2018 Brant municipal election

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
October 22, 2018
 
Candidate David Bailey Ronald Eddy
Popular vote 4,478 3,156
Percentage 47.58% 33.54%
 
SP
Candidate Don Cardy Shawn Pratt
Popular vote 1,133 644
Percentage 12.04% 6.84%
Mayor of Brant before election

Ronald Eddy

 Elected Mayor of Brant

David Bailey

Mayoral candidates

Results

Mayor
Mayoral Candidate[4][5] Vote  %
David Bailey4,47847.58
Ronald Eddy (incumbent)3,15633.54
Don Cardy1,13312.04
Shawn Pratt6446.84

Brant County Council

Two to be elected from each ward. The results for Brant County Council are as follows:[5]

Ward 1
Candidate Vote  %
John Wheat (incumbent)1,25433.26
John MacAlpine1,14830.45
Willie Morley95825.41
Nick Quail41010.88
Ward 2
Candidate Vote  %
Marc Laferriere1,37834.02
Steve Howes1,21128.99
Shirley Simons (incumbent)77019.01
Steven Acheson3448.49
Ellay Heys2967.31
Phil Ogborne521.28
Ward 3
Candidate Vote  %
John Peirce (incumbent)85027.00
John Bell64220.39
Marty Verhey55917.76
Clifford Atfield41613.21
Edith Stone38312.17
Myles D. Rusak2618.29
Murray Powell (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1]371.18
Ward 4
Candidate Vote  %
Robert Chambers (incumbent)1,06137.45
David Miller (incumbent)96033.89
Marilyn Baptist54819.34
Laura Mordaunt2649.32
Ward 5
Candidate Vote  %
Brian Coleman (incumbent)1,06732.32
Joan Gatward (incumbent)99430.11
Ella Haley80024.24
Owen DeBoer44013.33

English trustees
Candidate Vote  %
Christina Speers5,45332.82
Rita Collver4,39426.44
David VanTilborg3,59221.62
Tom Waldschmidt3,17819.12

French trustee

Candidate Vote  %
Pierre Girouard72473.28
Denis Frawley26426.72

References

  1. Ball, Vincent (November 1, 2018). "'Change is needed'". Brantford Expositor. Postmedia. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  2. Rubio, Michelle (June 10, 2019). "Brant County flies first Pride flag". Brantford Expositor. Postmedia. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  3. Ball, Vincent (October 11, 2018). "Four vie for Brant mayor's job". Brantford Expositor. Postmedia. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  4. "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)
  5. "Election Results". County of Brant. Retrieved May 19, 2021.

Notes

  1. Powell died three weeks before the election.
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