2022 Essex County municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in Essex County in Ontario on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

Map of Essex County showing the municipalities that use a Ward system for their Town Councils in Dark Blue, and an At-Large system (with the top 5 placed candidates elected) in Light Blue. Red is the City of Windsor and Pelee Township which are both nominaly part of Essex County, but are considered separate municipalities, and do not send members to the Essex County Council.

This page only includes the results for the towns of Essex County, and Pelee. While the City of Windsor (the largest population centre in the county by far) is nominally part of the county and counted in its population numbers, the city and its municipal government are a separate entity, and do not send any members to the County Council. The elections to Windsor's Mayor and City Council were held concurrently.

(NOTE: Elected candidates are shown in bold. An (X) indicates an incumbent candidate.)

Essex County Council

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Essex County Council consists of the 7 mainland mayors of Essex County and their seven deputy mayors.[1]

Position Elected
Amherstburg Mayor Michael Prue
Amherstburg Deputy Mayor Chris Gibb
Essex Mayor Sherry Bondy
Essex Deputy Mayor Rob Shepley
Kingsville Mayor Dennis Rogers
Kingsville Deputy Mayor Kimberly DeYong
Lakeshore Mayor Tracey Bailey
Lakeshore Deputy Mayor Kirk Walstedt
LaSalle Mayor Crystal Meloche
LaSalle Deputy Mayor Michael Akpata
Leamington Mayor Hilda Macdonald
Leamington Deputy Mayor Larry Verbeke
Tecumseh Mayor Gary McNamara
Tecumseh Deputy Mayor Joe Bachetti

Amherstburg

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The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of Amherstburg.[2]

Mayor

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Mayor Aldo DiCarlo did not run for re-election.[3]

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Michael Prue 3,488 48.93
Bob Rozankovic 1,530 21.46
Frank Cerasa 1,073 15.05
John Laframboise 1,038 14.56

Deputy Mayor

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Deputy Mayoral candidate Vote %
Chris Gibb 2,766 39.00
Nancy Atkinson 1,706 24.05
Joe Shaw 1,110 15.65
Dennis Sanson 841 11.86
Gregory Moore 670 9.45

Amherstburg Municipal Council

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The following candidates ran for the Amherstburg Municipal Council. All candidates run on a town-wide constituency, and the top 5 placed candidates are elected.

Candidate Vote %
Linden Crain 3,795 12.74
Donald McArthur (X) 3,091 10.38
Molly Allaire 2,858 9.60
Peter Courtney (X) 2,743 9.21
Diane Pouget 2,624 8.81
Lori Wightman 2,180 7.32
Gerry Theriault 2,116 7.10
Patrica Simone (X) 2,114 7.10
Bill Fryer 1,579 5.30
Lawrence Amlin 1,489 5.00
Frank Di Pasquale 1,465 4.92
Marc Renaud (X) 1,253 4.21
Tara Kearsey 996 3.34
Holger Kretschmann 682 2.29
Andrew Argoselo 444 1.49
Lucas Anderson 356 1.20

Essex

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The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of Essex[4]

Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Sherry Bondy 3,794 54.16
Richard Meloche (X) 3,211 45.84

Deputy Mayor

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The following were the results for deputy mayor of Essex.[5]

Deputy Mayoral candidate Vote %
Rob Shepley 3,581 52.83
Ron Rogers 3,197 47.17

Essex Municipal Council

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The following candidates ran for the Essex Municipal Council. Elections in Wards 1 and 3 elect the top two placed candidates, and Wards 2 and 4 elect only the first place candidate.

Candidate Vote %
Ward 1 (elect 2)
Joe Garon (X) 1,282 32.99
Katie McGuire-Blais 1,186 30.52
Morley Bowman (X) 771 19.84
Glen Mills 647 16.65
Ward 2 (elect 1)
Kim Verbeek (X) Acclaimed
Ward 3 (elect 2)
Brad Allard 1,063 35.52
Jason Matyi 1,038 34.68
Chris Vander Doelen (X) 892 29.80
Ward 4 (elect 1)
Rodney Hammond 626 56.86
Shawn Mulder 475 43.14

Kingsville

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The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of Kingsville.[6]

Mayor

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Mayor Nelson Santos stepped down as mayor on July 17 to take a job outside the region, and therefore did not run for re-election. Deputy mayor Gord Queen served as acting mayor in the interim.[7]

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Dennis Rogers 3,182 37.98
Tamara Stomp 3,036 36.23
Laura Lucier 2,161 25.79

Deputy Mayor

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Deputy mayoral candidate Vote %
Kimberly DeYong 4,629 55.82
Gord Queen (X) 3,130 37.75
Samson Zad 533 6.43

Kingsville Municipal Council

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The following candidates ran for the Kingsville Municipal Council. All candidates run on a town-wide constituency, and the top 5 placed candidates are elected.

Candidate Vote %
Tony Gaffan (X) 5,285 14.57
Larry Patterson (X) 4,409 12.15
Thomas Neufeld (X) 4,188 11.54
Debby Jarvis-Chausse 3,443 9.49
Sheri Lowrie 3,316 9.14
Barry Wilson 3,231 8.90
Michael Del Ciancio 2,568 7.08
Tim Seech 1,903 5.24
Michael Glass 1,728 4.76
Willy Fittler 1,673 4.61
Brandon Stanley 1,429 3.94
Les McDonald 1,326 3.65
Scott Collier 1,028 2.83
Gideon Spevak 756 2.08

Lakeshore

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The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of Lakeshore.[8]

 
Results of the 2022 Lakeshore Mayoral Election, showing which candidate had the majority of the vote in the town's 6 wards. Pie charts indicate the vote of all candidates.

Mayor

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Incumbent mayor Tom Bain lost to deputy mayor Tracey Bailey.[9]

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Tracey Bailey 5,638 62.06
Tom Bain (X) 3,447 37.94
 
Results of the 2022 Lakeshore Deputy Mayoral Election, showing which candidate had the majority of the vote in the town's 6 wards. Pie charts indicate the vote of all candidates.

Deputy Mayor

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Deputy Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Kirk Walstedt 4,719 53.18
Dave Monk 4,154 46.82

Lakeshore Municipal Council

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Map of Lakeshore's six wards
Candidate Vote %
Ward 1
Ryan McNamara 974 76.57
Nick Panasiuk 298 23.43
Ward 2
Paddy Byrne 605 56.38
Michael Hoffman 468 43.62
Ward 3
Kelsey Santarossa (X) 837 60.92
Giovanni Butera 483 35.15
Mohamed Seddik 54 3.93
Ward 4
John Kerr (X) 1,327 61.92
Jennifer Alderson 628 29.30
Sarah Aubin 188 8.77
Ward 5
Ian Ruston 656 40.62
Tim McDermott 647 40.06
Steve Anhorn 312 19.32
Ward 6
Larissa Vogler 1,084 76.72
David Cecile 178 12.60
David Larue 151 10.69

LaSalle

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The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of LaSalle.

Mayor

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Incumbent mayor Marc Bondy did not run for re-election.[10] Crystal Meloche was elected as mayor of LaSalle by acclamation.[11] This led to a rare situation where both the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor positions were open seats, but both ended up being acclaimed.

This also made Crystal the first female Mayor of LaSalle in the town's history.[12]

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Crystal Meloche Acclaimed

Deputy Mayor

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Incumbent Deputy Mayor Crystal Meloche ran for Mayor, leaving this seat open as well. Michael Akpata was the only candidate to put their name forward, and was elected Deputy Mayor by acclamation.

Deputy Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Michael Akpata Acclaimed
 
Results of the 2022 LaSalle Town Council election by polling district. Each district is coloured according to the candidate which received the plurality of the vote.

LaSalle Municipal Council

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The following candidates ran for the Town Council of LaSalle. All candidates run on a town-wide constituency, and the top 5 placed candidates are elected.

Candidate Vote %
Jeff Renaud (X) 4,810 14.41
Sue Desjarlais (X) 4,267 12.78
Anita Riccio-Spagnuolo (X) 4,064 12.17
Mark Carrick (X) 3,896 11.67
Terry Burns 3,156 9.45
Brad Krewench 2,641 7.91
Christopher Matis 2,547 7.63
Kevin O'Neil 2,434 7.29
David Lucier 1,783 5.34
Manpreet Brar 1,681 5.03
Brian Kovacsi 1,296 3.88

Leamington

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The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and the Municipal Council of Leamington.[13]

Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Hilda Macdonald (X) 4,333 53.55
Jimmy Simoni 3,004 37.13
Chris Biron 754 9.32

Deputy Mayor

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Deputy Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Larry Verbeke (X) 3,229 41.06
Shelly J. Quick 2,330 29.63
John Tofflemire 2,305 29.31

Leamington Municipal Council

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The following candidates ran for the Leamington Municipal Council. All candidates run on a town-wide constituency, and the top 5 placed candidates are elected.

Candidate Vote %
Tim Wilkinson (X) 4,253 12.45
Bill Dunn (X) 4,250 12.44
Paul Tiessen (X) 3,949 11.56
Anthony Abraham 2,806 8.22
Heather Latam 2,363 6.92
Corey Robertson 2,210 6.47
Derek Friesen 2,166 6.34
Issac Schmitt 2,120 6.21
Christine Lehn 2,079 6.09
Tara Adams 1,684 4.93
Dave Metcalfe 1,637 4.79
Christine Montgomery 1,412 4.13
Kyle Sousa 1,286 3.76
Mark Stevenson 806 2.36
Oscar Ramirez 792 2.32
Gerald Barros 344 1.01

Tecumseh

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The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of Tecumseh.[14]

Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Gary McNamara (X) Acclaimed

Deputy Mayor

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Deputy Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Joe Bachetti (X) Acclaimed

Tecumseh Municipal Council

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Candidate Vote %
Ward 1
Alica Higgison 1,068 72.55
Daniel Hofgartner 404 27.44
Ward 2
James Dorner 1,139 70.92
Antoni Tanbunan 467 29.07
Ward 3
Rick "Rico" Tonial (X) 881 75.75
Aleksander Ilijoski 282 24.24
Ward 4
Brian Houston (X) Acclaimed
Ward 5
Tania Jobin (X) 612 74.18
Michael Strong 213 25.81

Pelee

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Like Windsor, the Township of Pelee is part of Essex County officially, but does not send members to the Essex County Council.

The following are the results for Mayor, and the Municipal Council of Pelee. The position of Deputy Mayor is appointed to the candidate that gets first place on the ballot.[13]

Mayor

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Incumbent Mayor Ray Durocher announced his retirement from politics in May 2022.

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Cathy Miller 273 85.57
Larry Bailey 46 14.43

Pelee Municipal Council

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The following candidates ran for the Pelee Municipal Council. All candidates run on a town-wide constituency, and the top 4 placed candidates are elected - with the first-place winner being appointed Deputy Mayor and the remaining top three candidates elected as Councillors.

Candidate Vote %
Dayne Malloch (X)

(appointed Deputy Mayor)

257 24.50
David Delellis (X) 232 22.12
Sherri Smith Ouellette (X) 201 19.16
Stephanie Briggs-Crawford 194 18.49
Michelle Taylor 165 15.73

Windsor

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References

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  1. ^ "Elections". County of Essex. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  2. ^ "2022 Candidates". Town of Amherstburg. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  3. ^ "The municipal vote is 4 months away. Here's how mayoral races in Windsor-Essex are shaping up". CBC. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Candidate Information". Town of Essex. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Candidate Information". Town of Essex. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  6. ^ "2022 Candidates List". Town of Kingsville. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Kingsville Mayor Nelson Santos not seeking re-election, vacating position early". Windsor Star. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Candidates List". Municipality of Lakeshore. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Bailey announces her intentions to run for mayor in Lakeshore". iHeartRadio. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  10. ^ "LaSalle Mayor Marc Bondy not running for re-election in October". Windsor Star. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Nominations and Registrations". Town of LaSalle. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Crystal Meloche acclaimed as LaSalle's first female mayor". Windsor. 2022-08-23. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
  13. ^ a b "Township of Pelee". Township of Pelee. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Election Information". Town of Tecumseh. Retrieved 19 June 2022.