2018 Greater Sudbury municipal election

The 2018 Greater Sudbury municipal election was held on October 22, 2018 to elect a mayor and 12 city councillors in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. In addition, school trustees were elected to the Rainbow District School Board, Sudbury Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'Ontario and Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario.

2018 Greater Sudbury mayoral election

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Turnout45%
 
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PM
DM
Candidate Brian Bigger Patricia Mills Dan Melanson
Popular vote 14,684 9,746 8,673
Percentage 28.32% 18.80% 16.73%

 
CC
TC
JH
Candidate Cody Cacciotti Troy Crowder Jeff Huska
Popular vote 8,066 4,279 2,746
Percentage 15.56% 8.25% 5.30%

Mayor before election

Brian Bigger

Elected Mayor

Brian Bigger

The election was held in conjunction with those held in other municipalities in the province of Ontario. For other elections, see 2018 Ontario municipal elections. For the first time in the city's history, the election was conducted primarily through online voting, with only a small number of physical voting locations available for people who could not or did not want to vote online.

As per the Ontario Municipal Elections Act, 1996, nomination papers for candidates for municipal and school board elections can be filed from May 1, 2018, at which time the campaign period began.[1]

Issues

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The dominant issue in the election campaign was the Kingsway Entertainment District, a proposed new arena and hotel complex in the city's east end which will replace the Sudbury Arena as the city's primary sports and entertainment events venue.[2]

In the end, the newly elected council comprises a mix of both supporters and opponents of the Entertainment District.[3]

Voting delays

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On election day, Greater Sudbury was one of 51 municipalities across Ontario whose elections were affected by a technical failure at Dominion Voting Systems, the company that operated the online voting architecture.[4] According to Dominion Voting Systems, the company's colocation centre provider imposed an unauthorized bandwidth cap due to the massive increase in voting traffic in the early evening, thus making it impossible for many voters to get through to the server.[5] Under the provisions of the Ontario Municipal Act which permit city clerks to extend voting hours in the event of an emergency, the city announced that voting would be extended to October 23, with no results announced until Tuesday evening.[6]

Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Brian Bigger (X) 14,684 28.32
Patricia Mills 9,746 18.80
Dan Melanson 8,673 16.73
Cody Cacciotti 8,066 15.56
Troy Crowder 4,279 8.25
Jeff Huska 2,746 5.30
Bill Crumplin 2,158 4.16
Bill Sanders 792 1.53
Ron Leclair 534 1.03
Rodney Newton 102 0.20
J. David Popescu 72 0.14

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Map of the City of Greater Sudbury's 12 wards

Ward 1

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Council Candidate Vote %
Mark Signoretti (X) 2,291 53.30
Bob Johnston 1,075 25.01
Justin Pappano 719 16.73
Gordon Harris 213 4.96

Ward 2

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Council Candidate Vote %
Michael Vagnini (X) acclaimed

Ward 3

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Council Candidate Vote %
Gerry Montpellier (X) acclaimed

Ward 4

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Council Candidate Vote %
Geoff McCausland 1,503 38.18
Don Roy 1,137 28.88
Eric Lachance 812 20.62
Jessica Bertrand 358 9.09
Sharon Scott 127 3.23

Ward 5

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Council Candidate Vote %
Robert Kirwan (X) 1,807 50.19
Michel Lalonde 1,243 34.53
Jerry Desormeaux 550 15.28

Ward 6

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Council Candidate Vote %
René Lapierre (X) 1,649 36.78
André Rivest 1,309 29.20
Jesse Brooks 1,104 24.63
Chris Bentley 421 9.39

Ward 7

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Council Candidate Vote %
Mike Jakubo (X) 2,347 51.95
Frank Mazzuca Jr. 1,205 26.67
Deborah Swyer-Burke 966 21.38

Ward 8

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Council Candidate Vote %
Al Sizer (X) 1,822 45.79
Stefano Presenza 1,025 25.76
Rob Franceschini 668 16.79
Kyle McCall 464 11.66

Ward 9

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Council Candidate Vote %
Deb McIntosh (X) 3,170 61.85
Paul Stopciati 1,204 23.49
Simon Nickson 546 10.65
Trinity Mary Hollis 205 4.00

Ward 10

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Council Candidate Vote %
Fern Cormier (X) 3,611 74.42
Steve Ripley 719 14.82
Denis Ferron 522 10.76

Ward 11

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Council Candidate Vote %
Bill Leduc 2,317 48.60
Terry Kett 1,031 21.63
Elisabeth De Luisa 523 10.97
Derek Young 363 7.61
John Lindsay 348 7.30
Kevin Lalonde 185 3.88

Ward 12

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Council Candidate Vote %
Joscelyne Landry-Altmann (X) 2,237 62.52
Shawn Ouimet 584 16.32
Tay Butt 373 10.42
Leo Frappier 204 5.70
Mike Petryna 180 5.03

Leo Frappier stepped down 2 months prior to the election due to a conflict with the city of Greater Sudbury, however the election officials allowed his name to remain on the electronic ballots.

References

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  1. ^ "Municipal Election Resources - 2018 Regular Election". Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  2. ^ "Sudbury voters return Bigger for second term as mayor". Sudbury Star, October 23, 2018.
  3. ^ "Two new faces, 10 incumbents on Sudbury city council". CBC Sudbury, October 24, 2018.
  4. ^ "Voting times extended in several Ontario municipalities due to online voting glitches". Global News, October 22, 2018.
  5. ^ "Bandwidth glitch delays Sudbury's municipal election". Sudbury Star, October 23, 2018.
  6. ^ "Voting extended until 8 p.m. Tuesday, city says electronic voting system is now back up and running". Northern Life, October 22, 2018.
  7. ^ "2018 Nominated Candidates". www.greatersudbury.ca. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  8. ^ "2018 Election Summary Report". City of Greater Sudbury.
  9. ^ "2018 Nominated Candidates". www.greatersudbury.ca. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
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