2018 Brant municipal election

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

Ronald Eddy, incumbent mayor and former MPP for Brant—Haldimand^[3]
David Bailey, businessman^[3]
Don Cardy, Brant County Councillor for Ward 2^[3]
Shawn Pratt, businessman^[3]

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

^ Ball, Vincent (November 1, 2018). "'Change is needed'". Brantford Expositor. Postmedia. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
^ Rubio, Michelle (June 10, 2019). "Brant County flies first Pride flag". Brantford Expositor. Postmedia. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ball, Vincent (October 11, 2018). "Four vie for Brant mayor's job". Brantford Expositor. Postmedia. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
^ "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)
^ ^a ^b "Election Results". County of Brant. Retrieved May 19, 2021.

Notes

^ Powell died three weeks before the election.

[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.

[Four_vie_for_Brant_mayor's_job-3] 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)

[Election_Results-5] "Election Results". County of Brant. Retrieved May 19, 2021.

[6] Powell died three weeks before the election.

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