Municipal elections were held in Essex County Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province .
Map of Essex County showing the municipalities that use a Ward system for their Town Councils in Dark Blue, and an At-Large system (with the top 5 placed candidates elected) in Light Blue. Red is Windsor and Pelee which are both part of Essex County, but are considered separate municipalities, and do not send members to the Essex County Council . This page only includes the results for the towns of Essex County, and Pelee. While the City of Windsor (the largest population centre in the county by far) is nominally part of the county and counted in its population numbers, the city and its municipal government are a separate entity, and does not send any members to the County Council. The elections to Windsor's Mayor and City Council were held concurrently .
(NOTE: Elected candidates are shown in bold. An (X) indicates an incumbent candidate.)
Essex County Council
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Essex County Council consists of the 7 mainland mayors of Essex County and their seven deputy mayors.[ 1]
Position
Elected
Amherstburg Mayor
Aldo DiCarlo
Amherstburg Deputy Mayor
Leo Meloche
Essex Mayor
Larry Snively
Essex Deputy Mayor
Richard Meloche
Kingsville Mayor
Nelson Santos (acclaimed)
Kingsville Deputy Mayor
Gord Queen (acclaimed)
Lakeshore Mayor
Tom Bain (acclaimed)
Lakeshore Deputy Mayor
Tracey Bailey
LaSalle Mayor
Marc A. Bondy
LaSalle Deputy Mayor
Crystal Meloche (acclaimed)
Leamington Mayor
Hilda Macdonald
Leamington Deputy Mayor
Larry Verbeke
Tecumseh Mayor
Gary McNamara (acclaimed)
Tecumseh Deputy Mayor
Joe Bachetti
The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of Amherstburg.
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Aldo DiCarlo (X) 4,576 62.67
Glenn Swinton
2,726
37.33
Deputy Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Leo Meloche 2,579
Diane Pouget
2,575
Bob Rozankovic
1,142
Richard Fryer
948
Mayoral Candidate[ 2]
Vote
%
Larry Snively 2,261 32.84
Ron Rogers
2,144
31.14
Katie McGuire-Blais
1,358
19.72
Rob Shepley
1,122
16.30
Mayoral Candidate[ 3]
Vote
%
Nelson Santos (X)
Acclaimed
Mayoral Candidate[ 4]
Vote
%
Tom Bain (X)
Acclaimed
Deputy Mayoral Candidate[ 4]
Vote
%
Tracey Bailey 7,858 68.85
Al Fazio (X)
2,541
22.26
Sean Gabriele
1,015
8.89
The results for Lakeshore Town Council is as follows:[ 5]
Candidate
Vote
%
Ward 1
Steven Wilder (X)1,245 70.78
John-Mark Jurak
514
29.22
Ward 2
Len Janisse (X)654 47.53
Samantha Russell
394
28.63
Lana Drouillard
328
23.84
Ward 3
Kelsey Santarossa 716 41.29
Steve Colasanti
517
29.82
Ray Holland
360
20.76
Kevin St-Pierre
141
8.13
Ward 4
John Kerr 674 24.22
Romeo Beaulieu
589
21.16
Jennifer-Jane Poisson
495
17.79
Steven Bezaire
420
15.09
Paddy Byrne
304
10.92
Susan Dozois
301
10.82
Ward 5
Kirk Walstedt 1,254 57.50
Dan Diemer (X)
428
19.62
Tim McDermott
424
19.44
Rolf Keller
53
2.43
Wayne Rose
22
1.01
Ward 6
Linda McKinlay (X)
Acclaimed
Mayoral Candidate[ 6]
Vote
%
Marc A. Bondy 6,021 61.87
Gary Baxter
3,711
38.13
Mayoral Candidate[ 7]
Vote
%
Hilda Macdonald 4,341 60.23
John Paterson (X)
2,533
35.15
Bruce Medcalf
333
4.62
Mayoral Candidate[ 8]
Vote
%
Gary McNamara (X)
Acclaimed
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