2022 Barrie municipal election

The 2022 Barrie municipal election was a municipal election held on October 24, 2022, to elect the mayor of Barrie, Barrie City Councillors and the Simcoe County District School Board, Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir and Conseil scolaire Viamonde members. The election was held on the same day as elections in every other municipality in Ontario.

2022 Barrie municipal election

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Turnout30.45%
 
BW
Nominee Alex Nuttall Barry Ward
Popular vote 13,401 12,624
Percentage 42.72% 40.24%

 
GM
MM
Nominee Gerry Marshall Mike McCann
Popular vote 2,745 1,700
Percentage 8.75% 5.42%

Map of Barrie's 10 wards

Mayor before election

Jeff Lehman

Elected Mayor

Alex Nuttall

The candidates registered to run for Barrie City Council are as follows:[1]

Mayor edit

Incumbent mayor Jeff Lehman ran in the 2022 Ontario general election for the Ontario Liberal Party in Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte, losing to Progressive Conservative Doug Downey. Running to replace him is Barry Ward, a 22-year veteran of Barrie City Council; former Conservative MP Alex Nuttall;[2] former Simcoe County Warden, mayor of Penetanguishene and Simcoe North Liberal candidate in the 2018 Ontario general election, Gerry Marshall; and Ward 10 councillor Mike McCann.[3] City councillor Natalie Harris had also announced she was running, but dropped out.[4]

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Alex Nuttall 13,401 42.72
Barry Ward 12,624 40.24
Gerry Marshall 2,745 8.75
Mike McCann 1,700 5.42
Andrew Gordon 449 1.43
Weldon Hachey 315 1.00
Rob Haverson 134 0.43

City Council edit

Ward 1 edit

Council Candidate Vote %
Clare Riepma (X) 1,752 49.55
Andre Jmourko 969 27.40
Constance Elliott 815 23.05

Ward 2 edit

Council Candidate Vote %
Craig Nixon 1,418 37.07
Shanicka Edwards 1,044 27.29
Greg Peach 607 15.87
Tracy Strohm 502 13.12
Bob Ossowski 184 4.81
Tif Arshi 70 1.83

Ward 3 edit

Council Candidate Vote %
Ann-Marie Kungl (X) 2,001 72.71
Ryan Rijo 424 15.41
Zohaib Tahir 327 11.88

Ward 4 edit

Council Candidate Vote %
Amy Courser 1,134 37.28
Tim Abel 770 25.31
Robert Newman 329 10.82
Dieter Mueller 257 8.45
Ajmal Noushahi 207 6.80
Donald McLaurin 185 6.08
Michael Lewis 92 3.02
Md Hafizur Rahman 68 2.24

Ward 5 edit

Council Candidate Vote %
Robert Thomson (X) Acclaimed

Ward 6 edit

Council Candidate Vote %
Nigussie Nigussie 1,036 30.03
Sharon Doran 884 25.62
Kevin LePage 823 23.86
Allan Bray 666 19.30
Darryl Duff 41 1.19

Ward 7 edit

Council Candidate Vote %
Gary Harvey (X) Acclaimed

Ward 8 edit

Council Candidate Vote %
Jim Harris (X) 2,877 79.04
John Webb 763 20.96

Ward 9 edit

Council Candidate Vote %
Sergio Morales (X) 1,427 67.76
Norman Costello 293 13.91
William Rome 251 11.92
Adam Wilcox 135 6.41

Ward 10 edit

Council Candidate Vote %
Bryn Hamilton 1,896 52.35
Joy Douglas 1,247 34.43
Ken Lloyd 246 6.79
Steven Mirtsos 233 6.43

References edit

  1. ^ "Unofficial List of Candidates". City of Barrie. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Barrie's mayoral race begins as candidates file paperwork". CTV Barrie. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  3. ^ "Meet the candidates vying to become Barrie's next mayor". CTV Barrie. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  4. ^ "Former Simcoe County warden wants to be Barrie's next mayor". CTV Barrie. Retrieved May 28, 2022.