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2018 Waterloo Region municipal elections

The 2018 Waterloo Region municipal elections were held on October 22, 2018 in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, to elect Waterloo Regional Council, the mayors and city councils of Cambridge, Kitchener, North Dumfries, Waterloo, Wellesley, Wilmot, and Woolwich, the Waterloo Region District School Board (Public), the Waterloo Catholic District School Board, and the regional members of Conseil Scolaire de District Catholiques Centre-Sud and Conseil Scolaire Viamonde (Public). The election was held in conjunction with the province wide 2018 municipal elections.

2018 Waterloo Region municipal elections
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Names in bold denotes elected candidates.
(X) denotes incumbent.

Waterloo Regional Council

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Chair

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Candidate Vote %
Karen Redman 66,370 62.40
Robert Deutschmann 19,966 18.77
Jan d'Ailly 10,353 9.73
Jay Aissa 9,675 9.10

The election for Regional Chair was marked by the departure of Ken Seiling, who served 33 years as chair.[1] Karen Redman ran with experience as a regional councillor and former Member of Parliament for Kitchener Centre.[2] Also running were a former mayor of the North Dumfries Rob Deutschmann, who as mayor also served as a regional councillor,[3] former councillor in the lower-tier municipality of the City of Waterloo Jan d'Ailly, and businessman Jay Aissa, both of whom overperformed in the City of Cambridge.[4]

The CBC received responses on priorities from each candidate.[5] Redman ran on a message of both economic development and some progressive priorities, including opioid, mental health and social housing issues. Deutschmann ran on a similar tone on issues, with an additional focus on increasing funding to police and emergency response services. d'Ailly ran on a progressive platform, with emphasis placed on the opioid crisis, inclusionary zoning, increasing social supports, reducing deaths due to automobiles, and increasing economic progressivity in the taxation and benefit structure of the Region's finances. Aissa ran on construction of a new hospital, fiscal conservatism, increasing geographic access of rapid transit to less-served municipalities, road state of repair and increasing funding to police and other first responders

Redman won majorities in all seven cities and municipalities of Waterloo Region, including North Dumfries, where Deutschmann served as mayor.[6] Results were slow, with official results not announced until two days after the election, not due to a close ballot count, but due to province-wide technical issues with the electronic voting system that required some extensions to voting in certain areas in the Region.[7][8]

Council

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Waterloo Regional Council includes the chair, the mayors of the seven constituent municipalities (see below) plus the following council races:

Candidate Vote %
Cambridge (2 to be elected)
Karl Kiefer (X) 13,209 32.50
Helen G. Jowett (X) 12,801 31.49
John Florence 7,726 19.01
Jeffrey Shaver 4,019 9.89
Rob Brunette 2,890 7.11
Kitchener (4 to be elected)
Tom Galloway (X) 23,078 19.15
Elizabeth Clarke (X) 21,037 17.46
Michael D. Harris 16,935 14.06
Geoff Lorentz (X) 16,599 13.78
Kari Williams 11,326 9.40
Ted Martin 11,286 9.37
Fauzia Mazhar 9,942 8.25
Tom Hiller 5,497 4.56
Jason House 4,787 3.97
Waterloo (2 to be elected)
Jim Erb 13,089 32.68
Sean Strickland (X) 10,776 26.90
Jane Mitchell (X) 9,472 23.65
Beisan Zubi 5,147 12.85
Bob Oberholtzer 1,572 3.92

Cambridge

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Referendum

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Referendum on ranked ballots: "Are you in favour of the City of Cambridge using a ranked ballot system for the 2022 municipal election?"

Choice Vote %
Yes 13,488 56.35
No 10,449 43.65

As the only 27.27% of eligible voters voted in the referendum, the results are non binding.[9]

List of candidates:[10]

Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Kathryn McGarry 13,404 47.72
Doug Craig (X) 7,394 26.32
Ben Tucci 4,902 17.45
Colin Tucker 1,553 5.53
Randy Carter 836 2.98
Total 28,089 100.00
Source: City of Cambridge [11]

Cambridge City Council

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Map of Cambridge's eight wards
Candidate Vote %
Ward 1
Donna Reid (X) 1,040 33.40
Clifford Vanclief 580 18.63
Cliff Eggleton 555 17.82
Kevin Hiebert 341 10.95
Stewart Allan 224 7.19
Ryan O'Hagdan 196 6.29
Peter Crystal 178 5.72
Ward 2
Mike Devine (X) 2,404 57.87
Janice Lajeunesse 555 13.36
Jeff Richardson 518 12.47
Jay Brown 468 11.27
Jaanus Kimsto 209 5.03
Ward 3
Mike Mann (X) 1,639 52.79
Tracy Hipel 1,198 38.58
Patricia Bercowski 268 8.63
Ward 4
Jan Liggett (X) 1,685 59.71
Gary Price 990 35.08
Edwin Friest 147 5.21
Ward 5
Pam Wolf (X) 2,285 57.23
Bill Kirby 1,129 28.27
Brett Wagner 579 14.50
Ward 6
Shannon Ashdale (X) 1,516 39.56
Sandy Falkiner 826 21.56
Peter Renco 578 15.08
Kurt Ditner 569 14.85
Stephen Davis 343 8.95
Ward 7
Frank Monteiro (X) 1,016 47.12
Connie Cody 685 31.77
Ryan Coles 237 10.99
Cody Botelho 218 10.11
Ward 8
Nicholas Ermeta (X) 2,413 64.81
Carla Johnson 1,102 29.60
Kenneth R. Bartlett 208 5.59

By-election

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Following the death of Frank Monteiro, a by-election was held in Ward 7 on October 5, 2020:

Council Candidate Vote[12] %
Scott Hamilton 392 31.84
Connie Cody 361 29.33
Manuel da Silva 187 15.19
Cole Boland 166 13.48
Vandan Patel 81 6.58
Simon Weresch 19 1.54
R. J. Johnston 13 1.06
Cody Botelho 12 0.97
Sandra Lemieux 0 0.00

Kitchener

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List of candidates:[13]

Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Berry Vrbanovic (X) 34,983 85.47
Narine Sookram 2,304 5.63
Myron Steinman 1,985 4.85
Jiri Marek 1,659 4.05

Kitchener City Council

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Map of Kitchener's 10 wards
Candidate Vote %
Ward 1
Scott Davey (X) 2,683 61.73
Susan Stark 646 14.86
Stephanie Stretch 638 14.68
Marcus Drasdo 311 7.16
Aasia Khatoon 68 1.56
Ward 2
Dave Schnider (X) 3,405 59.67
Fitzroy Vanderpool 1,315 23.05
Suresh Arangath 653 11.44
Regan Sunshine Brussé 333 5.84
Ward 3
John Gazzola (X) 1,621 66.08
James Howe 686 27.97
Paras Solanki 108 4.40
Robert Souliere 38 1.55
Ward 4
Christine Michaud 1,423 39.24
Julie Geary 728 20.08
Wes Hill 701 19.33
Florence Carbray 419 11.56
Sasha Sidhu 355 9.79
Ward 5
Kelly Galloway-Sealock (X) 1,779 65.91
Andres Fuentes 455 16.86
Sonal Pandya 261 9.67
Aizad Ahmad 204 7.56
Ward 6
Paul Singh (X) 2,733 80.71
Narendra Grover 653 19.29
Ward 7
Bil Ioannidis (X) 2,631 52.44
Hanna Domagala 2,168 43.21
Dharmesh Patel 218 4.35
Ward 8
Margaret Johnston 1,946 49.24
Zyg Janecki (X) 1,645 41.62
James Baskin 361 9.13
Ward 9
Debbie Chapman 2,162 52.15
Melissa Bowman 1,377 33.21
Philip Molto 297 7.16
Tia Driver 200 4.82
Steve Strohack 110 2.65
Ward 10
Sarah Marsh (X) 3,911 76.39
Peter Meier 1,209 23.61

North Dumfries

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Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate[14] Vote %
Sue Foxton (X) 2,305 80.93
Martin Harrison 543 19.07

Waterloo

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List of candidates:[15]

Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Dave Jaworsky (X) 17,307 70.85
Kelly Steiss 5,530 22.64
Chris Kolednik 1,592 6.52

Waterloo City Council

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Map of Waterloo's seven wards
Candidate Vote %
Ward 1 - Southwest
Sandra Hanmer 1,150 32.28
Robert Parent 724 20.32
Leia Lei 655 18.38
Rainer Neufeld 552 15.49
Adam McCarthy 482 13.53
Ward 2 - Northwest
Royce Bodaly 781 28.29
John Arthur McCarthy 762 27.60
Janice Moore 658 23.83
Xin Tan 560 20.28
Ward 3 - Lakeshore
Angela Vieth (X) 1,710 52.29
Kim Eckel 1,560 47.71
Ward 4 - Northeast
Diane Freeman (X) 2,461 71.23
Liangan Yin 994 28.77
Ward 5 - Southeast
Jen Vasic 2,004 52.89
Mark Whaley (X) 1,785 47.11
Ward 6 - Central-Columbia
Jeff Henry (X) 1,989 73.78
Oliver Campbell 574 21.29
William Hodgins 133 4.93
Ward 7 - Uptown
Tenille Bonoguore 1,750 40.82
Elizabeth Sproule 1,335 31.14
Carol Parsons 620 14.46
Rami Said 362 8.44
Devon McKenzie 220 5.13

Wellesley

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Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate[16] Vote %
Joe Nowak (X) 1,271 50.46
Bernia Wheaton 1,248 49.54

Wilmot

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Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate[17] Vote %
Les Armstrong (X) 3,016 50.71
John Jordan 2,931 49.29

Woolwich

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Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate[18] Vote %
Sandy Shantz (X) Acclaimed

References

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  1. ^ James Jackson (2018), Tribute to Ken Seiling will benefit Hospice of Waterloo Region. Waterloo Region Record. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2018/09/05/tribute-to-ken-seiling-will-benefit-hospice-of-waterloo-region.html
  2. ^ Waterloo Region Record (2018), Former North Dumfries mayor Deutschmann enters race to replace Seiling as regional chair. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2018/07/05/former-north-dumfries-mayor-deutschmann-enters-race-to-replace-seiling-as-regional-chair.html
  3. ^ Waterloo Region Record (2018), Former North Dumfries mayor Deutschmann enters race to replace Seiling as regional chair. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2018/07/05/former-north-dumfries-mayor-deutschmann-enters-race-to-replace-seiling-as-regional-chair.html
  4. ^ Catherine Thompson (2018), Broad support across region pushed Redman to victory. Waterloo Region Record. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2018/10/24/broad-support-across-region-pushed-redman-to-victory.html
  5. ^ CBC News Kitchener-Waterloo (2018), Waterloo Region Votes: Region chair candidates on why they're running. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/waterloo-region-votes-2018-region-chair-candidates-1.4807139
  6. ^ Catherine Thompson (2018), Broad support across region pushed Redman to victory. Waterloo Region Record. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2018/10/24/broad-support-across-region-pushed-redman-to-victory.html
  7. ^ Greg Mercer (2018), Municipal vote plagued by delays. Waterloo Region Record. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2018/10/22/municipal-vote-plagued-by-delays.html
  8. ^ Anam Latif (2018), New regional chair still up in the air. Waterloo Region Record. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2018/10/23/new-regional-chair-still-up-in-the-air.html
  9. ^ "Official election results - City of Cambridge". Archived from the original on November 14, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2018.
  10. ^ "Certified Candidates". September 29, 2020.
  11. ^ "2018 Election Results". City of Cambridge. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  12. ^ "2020 Municipal By-Election". October 5, 2020.
  13. ^ "List of candidates - City of Kitchener". Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  14. ^ "List of Certified Candidates - Township of North Dumfries". Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  15. ^ "Registered candidates - City of Waterloo". Archived from the original on May 21, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  16. ^ "List of Candidates". November 6, 2020.
  17. ^ "Registered Candidates - Wilmot Township". Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  18. ^ "List of Candidates". February 4, 2021.
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