The 2018 Brant municipal election took place on October 22, 2018. Seven-term incumbent Ronald Eddy lost re-election to businessman David Bailey. Bailey is the first openly gay mayor of Brant.[ 1] [ 2]
2018 Brant mayoral election
Mayor of Brant before election Ronald Eddy
Elected Mayor of Brant David Bailey
Mayoral Candidate[ 4] [ 5]
Vote
%
David Bailey 4,478
47.58
Ronald Eddy (incumbent)3,156
33.54
Don Cardy
1,133
12.04
Shawn Pratt
644
6.84
Two to be elected from each ward. The results for Brant County Council are as follows:[ 5]
Ward 1
Candidate
Vote
%
John Wheat (incumbent)1,254
33.26
John MacAlpine 1,148
30.45
Willie Morley
958
25.41
Nick Quail
410
10.88
Ward 2
Candidate
Vote
%
Marc Laferriere 1,378
34.02
Steve Howes 1,211
28.99
Shirley Simons (incumbent)
770
19.01
Steven Acheson
344
8.49
Ellay Heys
296
7.31
Phil Ogborne
52
1.28
Ward 3
Candidate
Vote
%
John Peirce (incumbent)850
27.00
John Bell 642
20.39
Marty Verhey
559
17.76
Clifford Atfield
416
13.21
Edith Stone
383
12.17
Myles D. Rusak
261
8.29
Murray Powell (incumbent)[ a]
37
1.18
Ward 4
Candidate
Vote
%
Robert Chambers (incumbent)1,061
37.45
David Miller (incumbent)960
33.89
Marilyn Baptist
548
19.34
Laura Mordaunt
264
9.32
Ward 5
Candidate
Vote
%
Brian Coleman (incumbent)1,067
32.32
Joan Gatward (incumbent)994
30.11
Ella Haley
800
24.24
Owen DeBoer
440
13.33
School board trustees
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Candidate
Vote
%
Christina Speers 5,453
32.82
Rita Collver 4,394
26.44
David VanTilborg
3,592
21.62
Tom Waldschmidt
3,178
19.12
Candidate
Vote
%
Pierre Girouard 724
73.28
Denis Frawley
264
26.72
^ Ball, Vincent (November 1, 2018). " . Brantford Expositor Postmedia . Retrieved May 19, 2021 . ^ Rubio, Michelle (June 10, 2019). "Brant County flies first Pride flag" . Brantford Expositor Postmedia . Retrieved May 19, 2021 . ^ a b c d Ball, Vincent (October 11, 2018). "Four vie for Brant mayor's job" . Brantford Expositor Postmedia . Retrieved June 22, 2020 . ^ "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ a b "Election Results" . County of Brant . Retrieved May 19, 2021 .
^ Powell died three weeks before the election.
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