2018 Brant municipal election

2018 Brant mayoral election
October 22, 2018
 
Candidate David Bailey Ronald Eddy
Popular vote 4,478 3,156
Percentage 47.58% 33.54%
 
SP
Candidate Don Cardy Shawn Pratt
Popular vote 1,133 644
Percentage 12.04% 6.84%
Mayor of Brant before election

Ronald Eddy

 Elected Mayor of Brant

David Bailey

The 2018 Brant municipal election took place on October 22, 2018. Seven-term incumbent Ronald Eddy lost re-election to businessman David Bailey. Bailey is the first openly gay mayor of Brant.[1][2]

Mayoral candidates

Results

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate[4][5] Vote %
David Bailey 4,478 47.58
Ronald Eddy (incumbent) 3,156 33.54
Don Cardy 1,133 12.04
Shawn Pratt 644 6.84

Brant County Council

Two to be elected from each ward. The results for Brant County Council are as follows:[5]

Ward 1
Candidate Vote %
John Wheat (incumbent) 1,254 33.26
John MacAlpine 1,148 30.45
Willie Morley 958 25.41
Nick Quail 410 10.88
Ward 2
Candidate Vote %
Marc Laferriere 1,378 34.02
Steve Howes 1,211 28.99
Shirley Simons (incumbent) 770 19.01
Steven Acheson 344 8.49
Ellay Heys 296 7.31
Phil Ogborne 52 1.28
Ward 3
Candidate Vote %
John Peirce (incumbent) 850 27.00
John Bell 642 20.39
Marty Verhey 559 17.76
Clifford Atfield 416 13.21
Edith Stone 383 12.17
Myles D. Rusak 261 8.29
Murray Powell (incumbent)[a] 37 1.18
Ward 4
Candidate Vote %
Robert Chambers (incumbent) 1,061 37.45
David Miller (incumbent) 960 33.89
Marilyn Baptist 548 19.34
Laura Mordaunt 264 9.32
Ward 5
Candidate Vote %
Brian Coleman (incumbent) 1,067 32.32
Joan Gatward (incumbent) 994 30.11
Ella Haley 800 24.24
Owen DeBoer 440 13.33

School board trustees

English trustees

Candidate Vote %
Christina Speers 5,453 32.82
Rita Collver 4,394 26.44
David VanTilborg 3,592 21.62
Tom Waldschmidt 3,178 19.12

French trustee

Candidate Vote %
Pierre Girouard 724 73.28
Denis Frawley 264 26.72

References

  1. ^ Ball, Vincent (November 1, 2018). "'Change is needed'". Brantford Expositor. Postmedia. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  2. ^ Rubio, Michelle (June 10, 2019). "Brant County flies first Pride flag". Brantford Expositor. Postmedia. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Ball, Vincent (October 11, 2018). "Four vie for Brant mayor's job". Brantford Expositor. Postmedia. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ a b "Election Results". County of Brant. Retrieved May 19, 2021.

Notes

  1. ^ Powell died three weeks before the election.
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