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

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

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

Mayor

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

Township Councillors

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

Mayor

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

Deputy Mayor

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

Township Councillors

Ward 1

2 to be elected

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

Ward 2

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

Ward 3

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

Mayor

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

Deputy Mayor

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

5 to be elected, electors have multiple votes

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

Mayor

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

Township Councillors

Ward 1

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

Ward 2

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

Ward 3

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

Ward 4

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

South-West Oxford

Mayor

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

Township Councillors

Ward 1

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

Ward 2

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

Ward 3

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

Ward 4

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

Ward 5

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

Ward 6

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

Tillsonburg

Mayor

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

Town Councillors

6 to be elected, electors have multiple votes

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

Mayor

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

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

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

Mayor

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

Township Councillors

Ward 1

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

Ward 2

Candidate^[14]	Vote	%
Katie Grigg	Acclaimed

Ward 3

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

Ward 4

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

School Boards

Thames Valley District School Board

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

London District Catholic School Board

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

Conseil scolaire catholique Providence

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

References

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

[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.

[blandford-blenheim-5] "Unofficial 2022 Election Results".

[ezt-6] "Election Results".

[ingersoll-7] "2022 ELECTION RESULTS".

[norwich-8] "Norwich Election Results 2022". Township of Norwich. Retrieved August 20, 2022.

[swox-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Candidates".

[tillsonburg-10] "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".

[woodstock-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Election Results (Unofficial)".

[zorra-14] "Candidates & Votes".

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