2022 Waterloo Region municipal elections

The 2022 Waterloo Region municipal elections were held on October 24, 2022, 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 will be held in conjunction with the province wide 2022 municipal elections.

2022 Waterloo Chair election
October 24, 2022
Turnout25.34%
 
BJD
NDS
Candidate Karen Redman Brendon John Da Costa Narine Dat Sookram
Popular vote 68,084 19,909 6,158
Percentage 72.21% 21.15% 6.54%
Chair before election

Karen Redman

 Elected Chair

Karen Redman

(X) denotes incumbent.

Waterloo Regional Council

Chair

Incumbent chair Karen Redman ran for re-election.[1]

Candidate Vote  %
Karen Redman (X)68,08472.31
Brendon John Da Costa19,90921.15
Narine Dat Sookram6,1586.54

Council

Waterloo Regional Council includes the chair, the mayors of the seven constituent municipalities (see below) and eight directly elected councillors[2] from the three main cities:

Candidate Vote  %
Cambridge (2 to be elected)
Doug Craig12,68828.79
Pam Wolf10,00122.69
Tyler Calver8,94720.30
Prakash Venkataraman5,11811.61
Bobbi Stewart4,1979.52
Crystal Whetham3,1187.08
Kitchener (4 to be elected)
Colleen James13,51913.49
Michael Harris (X)11,62811.61
Kari Williams10,70310.68
Robert Deutschmann10,10210.08
Matt Rodrigues9,7149.70
Heather Caron7,2937.28
Michael Parkinson7,0197.01
Mary Henein Thorn5,1955.19
Joe Gowing4,8284.82
Mac Graham4,8264.82
Tom Hiller4,3884.38
Duncan McLean3,9783.97
Soo Bok Lee3,8513.84
Iffat Sultana Riasat3,1373.13
Waterloo (2 to be elected)
Jim Erb (X)12,54135.30
Chantal Huinink4,65513.10
Jim Bolger3,4569.73
Cindy Watkin3,2849.24
John Vieth2,5387.14
Mark Fisher2,4506.90
Gord Greavette2,4386.86
James Ball1,9885.60
Peter Neufeld1,4314.03
Ryan Keating7472.10

Cambridge

List of candidates:[3]

Mayor
2022 Cambridge Mayoral election
October 24, 2022
Turnout28.87%
 
JL
Candidate Jan Liggett Kathryn McGarry
Popular vote 12,567 11,441
Percentage 46.22% 42.08%
Candidate Randy Carter Cody Allen Botelho
Popular vote 1,644 1,538
Percentage 6.05% 5.66%
Mayor before election

Kathryn McGarry

 Elected Mayor

Jan Liggett

Incumbent mayor Kathryn McGarry ran against city councillor Jan Liggett.[4]

Mayoral Candidate Vote  %
Jan Liggett12,56746.22
Kathryn McGarry (X)11,44142.08
Randy Carter1,6446.05
Cody Botelho1,5385.66

Cambridge City Council
Map of Cambridge's eight wards
Candidate Vote  %
Ward 1
Donna Reid (X)1,10835.09
Helen Shwery1,06233.63
Paul Brown59518.84
Erick Takor39312.44
Ward 2
Mike Devine (X)2,34361.61
Piyush Nanda73919.43
Matt Rogers72118.96
Ward 3
Corey Klimpson1,15237.17
Nate Whalen76924.81
Belinda Karahalios44914.49
Michele Braniff41513.39
Tracy Hipel31410.13
Ward 4
Ross Earnshaw1,21539.44
Clifford Vanclief69222.46
Usman Lalva68022.07
Barbara Harrington49416.03
Ward 5
Sheri Roberts1,55038.33
Amanda Maxwell1,20829.87
Jim Karahalios85921.24
Naeem Awan2716.70
Mark D. Fisher1563.86
Ward 6
Adam Cooper1,33635.22
Shannon Adshade (X)85722.59
Bill Conway79520.96
Kris Langford45211.92
Eian Campbell3539.31
Ward 7
Scott Hamilton (X)1,51467.95
Manuel da Silva42018.85
Chris Sim29413.20
Ward 8
Nicholas Ermeta (X)2,29563.17
Vandan Patel63417.45
David Hood43011.84
Jack Perkes2747.54

Kitchener

List of candidates:[5]

Mayor
2022 Kitchener Mayoral election
October 24, 2022
Turnout20.26%
 
VN
MN
Candidate Berry Vrbanovic Val Neekman Manikantan Nair
Popular vote 26,846 3,097 1,817
Percentage 79.97% 9.23% 5.41%
Mayor before election

Berry Vrbanovic

 Elected Mayor

Berry Vrbanovic

Mayor Berry Vrbanovic ran for re-election.[6]

Mayoral Candidate Vote  %
Berry Vrbanovic (X)26,84679.97
Val Neekman3,0979.23
Manikantan Nair1,8175.41
Rehman-Ullah Khan1,0673.18
Milos Sokollu Posavljak7422.21

Kitchener City Council
Map of Kitchener's 10 wards
Candidate Vote  %
Ward 1
Scott Davey (X)2,37568.68
Simon Guthrie70420.36
Alan Becirevic2848.21
Prashant Deol952.75
Ward 2
Dave Schnider (X)3,28481.98
Derrick Rabethge41610.38
Asher Shahzad3067.64
Ward 3
Jason Deneault53229.70
Bryan Richardson34819.43
Rosanne Berwick33718.82
Marijo Howard22812.73
Matthew Griffin1749.72
Devon Harnarain1729.60
Ward 4
Christine Michaud (X)1,63857.86
John Vandonk84229.74
Al Akbar35112.40
Ward 5
Ayo Owodunni84431.52
Jon Massimi72427.04
Ajmer S. Mandur70126.18
Naveed Najmuddin2358.78
Farah Muhammad1746.50
Ward 6
Paul Singh (X)2,06074.94
Anwar Arkani68925.06
Ward 7
Bil Ioannidis (X)1,62041.55
Kevin McCrea1,21631.19
Colin Maley1,06327.26
Ward 8
Margaret Johnston (X)2,59688.30
Aleena Aftab34411.70
Ward 9
Debbie Chapman (X)2,27659.89
Brooklin Wallis97425.63
David Redman2887.58
Beth Warren1062.79
Alex Shevchenko792.08
Matthew Robson772.03
Ward 10
Aislinn Clancy1,76536.15
Stephanie Stretch1,65033.80
Peter Davis51310.51
Phong Tran3988.15
Daniel J. Fife3467.09
Lana Hiscock 210 4.30

North Dumfries

Sue Foxton was re-elected as mayor by acclamation:[7]

Mayor
Mayoral Candidate Vote  %
Sue Foxton (X) Acclaimed

Waterloo

List of candidates:[8]

Mayor
2022 Waterloo Mayoral election
October 24, 2022
Turnout27.18%
 
Candidate Dorothy McCabe Shannon Weber Rob Evans
Popular vote 9,543 9,212 2,474
Percentage 43.53% 42.02% 11.28%
Mayor before election

Dave Jaworsky

 Elected Mayor

Dorothy McCabe

Incumbent mayor Dave Jaworsky did not seek re-election.[1][9]

Mayoral Candidate Vote  %
Dorothy McCabe9,54343.53
Shannon Weber9,21242.02
Rob Evans2,47411.28
Kypp Saunders6943.17
Total 22,435

Waterloo City Council
Map of Waterloo's seven wards
Candidate Vote  %
Ward 1 - Southwest
Sandra Hanmer (X)1,67557.03
Robert Parent1,26242.97
Ward 2 - Northwest
Royce Bodaly (X)1,56866.55
Khaled Berbash70329.84
Shaheen Mujahid853.61
Ward 3 - Lakeshore
Hans Roach1,40455.49
Madelyn Steiss1,12644.51
Ward 4 - Northeast
Diane Freeman (X)2,64784.25
Maryssa Barras3009.55
Obinna Obi1956.21
Ward 5 - Southeast
Jen Vasic (X)2,19462.67
Joe Brenner83423.82
Blayr Hogg3068.74
Obie Oberholtzer1674.77
Ward 6 - Central-Columbia
Mary Lou Roe89632.21
Matthew Nicholas Schwarze79928.72
Jonathan Cassels60721.82
Karen Fischer48017.25
Ward 7 - Uptown
Julie Wright3,04180.64
Bruce Polan73019.36

Wellesley

Joe Nowak was re-elected mayor by acclamation.[10]

Mayor
Mayoral Candidate Vote  %
Joe Nowak (X) Acclaimed

Wilmot

The following were the results for mayor.[11]

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Les Armstrong did not run for re-election.[12] Councillor Jenn Pfenning ran to replace him.[13]

Mayoral Candidate Vote  %
Natasha Salonen4,52461.23
Jenn Pfenning2,69438.77

Woolwich

The following were the results for mayor:[14]

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Sandy Shantz ran for re-election. Councillor Pat Merlihan ran against her.[15]

Mayoral Candidate Vote  %
Sandy Shantz (X)3,92957.90
Patrick Merlihan2,85742.10

References
  1. "Nominations open for municipal elections in Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo". Global. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  2. "Regional Government". Region of Waterloo. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  3. "Elections - City of Cambridge". City of Cambridge. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  4. "'I believe it's that time we took a new look at things:' Jan Liggett announces bid to become mayor". Cambridge Today. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  5. "Find your candidates". City of Kitchener. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  6. "Kitchener Mayor Berry Vrbanovic to seek third term in fall election". Kitchener Record. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  7. "Unofficial List of Registered Candidates". Township of North Dumfries. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  8. "Find election candidates". City of Waterloo. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  9. "Waterloo's new mayor, Dorothy McCabe, 'can't wait to get started'". therecord.com. October 24, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  10. "Elections". Township of Wellesley. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  11. "Candidates List". Township of Wilmot. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  12. "Les Armstrong won't seek fourth term a Wilmot Township mayor". CTV. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  13. "Councillors seek to oust incumbent mayors in Woolwich and Wilmot townships". Waterloo Record. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  14. "List of Candidates". Township of Woolwich. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
  15. "Township mayoral races picking up". Kitchener Record. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
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