2014 Ontario municipal elections
2014 Ontario municipal elections Turnout 43.12% (average)
The 2014 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 27, 2014.
Voters in the province of Ontario elected mayors , councillors , school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities .
Electoral period
Submissions for candidate nominations were first accepted on 1 January 2014, at which time the campaign period began. The last day for acceptance of nominations or candidacy withdrawal was 12 September 2014.[ 2]
From 1978 until 2006 the second Monday of November was the fixed date. Notwithstanding advance polling arrangements, municipal elections will be held on the fourth Monday of October, that is 27 October 2014.[ 2]
The elected representatives will begin their council terms on 1 December 2014. Officials will serve a four-year term excepting death or resignation. All candidates must terminate their campaigning activity by 31 December 2014; this includes, for example, collecting electoral signs. They must file campaign financial details by 27 March 2015.[ 2]
Single tier municipalities
Mayoral Candidate[ 3]
Vote
%
Ron Eddy (X)5,357
56.77
Roy Haggart
2,508
26.58
Shawn Pratt
1,571
16.65
Mayoral Candidate[ 4]
Vote
%
Chris Friel (X)8,743
36.02
Jan Vanderstelt
4,519
18.62
Dave Wrobel
4,042
16.65
Michael St. Amant
3,703
15.26
Mark H. Littell
2,018
8.31
Mary Ellen Kaye
1,113
4.59
John Turmel 133
0.55
Mayoral Candidate[ 5]
Vote
%
Randy Hope (X)9,242
28.55
Marjorie Crew
7,884
24.35
Steve Brent
5,603
17.31
Ian McLarty
4,451
13.75
Jeff Bultje
4,298
13.28
Reno Lachapelle
558
1.72
John Willatt
339
1.05
Mayoral Candidate[ 6]
Vote
%
Ken Hewitt (X)
6,804
52.19
Kevin Smith
3,308
25.37
John Trainer
1,541
11.82
Marnie Knight
1,385
10.62
Mayoral Candidate[ 7]
Vote
%
Andy Letham
16,055
58.01
Donna Villemare
4,742
17.13
Brenda Lee Karagiannis
3,888
14.05
John Macklem
2,338
8.45
Bill Denby
654
2.36
Mayoral Candidate[ 8]
Vote
%
Charlie Luke
10,644
54.15
Dennis Travale (X)
8,166
41.54
Jim Miller
848
4.31
Mayoral Candidate[ 9]
Vote[ 10]
%
Robert Leighton Quaff
4,837
51.10
Jeff Goddard
2,817
29.76
Paul Boyd
1,811
19.13
Counties
Regional municipalities
Separated municipalities
Mayoral Candidate[ 11]
Vote
%
Taso Christopher
3,914
25.98
Pat Culhane
3,753
24.91
Richard David Courneyea
2,520
16.73
Bill Glisky
2,284
15.16
Jill Raycroft
1,874
12.44
Lonnie Herrington
379
2.52
Kenzo Dozono
343
2.28
Mayoral Candidate[ 12]
Vote[ 13]
%
David Henderson (X)
2,628
36.76
Louise Severson
2,394
33.49
Cec Drake
2,127
29.75
Mayoral Candidate[ 15]
Vote
%
Erika Demchuk (X)
838
40.94
James E. Garrah
553
27.02
Joe Truesdell
487
23.79
Don Mills
169
8.26
In June 2014, mayor Joe Fontana resigned after being convicted for misusing government funds.[ 16] Council appointed Joni Baechler as mayor for the remainder of the current term.[ 17]
Mayoral Candidate[ 18]
Vote
%
Bryan Paterson 13,577
38.15
Dorothy Hector
8,663
24.34
Rick Downes
8,388
23.57
Brenda Slomka
4,108
11.54
Scott Foster
492
1.38
Michael J. M. Owen
362
1.02
Mayoral Candidate[ 19]
Vote
%
Steve Clarke
8,090
89.99
John Maxwell
900
10.01
Mayoral Candidate[ 20]
Vote
%
Mike LeMay
2,144
47.80
Ed Jacyno (X)
1,380
30.77
Dan Callaghan
961
21.43
Mayoral Candidate[ 21]
Vote
%
Daryl Bennett (X)11,210
41.38
Maryam Monsef 9,879
36.47
Alan Wilson
4,052
14.96
Patti S. Peeters
1,564
5.77
Terry LeBlanc
202
0.75
Tom Young
183
0.68
Mayoral Candidate[ 22]
Vote
%
Brett Todd (X)
1,105
64.36
Sandra Lawn
482
28.07
Kelly Cole
130
7.57
Mayoral Candidate[ 23]
Vote
%
Jim Harrison
6,131
61.02
Terry Cassidy
2,255
22.44
Sandra Carter
1,470
14.63
Monte Hennessy
149
1.48
Claud'R du-Lude
42
0.42
Mayoral Candidate[ 24]
Vote
%
Shawn James Pankow
1,619
47.17
Ken Graham
1,078
31.41
Rob Peters
680
19.81
Benjamin DuHamel
55
1.60
Mayoral Candidate[ 25]
Vote
%
Dan Mathieson (X)
8,638
81.54
Don Robinson
1,166
11.01
Martin Weatherall
523
4.94
Matthew Murphy
266
2.51
Mayoral Candidate[ 26]
Vote
%
Al Strathdee
2,031
72.85
Steve Grose (X)
757
27.15
Mayoral Candidate[ 27]
Vote
%
Heather Jackson (X)
4,475
45.15
Mark E. Cosens
3,633
36.66
Cliff Barwick
1,803
18.19
Mayoral Candidate[ 28]
Vote
%
Drew Dilkens 32,271
55.36
John Millson 15,848
27.19
Larry Horwitz
7,293
12.51
Ernie The Bacon Man[ 29]
640
1.10
Robin Easterbrook
611
1.05
Bruce Martin
365
0.63
Steve Gavrildis
330
0.57
Timothy Dugdale
295
0.51
Mike Tessier
244
0.42
Raymond Poisson
143
0.25
Ronald Van Dyk
132
0.23
Jaysen R. Sylvestre
123
0.21
Districts
Term lengths
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario legislation (Bill 81, Schedule H ), passed in 2006, sets the length of terms in office for all municipal elected officials at four years.
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