2018 York Region municipal elections


Elections in the Regional Municipality of York of Ontario, Canada were held on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.
Incumbents are marked with "".

[York Regional Council]

Regional chair

The election was to be the first-ever direct election of the York Regional chair, but it was cancelled by the Ontario Government's passing of the Better Local Government Act.

Aurora">Aurora, Ontario">Aurora

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Mayor

Aurora Town Council

Six to be elected
Councillor CandidateVote%
Harold Kim 6,01310.75
Wendy Gaertner 5,87510.50
Sandra Humfryes 5,4569.75
Michael Thompson 4,9918.92
Rachel Gilliland4,8008.58
John Gallo4,7818.55
Vicky McGrath4,1127.35
Adam Mobbs4,0827.30
Anna Kroeplin2,8185.04
Ian Clark2,4064.30
David Heard2,4014.29
James Hoyes2,0253.62
Denis Van Decker1,9133.42
Matthew Abas1,6272.91
Derrick Hammett1,2692.27
Daniel Lajeunesse1,3652.44

East Gwillimbury">East Gwillimbury, Ontario">East Gwillimbury

East Gwillimbury changed its council from 4 councillors elected "at large" from the town, to 6 councillors in a 3-ward system, with two councillors elected in each ward.

Mayor

Ward 1

Two to be elected.
CandidateVote%
Loralea Carruthers1,26330.6
Terry E. Foster87121.1
Joel Kearney56013.5
Calum MacMillan75318.2
Jeremy Smith2776.7
Leen Spiering4119.9

Ward 2

Two to be elected.
CandidateVote%
Tara Roy-DiClemente 89139.6
Joe Persechini 82136.4
Aida Kostuck54124.0

Ward 3

Two to be elected.
CandidateVote%
Scott Crone1,52539.2
Cathy Morton 1,16930.1
Susan Lahey82121.1
Melody Somerville3729.6

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Georgina">Georgina, Ontario">Georgina

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Mayor

Georgina Town Council

Regional Councillor

Ward 1

Ward 2

Ward 3

Ward 4

Ward 5

King">King, Ontario">King

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Mayor

Markham">Markham, Ontario">Markham

List of candidates:
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Mayor

Mayoral candidateVote%
Frank Scarpitti 55,55374.94
Steve Chen11,06814.93
Abdul Rahman Malik3,3794.56
Jawed Syed2,2943.09
Shan Hua Lu1,8352.48

City Council">Markham City Council">City Council

Regional Councillor

In Markham, Regional Councillors serve on both the City Council as well as York Region Council. Electors can vote for up to four candidates on their ballots, equal to the total number that may be elected. The four winning candidates are those whom receive the highest number of votes. The candidate with the highest number of votes received also serves as Deputy Mayor.
Council candidateVote%
Don Hamilton31,95213.48
Jack Heath 31,59813.33
Joe Li 29,85212.59
Jim Jones 29,03712.25
Nirmala Armstrong 25,21210.64
Jeffrey Lee15,5656.57
Ray Lai15,2966.45
Niran Jeyanesan14,9846.32
Tammy Mok13,7735.81
Jeff Leung12,5025.27
Peter Pavlovic11,0244.65
Aaron Madar5,9542.51

Ward 1

Ward 2

Ward 3

Ward 4

Ward 5

Ward 6

Ward 7

Council candidateVote%
Khalid Usman 3,30824.14
Kethika Logan Kanapathi2,63519.23
Sundy Huang2,07915.17
Killi Chelliah1,96114.31
Malar Varatharaja1,58711.58
Mohammed Rahman1,0657.77
Sothy Sella4813.51
Johnson Irimpan3502.55
Mike Srinathan2361.72

Ward 8

Council candidateVote%
Isa Lee4,61644.00
Joseph Mohan Remisiar2,59924.77
Benson Lau1,25912.00
Howard Shen1,12410.71
Alex Chiu 8938.51

Newmarket">Newmarket, Ontario">Newmarket

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Mayor

Newmarket Town Council

Deputy mayor and regional councillor

Ward 1

Ward 2

Ward 3

Ward 4

Ward 5

Ward 6

Ward 7

Richmond Hill">Richmond Hill, Ontario">Richmond Hill

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Mayoral candidateVote%
Dave Barrow 23,30476.07
Susan Korman4,75615.52
Abu Alam1,2384.04
Ali Noroozi7702.51
Mino Tari5671.85

[Richmond Hill Town Council]

Regional council

Two to be elected.
Council candidateVote%
Joe DiPaola11,75822.35
Carmine Perrelli11,41821.71
Carol Chan9,44817.96
Jason Cherniak8,87816.88
Ramin Faraji3,7067.04
Weibo Cheng3,5236.70
Sabine Ho2,6054.95
Murtaza Bhujwalla1,2692.41

Ward 1

Ward 2

Ward 3

Ward 4

Ward 5

Ward 6

[Vaughan]

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Mayoral candidateVote%
Maurizio Bevilacqua 37,07270.70
Frank Miele13,69026.11
Savino Quatela1,6713.19

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[Vaughan City Council]

Regional council

Three to be elected.
Council candidateVote%
Mario Ferri 23,32318.27
Gino Rosati 23,11318.11
Linda D. Jackson15,96212.51
Eliana Di Biase15,40112.07
Richard T. Lorello10,9698.59
Sunder Singh 9,2527.25
Fred Winegust8,7456.85
Jacob Joel Ginsberg7,6696.01
Frank Scarlato6,4405.05
Mubarak Ahmed3,9183.07
Skanda Singarajah2,8452.23

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Ward 1 Maple/Kleinburg

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Ward 2 Woodbridge West

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Ward 3 Woodbridge/Vellore

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Ward 4 Concord/Thornhill

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Ward 5 Thornhill

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[Whitchurch-Stouffville]

Mayor

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Whitchurch-Stouffville Town Council

Ward 1

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Ward 2

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Ward 3

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Ward 4

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Ward 5

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Ward 6

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York Region District School Board

Trustee - Area 1 (Vaughan Ward 1 & 2)

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Anna DeBartolo submitted her resignation from the Trustee position on January 9, 2019, citing personal reasons.

Trustee - Area 2 (Vaughan Ward 3 & 4)

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Trustee - Area 3 (Markham Ward 1 & Vaughan Ward 5)

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Trustee - East Gwillimbury and Whitchurch-Stouffville

Trustee - Richmond Hill (Wards 1, 2 and 4)

York Catholic District School Board

Trustee - Area 1 (Vaughan Ward 1)

Trustee - Area 2 (Vaughan Ward 2)

Trustee - Area 3 (Vaughan Ward 3)

Trustee - Area 4 (Vaughan Ward 4 & 5)

Le Conseil scolaire Viamonde

Trustee - York Region

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Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir

Trustee - York Region