34] The results were as follows:[35]
Incumbent mayor Kristal Chopp ran for re-election. Running against her were county councillors Amy Martin and Ian Rabbitts, former Simcoe town councillor Bill Culver and businessman David Bate.[37]
Incumbent mayor Diane Therrien did not for run for re-election.[43] Candidates running to replace her include former Liberal MPP Jeff Leal and city councillors Henry Clarke and Stephen Wright.[44]
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