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2018 Waterloo Region municipal elections#Kitchener

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| previous_election = 2014 Waterloo Region municipal elections

| previous_year = 2014

| next_election = 2022 Waterloo Region municipal elections

| next_year = 2022

| election_date = October 22, 2018

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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.

Names in bold denotes elected candidates.

(X) denotes incumbent.

Waterloo Regional Council

=Chair=

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Candidate

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

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.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 Karen Redman ran with experience as a regional councillor and former Member of Parliament for Kitchener Centre.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 Also running were a former mayor of the North Dumfries Rob Deutschmann, who as mayor also served as a regional councillor,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 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.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

The CBC received responses on priorities from each candidate.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 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.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 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.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.htmlAnam 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

=Council=

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

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bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px" | Candidate

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

colspan="3"| 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
colspan="3"| 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
colspan="3"| 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, Ontario|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?"

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Choice

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Yes13,48856.35
No10,44943.65

As the only 27.27% of eligible voters voted in the referendum, the results are non binding.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cambridge.ca/en/your-city/official-election-results.aspx |title=Official election results - City of Cambridge |access-date=2018-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114224850/https://www.cambridge.ca/en/your-city/official-election-results.aspx |archive-date=2018-11-14 |url-status=dead }}

List of candidates:{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.ca/en/your-city/current-candidates.aspx|title = Certified Candidates|date = 29 September 2020}}

=Mayor=

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Kathryn McGarryalign=right|13,404align=right| 47.72
Doug Craig (X)align=right|7,394align=right| 26.32
Ben Tuccialign=right|4,902align=right| 17.45
Colin Tuckeralign=right|1,553align=right| 5.53
Randy Carteralign=right|836align=right| 2.98
Totalalign=right|28,089align=right|100.00
colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Source: City of Cambridge {{cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.ca/en/elections/2018-election-results.aspx|title=2018 Election Results|publisher=City of Cambridge|accessdate=23 October 2018}}

=[[Cambridge, Ontario City Council|Cambridge City Council]]=

File:Cambridge_ward_map_2010.png

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bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px" | Candidate

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

colspan="3"| 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
colspan="3"| Ward 2
Mike Devine (X)2,40457.87
Janice Lajeunesse55513.36
Jeff Richardson51812.47
Jay Brown46811.27
Jaanus Kimsto2095.03
colspan="3"| Ward 3
Mike Mann (X)1,63952.79
Tracy Hipel1,19838.58
Patricia Bercowski2688.63
colspan="3"| Ward 4
Jan Liggett (X)1,68559.71
Gary Price99035.08
Edwin Friest1475.21
colspan="3"| Ward 5
Pam Wolf (X)2,28557.23
Bill Kirby1,12928.27
Brett Wagner57914.50
colspan="3"| Ward 6
Shannon Ashdale (X)1,51639.56
Sandy Falkiner82621.56
Peter Renco57815.08
Kurt Ditner56914.85
Stephen Davis3438.95
colspan="3"| Ward 7
Frank Monteiro (X)1,01647.12
Connie Cody68531.77
Ryan Coles23710.99
Cody Botelho21810.11
colspan="3"| 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:

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Council Candidate

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.ca/en/elections/2020-municipal-byelection.aspx|title = 2020 Municipal By-Election|date = 5 October 2020}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

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, Ontario|Kitchener]]

List of candidates:{{Cite web |url=https://www.kitchener.ca/en/city-services/list-of-candidates.aspx |title=List of candidates - City of Kitchener |access-date=2018-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813031816/https://www.kitchener.ca/en/city-services/list-of-candidates.aspx |archive-date=2018-08-13 |url-status=dead }}

=Mayor=

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Berry Vrbanovic (X)34,98385.47
Narine Sookram2,3045.63
Myron Steinman1,9854.85
Jiri Marek1,6594.05

=[[Kitchener City Council]]=

File:Kitchener Ward map 2010.png

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bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px" | Candidate

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

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

[[North Dumfries]]

=Mayor=

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate{{Cite web |url=https://www.northdumfries.ca/en/township-services/list-of-certified-candidates.aspx |title=List of Certified Candidates - Township of North Dumfries |access-date=2018-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005195002/https://www.northdumfries.ca/en/township-services/list-of-certified-candidates.aspx |archive-date=2018-10-05 |url-status=dead }}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Sue Foxton (X)2,30580.93
Martin Harrison54319.07

[[Waterloo, Ontario|Waterloo]]

List of candidates:{{Cite web |url=https://www.waterloo.ca/en/government/electioncandidates.asp |title=Registered candidates - City of Waterloo |access-date=2018-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521104412/https://www.waterloo.ca/en/government/electioncandidates.asp |archive-date=2018-05-21 |url-status=dead }}

=Mayor=

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Dave Jaworsky (X)17,30770.85
Kelly Steiss5,53022.64
Chris Kolednik1,5926.52

=[[Waterloo City Council]]=

File:Waterloo_ward_map.png

class="wikitable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px" | Candidate

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote

! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %

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

[[Wellesley, Ontario|Wellesley]]

=Mayor=

class="wikitable"
style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate{{Cite web|url=https://www.wellesley.ca/en/township-services/list-of-candidates.aspx|title=List of Candidates|date=6 November 2020}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Joe Nowak (X)1,27150.46
Bernia Wheaton1,24849.54

[[Wilmot, Ontario|Wilmot]]

=Mayor=

class="wikitable"
style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate{{Cite web |url=https://www.wilmot.ca/en/township-office/registered-candidates.aspx?_mid_=123553 |title=Registered Candidates - Wilmot Township |access-date=2018-09-22 |archive-date=2018-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922174227/https://www.wilmot.ca/en/township-office/registered-candidates.aspx?_mid_=123553 |url-status=dead }}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Les Armstrong (X)3,01650.71
John Jordan2,93149.29

[[Woolwich, Ontario|Woolwich]]

=Mayor=

class="wikitable"
style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate{{Cite web|url=https://www.woolwich.ca/en/township-services/list-of-candidates.aspx|title = List of Candidates|date = 4 February 2021}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Sandy Shantz (X)

| colspan="2" | Acclaimed

References

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