2014 Ontario municipal elections explained

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.

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.

Single tier municipalities

Brant County

Mayoral Candidate[3]	Vote	%
Ron Eddy (X)	5,357	56.77
Roy Haggart	2,508	26.58
Shawn Pratt	1,571	16.65

Brantford

See main article: 2014 Brantford municipal election.

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
	133	0.55

Chatham-Kent

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

Greater Sudbury

See main article: 2014 Greater Sudbury municipal election.

Haldimand County

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

Hamilton

See main article: 2014 Hamilton, Ontario municipal election.

Kawartha Lakes

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

Norfolk County

Mayoral Candidate[8]	Vote	%
Charlie Luke	10,644	54.15
Dennis Travale (X)	8,166	41.54
Jim Miller	848	4.31

Ottawa

See main article: 2014 Ottawa municipal election.

Prince Edward County

Mayoral Candidate[9]	Vote[10]	%
Robert Leighton Quaff	4,837	51.10
Jeff Goddard	2,817	29.76
Paul Boyd	1,811	19.13

Toronto

See main article: 2014 Toronto mayoral election.

See main article: 2014 Toronto municipal election.

Counties

Bruce

See main article: 2014 Bruce County municipal elections.

Dufferin

See main article: 2014 Dufferin County municipal elections.

Elgin

See main article: 2014 Elgin County municipal elections.

Essex

See main article: 2014 Essex County municipal elections.

Frontenac

See main article: 2014 Frontenac County municipal elections.

Grey

See main article: 2014 Grey County municipal elections.

Haliburton

See main article: 2014 Haliburton County municipal elections.

Hastings

See main article: 2014 Hastings County municipal elections.

Huron

See main article: 2014 Huron County municipal elections.

Lambton

See main article: 2014 Lambton County municipal elections.

Lanark

See main article: 2014 Lanark County municipal elections.

Leeds and Grenville

See main article: 2014 Leeds and Grenville United Counties municipal elections.

Lennox and Addington

See main article: 2014 Lennox and Addington County municipal elections.

Middlesex

See main article: 2014 Middlesex County municipal elections.

Northumberland

See main article: 2014 Northumberland County municipal elections.

Perth

See main article: 2014 Perth County municipal elections.

Peterborough

See main article: 2014 Peterborough County municipal elections.

Prescott and Russell

See main article: 2014 Prescott and Russell United Counties municipal elections.

Renfrew

See main article: 2014 Renfrew County municipal elections.

Simcoe

See main article: 2014 Simcoe County municipal elections.

Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry

See main article: 2014 Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties municipal elections.

Wellington

See main article: 2014 Wellington County municipal elections.

Regional municipalities

Durham

See main article: 2014 Durham Region municipal elections.

Halton

See main article: 2014 Halton Region municipal elections.

Muskoka District

See main article: 2014 Muskoka District municipal elections.

Niagara

See main article: 2014 Niagara Region municipal elections.

Oxford

See main article: 2014 Oxford County municipal elections.

Peel

See main article: 2014 Peel Region municipal elections.

Waterloo

See main article: 2014 Waterloo Region municipal elections.

York

See main article: 2014 York Region municipal elections.

Separated municipalities

Barrie

See main article: 2014 Barrie municipal election.

Belleville

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

Brockville

Mayoral Candidate[12]	Vote[13]	%
David Henderson (X)	2,628	36.76
Louise Severson	2,394	33.49
Cec Drake	2,127	29.75

Cornwall

Mayoral Candidate[14]	Vote	%
	6,277	50.78
Bob Kilger (X)	5,396	43.66
Jamie Gilcig	687	5.56

Gananoque

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

Guelph

See main article: 2014 Guelph municipal election.

London

See main article: 2014 London, Ontario municipal election.

In June 2014, mayor Joe Fontana resigned after being convicted for misusing government funds.^[16] On June 24, Council appointed Joni Baechler as mayor for the remainder of the current term.^[17]

Kingston

Mayoral Candidate[18]	Vote	%
	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

Orillia

Mayoral Candidate[19]	Vote	%
Steve Clarke	8,090	89.99
John Maxwell	900	10.01

Pembroke

Mayoral Candidate[20]	Vote	%
Mike LeMay	2,144	47.80
Ed Jacyno (X)	1,380	30.77
Dan Callaghan	961	21.43

Peterborough

Mayoral Candidate[21]	Vote	%
Daryl Bennett (X)	11,210	41.38
	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

Prescott

Mayoral Candidate[22]	Vote	%
Brett Todd (X)	1,105	64.36
Sandra Lawn	482	28.07
Kelly Cole	130	7.57

Quinte West

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

Smiths Falls

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

Stratford

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

St. Marys

Mayoral Candidate[26]	Vote	%
Al Strathdee	2,031	72.85
Steve Grose (X)	757	27.15

St. Thomas

Mayoral Candidate[27]	Vote	%
Heather Jackson (X)	4,475	45.15
Mark E. Cosens	3,633	36.66
Cliff Barwick	1,803	18.19

Windsor

See main article: 2014 Windsor municipal election.

Mayoral Candidate[28]	Vote	%
	32,271	55.36
	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

Algoma District

See main article: 2014 Algoma District municipal elections.

Cochrane District

See main article: 2014 Cochrane District municipal elections.

Kenora District

See main article: 2014 Kenora District municipal elections.

Manitoulin District

See main article: 2014 Manitoulin District municipal elections.

Nipissing District

See main article: 2014 Nipissing District municipal elections.

Parry Sound District

See main article: 2014 Parry Sound District municipal elections.

Rainy River District

See main article: 2014 Rainy River District municipal elections.

Sudbury District

See main article: 2014 Sudbury District municipal elections.

Thunder Bay District

See main article: 2014 Thunder Bay District municipal elections.

Timiskaming District

See main article: 2014 Timiskaming District municipal elections.

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.

Notes and References

1. https://amopen.amo.on.ca/stories/s/Municipal-boundary-map-and-number-of-members-on-mu/pnfp-t8ce Municipal boundary map and number of members
2. Web site: Key dates - 2014. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 27 November 2013. 16 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141016031247/http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page7050.aspx. 16 October 2014. dead.
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-09-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006112849/http://www.brant.ca/election/docs/Candidates%20Information%20Site.pdf . 2014-10-06 . dead .
4. Web site: Mayor Candidates . Brantford.ca . 2014-08-27.
5. Web site: Mayor & Council Candidates List . Chatham-kent.ca . 2012-05-17 . 2014-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718154143/http://www.chatham-kent.ca/MUNICIPALELECTIONS/MAYORANDCOUNCILCANDIDATESLIST/Pages/MayorCouncilCandidatesList.aspx . 2014-07-18 . dead .
6. Web site: Home.
7. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-07-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714212540/http://www.city.kawarthalakes.on.ca/city-hall/office-of-the-city-clerk/election/unofficial-list-of-nominations-filed-mayor.pdf . 2014-07-14 . dead .
8. Web site: Who's Running? - NorfolkCounty.ca - Working Together with Our Community . NorfolkCounty.ca . 2014-06-20 . 2014-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140915064046/http://www.norfolkcounty.ca/government/2014-municipal-election-information/2014-municipal-election/ . 2014-09-15 . dead .
9. Web site: Prince Edward County — Elections . 2014-09-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095328/http://www.pecounty.on.ca/government/council/elections.php . 2014-10-06 . dead .
10. Web site: Archived copy . www.pecounty.on.ca . 6 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141102173305/http://www.pecounty.on.ca/pdf/DeclarationofResults2014election_002.pdf . 2 November 2014 . dead.
11. Web site: City of Belleville . Belleville.ca . 2014-08-27.
12. Web site: 1000 Islands | St Lawrence River | Tourist Playground - City of Brockville.
13. Web site: Not Available. 27 February 2016.
14. Web site: Nominated Candidates - Cornwall . Cornwall.ca . 2014-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140923155502/http://www.cornwall.ca/en/cao/Nominated-Candidates.asp . 2014-09-23 . dead .
15. Web site: 2014 List of Candidates - Certified Town of Gananoque . 2014-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141031073244/http://www.gananoque.ca/town-hall/municipal-elections/list-of-certified-candidates . 2014-10-31 . dead .
16. http://www.torontosun.com/2014/06/19/joe-fontana-officially-resigns-as-mayor-of-london "Joe Fontana officially resigns as mayor of London"
17. News: London city councillors vote for interim mayor . London Free Press . Patrick . Mahoney . June 24, 2014 . June 24, 2014.
18. Web site: Certified Candidate List - City of Kingston.
19. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-09-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140913080503/http://www.orillia.ca/en/insidecityhall/resources/Election_2014/2014_Municipal_Elections_Candidates_-_Nom_Filed_20140912.pdf . 2014-09-13 . dead .
20. Web site: Pembroke, Ontario . 2014-09-13 . 2015-04-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150403134833/http://www.pembrokeontario.com/download.php?dl=YToyOntzOjI6ImlkIjtzOjQ6IjE5ODkiO3M6Mzoia2V5IjtpOjM7fQ. dead .
21. Web site: Registered Candidates . 2014-07-12 . 2014-07-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714155714/http://www.peterborough.ca/City_Hall/City_Council_2833/2014_Municipal_Election/Registered_Candidates.htm . dead .
22. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-09-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150218234134/http://prescott.ca/media/18182411/certified_list_of_candidates_2014_municipal_elections_-.pdf . 2015-02-18 . dead .
23. Web site: List of Candidates - Quinte West . Quintewest.ca . 2014-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140905140620/http://www.quintewest.ca/en/cityhall/elections_listofcandidates.asp . 2014-09-05 . dead .
24. Web site: Archived copy . smithsfalls.ca . 6 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150403113804/http://smithsfalls.ca/public_docs/documents/2014%20Municipal%20Election%20-%20Town%20of%20Smiths%20Falls2.pdf . 3 April 2015 . dead.
25. Web site: Who is Running? - Stratford . www.stratfordcanada.ca . 6 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140913081135/http://www.stratfordcanada.ca/en/insidecityhall/Candidates.asp . 13 September 2014 . dead.
26. Web site: Archived copy . townofstmarys.com . 6 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141222132517/http://townofstmarys.com/uploadedFiles/Town_Hall/2010_Election/LIST%20OF%20CERTIFIED%20CANDIDATES%202014%20%20Mayor%20and%20Councillor(2).pdf . 22 December 2014 . dead.
27. https://stthomas.civicweb.net/document/5201/Candidates%27%20List.pdf?handle=356E9636FF2445C19D945AE897FEF296 City of St. Thomas. 2014 Municipal Election. List of candidates
28. Web site: Mayor . Citywindsor.ca . 2014-08-27.
29. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ontario-mayoral-candidate-changes-name-to-bacon-man-1.1303805 "Ontario mayoral candidate changes name to Bacon Man"