2018 Niagara Region municipal elections

Elections were held in the Niagara Region of Ontario on October 22, 2018, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

Niagara Regional Council

Position Elected
Fort Erie Mayor Wayne H. Redekop
Fort Erie Councillor Tom Insinna
Grimsby Mayor Jeff A. Jordan
Grimsby Councillor Wayne Fertich
Lincoln Mayor Sandra Easton
Lincoln Councillor Robert Foster
Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati
Niagara Falls Councillor Peter Nicholson
Niagara Falls Councillor Barbara Greenwood
Niagara Falls Councillor Bob Gale
Niagara-on-the-Lake Lord Mayor Betty Disero
Niagara-on-the-Lake Councillor Gary Zalepa Jr.
Pelham Mayor Marvin Junkin
Pelham Councillor Diana Huson
Port Colborne Mayor Bill Steele
Port Colborne Councillor Barbara Butters
St. Catharines Mayor Walter Sendzik
St. Catharines Councillor Jim Bradley
St. Catharines Councillor George Darte
St. Catharines Councillor Sandie Bellows
St. Catharines Councillor Laura Ip
St. Catharines Councillor Brian Heit
St. Catharines Councillor Tim Rigby
Thorold Mayor Terry Ugulini
Thorold Councillor Tim Whalen
Wainfleet Mayor Kevin Gibson
Welland Mayor Frank Campion
Welland Councillor Pat Chiocchio
Welland Councillor Leanna Villella
West Lincoln Mayor David Bylsma

Regional Chair

For the first time, the chair of regional council was to be directly elected.[1] However, on the last day of candidate registration the Ontario Government announced they would be cancelling this council race.[2]

At the time of this cancellation, five candidates were registered to run for he chair position. Incumbent chair Al Caslin and Pelham Mayor Dave Augstyn both decided to run for a regional council seat in their respective municipalities.

Fort Erie

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Wayne H. Redekop (X) 5,370 56.03
Stephen Passero 3,903 40.72
George Jardine 311 3.24

Regional Councillor

Candidate Vote %
Tom Insinna 3,783 40.67
Sandy Annunziata (X) 3,492 37.54
Joan Christensen 1,624 17.46
Douglas Baker-Smith 402 4.32

Fort Erie Town Council

Ward 1

Candidate Vote %
George P. McDermott (X) 764 63.25
Dale Hirons 444 36.75

Ward 2

Candidate Vote %
Nick Dubanow 838 52.87
Marlo Toppazzini 408 25.74
John Mollicone 339 21.39

Ward 3

Candidate Vote %
Kimberly Zanko (X) 811 45.23
Tracey Calder Rosettani 528 29.45
Dean Demizio 277 15.45
Scott Winger 177 9.87

Ward 4

Candidate Vote %
Marina Butler (X) 673 43.56
Ron Brunner 522 33.79
Pati Habermann 270 17.48
Robert Hirons 80 5.18

Ward 5

Candidate Vote %
Don Lubberts (X) 599 35.03
Michael Reles 585 34.21
Leah Feor 526 30.76

Ward 6

Candidate Vote %
Ann-Marie Noyes 902 57.05
Christoffer M. Knutt (X) 679 42.95

Source:[3]

Grimsby

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Jeff A. Jordan 6,344 71.51
Steve D. Berry 2,527 28.49

Source:[4]

Lincoln

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Sandra Easton (X) 4,397 66.30
Robert Condotta 2,235 33.70

Source:[5]

Niagara Falls

Source:[6]

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Jim Diodati (X) 13,875 58.09
Kim Craitor 8,252 34.55
Dinah Lilia Mourise 1,047 4.38
Kip Finn 710 2.97

Regional Council

Three to be elected. Regional councillors do not sit in city council.

Candidate Vote %
Peter Nicholson 9,674 17.85
Barbara Greenwood 7,653 14.12
Bob Gale (X) 7,211 13.30
Selina Volpatti (X) 6,483 11.96
John Morocco 4,743 8.75
Tim Housser 4,262 7.86
Chris Rigas 3,744 6.91
Dianne Munro 2,912 5.37
Anne Angelone 2,630 4.85
Dave Eke 1,973 3.64
Theresa Johnson 1,942 3.58
Clarke Bitter 980 1.81

Niagara Falls City Council

8 to be elected at-large.

Candidate Vote %
Mike Strange (X) 12,021 8.85
Victor Pietrangelo (X) 8,846 6.51
Wayne Thomson (X) 8,355 6.15
Lori Lococo 7,666 5.64
Wayne Campbell (X) 7,413 5.46
Vince Kerrio (X) 7,356 5.41
Chris Dabrowski 7,130 5.25
Carolyn Ioannoni (X) 7,015 5.16
Joyce Morocco (X) 6,535 4.81
Rich Merlino 5,673 4.18
Kenneth Groves 5,248 3.86
Steve Ludzik 5,080 3.74
Shirley Fisher 4,276 3.15
Tony Baldinelli 3,713 2.73
Karen Stearne 3,346 2.46
Tom Stranges 3,328 2.45
Peter Dychtiar 3,122 2.30
Angela Peebles 3,047 2.24
Anne Radojcic 2,951 2.17
Peter Fischer 2,922 2.15
Norm Puttick 2,856 2.10
Gary Baker 2,594 1.91
Jamie Jones 1,972 1.45
Domenic Caruso 1,816 1.34
Christian Bell 1,727 1.27
Tim Tredwell 1,569 1.15
Lucia Baldinelli Ciampa 1,555 1.14
Margie Manker 1,528 1.12
Ralph Panucci 1,443 1.06
Nick Maruca 986 0.73
Harvey Gordon 868 0.64
Vito Pennimpede 761 0.56
Jordan Cowe 679 0.50
Daniel Faraci 455 0.33

Niagara-on-the-Lake

Lord Mayor

Lord Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Betty Disero 4,169 50.14
Patrick Darte (X) 2,743 32.99
Daniel Turner 1,402 16.86

Source:[7]

Pelham

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Marvin Junkin 3,975 55.66
Gary Edward Accursi 1,671 23.40
Carla Baxter 1,495 20.94

Source:[8]

Port Colborne

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Bill Steele 2,634 39.88
Betty Konc 1,932 29.25
Wayne Elliott 1,789 27.09
Ron St. Jean 249 3.77

Source:[9]

St. Catharines

2018 St. Catharines municipal election
October 22, 2018
The Ward boundaries for the 2018 Election. The Mayor and regional councillors are elected across the city, Councillors in their respective wards.
Mayor before election

Walter Sendzik

 Elected mayor

Walter Sendzik

The 2018 St. Catharines municipal election took place on Monday October 22, 2018 to determine a mayor, regional and city councillors and school trustees in the city of St. Catharines, Ontario. The election of a regional chair was also scheduled, but was cancelled by the provincial government led by Premier Doug Ford on Friday July 27, 2018, the registration deadline for candidates.[10]

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Walter Sendzik (X) 21,574 71.85
Richard Stephens 5,834 19.43
Johnny Tischler 1,465 4.88
Tunde Soniregun 1,153 3.84

Source:[11]

Regional Council

Six to be elected at-large. Regional councillors do not sit in city council.

Candidate Total votes % of total votes
Jim Bradley 18,954 14.10
George Darte 12,516 9.31
Sandie Bellows 11,117 8.27
Laura Ip 9,878 7.35
Brian Heit (X) 8,499 6.32
Tim Rigby (X) 8,435 6.27
Kelly Edgar (X) 7,233 5.38
Mike Britton 6,765 5.03
Bruce Timms (X) 5,859 4.36
Haley Bateman 5,546 4.13
Mark Elliott 5,519 4.10
Rob Depetris 4,784 3.56
Mo Al Jumaily 4,105 3.05
Debbie MacGregor (X) 3,844 2.86
Emily Beth Spanton 3,421 2.54
Frank Rupcic 3,360 2.50
Peter Gill 3,247 2.42
Mary Margaret Murphy 2,763 2.06
Len Stack 2,735 2.03
Alan Caslin (X) 1,928 1.43
Lou Felice 1,476 1.10
Paul Allan 1,438 1.07
Bob Szajkowski 1,024 0.76

Source:[12]

St. Catharines City Council

Ward 1 - Merriton

Candidate Vote %
Greg Miller 1,848 25.31
Lori Littleton 1,527 20.91
David Haywood (X) 1,380 18.90
Lesley Seaborne 1,121 15.35
Kim Clifford 742 10.16
Diane Foster 281 3.85
Marta Liddiard 280 3.83
Hayden Lawrence 123 1.68

Source:[13]

Ward 2 - St. Andrew's

Candidate Vote %
Joe Kushner (X) 2,954 39.12
Matt Harris (X) 2,850 37.74
Emilio Raimondo 1,748 23.15

Source:[14]

Ward 3 - St. George's

Candidate Vote %
Sal Sorrento (X) 1,921 30.42
Kevin Townsend 1,536 24.33
Brody Longmuir 1,475 23.36
Vicky-Lynn Smith 1,126 17.83
Thomas Grundy 256 4.05

Source:[15]

Ward 4 - St. Patrick's

Candidate Vote %
Karrie Porter 3,098 41.03
Mat Siscoe (X) 2,279 30.19
Robin McPherson 2,173 28.78

Source:[16]

Ward 5 - Grantham

Candidate Vote %
Bill Phillips (X) 2,860 26.52
Dawn Dodge 2,227 20.65
Jeff Brooks 1,944 18.03
Mark Stevens 1,262 11.70
Dennis Van Meer 1,067 9.90
Alan C. Ziemianin 665 6.17
Rob Gill 501 4.65
Matthew Bastead 257 2.38

Source:[17]

Ward 6 - Port Dalhousie

Candidate Vote %
Carlos Garcia (X) 3,263 30.35
Bruce Williamson (X) 3,018 28.07
Jeff Mackie 2,422 22.53
Wolfgang Guembel 2,047 19.04

Source:[18]

Thorold

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Terry Ugulini 3,298 64.41
Henry D'Angela 1,822 35.59

Source:[19]

Wainfleet

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Kevin Gibson 1,009 35.29
Richard Dykstra 468 16.37
Ted Hessels 455 15.91
Andrew Watts 411 14.38
Alfred Kiers 397 13.89
Ken Martin 119 4.16

Source:[20]

Welland

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Frank Campion (X) 10,100 77.90
Steven Soos 1,453 11.21
David Clow 1,413 10.90

Source:[21]

Regional Councillor

Two to be elected

Candidate Vote %
Pat Chiocchio 6,354 29.96
Leanna Villella 6,344 29.92
Paul Grenier (X) 4,735 22.33
George Marshall (X) 3,773 17.79

Source:[21]

Welland City Council

Two elected from each ward

Ward 1

Candidate Vote %
Mary Ann Grimaldi (X) 1,000 30.07
Adam Moote 886 26.64
Ryan Huckla 639 19.21
Tom Bacolini 299 8.99
Shirley Cordiner 221 6.64
Holly Syer 219 6.58
Robin Comtois 62 1.86

Source:[21]

Ward 2

Candidate Vote %
Leo Van Vliet (X) 1,407 34.08
David McLeod (X) 1,404 34.01
Serge Daoust 535 12.6
Debi Katsmar 465 11.26
Brad Ulch 317 7.68

Source:[21]

Ward 3

Candidate Vote %
Lucas Spinosa 1,547 37.36
John Chiocchio (X) 1,191 28.76
John Mastroianni (X) 1,019 24.61
John Thomas McNall 384 9.27

Source:[21]

By-election

A by-election was held on August 9, 2021, in Ward 3 to fill the vacancy of Lucas Spinosa who resigned.[22]

Candidate Vote[23] %
John Mastroianni 712 35.28
Steve Soos 386 19.13
Cathy Connor 341 16.90
Nancy Dmytrov Bilboe 271 13.43
Douglas R. Thomas 205 10.16
Phil Gladman 91 4.51

Ward 4

Candidate Vote %
Bryan Green 1,146 28.92
Tony Dimarco (X) 1,126 28.41
Melissa McGlashan 820 20.69
Maria Lallouet 652 16.45
Phill Gladman 119 3.00
Charles Owen 100 2.52

Source:[21]

Ward 5

Candidate Vote %
Graham Speck 1,110 32.93
Claudette Richard (X) 1,099 32.60
Ken LeBlanc 662 19.64
Leslie Robichaud 233 6.91
Niki Ann Brideau 206 6.11
Devin Paul James St. Jean 61 1.81

Source:[21]

Ward 6

Candidate Vote %
Bonnie Fokkens (X) 1,096 31.76
Jim Larouche (X) 874 25.33
Mike Konderka 816 23.65
Jamie Lee 443 12.84
James Takeo 222 6.43

Source:[21]

West Lincoln

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate Vote %
David Bylsma 2,115 47.51
Douglas Joyner (X) 1,104 24.80
Joann Chechalk 1,034 23.23
Paul Wiebe 199 4.47

Source:[24]

References

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