2018 Oxford County municipal elections

Elections were held in Oxford County, Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

Oxford County Council

County council consists of the mayors of the municipalities plus two "city and county" councillors from Woodstock.^[1]

Position	Elected
Blandford-Blenheim Mayor	Mark Peterson
East Zorra-Tavistock Mayor	Don McKay
Ingersoll Mayor	Ted Comiskey
Norwich Mayor	Larry Martin
South-West Oxford Mayor	David Mayberry (acclaimed)
Tilsonburg Mayor	Stephen Molnar
Woodstock Mayor	Trevor Birtch
Woodstock Councillor	Sandra J. Talbot
Woodstock Councillor	Deb Tait
Zorra Mayor	Marcus Ryan

Blandford-Blenheim

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate^[2]	Vote	%
Mark Peterson	1,850	90.07
John Mailloux	204	9.93

Township Councillors

4 to be elected, electors have multiple votes

Candidate^[3]	Vote	%
Justin Read	1,382	20.26
Nancy Demarest	1,235	18.10
Randy Balzer (X)	986	14.45
G Bruce Banbury (X)	823	12.06
William Bell	734	10.76
Kent Jordan	647	9.48
Charles Doering	442	6.48
Hewitt Bryan	375	5.49
Ron Behm	196	2.87

East Zorra-Tavistock

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate^[4]	Vote	%
Don McKay (X)	1,234	58.62
Maureen Ralph	871	41.38

Township Councillors

Elected from multi-member wards

Ward 1

Candidate^[5]	Vote	%
Philip Schaefer	774	46.88
Margaret Lupton	610	36.94
Thomas Murray	267	16.17

Ward 2

Candidate^[5]	Vote	%
Scott Rudy	Acclaimed

Ward 3

Candidate^[5]	Vote	%
Jeremy Smith (X)	Acclaimed
Matthew Gillespie	Acclaimed

Ingersoll

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate^[6]	Vote	%
Ted Comiskey (X)	1,833	44.84
Paul Holbrough	1,365	33.39
Tim Lobzun	889	21.75

Town Councillors

5 to be elected, electors have multiple votes

Candidate^[7]	Vote	%
Kristy Van Kooten-Bossence (X)	2,129	11.95
Rick Eus	2,020	11.34
Brian Petrie (X)	1,868	10.48
Gordon Lesser (X)	1,679	9.42
Michael Bowman (X)	1,572	8.82
Cathy Mott	1,509	8.47
Kirk Franklin	1,484	8.33
Dick Huntley	1,324	7.43
Tammy Jeffery-Larder	1,150	6.45
John Bell	1,039	5.83
Becci Verbrugge	993	5.57
Eric Berridge	523	2.93
Maria Sikal	521	2.92

Norwich

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate^[8]	Vote	%
Larry Martin (X)	2,374	81.83
Tara King	527	18.17

Township Councillors

Ward 1

Candidate^[9]	Vote	%
John Scholten (X)	632	83.04
Tyler Zacher-King	129	16.95

Ward 2

Candidate^[9]	Vote	%
Lynne DePlancke (X)	481	53.50
John Palmer	325	36.15
Scott Takacs	93	10.34

Ward 3

Candidate^[9]	Vote	%
Jim Palmer (X)	Acclaimed

Ward 4

Candidate^[5]	Vote	%
Alan Dale	286	56.85
Ed Atfield	217	43.14

South-West Oxford

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate^[10]	Vote	%
David Mayberry (X)	Acclaimed

Township Councillors

Ward 1

Candidate^[10]	Vote	%
Paul Buchner	Acclaimed

Ward 2

Candidate^[10]	Vote	%
Peter Ypma	152	57.35
Debbie Kasman	113	42.64

Ward 3

Candidate^[10]	Vote	%
Valerie Durston (X)	Acclaimed

Ward 4

Candidate^[10]	Vote	%
George Way (X)	Acclaimed

Ward 5

Candidate^[10]	Vote	%
Jim Pickard (X)	Acclaimed

Ward 6

Candidate^[10]	Vote	%
Craig Gillis	157	68.26
Geoffrey Innes	57	24.78
Kelly Anne Cowell	16	6.95

Tillsonburg

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate^[11]	Vote	%
Stephen Molnar (X)	2,909	60.08
Mark Renaud	1,933	39.92

Town Councillors

5 to be elected, electors have multiple votes

Candidate^[12]	Vote	%
Dave Beres (X)	3,304	13.78
Pete Luciani	2,906	12.12
Deb Gilvesy	2,894	12.07
Penny Esseltine (X)	2,395	9.99
Chris Rosehart (X)	2,288	9.54
Chris Parker	1,904	7.94
Michael Holly	1,867	7.79
Max Adam (X)	1,811	7.55
Cindy Allen	1,616	6.74
Sherry Hamilton	1,522	6.35
Kim Sage	839	3.50
James Murphy	618	2.57

Woodstock

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate^[13]	Vote	%
Trevor Birtch (X)	5,412	58.73
Shawn Shapton	3,664	39.76
Gabriel Rose	138	0.14

The results for Woodstock City Council are as follows:^[14]

City-County Councillor

2 to be elected^[15]

Candidate^[13]	Vote	%
Sandra J. Talbot (X)	5,135	32.39
Deb Tait (X)	5,104	32.19
Michael Harding	3,040	19.17
Naseeb Singh	1,749	11.03
Peter Croves	826	5.21

City Councillor

4 to be elected^[15]

Candidate^[13]	Vote	%
Jerry Acchione (X)	5,483	18.91
Ron Fraser	5,282	18.22
Connie Lauder (X)	4,969	17.14
Mark Schadenberg	4,345	14.98
Kate Leatherbarrow	4,286	14.78
Ross Gerrie	3,395	11.71
Collin Matthews	1,236	4.26

Zorra

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate^[16]	Vote	%
Marcus Ryan	1,639	60.97
Doug Matheson	1,049	39.03

Township Councillors

Ward 1

Candidate^[17]	Vote	%
Ron Forbes (X)	385	68.75
Betty Bartram	175	31.25

Ward 2

Candidate^[17]	Vote	%
Katie Davies	Acclaimed

Ward 3

Candidate^[17]	Vote	%
Paul Mitchell	706	85.67
Michael Kukhta	118	14.32

Ward 4

Candidate^[5]	Vote	%
Steven Macdonald	Acclaimed

References

^ "Oxford County Council". Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ "The Township of Blandford-Blenheim". Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ "Township of Blandford-Blenheim". Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ "List of Certified Candidates". Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Township of East Zorra-Tavistock". Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ "List of Certified Candidates" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ "Town of Ingersoll". Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ "List of Certified Candidates" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Township of Norwich". Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Township of South-West Oxford". Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ "Municipal Election 2018". April 21, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ "Town of Tillsonburg". Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "List of Certified Candidates". October 19, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ "CITY OF WOODSTOCK 2018 MUNICIPAL AND SCHOOL BOARD OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS" (PDF). Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "City of Woodstock Municipal Election". Archived from the original on July 23, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ "List of Certified Candidates". Archived from the original on October 8, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Township of Zorra". Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[1] "Oxford County Council". Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[2] "The Township of Blandford-Blenheim". Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[3] "Township of Blandford-Blenheim". Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[4] "List of Certified Candidates". Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[EZTC-5] "Township of East Zorra-Tavistock". Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[6] "List of Certified Candidates" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[7] "Town of Ingersoll". Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[8] "List of Certified Candidates" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[NTC-9] "Township of Norwich". Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[SWOX-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Township of South-West Oxford". Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[11] "Municipal Election 2018". April 21, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[12] "Town of Tillsonburg". Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[LoCC-13] "List of Certified Candidates". October 19, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[14] "CITY OF WOODSTOCK 2018 MUNICIPAL AND SCHOOL BOARD OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS" (PDF). Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[CoWME-15] "City of Woodstock Municipal Election". Archived from the original on July 23, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[16] "List of Certified Candidates". Archived from the original on October 8, 2018. Retrieved February 24, 2022.

[ZTC-17] "Township of Zorra". Retrieved February 24, 2022.

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