2022 Durham Region municipal elections

2022 Clarington Mayoral election
Turnout	28.05%
Mayor before election; Adrian Foster;	Elected mayor ; Adrian Foster;

2022 Ajax Mayoral election
Turnout	22.48%
Mayor before election; Shaun Collier;	Elected mayor ; Shaun Collier;

2022 Durham Chair election
Turnout	23.96%
Chair before election; John Henry;	Elected Chair ; John Henry;

Elections were held in the Regional Municipality of Durham in Ontario, on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province. Registration for candidates officially opened on Monday, May 2, 2022, and the deadline for candidate nominations is Friday, August 19 at 2 p.m.^[1]

Candidates marked with an (X) indicates they are the incumbent for that position.

Durham Regional Council

Position	Elected
Chair
John Henry
Ajax
Mayor	Shaun Collier
Regional Councillor, Ward 1	Marilyn Crawford
Regional Councillor, Ward 2	Sterling Lee
Regional Councillor, Ward 3	Joanne Dies
Brock
Mayor	Walter Schummer
Regional Councillor	Michael Jubb
Clarington
Mayor	Adrian Foster
Regional Councillor, Wards 1 & 2	Granville Anderson
Regional Councillor, Wards 3 & 4	Willie Woo
Oshawa
Mayor	Dan Carter
Regional Councillor, Ward 1	John Neal
Regional Councillor, Ward 2	Tito-Dante Marimpietri
Regional Councillor, Ward 3	Bob Chapman
Regional Councillor, Ward 4	Rick Kerr
Regional Councillor, Ward 5	Brian Nicholson
Pickering
Mayor	Kevin Ashe
Regional Councillor, Ward 1	Maurice Brenner
Regional Councillor, Ward 2	Linda Cook
Regional Councillor, Ward 3	David Pickles
Scugog
Mayor	Wilma Wotten
Regional Councillor	Ian McDougall
Uxbridge
Mayor	Dave Barton
Regional Councillor	Bruce Garrod
Whitby
Mayor	Elizabeth Roy
Regional Councillor	Rhonda Mulcahy
Regional Councillor	Chris Leahy
Regional Councillor	Steve Yamada
Regional Councillor	Maleeha Shahid

Durham Regional Chair

Voters from across the Durham Region directly elected the Durham Regional Chair. The following are the unofficial results for Durham Regional Chair.^[2]

Candidate	Vote	%
John Henry (X)	69,544	63.42
Laurie Blaind Mackie	20,435	18.63
Peter Neal	12,788	11.66
Kurdil-Telt Patch	6.895	6.29

Ajax

Ajax elected 1 mayor, 3 regional councillors in 1 of 3 wards, and 3 local councillors in 1 of 3 wards.

The following are the unofficial results in the Town of Ajax.^[3]

Mayor

Candidate	Vote	%
Shaun Collier (X)	11,691	62.32
Arthur Augustine	3,481	18.56
Colin Hubble	1,852	9.87
Garry Reader	1,735	9.25

Regional Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Marilyn Crawford (X)	5,108	80.70
Intab Ali	1,222	19.30
Ward 2
Sterling Lee (X)	3,066	58.77
Vic Jagmohan	1,156	22.16
Adam Bashir	995	19.07
Ward 3
Joanne Dies (X)	5,095	73.78
Daniel Corrigan	1,811	26.22

Local Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Rob Tyler-Morin (X)	4,475	71.05
Andras Adaikkalam	962	15.27
Arshad Awan	861	13.67
Ward 2
Nancy Henry	1,667	31.22
Ashmeed Khan (X)	1,634	30.60
Selladurai Jeyakumaran	986	18.46
Azhar Khan	838	15.69
Ramon Estaris	215	4.03
Ward 3
Lisa Bower (X)	6,117	88.13
Liliane Niyongabo Kisoro	824	11.87

Brock

Brock elected 1 mayor, 1 regional councillor, and 5 local councillors in 1 of 5 wards.

The following are the unofficial results in the Township of Brock.^[4]

Mayor

Candidate	Vote	%
Walter Schummer	2,185	54.95
Ted Smith	1,147	28.85
Ryan Williams	644	16.20

Regional Councillor

Candidate	Vote	%
Michael Jubb	3,056	76.53
David Marquis	713	17.86
Dorothy Sanderson	224	5.61

Local Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Peter Frank	666	77.9
Mike Simard	189	22.1
Ward 2
Claire Doble (X)	Acclaimed
Ward 3
Angela Canavan	Acclaimed
Ward 4
Cria Pettingill (X)	Acclaimed
Ward 5
Lynn Campbell (X)	389	50.8
Tony Laundrie	376	49.2

Clarington

Clarington elected 1 mayor, 2 regional councillors in 1 of 2 wards, and 4 local councillors in 1 of 4 wards.

The following are the unofficial results in the Municipality of Clarington.^[5]

Mayor

Candidate	Vote	%
Adrian Foster (X)	8,607	42.5
Joe Neal	6,053	29.9
Tom Dingwall	5,451	26.9
Mirko Pejic	145	0.7

Regional Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Wards 1 & 2
Granville Anderson	5,290	44.2
Janice Jones	5,143	42.9
Bernard Sanchez	1,543	12.9
Wards 3 & 4
Willie Woo	Acclaimed

Local Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Sami Elhajjeh	2,800	47.7
Steven Conway	1,391	23.7
Robert Livingstone	1,022	17.4
Larey Reynolds	658	11.2
Ward 2
Lloyd Rang	2,795	52.3
Ryan Kerr	2,552	47.7
Ward 3
Corinna Traill (X)	2,115	55.1
Marven Whidden	1,073	28.0
Glenn Baswick	649	16.9
Ward 4
Margaret Zwart (X)	2,103	52.2
Jim Abernethy	1,581	39.2
Christy Gunaratnam	346	8.6

Oshawa

Oshawa elected 1 mayor, 1 regional and city councillors in 1 of 5 wards, and 5 city councillors in 1 of 5 wards.

The following are the unofficial results in the City of Oshawa.^[6]

Mayor

2022 Oshawa Mayoral election

← 2018

October 24, 2022

2026 →

Turnout

18.42%


Candidate	Dan Carter	Sara Lear	Joe Ingino
Popular vote	14,270	4,748	2,956
Percentage	64.94%	21.61%	13.45%

Mayor before election

Dan Carter

Elected mayor

Dan Carter

Candidate	Vote	%
Dan Carter (X)	14,270	64.94
Sara Lear	4,728	21.61
Joe Ingino	2,956	13.45

Regional & City Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
John Neal (X)	1,829	76.21
Christopher Parkinson	322	13.42
Rosaldo Russo	249	10.38
Ward 2
Tito-Dante Marimpietri (X)	2,427	53.17
Lina Fouroughy	2,138	46.83
Ward 3
Bob Chapman (X)	3,793	72.39
Jemma Lambert	1,447	27.61
Ward 4
Rick Kerr (X)	2,467	45.66
Doug Sanders	2,072	38.35
Jeff Davis	864	15.99
Ward 5
Brian Nicholson (X)	1,948	50.60
Alex Down	1,585	41.17
Todd Forbes	317	8.23

City Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Rosemary McConkey (X)	1,101	45.84
Theresa Corless	1,093	45.50
Ahmad Rashed Formuly	208	8.66
Ward 2
Jim Lee	1,509	33.80
Jane Hurst (X)	1,207	27.03
Jonathan Giancroce	792	17.74
Julia McCrea	695	15.57
Amin Ullah	183	4.10
John Sturdy	79	1.77
Ward 3
Bradley Marks (X)	2,694	53.14
Amber Derby	1,307	25.78
Timothy Dobson	763	15.05
Joe Shaw	306	6.04
Ward 4
Derek Giberson (X)	1,497	27.38
Dave Thompson	1,169	21.38
Fred Eismont	1,105	20.21
James Bountrogiannis	1,046	19.13
Mark Logan	651	11.91
Ward 5
John Gray (X)	2,360	62.45
Amanda Jean Lewis	572	15.14
Karrie Lynn Dymond	566	14.98
Taylor Shane Bailey	281	7.44

Pickering

Pickering elected 1 mayor, 3 regional councillors in 1 of 3 wards, and 3 city councillors in 1 of 3 wards.

The following are the unofficial results in the City of Pickering.^[7]

Mayor

2022 Pickering Mayoral election

← 2018

October 24, 2022

2026 →

Turnout

27.24%


Candidate	Kevin Ashe	Janice Frampton	Brad Nazar
Popular vote	7,867	6,634	5,795
Percentage	38.76%	32.69%	28.55%

Mayor before election

Dave Ryan

Elected mayor

Kevin Ashe

Incumbent mayor Dave Ryan did not run for re-election. Running to replace him were regional councillor Kevin Ashe, Janice Frampton and Bradley Nazar.^[8]

Candidate	Vote	%
Kevin Ashe	7,867	38.76
Janice Frampton	6,634	32.69
Bradley Nazar	5,795	28.55

Regional Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Maurice Brenner	3,773	50.74
Tom Hayes	3,663	49.26
Ward 2
Linda Cook	1,996	40.73
Gary Strange	1,837	37.48
Ali Marani	606	12.36
Eileen Higdon	462	9.43
Ward 3
David Pickles (X)	4,298	55.50
Peter Rodrigues	3,446	44.50

City Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Lisa Robinson	1,634	21.87
James Blair	1,286	17.21
Raveena Rajasingham	973	13.02
Karen Sloan	942	12.61
Anthony Michael Yacub	932	12.47
Tony Harold	811	10.86
Zeynab Kazi	477	6.38
Jeanine Soligo	416	5.57
Ward 2
Mara Nagy	1,722	34.81
Dave Currie	910	18.39
Ayesha Sardar	755	15.26
Nancy Van Rooy	698	14.11
Frank McGillan	477	9.64
George David Turner	385	7.78
Ward 3
Shaheen Butt (X)	3,777	47.91
Darshan Sritharan	2,498	31.68
Damian Williams	1,435	18.20
Ali Naqvi	174	2.21

Scugog

Scugog elected 1 mayor, 1 regional councillor, and 5 local councillors in 1 of 5 wards.

The following are the unofficial results in the Township of Scugog.^[9]

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Bobbie Drew will not be running for re-election.^[10]

Candidate	Vote	%
Wilma Wotten	Acclaimed

Regional Councillor

Candidate	Vote	%
Ian McDougall	Acclaimed

Local Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
David LeRoy	Acclaimed
Ward 2
Janna Guido (X)	Acclaimed
Ward 3
Robert Rock	Acclaimed
Ward 4
Harold Wright	Acclaimed
Ward 5
Terry Coyne	634	45.68
Ivo Finotti	386	27.81
Imran Mohammad	368	26.51

Uxbridge

Uxbridge elected 1 mayor, 1 regional councillor, and 5 local councillors in 1 of 5 wards.

The following are the unofficial results in the Township of Uxbridge.^[11]

Mayor

Candidate	Vote	%
Dave Barton (X)	Acclaimed

Regional Councillor

Candidate	Vote	%
Bruce Garrod	4,468	68.64
Jack Ballinger	2,041	31.36

Local Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Pamela Beach (X)	654	53.34
Dominic Morrissey	572	46.66
Ward 2
Gordon Shreeve	745	51.77
Patrick Molloy	694	48.23
Ward 3
Zed Pickering	668	56.47
John Haddock	329	27.81
J.P. Herold	186	15.72
Ward 4
Willie Popp (X)	Acclaimed
Ward 5
Todd Snooks (X)	699	56.19
Christine McKenzie	418	33.60
Erin Jones	127	10.21

Whitby

Whitby elected 1 mayor, 4 regional councillors, and 4 local councillors in 1 of 4 wards.

The following are the unofficial results in the Town of Whitby.^[12]

Mayor

2022 Whitby Mayoral election

← 2018

October 24, 2022

2026 →

Turnout

23.26%


Candidate	Elizabeth Roy	Deidre Newman	Evan Griffiths
Popular vote	12,654	9,355	1,517
Percentage	53.79%	39.76%	6.45%

Mayor before election

Don Mitchell

Elected mayor

Elizabeth Roy

Local councillor Deidre Newman, regional councillor Elizabeth Roy and Evan Griffiths are the candidates to replace incumbent mayor Don Mitchell who is not running for re-election.^[8]

Candidate	Vote	%
Elizabeth Roy	12,654	53.79
Deidre Newman	9,355	39.76
Evan Griffiths	1,517	6.45

Regional Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Rhonda Mulcahy (X)	12,947	17.81
Chris Leahy (X)	12,541	17.26
Steve Yamada (X)	12,287	16.91
Maleeha Shahid	11,441	15.74
Ron Kapuscinski	8,531	11.74
Michael G. Emm	7,683	10.57
Vasu Mallula	3,788	5.21
Dave Sansom	3,457	4.76

Local Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1 North
Steve Lee (X)	Acclaimed
Ward 2 West
Matt Cardwell	2,995	42.93
Lori Lopes	2,431	34.84
Anjali Thorve	941	13.49
Kamlesh Partel	408	5.85
Jim Skenderis	202	2.90
Ward 3 Centre
Niki Lundquist	2,492	54.84
Joanne Drumm (X)	2,052	45.16
Ward 4 East
Victoria Bozinovski	2,431	39.79
John Rinella	2,166	35.45
PG Case	860	14.08
Rajat Sharma	653	10.69

References

^ "Municipal Elections". Region of Durham. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
^ "Regional Chair Election". DurhamRegion.com. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
^ "Results". Town of Ajax. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
^ "Unofficial Election Results". Township of Brock. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
^ "Unofficial Results". Clarington Votes. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
^ "City of Oshawa Municipal & School Board Elections unofficial results". City of Oshawa. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
^ "Unofficial Results". City of Pickering. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Who is running for mayor and council in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering and Clarington?". insauga.com.
^ "Unofficial Results". Township of Scugog. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
^ "After 30 years in politics Scugog mayor Bobbie Drew will not seek re-election". In Durham.
^ "Unofficial results". Township of Uxbridge. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
^ "Unofficial results". Town of Whitby. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

[1] "Municipal Elections". Region of Durham. Retrieved May 2, 2022.

[2] "Regional Chair Election". DurhamRegion.com. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

[3] "Results". Town of Ajax. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

[4] "Unofficial Election Results". Township of Brock. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

[5] "Unofficial Results". Clarington Votes. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

[6] "City of Oshawa Municipal & School Board Elections unofficial results". City of Oshawa. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

[7] "Unofficial Results". City of Pickering. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

[insauga-8] "Who is running for mayor and council in Oshawa, Whitby, Ajax, Pickering and Clarington?". insauga.com.

[9] "Unofficial Results". Township of Scugog. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

[10] "After 30 years in politics Scugog mayor Bobbie Drew will not seek re-election". In Durham.

[11] "Unofficial results". Township of Uxbridge. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

[12] "Unofficial results". Town of Whitby. Retrieved October 25, 2022.

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