Elections in the Regional Municipality of York of Ontario , Canada were held on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province .
Incumbents are marked with "(X)".
2022 York Region municipal election
Map of York Region and the municipalities it includes.
Position
Representing
Councillor
Notes
Chair
Wayne Emmerson
Chairman and CEO
Councillor
Aurora
Tom Mrakas
Mayor of Aurora
Councillor
East Gwillimbury
Virginia Hackson
Mayor of East Gwillimbury
Councillor
Georgina
Margaret Quirk
Mayor of Georgina
Councillor
Georgina
Naomi Davison
Councillor
King
Steve Pellegrini
Mayor of King
Councillor
Markham
Frank Scarpitti Mayor of Markham
Councillor
Markham
Joe Li
Councillor
Markham
Jim Jones
Councillor
Markham
Michael Chan Deputy Mayor of Markham
Councillor
Markham
Alan Ho
Councillor
Newmarket
John Taylor
Mayor of Newmarket
Councillor
Newmarket
Tom Vegh
Deputy Mayor of Newmarket
Councillor
Richmond Hill
David West Mayor of Richmond Hill
Councillor
Richmond Hill
Joe DiPaola
Councillor
Richmond Hill
Godwin Chan
Councillor
Vaughan
Steven Del Duca Mayor of Vaughan
Councillor
Vaughan
Linda Jackson Deputy Mayor of Vaughan
Councillor
Vaughan
Mario Ferri
Councillor
Vaughan
Gino Rosati
Councillor
Vaughan
Mario Racco
Councillor
Whitchurch–Stouffville
Iain Lovatt
Mayor of Whitchurch–Stouffville
The chair of the council will be elected by members of the council at the first council meeting.[ 1]
List of candidates:[ 2]
Incumbent mayor Tom Mrakas was challenged by businessperson Phiona Durrant and writer, editor and photographer Anna Lozyk Romeo.[ 3]
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
Tom Mrakas (X)
7,743
69.49
Anna Lozyk Romeo
1,802
16.17
Phiona Durrant
1,597
14.33
Aurora Town Council [ edit ] Map of Aurora's six new wards In 2020, Aurora Council passed a by-law establishing a ward system. Previously Aurora councillors were elected at an at-large basis.[ 4]
Candidate
Vote
%
Ron Weese
1,445
62.18
Sandra Humfryes (X)
631
27.15
Nick Biase
248
10.67
Candidate
Vote
%
Rachel Gilliland (X)1,070 52.71
Marco Di Girolamo
492
24.24
Daniel Lajeunesse
256
12.61
Alison Connolly
212
10.44
Candidate
Vote
%
Wendy Gaertner (X)
1,210
47.90
Harold MacDonald
546
21.62
Alexandra Bonham
423
16.75
Owen Heritage
347
13.74
Candidate
Vote
%
Michael Thompson (X)
744
69.73
Iwona Czarnecka
274
25.68
Carson Day
49
4.59
Candidate
Vote
%
John Gallo (X)
602
30.25
Mae Khamissa
514
25.83
Steve Fleck
424
21.31
Robert Lounds
231
11.61
Ian Clark
219
11.01
Candidate
Vote
%
Harold Kim (X)
801
72.55
Greg Smith
198
17.93
Robert James Fraser
105
9.51
East Gwillimbury elected two councillors per ward. Incumbent mayor Virginia Hackson ran against her predecessor James Young and 2018 candidate Franco Colavecchia. Voter turnout was reported as being just 25%.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
Virginia Hackson (X)
3,266
51.51
James R. Young
2,797
44.11
Franco Colavecchia
278
4.38
Candidate
Vote
%
Loralea Carruthers (X)
Acclaimed
Terry E. Foster (X)
Acclaimed
Candidate
Vote
%
Brian Johns
1,287
41.9
Tara Roy-DiClemente (X)
1,118
36.4
Aida Kostuck
498
16.2
David Price
171
5.5
Candidate
Vote
%
Scott Crone (X)
1,524
35.7
Susan Lahey
1,072
25.1
Christine Glenn
943
22.1
Cathy Morton (X)
526
12.3
Douglas Willitts
201
4.7
The results for mayor and for the council of Georgina are as follows:[ 8] [ 9]
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
Margaret Quirk (X)4,683 47.25
Jeffrey Cathcart
2,182
22.02
Ralph Hirmann
1,263
12.74
Frank Sebo
968
9.77
Boris Godzinevski
568
5.73
George Sheffield
246
2.48
Georgina Town Council [ edit ] Map of Georgina's 5 wards Regional Councillor [ edit ]
Council candidate
Vote
%
Naomi Davison 6,640 70.96
Dawn Zimmermann
2,717
29.04
Council candidate
Vote
%
Charlene Biggerstaff 896 55.86
Allison Cain
336
20.95
Mike Taggart
300
18.70
Mona Steitieh
72
4.49
Council candidate
Vote
%
Dan Fellini (X)1,048 43.45
Natalie Floyd
781
32.38
Shannon DeLenardo
583
24.17
Council candidate
Vote
%
Dave Neeson (X)1,150 50.88
Andrew Edge
598
26.46
Danielle Cohen
358
15.84
Scott Wollin
154
6.81
Council candidate
Vote
%
Dale Kerr Genge 884 40.40
Mike Anderson
830
37.93
Amanda Pace
302
13.80
Laurie Pangman
172
7.86
Council candidate
Vote
%
Lee Dale 923 69.92
Kelly McCarthy
397
30.08
The results for mayor and for the council of King Township are as follows:[ 10]
Steve Pellegrini was re-elected mayor of the Township of King by acclamation. Ward 2 councillor David Boyd and Ward 6 councillor Avia Eek were also acclaimed:[ 11]
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
Steve Pellegrini (X)Acclaimed
Candidate
Vote
%
Jordan Alexander Cescolini (X)738
55.6
Rob Payne
518
39.0
Nick Seretis
71
5.4
Candidate
Vote
%
David Boyd (X)Acclaimed
Candidate
Vote
%
Jennifer Anstey 228
41.6
Adam Pham
192
35.0
Jakob Schneider (X)
120
21.9
Ryan Raymond
8
1.5
Candidate
Vote
%
Mary Asselstine 553
44.6
Simon Lloyd
502
40.5
Michael Lovisotto
120
9.7
Becky Eveson
64
5.2
Candidate
Vote
%
Debbie Schaefer (X)575
64.7
Michael Di Mascolo
314
35.3
Candidate
Vote
%
Avia Eek (X)Acclaimed
The results for mayor and for the council of Markham are as follows:[ 12]
2022 Markham Mayoral election Turnout 31.17%
DH
Candidate
Frank Scarpitti Don Hamilton
Popular vote
44,172
24,469
Percentage
64.35%
35.65%
Mayor Frank Scarpitti was challenged by deputy mayor Don Hamilton.[ 13]
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
Frank Scarpitti 44,172 64.35
Don Hamilton
24,469
35.65
Map of Markham's 8 wards Regional Councillor [ edit ] In Markham, Regional Councillors serve on both the City Council as well as York Region Council. Electors can vote for up to four candidates on their ballots, equal to the total number that may be elected. The four winning candidates are those who receive the highest number of votes. The candidate with the highest number of votes received also serves as Deputy Mayor.
Council candidate
Vote
%
Michael Chan 30,095 14.41
Jim Jones 26,578 12.72
Joe Li (X)25,823 12.36
Alan Ho 24,735 11.84
Nirmala Armstrong
23,183
11.10
Allan Tam
18,548
8.88
Shanta Sundarason
15,774
7.55
Sophia Sun
13,639
6.53
Greg Marcos
12,471
5.97
Ivy Lee
12,356
5.92
Srini Suppira
5,678
2.72
Council candidate
Vote
%
Keith Irish (X)6,095 74.37
Howard Shore
2,101
25.63
Council candidate
Vote
%
Ritch Lau 3,012 36.36
Yan Wang
1,866
22.53
Larry Lau
1,573
18.99
Trina Kollis
937
11.31
Steven Sun
895
10.81
Council candidate
Vote
%
Reid McAlpine (X)5,007 56.75
Sandra Tam
1,023
11.59
Bill Chan
990
11.22
Robin Choy
882
10.00
Sheng Huang
501
5.68
Annie Chan
420
4.76
Council candidate
Vote
%
Karen Rea (X)8,563 92.22
Vid Sansanwal
722
7.78
Council candidate
Vote
%
Andrew Keyes (X)5,120 72.88
Sri Sivasubramaniam
1,372
19.53
Ashok Bangia
533
7.59
Council candidate
Vote
%
Amanda Yeung Collucci (X)4,921 78.71
Darren Soo
1,331
21.29
Council candidate
Vote
%
Juanita Nathan 5,388 47.75
Nimisha Patel
2,648
23.47
Shahzad Habib
1,955
17.33
Neetu Gupta
1,292
11.45
Council candidate
Vote
%
Isa Lee (X)6,549 80.81
Nihanthan Ratnasingham
640
7.90
Jack Levinson
485
5.98
Deepak Talreja
430
5.31
The results for mayor and for the council of Newmarket are as follows:[ 14]
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
John Taylor (X)
Acclaimed
Newmarket Town Council [ edit ] Map of Newmarket's seven wards Deputy mayor and regional councillor [ edit ]
Candidate
Vote
%
Tom Vegh (X)9,396 63.27
Gordon Prentice
5,455
36.73
Council candidate
Vote
%
Grace Simon (X)1,899 70.52
Mark Holmes
794
29.48
Council candidate
Vote
%
Victor Woodhouse (X)1,211 53.99
Brian Andrews
841
37.49
Hunter Murchison-Doggart
191
8.52
Council candidate
Vote
%
Jane Twinney (X)Acclaimed
Council candidate
Vote
%
Trevor Morrison (X)1,222 57.91
Grant Waddell
627
29.72
Chris Dupee
261
12.37
Council candidate
Vote
%
Bob Kwapis (X)Acclaimed
Council candidate
Vote
%
Kelly Broome (X)1,726 70.19
Lukas Fuina
733
29.81
Council candidate
Vote
%
Christina Bisanz (X)1,687 76.20
Nadia Hansen
527
23.80
The results for mayor and for the council of Richmond Hill were as follows:[ 15]
David West , who was elected in a by-election in January 2022, was challenged in a re-match against Regional Councillor Carmine Perrelli, who finished third in the by-election.[ 13]
2022 Richmond Hill mayoral election Turnout 31.48%
Nominee
David West Carmine Perrelli
Popular vote
28,318
10,304
Percentage
70.18%
25.54%
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
David West 28,318 70.18
Carmine Perrelli
10,304
25.54
Domenic Bardari
1,155
2.86
Holo Devnani
572
1.42
Map of Richmond Hill's six wards Two to be elected.
Council candidate
Vote
%
Godwin Chan 25,392 38.61
Joe DiPaola (X)18,334 27.88
Terrence Au
12,005
18.25
Marco Coletta
7,617
11.58
Abu Alam
2,424
3.69
Council candidate
Vote
%
Carol Davidson 3,201 45.88
Greg Beros (X)
1,856
26.60
Catherine Dellerba
1,301
18.65
Weibo Cheng
619
8.87
Council candidate
Vote
%
Scott Thompson 2,028 39.37
Tom Muench (X)
1,597
31.00
Sigmund Lee
816
15.84
Yehuda Goldberg
536
10.41
Tabinda Jatoi
174
3.38
Council candidate
Vote
%
Castro Liu (X)5,299 84.92
Juni Yeung
941
15.08
Council candidate
Vote
%
Simon Cui 2,498 32.34
Raika Sheppard (X)
2,235
28.93
Rose A. Weinberg
1,735
22.46
Liana Falzone
459
5.94
Johnny So
328
4.25
Mahnaz Shahbazi
247
3.20
Harry H. Harakh
223
2.89
Council candidate
Vote
%
Karen Cilevitz (X)1,525 23.34
Tarun Saroya
828
12.67
Richard Rupp
749
11.46
Yuliya Benedziktavich
673
10.30
Anders Lindfors-Wheeler
655
10.02
Wil Husnutdinov
595
9.11
Vera Murano
546
8.36
Sarkis Assadourian 467
7.15
Shohreh Sabaghpour
396
6.06
Emmanuel Lazaris
100
1.53
Council candidate
Vote
%
Michael Shiu 1,893 27.66
Linda Zhang
1,685
24.62
Carol Chan
1,254
18.32
Sharon Chisholm
819
11.96
Kate Jiang
695
10.15
Julie Maxey
269
3.93
Yung Li
230
3.36
The size of Vaughan's council will increase by one with the addition of a regional councillor.[ 16] [ 17]
2022 Vaughan Mayoral election Turnout 26.96%
SYR
DD
Candidate
Steven Del Duca Sandra Yeung Racco
Danny DeSantis
Popular vote
22,699
21,848
7,591
Percentage
38.06%
36.64%
12.73%
Incumbent mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua is not running for re-election. Former Ontario Liberal Party leader Steven Del Duca is running against long-time city councillor Sandra Yeung Racco.[ 13]
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
Steven Del Duca 22,699 38.06
Sandra Yeung Racco
21,848
36.64
Danny DeSantis
7591
12.72
Paul Donofrio
2697
4.52
Lino Mancinella
2427
4.07
Parveen Bola
1492
2.50
Robert Gulassarian
880
1.48
Deb Schulte , former MP and Minister of Seniors. Schulte withdrew after her cancer re-diagnosis and then endorsed Del Duca.
Polling firm
Link
Last date
Sample Size
Margin
Parveen Bola
Steven Del Duca
Danny DeSantis
Paul Donofrio
Robert Gulassarian
Hiten Patel
Sandra Yeung Racco
Undecided
Mainstreet
PDF
July 25, 2022
506
±4.4%
2
22
-
-
6
0
7
30
Mainstreet
[1]
October 17, 2022
452
±4.6%
3
23
5
3
2
-
13
50
Map of Vaughan's five wards Four to be elected.
Council candidate
Vote
%
Linda D. Jackson 28,398 17.08
Mario Ferri 27,937 16.80
Gino Rosati (X)27,457 16.51
Mario G. Racco 19,564 11.77
Nick Pinto
18,467
11.11
Carrie Liddy
12,502
7.52
Mario Di Nardo
12,298
7.40
John Santoro
10,113
6.08
Mandy Rai
9,524
5.73
Council candidate
Vote
%
Marilyn Iafrate (X)8,771 64.72
Vince Scaramuzzo
2,020
14.90
Justin Piersanti
828
6.11
Sony Abraham
766
5.65
Maeda Aslam
645
4.76
Stephen Fefer
523
3.86
Council candidate
Vote
%
Adriano Volpentesta 7,229 53.91
Tony Carella (X)
4,042
30.14
Simone Barbieri
1,150
8.58
Lena Ibrahim
433
3.23
Meera Anand
278
2.07
Bryan Gary Groulx
277
2.07
Council candidate
Vote
%
Rosanna DeFrancesca (X)6,643 51.63
Ty Ty Nguyen
2,407
18.71
Victor Lacaria
2,373
18.44
Gino Nardi
693
5.39
Tony Lorini
665
5.17
Philip James Piluris
86
0.67
Council candidate
Vote
%
Chris Ainsworth 2,705 38.73
Styles Q. Weinberg
1,573
22.52
Nadia Rosati
1,071
15.33
Erlinda Insigne
627
8.98
Jacob Joel Ginsberg
562
8.05
Meenakashi Sudarshan
447
6.40
Alan Shefman, city councillor for Ward 5 and one of the longest serving councillors in Vaughan was defeated for re-election by former MPP Gila Martow . Her win was attributed to her status in the area and personal popularity.
Council candidate
Vote
%
Gila Martow 6,601 54.56
Alan Shefman (X)
5,497
45.44
The results for mayor and for the council of Whitchurch-Stouffville are as follows:[ 18]
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
Iain Lovatt (X)6,125 51.67
Justin Atlmann
3,087
26.04
Mark Carroll
1,343
11.33
Anand Daté
1,148
9.68
Sher Ahmad
152
1.28
Whitchurch-Stouffville Town Council [ edit ] Map of Whitchurch-Stouffville's six new wards The Town re-drew its ward boundaries in 2020 for the 2022 election.[ 19]
Council candidate
Vote
%
Hugo T. Kroon (X)651 56.96
Michael Cleverdon
289
25.28
Juliette Deonarian
203
17.76
Council candidate
Vote
%
Maurice Smith (X)1,253 52.80
George Karpouzis
1,120
47.20
Council candidate
Vote
%
Keith Acton 747 59.62
Mike Humphreys
506
40.38
Council candidate
Vote
%
Rick Upton (X)1,395 59.44
Brad Valentini
357
15.21
Keith Singer
351
14.96
Daniel Zeraldo
244
10.40
Council candidate
Vote
%
Richard Bartley (X)1,198 58.75
Laura Cusack
841
41.25
Council candidate
Vote
%
Sue Sherban (X)1,388 52.66
Rob Hargrave
838
31.79
Angel Freedman
410
15.55
York Region District School Board [ edit ] 2022 YRDSB trustee election results by poll for Richmond Hill wards 1, 2 and 4.
Georgina and East Gwillimbury[ 20]
Trustee Candidate
Vote
%
Carolyn Butterworth
6275
49.3
Cynthia Cordova (X)
3939
31.0
Jeremy Smith
1615
12.7
Mark Schlotzhauer
894
7.0
Aurora and Whitchurch-Stouffville[ 21]
Trustee Candidate
Vote
%
Melanie Wright
5191
32.0
Elizabeth Terrell (X)
2677
16.5
Luther C. Brown
2522
15.5
Sled-Lucas Mary
2245
13.8
Bridget Kilgallon
1827
11.3
Asim Sayed
1770
10.9
King and Vaughan, Ward 1[ 22]
Trustee Candidate
Vote
%
Nadeem Mahmood (X)
3601
40.1
Mike Behar
3361
37.5
Simon Strelchik
2012
22.4
Markham, Ward 1 and 8
Trustee Candidate
Vote
%
Jenny Chen
5194
42.8
Susan Geller
2360
19.4
Karen Walton
1871
15.4
Srdjana Jaksic
1137
9.4
Nafiseh Pourhassani
1021
8.4
Sarma Donepudi
563
4.6
Markham, Wards 2 and 6
Trustee Candidate
Vote
%
Ron Lynn (X)
6647
59.4
Christine Calanchie
4547
40.6
Markham, Wards 3 and 4
Trustee Candidate
Vote
%
Ed Law
3595
27.4
Ben Hendriks
3258
24.9
Jerrica Lin
3151
24.1
Alyssa Shi
1513
11.6
Nadhiena Shankar
894
6.8
Xu Dong Lu
688
5.3
Markham, Wards 5 and 7
Trustee Candidate
Vote
%
Michael Chen
4566
29.2
Rukshan Para
4251
27.2
Ali Chatha
3374
21.6
Ruby Ratnasingham
1673
10.7
Shusmita Sharma
1039
6.6
Geetha Thambiah
734
4.7
Source: City of Markham [ 23]
Newmarket[ 24]
Trustee Candidate
Vote
%
Pamela McCarthy
4414
38.8
Shameela Shakeel
4034
35.4
Donald J. Smith
1622
14.2
Jessica Neto
1316
11.6
Richmond Hill, Wards 1, 2, and 4
Trustee Candidate
Vote
%
Crystal Yu
5369
36.7
Robert Kolosowski
4570
31.2
Jyoti Oberoi
2090
14.3
Jonathan Nadler
1656
11.3
Ali Nikjoo
963
6.6
Richmond Hill, Wards 3, 5, and 6
Trustee Candidate
Vote
%
Cindy Liang (X)
11253
73.8
Sadra Nasseri
3993
26.2
Source: City of Richmond Hill [ 25]
Vaughan Wards 2 and 3
Trustee Candidate
Vote
%
Elizabeth Sinclair (X)
7292
68.6
Nicole Huskovic
3345
31.4
Vaughan Wards 4 and 5
Trustee Candidate
Vote
%
Estelle Cohen
6148
42.4
David Epstein
3312
22.9
Paul Black
1814
12.5
Matthew Forbes
1641
11.3
Mishel Schwartz
1572
10.9
Source: City of Vaughan [ 26]
The Indigenous trustee is a voting, appointed member of the board.
Student trustees are non-voting members appointed by the York Region President's Council (YRPC), a body consisting of all Student Council Presidents in York Region public secondary schools.[ 27]
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