2022 Oxford County municipal elections

Elections were held in Oxford County, Ontario on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province. Each municipality will elect a mayor and a local council, plus two city and county councillors from Woodstock. Trustees to the Thames Valley District School Board, London District Catholic School Board, and Conseil scolaire catholique Providence will also be elected.[1] This election is expected to have more candidates than usual, particularly female, due to the launch of Municipal Campaign School Oxford.[2]

Controversy

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In early 2022, the Mayor of Woodstock Trevor Birtch was criminally charged by the London Police for assault, sexual assault, and sexual assault with choking. However, he did not resign from his position.[3] He eventually took a paid leave of absence, and appeared in court on May 2 for the sexual assault with choking charge being dropped to a second sexual assault charge, and the matter was adjourned until June 6. Three additional charges of sexual assault, involving a different victim, were added to his case, which will first be put in court on July 4.[4]

Oxford County Council

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Position Elected
Blandford-Blenheim Mayor Mark Peterson (acclaimed)
East Zorra-Tavistock Mayor Philip Schaefer
Ingersoll Mayor Brian Petrie
Norwich Mayor Jim Palmer
South-West Oxford Mayor David Mayberry (acclaimed)
Tilsonburg Mayor Deb Gilvesy
Woodstock Mayor Jerry Acchione
Woodstock Councillor Deb Tait
Woodstock Councillor Bernia Wheaton
Zorra Mayor Marcus Ryan (acclaimed)

Blandford-Blenheim

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Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate [5] Vote %
Mark Peterson (X) Acclaimed

Township Councillors

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4 to be elected, electors have multiple votes

Candidate[5] Vote %
Nancy Demarest (X) 1,073 21.64
Tina Young 935 18.85
George Bruce Banbury (X) 765 15.43
Daryl Barnes 576 11.62
Adam Bell 525 10.59
Randy Balzer (X) 517 10.43
Dillon Occleston 281 5.67
Ron Paterson 154 3.11
Andrew Broschinski 133 2.68

East Zorra-Tavistock

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Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate[6] Vote %
Philip Schaefer 1,218 56.23
Donald Edmiston 948 43.77

Deputy Mayor

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Candidate[6] Vote %
Bradley Smith 1396 65.54
Lee Griffi 734 34.46

Township Councillors

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Ward 1

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2 to be elected

Candidate[6] Vote %
Steven Wyk Acclaimed
Scott Zher Acclaimed

Ward 2

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Candidate[6] Vote %
Scott Rudy (X) Acclaimed

Ward 3

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2 to be elected

Candidate[6] Vote %
Jeremy Smith (X) 556 38.77
Matthew Gillespie (X) 542 37.80
Cody Hayward 336 23.43

Ingersoll

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Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate[7] Vote %
Brian Petrie 1,815 41.97
Ted Comiskey (X) 1,582 36.58
Tim Lobzun 928 21.46

Deputy Mayor

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Former Ontario NDP candidate for Oxford in the 2022 Ontario general election Lindsay Wilson is challenging incumbent Deputy Mayor Fred Freeman.

Candidate[7] Vote %
Lindsay Wilson 2947 69.08
Fred Freeman (X) 1319 30.92

Town Councillors

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Candidate[7] Vote %
Kristy Van Kooten Bossence (X) 2513 13.74
Rick Eus (X) 1972 10.78
Shannon Hutson 1854 10.14
Mike Bowman (X) 1796 9.82
Khadijah Haliru 1708 9.34
Ben Lampkin 1652 9.03
Gord Lesser (X) 1648 9.01
Broderick Carey 1434 7.84
Evan McHugh 1208 6.60
Pauline White 1202 6.57
Dixie Bowden 890 4.87
Henny Arends 416 2.27

Norwich

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Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate[8] Vote %
Jim Palmer 2,219 51.31
Lynne DePlancke 1,863 43.08
Tyler Zacher-King 243 5.62

Township Councillors

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Ward 1

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Candidate[8] Vote %
John Scholten (X) 578 51.38
Val Haley 454 40.36
Daniel A Wagner 93 8.27

Ward 2

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Candidate[8] Vote %
Alisha Stubbs 759 59.02
William Van Lagen 392 30.48
Michael Legge 135 10.50

Ward 3

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Candidate[8] Vote %
Shawn Gear 602 50.17
John Van Brenk 598 49.83

Ward 4

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Candidate[8] Vote %
Adrian Couwenberg 267 36.28
Alan Dale (X) 247 33.56
Len Overbeek 222 30.16

South-West Oxford

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Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate[9] Vote %
David Mayberry (X) Acclaimed

Township Councillors

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Ward 1

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Candidate[9] Vote %
Paul Buchner (X) 227 78.01
Mark Renaud 64 21.99

Ward 2

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Candidate[9] Vote %
Peter Ypma (X) Acclaimed

Ward 3

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Candidate[9] Vote %
Valerie Durston (X) Acclaimed

Ward 4

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Candidate[9] Vote %
George Way (X) Acclaimed

Ward 5

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Candidate[9] Vote %
Jim Pickard (X) Acclaimed

Ward 6

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Candidate[9] Vote %
Craig Gillis (X) Acclaimed

Tillsonburg

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Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate[10] Vote %
Deb Gilvesy 2,934 55.20
Stephen Molnar (X) 2,381 44.80

Town Councillors

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Candidate[10] Vote %
Dave Beres (X) 3279 12.48
Chris Parker (X) 3161 12.03
Kelly Spencer 2958 11.26
Pete Luciani (X) 2674 10.18
Bob Parsons 2410 9.17
Chris Rosehart (X) 2336 8.89
Cedric Tomico 2022 7.70
Cindy Allen 1807 6.88
Michael Holly 1705 6.49
Max Adam 1404 5.34
Marcel Rosehart 1061 4.04
Mary Anne Van Geertruyde 826 3.14
Barbara Bleck 628 2.39

Woodstock

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Mayor

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Mayor Trevor Birtch sought re-election.[11] He is currently facing charges for sexual assault.[12]

Mayoral Candidate [13] Vote %
Jerry Acchione 3,612 38.68
David Hilderley 3,441 36.85
Anthony Scalisi 1,883 20.16
Trevor Birtch (X) 305 3.27
Peter Croves 66 0.71
Henry Biro 31 0.33

City-County Councillor

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2 to be elected

Candidate [13] Vote %
Bernia Wheaton 4,509 29.62
Deb Tait (X) 4,207 27.63
Paul Plant 3,788 24.88
Sandra J. Talbot (X) 2,721 17.87

City Councillor

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4 to be elected

Candidate[13] Vote %
Kate Leatherbarrow 4,901 15.74
Liz Wismer-Van Meer 4,843 15.55
Connie Lauder (X) 3,605 11.58
Mark Schadenberg (X) 3,598 11.56
Jay Pember 3,425 11.00
Jaspreet Sandhu 2,381 7.65
Duane Kumala-Thomas 2,247 7.22
Wes Mazur 2,098 6.74
Leah Santos 1,082 3.47
Dave Babcock 1,064 3.42
Allison Frederick Gowling 856 2.75
Jason Norris 699 2.24
Francisco Cornejo 339 1.09

Zorra

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Mayor

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Mayoral Candidate[14] Vote %
Marcus Ryan (X) Acclaimed

Township Councillors

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Ward 1

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Candidate[14] Vote %
Kevin Stewart 241 67.13
Emily Moitoso 118 32.87

Ward 2

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Candidate[14] Vote %
Katie Grigg Acclaimed

Ward 3

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Candidate[14] Vote %
Paul Mitchell (X) Acclaimed

Ward 4

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Candidate[14] Vote %
Crystal Finch 394 74.20
Steve MacDonald (X) 137 25.80

School Boards

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Thames Valley District School Board

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Candidate[13] Vote %
Leeanne Hopkins 4647 45.27
Seth Allen 2850 27.76
David Cripps 2768 26.97

London District Catholic School Board

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Candidate[13] Vote %
Mary Holmes (X) 781 74.17
Ana Paula Alves 272 25.83

Conseil scolaire catholique Providence

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Candidate[13] Vote %
Alexandre Alary (X) Acclaimed

References

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  1. ^ "Upcoming 2022 Municipal Election". www.swox.org. January 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Oxford's Municipal Campaign School launches new video series". Woodstock Sentinel-Review.
  3. ^ "Woodstock Mayor Trevor Birtch facing criminal charges". London. February 7, 2022.
  4. ^ "Charges against Woodstock Mayor Trevor Birtch revised in court". CBC News.
  5. ^ a b "Unofficial 2022 Election Results".
  6. ^ a b c d e "Election Results".
  7. ^ a b c "2022 ELECTION RESULTS".
  8. ^ a b c d e "Norwich Election Results 2022". Township of Norwich. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g "Candidates".
  10. ^ a b "2022 Unofficial Municipal Election Results".
  11. ^ "Area mayors: Who's in, who's out, who's on the fence about running again".
  12. ^ "Embattled Woodstock mayor faces more sex charges: London police".
  13. ^ a b c d e f "Election Results (Unofficial)".
  14. ^ a b c d e "Candidates & Votes".
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