2022 Niagara Region municipal elections


Elections were held in the Niagara Region of Ontario on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

Fort Erie">Fort Erie, Ontario">Fort Erie

Mayor

The results for mayor of Fort Erie were as follows:
Mayoral CandidateVote%
Wayne H. Redekop 6,19567.26
Peter Taras1,94021.06
Daniel Leo Favero1,07511.67

Regional councillor

The results for regional councillor were as follows:
CandidateVote%
Tom Insinna 5,93167.99
Peter Nolan2,79232.01

Grimsby">Grimsby, Ontario">Grimsby

The results for mayor and regional councillor for Grimsby were as follows:

Lincoln">Lincoln, Ontario">Lincoln

The results for mayor and regional councillor for Lincoln were as follows:

Niagara Falls">Niagara Falls, Ontario">Niagara Falls

Mayor

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Jim Diodati 12,05566.72
Sandra Marie Mac Kinnon1,6769.28
Connie Topolinsky1,6489.12
Muhammad Shafique7984.42
Joe White7153.96
Roland Weeks6123.39
Grant Hall5633.12

Regional Council">Niagara Regional Council">Regional Council

Three to be elected at-large. Regional councillors do not sit in city council.
CandidateTotal votes%
Kim Craitor9,19720.51
Joyce Morocco7,97417.79
Bob Gale 6,43414.35
Barbara Greenwood 6,32014.10
Carolyn Ioannoni5,19911.60
Kevin Maves3,6928.24
Tony Caruso3,4827.77
Karen Fraser2,5355.65

[Niagara [Falls City Council]]

Eight to be elected at-large.
CandidateVote%
Mike Strange 9,7889.24
Lori Lococo 9,6679.13
Ruth-Ann Nieuwesteeg8,6428.16
Tony Baldinelli7,3336.92
Victor Pietrangelo 7,2396.83
Wayne Campbell 6,6096.24
Mona Patel6,4336.07
Wayne Thomson 6,2945.94
Chris Dabrowski 5,8965.57
Vince Kerrio 5,4715.16
Dan Moody4,1043.87
Anne Radojcic3,7183.51
Tim Housser2,9782.81
Jim Dandy2,9042.74
Rebecca Crothers2,6512.50
Tawnya Hartford2,2882.16
Mike Cushman2,1942.07
Christian Bell2,0071.89
Gary Baker1,9431.83
Joedy Burdett1,6211.53
Glen Mercer1,2541.18
Peter Giblett1,1501.09
Saeed Malik1,0260.97
Mo Wasif9550.90
Harvey Gordon8850.84
Sherfudeen Mohamed8840.83

[Niagara-on-the-Lake]

The results for lord mayor and regional councillor for Niagara-on-the-Lake were as follows:

Pelham">Pelham, Ontario">Pelham

The results for mayor and regional councillor for Pelham were as follows:

[Port Colborne]

The results for mayor and regional councillor for Port Colborne were as follows:

Mayor

Brothers Bill and Charles Steele ran against each other.
Mayoral CandidateVote%
Bill Steele 3,05462.84
Charles Steele1,80637.16

[St. Catharines]

The 2022 St. Catharines municipal election took place on Monday October 24, 2022 to determine a mayor, regional and city councillors and school trustees in the city of St. Catharines, Ontario. Nominations opened on May 2 and close on August 19.

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Walter Sendzik announced on May 10, 2022, that he would not be running for re-election. Sendzik was elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. Running to replace him are regional councillors Mike Britton and Mat Siscoe.
Mayoral CandidateVote%
Mat Siscoe17,80868.76
Mike Britton6,52125.18
Nick Petrucci1,5716.07

Source:

Regional Council">Niagara Regional Council">Regional Council

Six to be elected at-large. Regional councillors do not sit on city council.
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
Jim Bradley 16,96016.30
Laura Ip 10,98610.56
Haley Bateman9,9649.58
Peter Secord8,1507.83
Tim Rigby 7,9157.61
Sal Sorrento7,7987.50
Brian Heit 7,1626.88
Alicia Marshall5,8505.62
Trecia McLennan5,0604.86
Sabrina Hill4,9944.80
Rob Herzog4,8874.70
Dennis Van Meer4,0823.92
John McGill2,6932.59
Matthew Bradman2,3372.25
Bryan Blue2,1042.02
Steve Borisenko1,6151.55
Shawn Marriott1,4781.42

Source:

[St. Catharines City Council]

Two to be elected in each ward. City councillors do not sit on regional council.

Ward 2 - St. Andrew's

CandidateVote%
Joseph Kushner 1,92426.08
Matt Harris 1,83724.90
Guy Graveline1,28617.43
Tom Neale93912.73
Emilio Raimondo7219.77
Angela Browne6709.08

Ward 5 - Grantham

CandidateVote%
Dawn Dodge 3,01336.34
Bill Phillips 3,01336.34
Bob Romeo1,20014.48
Steve Wojciechowski1,06412.83

Ward 6 - Port Dalhousie

CandidateVote%
Carlos Garcia 3,15438.03
Bruce Williamson 3,14937.97
Jonathan Belgrave1,99124.01

By-election

Following the death of Carlos Garcia on December 9, 2024, a by-election was held in Ward 6 on April 14, 2025. The results were as follows:
CandidateVote%
Marty Mako1,87842.03
Zach Dykstra97021.71
Jeff Mackie93620.95
Jonathan Belgrave4028.97
Norm St. George1683.76
Nick Kurzawa801.79
Patrick Harb350.78

[Thorold]

The results for mayor and regional councillor for Thorold were as follows:

Wainfleet">Wainfleet, Ontario">Wainfleet

Mayor Kevin Gibson ran for a second term. The results for mayor of Wainfleet were as follows:
Mayoral CandidateVote%
Brian Grant1,06741.24
Kevin Gibson 1,05540.78
Alfred Kiers46517.97

[Welland]

The results for mayor, regional councillor and city council for Welland are as follows:

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Frank Campion was challenged by Jeff Walters, who had previously run for the Alberta Party in the 2019 Alberta general election.
Mayoral CandidateVote%
Frank Campion 6,45659.26
Jeffrey David Walters4,43840.74

Regional Council">Niagara Regional Council">Regional Council

Two to be elected at-large. Regional councillors do not sit in city council.
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
Leanna Villella 6,86040.36
Pat Chiocchio 6,82340.14
Mamdouh Abdelmaksoud3,31619.51

Welland City Council

Two to be elected in each ward. City councillors do not sit on regional council.

Ward 2

CandidateVote%
David McLeod 1,01328.32
Leo Van Vliet 74520.83
Kathryn Jung58616.38
Steve Yochim51214.31
Tia De Agazio42111.77
Serge Daoust3008.39

Ward 5

CandidateVote%
Claudette Richard 92736.20
Graham Speck 91035.53
Mark Dzugan72428.27

Ward 6

CandidateVote%
Bonnie Fokkens 84028.17
Jamie Lee66822.40
Jim Larouche 66722.37
Cheryl Lynn Rowe47415.90
Steve Falusi33311.17

West Lincoln">West Lincoln, Ontario">West Lincoln

The results for mayor and regional councillor for West Lincoln were as follows: