2014 Ontario municipal elections


The 2014 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 27, 2014.
Voters in the province of Ontario elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities.

Electoral period

Submissions for candidate nominations were first accepted on 1 January 2014, at which time the campaign period began. The last day for acceptance of nominations or candidacy withdrawal was 12 September 2014.
From 1978 until 2006 the second Monday of November was the fixed date. Notwithstanding advance polling arrangements, municipal elections will be held on the fourth Monday of October, that is 27 October 2014.
The elected representatives will begin their council terms on 1 December 2014. Officials will serve a four-year term excepting death or resignation. All candidates must terminate their campaigning activity by 31 December 2014; this includes, for example, collecting electoral signs. They must file campaign financial details by 27 March 2015.

Single tier municipalities

Brant County">County of Brant">Brant County

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Ron Eddy 5,35756.77
Roy Haggart2,50826.58
Shawn Pratt1,57116.65

[Brantford]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Chris Friel 8,74336.02
Jan Vanderstelt4,51918.62
Dave Wrobel4,04216.65
Michael St. Amant3,70315.26
Mark H. Littell2,0188.31
Mary Ellen Kaye1,1134.59
John Turmel1330.55

[Chatham-Kent]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Randy Hope 9,24228.55
Marjorie Crew7,88424.35
Steve Brent5,60317.31
Ian McLarty4,45113.75
Jeff Bultje4,29813.28
Reno Lachapelle5581.72
John Willatt3391.05

[Haldimand County]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Ken Hewitt 6,80452.19
Kevin Smith3,30825.37
John Trainer1,54111.82
Marnie Knight1,38510.62

[Kawartha Lakes]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Andy Letham16,05558.01
Donna Villemare4,74217.13
Brenda Lee Karagiannis3,88814.05
John Macklem2,3388.45
Bill Denby6542.36

Norfolk County">Norfolk County, Ontario">Norfolk County

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Charlie Luke10,64454.15
Dennis Travale 8,16641.54
Jim Miller8484.31

Prince Edward County">Prince Edward County, Ontario">Prince Edward County

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Robert Leighton Quaff4,83751.10
Jeff Goddard2,81729.76
Paul Boyd1,81119.13

Counties

Hastings">Hastings County">Hastings

Perth">Perth County, Ontario">Perth

Separated municipalities

London">London, Ontario">London

In June 2014, mayor Joe Fontana resigned after being convicted for misusing government funds. On June 24, Council appointed Joni Baechler as mayor for the remainder of the current term.

Stratford">Stratford, Ontario">Stratford

Windsor">Windsor, Ontario">Windsor

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Drew Dilkens32,27155.36
John Millson15,84827.19
Larry Horwitz7,29312.51
Ernie The Bacon Man6401.10
Robin Easterbrook6111.05
Bruce Martin3650.63
Steve Gavrildis3300.57
Timothy Dugdale2950.51
Mike Tessier2440.42
Raymond Poisson1430.25
Ronald Van Dyk1320.23
Jaysen R. Sylvestre1230.21

Districts

[Sudbury District]

Term lengths

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario legislation, passed in 2006, sets the length of terms in office for all municipal elected officials at four years.