2018 York Region municipal elections

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)".

2018 York Region municipal election
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Incumbent Council

(2014)


Map of York Region and the municipalities it includes.

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 4,781 38.33
Geoff Dawe (X) 3,533 28.33
Chris Ballard 2,475 19.84
John Abel 1,684 13.50

Aurora Town Council

Six to be elected[5][4]

Councillor Candidate Vote %
Harold Kim (X) 6,013 10.75
Wendy Gaertner (X) 5,875 10.50
Sandra Humfryes (X) 5,456 9.75
Michael Thompson (X) 4,991 8.92
Rachel Gilliland 4,800 8.58
John Gallo 4,781 8.55
Vicky McGrath 4,112 7.35
Adam Mobbs 4,082 7.30
Anna Kroeplin 2,818 5.04
Ian Clark 2,406 4.30
David Heard 2,401 4.29
James Hoyes 2,025 3.62
Denis Van Decker 1,913 3.42
Matthew Abas 1,627 2.91
Derrick Hammett 1,269 2.27
Daniel Lajeunesse 1,365 2.44

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

Map of Georgina's 5 wards

Regional Councillor

Council candidate Vote %
Robert Grossi 4,175 46.83
Naomi Davison (X) 3,454 38.74
Lee Dale 1,286 14.43

Ward 1

Council candidate Vote %
Mike Waddington 991 57.99
Charlene Biggerstaff (X) 668 39.09
Glenn Wittenberg 50 2.93

Ward 2

Council candidate Vote %
Dan Fellini (X) Acclaimed

Ward 3

Council candidate Vote %
Dave Neeson (X) Acclaimed

Ward 4

Council candidate Vote %
Frank Sebo (X) 944 44.89
Wayne Philips 865 41.13
Greta Zinck 294 13.98

Ward 5

Council candidate Vote %
Dave Harding (X) Acclaimed

King

Source for results:[8]

Mayor

Mayoral candidate[9] Vote %
Steve Pellegrini (X) Acclaimed

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

Map of Markham's 8 wards

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 4,825 24.78
Talib Ansari 294 1.51

Newmarket Town Council

Map of Newmarket's seven wards

Deputy mayor and regional councillor

Candidate Vote %
Tom Vegh 8,570 44.61
Chris Emanuel 7,952 41.40
Joan Stonehocker 2,688 13.99

Ward 1

Council candidate Vote %
Grace Simon 2,082 60.65
Naqi Ashan 1,014 29.54
Rohit Singh 337 9.82

Ward 2

Council candidate Vote %
Victor Woodhouse 1,731 62.45
Bill Kukulewich 1,041 37.55

Ward 3

Council candidate Vote %
Jane Twinney (X) 1,645 73.01
Zach Zangari 608 26.99

Ward 4

Council candidate Vote %
Trevor Morrison 1,052 43.11
Melissa Williams 891 36.52
Grant Waddell 497 20.37

Ward 5

Council candidate Vote %
Bob Kwapis(X) 2,201 73.20
Ron Eibel 806 26.80

Ward 6

Council candidate Vote %
Kelly Broome (X) Acclaimed

Ward 7

Council candidate Vote %
Christina Bisanz (X) Acclaimed

Richmond Hill

Source for results:[13]

Mayoral candidate Vote %
Dave Barrow (X) 23,304 76.07
Susan Korman 4,756 15.52
Abu Alam 1,238 4.04
Ali Noroozi 770 2.51
Mino Tari 567 1.85

Richmond Hill Town Council

Map of Richmond Hill's six wards

Regional council

Two to be elected.

Council candidate Vote %
Joe DiPaola 11,758 22.35
Carmine Perrelli 11,418 21.71
Carol Chan 9,448 17.96
Jason Cherniak 8,878 16.88
Ramin Faraji 3,706 7.04
Weibo Cheng 3,523 6.70
Sabine Ho 2,605 4.95
Murtaza Bhujwalla 1,269 2.41

Ward 1

Council candidate Vote %
Greg Beros (X) 2,323 43.11
Carol Davidson 1,687 31.31
Lidia Kafieh 1,167 21.66
Trifon Haitas 211 3.92

Ward 2

Council candidate Vote %
Tom Muench (X) 1,827 42.07
Scott Thompson 1,076 24.78
Keith Menezes 636 14.64
Michael Aziz 520 11.97
Mike Rajbar 284 6.54

Ward 3

Council candidate Vote %
Castro Liu (X) Acclaimed

Ward 4

Council candidate Vote %
David West (X) 3,963 66.16
Bob Aurora 1,228 20.50
Michael D'Amelio 799 13.34

Ward 5

Council candidate Vote %
Karen Cilevitz (X) 3,137 51.81
Nick Papa 2,247 37.11
Mahnaz Shahbazi 542 8.95
Nima Shahi 129 2.13

Ward 6

Council candidate Vote %
Godwin Chan (X) 4,146 81.97
Julie Maxey 912 18.03

Vaughan

Source for results:[14]

Mayoral candidate[15] Vote %
Maurizio Bevilacqua (X) 37,072 70.70
Frank Miele 13,690 26.11
Savino Quatela 1,671 3.19

Source:[16]

Vaughan City Council

Map of Vaughan's five wards

Regional council

Three to be elected.

Council candidate[15] Vote %
Mario Ferri (X) 23,323 18.27
Gino Rosati (X) 23,113 18.11
Linda D. Jackson 15,962 12.51
Eliana Di Biase 15,401 12.07
Richard T. Lorello 10,969 8.59
Sunder Singh (X) 9,252 7.25
Fred Winegust 8,745 6.85
Jacob Joel Ginsberg 7,669 6.01
Frank Scarlato 6,440 5.05
Mubarak Ahmed 3,918 3.07
Skanda Singarajah 2,845 2.23

Source:[16]

Ward 1 Maple/Kleinburg

Council candidate[15] Vote %
Marilyn Iafrate (X) 6,538 54.93
Carmine Tucci 2,564 21.54
Vince Scaramuzzo 1,126 9.46
Fitz-Roy Gordon 643 5.40
John Santoro 592 4.97
Millad Hamidkohzad 440 3.70

Source:[16]

Ward 2 Woodbridge West

Council candidate[15] Vote %
Tony Carella (X) 4,020 33.83
Nick Pinto 2,976 25.04
Adriano Volpentesta 2,909 24.48
Simone Barbieri 964 8.11
Carrie Liddy 493 4.15
Mario Di Nardo 427 3.59
Nicole Elfar-Troiano 95 0.80

Source:[16]

Ward 3 Woodbridge/Vellore

Council candidate[15] Vote %
Rosanna DeFrancesca (X) 6,220 61.31
Victor Lacaria 1,183 11.66
Mark Pulciani 1,155 11.38
Tony Lorini 1,002 9.88
Salva Gravets 219 2.16
John Yusufi 203 2.00
Tom Takacs 163 1.61

Source:[16]

Ward 4 Concord/Thornhill

Council candidate[15] Vote %
Sandra Yeung Racco (X) 2,868 49.53
Styles Q. Weinberg 1,968 33.99
Furio Liberatore 954 16.48

Source:[16]

Ward 5 Thornhill

Council candidate[15] Vote %
Alan Shefman (X) 6,769 55.54
Allan Goldstein 5,418 44.46

Source:[16]

Whitchurch-Stouffville

Mayor

Mayoral candidate Vote % vote % Δ
Iain Lovatt 5,329 37.44
Keith Acton 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

Map of Whitchurch-Stouffville's wards

Ward 1

Council candidate Vote % 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 candidate Vote % 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 candidate Vote % 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 candidate Vote % 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 candidate Vote % 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)

Candidate[15] Vote %
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)

Candidate[15] Vote %
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[15] 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 716 7.6
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[15] Vote %
Rose Cantisano 2738 47.1
Teresa Ciaravella 2527 43.5
Teresa Calvi 548 9.4

Trustee - Area 2 (Vaughan Ward 2)

Candidate[15] Vote %
Dino Giuliani 2418 37.1
Michaela Barbieri 1838 28.2
Enza Torchia 1473 22.6
Daniele DiNardo 574 8.8
Justin Darmanin 208 3.2

Trustee - Area 3 (Vaughan Ward 3)

Candidate[15] Vote %
Joe Giancola
Maria Marchese
Donna Rosati

Trustee - Area 4 (Vaughan Ward 4 & 5)

Candidate[15] Vote %
Jennifer Wigston

Le Conseil scolaire Viamonde

Trustee - York Region

Candidate[15] Vote %
François Guérin
Karine Ricard

Source:[23]

Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir

Trustee - York Region

Candidate[15] Vote %
Kathleen Beal
Maxime Papillon

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