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
October 22, 2018

Names in bold denotes elected candidates.
(X) denotes incumbent.

Waterloo Regional Council

Chair
Candidate Vote  %
Karen Redman66,37062.40
Robert Deutschmann19,96618.77
Jan d'Ailly10,3539.73
Jay Aissa9,6759.10

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

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)13,20932.50
Helen G. Jowett (X)12,80131.49
John Florence7,72619.01
Jeffrey Shaver4,0199.89
Rob Brunette2,8907.11
Kitchener (4 to be elected)
Tom Galloway (X)23,07819.15
Elizabeth Clarke (X)21,03717.46
Michael D. Harris16,93514.06
Geoff Lorentz (X)16,59913.78
Kari Williams11,3269.40
Ted Martin11,2869.37
Fauzia Mazhar9,9428.25
Tom Hiller5,4974.56
Jason House4,7873.97
Waterloo (2 to be elected)
Jim Erb13,08932.68
Sean Strickland (X)10,77626.90
Jane Mitchell (X)9,47223.65
Beisan Zubi5,14712.85
Bob Oberholtzer1,5723.92

Cambridge

Referendum

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  %
Yes13,48856.35
No10,44943.65

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

List of candidates:[10]

Mayor
Mayoral Candidate Vote  %
Kathryn McGarry13,40447.72
Doug Craig (X)7,39426.32
Ben Tucci4,90217.45
Colin Tucker1,5535.53
Randy Carter8362.98
Total28,089100.00
Source: City of Cambridge [11]

Cambridge City Council
Map of Cambridge's eight wards
Candidate Vote  %
Ward 1
Donna Reid (X)1,04033.40
Clifford Vanclief58018.63
Cliff Eggleton55517.82
Kevin Hiebert34110.95
Stewart Allan2247.19
Ryan O'Hagdan1966.29
Peter Crystal1785.72
Ward 2
Mike Devine (X)2,40457.87
Janice Lajeunesse55513.36
Jeff Richardson51812.47
Jay Brown46811.27
Jaanus Kimsto2095.03
Ward 3
Mike Mann (X)1,63952.79
Tracy Hipel1,19838.58
Patricia Bercowski2688.63
Ward 4
Jan Liggett (X)1,68559.71
Gary Price99035.08
Edwin Friest1475.21
Ward 5
Pam Wolf (X)2,28557.23
Bill Kirby1,12928.27
Brett Wagner57914.50
Ward 6
Shannon Ashdale (X)1,51639.56
Sandy Falkiner82621.56
Peter Renco57815.08
Kurt Ditner56914.85
Stephen Davis3438.95
Ward 7
Frank Monteiro (X)1,01647.12
Connie Cody68531.77
Ryan Coles23710.99
Cody Botelho21810.11
Ward 8
Nicholas Ermeta (X)2,41364.81
Carla Johnson1,10229.60
Kenneth R. Bartlett2085.59

By-election

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

Council Candidate Vote[12]  %
Scott Hamilton39231.84
Connie Cody36129.33
Manuel da Silva18715.19
Cole Boland16613.48
Vandan Patel816.58
Simon Weresch191.54
R. J. Johnston131.06
Cody Botelho120.97
Sandra Lemieux00.00

Kitchener

List of candidates:[13]

Mayor
Mayoral Candidate Vote  %
Berry Vrbanovic (X)34,98385.47
Narine Sookram2,3045.63
Myron Steinman1,9854.85
Jiri Marek1,6594.05

Kitchener City Council
Map of Kitchener's 10 wards
Candidate Vote  %
Ward 1
Scott Davey (X)2,68361.73
Susan Stark64614.86
Stephanie Stretch63814.68
Marcus Drasdo3117.16
Aasia Khatoon681.56
Ward 2
Dave Schnider (X)3,40559.67
Fitzroy Vanderpool1,31523.05
Suresh Arangath65311.44
Regan Sunshine Brussé3335.84
Ward 3
John Gazzola (X)1,62166.08
James Howe68627.97
Paras Solanki1084.40
Robert Souliere381.55
Ward 4
Christine Michaud1,42339.24
Julie Geary72820.08
Wes Hill70119.33
Florence Carbray41911.56
Sasha Sidhu3559.79
Ward 5
Kelly Galloway-Sealock (X)1,77965.91
Andres Fuentes45516.86
Sonal Pandya2619.67
Aizad Ahmad2047.56
Ward 6
Paul Singh (X)2,73380.71
Narendra Grover65319.29
Ward 7
Bil Ioannidis (X)2,63152.44
Hanna Domagala2,16843.21
Dharmesh Patel2184.35
Ward 8
Margaret Johnston1,94649.24
Zyg Janecki (X)1,64541.62
James Baskin3619.13
Ward 9
Debbie Chapman2,16252.15
Melissa Bowman1,37733.21
Philip Molto2977.16
Tia Driver2004.82
Steve Strohack1102.65
Ward 10
Sarah Marsh (X)3,91176.39
Peter Meier1,20923.61

North Dumfries

Mayor
Mayoral Candidate[14] Vote  %
Sue Foxton (X)2,30580.93
Martin Harrison54319.07

Waterloo

List of candidates:[15]

Mayor
Mayoral Candidate Vote  %
Dave Jaworsky (X)17,30770.85
Kelly Steiss5,53022.64
Chris Kolednik1,5926.52

Waterloo City Council
Map of Waterloo's seven wards
Candidate Vote  %
Ward 1 - Southwest
Sandra Hanmer1,15032.28
Robert Parent72420.32
Leia Lei65518.38
Rainer Neufeld55215.49
Adam McCarthy48213.53
Ward 2 - Northwest
Royce Bodaly78128.29
John Arthur McCarthy76227.60
Janice Moore65823.83
Xin Tan56020.28
Ward 3 - Lakeshore
Angela Vieth (X)1,71052.29
Kim Eckel1,56047.71
Ward 4 - Northeast
Diane Freeman (X)2,46171.23
Liangan Yin99428.77
Ward 5 - Southeast
Jen Vasic2,00452.89
Mark Whaley (X)1,78547.11
Ward 6 - Central-Columbia
Jeff Henry (X)1,98973.78
Oliver Campbell57421.29
William Hodgins1334.93
Ward 7 - Uptown
Tenille Bonoguore1,75040.82
Elizabeth Sproule1,33531.14
Carol Parsons62014.46
Rami Said3628.44
Devon McKenzie2205.13

Wellesley

Mayor
Mayoral Candidate[16] Vote  %
Joe Nowak (X)1,27150.46
Bernia Wheaton1,24849.54

Wilmot

Mayor
Mayoral Candidate[17] Vote  %
Les Armstrong (X)3,01650.71
John Jordan2,93149.29

Woolwich

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

References
  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
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