Elections were held in the Regional Municipality of Durham in Ontario, on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.
Durham Regional Council
Position
Elected
Chair
John Henry
Ajax
Mayor
Shaun Collier
Regional Councillor, Ward 1
Marilyn Crawford
Regional Councillor, Ward 2
Sterling Lee
Regional Councillor, Ward 3
Joanne Dies
Brock
Mayor
Debbie Bath-Hadden
Regional Councillor
Ted Smith
Clarington
Mayor
Adrian Foster
Regional Councillor, Wards 1 & 2
Joe Neal
Regional Councillor, Wards 3 & 4
Granville Anderson
Oshawa
Mayor
Dan Carter
Regional Councillor, Ward 1
John Neal
Regional Councillor, Ward 2
Tito-Dante Marimpietri
Regional Councillor, Ward 3
Bob Chapman
Regional Councillor, Ward 4
Rick Kerr
Regional Councillor, Ward 5
Brian Nicholson
Pickering
Mayor
Dave Ryan
Regional Councillor, Ward 1
Kevin Ashe
Regional Councillor, Ward 2
Bill McLean
Regional Councillor, Ward 3
David Pickles
Scugog
Mayor
Bobbie Drew
Regional Councillor
Wilma Wotten
Uxbridge
Mayor
Dave Barton
Regional Councillor
Gord Highet
Whitby
Mayor
Don Mitchell
Regional Councillor
Elizabeth Roy
Regional Councillor
Chris Leahy
Regional Councillor
Steve Yamada
Regional Councillor
Rhonda Mulcahy
Durham Regional Chair
The following are the preliminary results for the position of Durham Regional Chair.[1]
Candidate
Vote
%
John Henry
69,804
54.99
Tom Dingwall
25,662
20.22
John Mutton
16,795
13.23
Peter Neal
8,324
6.56
Muhammad Ahsin Sahi
6,346
5.00
Ajax
The following are the preliminary results for the Town of Ajax.[2]
Map of Ajax's three wards
Following a ward boundary review, Ajax gained one regional councillor and lost one local councillor for the 2018 election. The overall size of the council remained the same.[3]
Mayor
Candidate
Vote
%
Shaun Collier
10,799
42.84
Colleen Jordan
8,293
32.90
Arthur Augustine
2,996
11.90
Jennifer Brown
2,156
8.55
Carion Fenn
963
3.82
Regional Councillors
Three Regional Councillors were elected in 1 of 3 wards.
Candidate
Vote
%
Ward 1
Marilyn Crawford
6,738
80.21
Mohamed Karatella
1,662
19.79
Ward 2
Sterling Lee
2,901
41.95
Nancy Henry
2,512
36.33
Muhammad Asif
1,502
21.72
Ward 3
Joanne Dies
6,685
71.32
Kurtis McAleer
2,688
28.68
Local Councillors
Three Local Councillors were elected in 1 of 3 wards.
Candidate
Vote
%
Ward 1
Rob Tyler Morin
2,378
28.18
Marsha Lynn Jones Dooley
2,078
24.62
Michael Bissonnette
1,914
22.68
Christopher Gillett
708
8.39
Margaret Cecconet
683
8.10
Robert Bishop
678
8.03
Ward 2
Ashmeed Khan
1,530
21.81
Kenroy Wilson
1,421
20.26
Ashish Pandya
1,397
19.92
Tyrone Fernando
1,243
17.72
Scott Crawford
891
12.70
Larry Leung
285
4.10
Arsalan Iqbal
247
3.52
Ward 3
Lisa Bower
4,380
45.80
Pat Brown (X)
2,826
29.55
Clayton McLean
904
9.45
Matthew Pond
886
9.26
Dane Record
317
3.31
Joe Careen
252
2.63
Brock
The following are the preliminary results for the Township of Brock.[4]
Mayor
Candidate
Vote
%
Debbie Bath-Hadden
2,273
51.42
John Grant (X)
2,147
48.58
Regional Councillor
One Regional Councillor was elected.
Candidate
Vote
%
Ted Smith
1,851
42.67
Jay Yerema-Weafer
1,245
28.70
Judi Forbes
968
22.31
Dorothy Sanderson
274
6.31
Local Councillors
Five Local Councillors were elected in 1 of 5 wards.
Candidate
Vote
%
Ward 1
Michael Jubb
542
62.37
Gord Lodwick
327
37.63
Ward 2
Claire Doble
436
59.32
Cyndi Schaffer
245
33.33
Wayne Dunnett
54
7.35
Ward 3
Walter Schummer
670
74.86
Bill Basztyk
225
25.14
Ward 4
Cria Pettingill
373
42.78
Chris Shier
255
29.24
Ralph Maleus
244
28.00
Ward 5
Lynn Campbell
532
50.33
Tony Laundrie
396
37.46
Allan Simpson
129
12.20
Clarington
The following are the preliminary results for the Municipality of Clarington.[5]
Map of Clarington's four wards
Mayor
Candidate
Vote
%
Adrian Foster (X)
12,507
68.06
Mark Canning
5,259
28.62
Matthew Marshall
610
3.32
Regional Councillors
Two Regional Councillors were elected in 1 of 2 wards.
Candidate
Vote
%
Wards 1 & 2
Joe Neal (X)
5,395
51.65
Mary Novak
5,050
48.35
Wards 3 & 4
Granville Anderson
2,675
34.11
Steven Cooke (X)
2,205
28.12
Wendy Partner (X)
2,083
26.56
Peter Vogel
879
11.21
Local Councillors
Four Local Councillors were elected in 1 of 4 wards.
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