2018 Thunder Bay District municipal elections

Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Thunder Bay District of Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

Conmee

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Kevin Holland (X)	175	58.53
Suzanne Huot	124	41.47

Source:^[1]

Town Council (4 to be elected)

Candidate	Vote	%
Crystal Olson	204	19.8
Grant Arnold (X)	190	18.5
Sheila Maxwell (X)	185	18.0
Leslie Kivisto	175	17.0
L.O. (Mutti) Pajamaki	155	15.1
Gayle Manns	119	11.6

Dorion

Reeve

Reeve Candidate	Vote	%
Ed Chambers (X)	Acclaimed

Town Council (4 to be elected)

Candidate	Vote	%
Robert Beatty	Acclaimed
Joel Brown	Acclaimed
Carter Ann (Kitty) Dumonski	Acclaimed
Deborah Shallow	Acclaimed

Gillies

Reeve

Reeve Candidate	Vote	%
Wendy Wright (X)	Acclaimed

Town Council (4 to be elected)

Candidate	Vote	%
Karen O'Gorman (X)	116	20.5
Rudy Buitenhuis (X)	112	19.8
William J. Groenheide (X)	92	16.3
Elizabeth Jones	89	15.7
Rox-Anne Moore	85	15.0
Allison Gilmour	71	12.6

Greenstone

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Renald Y. Beaulieu (X)	1,306	70.44
Eric Konrad Pietsch	548	29.56

Municipal Council

Candidate	Vote	%
Beardmore Ward (1 to be elected)
Claudette Trottier (X)	96	71.1
Eileen Johnson	39	28.9
Geraldton Ward (2 to be elected)
John Marino Jr.	703	46.6
William (Bill) Assad (X)	618	41.0
Maurice Gosselin	186	12.3
Longlac Ward (2 to be elected)
Elaine Mannisto	Acclaimed
James McPherson (X)	Acclaimed
Nakina Ward (1 to be elected)
Claudette Abraham	Acclaimed
Rural East Ward (1 to be elected)
Gloria McCraw	Acclaimed
Rural West Ward (1 to be elected)
Andre Blanchard (X)	Acclaimed

Source:^[2]

Manitouwadge

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
John Maceachern	349	42.77
Peter Ruel	347	42.52
Andy Major (X)	104	12.75
Joseph Freitas	16	1.96

Town Council (4 to be elected)

Candidate	Vote	%
Jim Moffat	639	20.7
Kathy Hudson	561	18.2
David Arola	432	14.0
Mike Scapinello	371	12.0
Dan Fairservice	299	9.7
Bill Boyd	198	6.4
Robert Knipple	166	5.4
Sheldon Plummer (X)	137	4.4
Ed Dunnill (X)	98	3.2
Raymond Lelièvre (X)	81	2.6
Gordon MacDonald	59	1.9
Rick Germaine	38	1.2

Source:^[3]

Marathon

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Rick Dumas (X)	Acclaimed

Town Council (4 to be elected)

Candidate	Vote	%
Ray Lake (X)	610	19.5
Greg Vallance	565	18.0
Kelly Tsubouchi (X)	450	14.3
Chantal Gingras (X)	449	14.3
David Lowndes	354	11.3
Shawna Fedoruk	313	10.0
Kris Skworshinski	220	7.0
Darlene Cross	174	5.5

Neebing

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Erwin Butikofer	378	81.12
Dick Facca	88	18.88

Municipal Council

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1 - Blake
Mark Roger Thibert	Acclaimed
Ward 2 - Crooks
Brian Wright (X)	Acclaimed
Ward 3 - Pardee
Curtis Coulson (X)	Acclaimed
Ward 4 - Pearson
Gary Gardner	Acclaimed
Ward 5 - Scoble
Brian Kurikka	Acclaimed
Councillor at Large
Gordon Cuthbertson	Acclaimed

Source:^[4]

Nipigon

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Richard Harvey (X)	310	52.54
Gordon MacKenzie	263	44.58
Barry Laukkanen	17	2.88

Town Council (4 to be elected)

Candidate	Vote	%
John Zechner Jr.	500	24.6
James Foulds (X)	498	24.5
Michael Elliott (X)	385	18.9
Levina Collins (X)	333	16.4
Glenn Hart	318	15.6

Source:^[5]

O'Connor

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Jim Vezina (X)	Acclaimed

Town Council (4 to be elected)

Candidate	Vote	%
Wendy Handy (X)	121	23.8
Bishop Racicor (X)	114	22.4
Alexander Crane	109	21.4
Jerry Loan (X)	99	19.4
Jonathon Hari	66	13

Oliver Paipoonge

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Lucy Kloosterhuis (X)	Acclaimed

Town Council (4 to be elected)

Candidate	Vote	%
Bernie Kamphof (X)	982	18.5
Brandon Postuma	913	17.2
Alana Bishop (X)	906	17.1
Alan Vis (X)	794	15.0
Jim Byers (X)	711	13.4
Jim Cassan	563	10.6
Todd Merke	441	8.3

Red Rock

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Gary Nelson (X)	253	76.90
Raymond Rivard	76	23.10

Town Council (4 to be elected)

Candidate	Vote	%
Sara Park (X)	232
Gord Muir	220
Larry Woods	218
Darquise Robinson (X)	200
Cam Todesco	153
Steve Carruthers (X)	152

Source:^[6]

Schreiber

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Dave Hamilton	419	71.38
Dominic Commisso	168	28.62

Town Council (4 to be elected)

Candidate	Vote	%
Kevin Mullins	421	22.8
Kim Krause	367	19.9
Daniel McGrath	301	16.3
Douglas Stefurak	275	14.9
David Mauro (X)	262	14.2
Doug Sales (X)	217	11.8

Source:^[7]

Shuniah

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Wendy Landry (X)	Acclaimed

Town Council

Candidate	Vote	%
MacGregor Ward (3 to be elected)
Donna Blunt (X)	837	28.6
Don Smith (X)	725	24.8
Ron Giardetti (X)	723	24.7
Ashley McRae	327	11.2
Angela Calaiezzi	312	10.7
McTavish Ward (1 to be elected)
Duff Stewart (X)	169	52.2
Jo-Anne Hamelin	155	47.8

Terrace Bay

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Jody Davis (X)	412	65.19
Gino Leblanc	220	34.81

Town Council (4 to be elected)

Candidate	Vote	%
Paul Malashewski	473	21.9
Michael Moore (X)	457	21.2
Rick St. Louis	426	19.7
Bert Johnson (X)	422	19.5
Karen Morley (X)	382	17.7

Source:^[8]

Thunder Bay

Mayor

Mayoral Candidate	Vote	%
Bill Mauro	13,940	33.91
Frank Pullia	13,178	32.06
Iain Angus	5,816	14.15
Shane Judge	5,155	12.54
Ronald Chookomolin	895	2.18
Mariann Sawicki	792	1.93
Peter Panetta	708	1.72
Wolfgang Schoor	244	0.59
Jim Gamble	189	0.46
Kevin Cernjul	151	0.37
Ed Hailio	40	0.10

Source:^[9]

City council

Current River Ward

Candidate	Vote	%
Andrew Foulds (X)	2,956	59.98
Andy Wolff	1,225	24.44
Dick Waddington	508	10.14
Jamie Cressman	323	6.44

Source:^[9]

McIntyre Ward

Candidate	Vote	%
Albert Aiello	3,381	49.88
Wesley Ramage	2,703	39.88
Adam Gulbinowicz	694	10.24

Source:^[9]

McKellar Ward

Candidate	Vote	%
Brian Hamilton	1,964	42.1
Ashley Nurmela	1,273	27.3
Robert Jankovic	903	19.3
Donald McLeod	529	11.3

Source:^[9]

Neebing Ward

Candidate	Vote	%
Cody Fraser	1,427	32.53
Linda Rydholm (X)	1,327	30.25
Roberta Sawchyn	967	22.04
Robin Rickards	354	8.07
Richard Gunn	312	7.11

Source:^[9]

Northwood Ward

Candidate	Vote	%
Shelby Ch'ng (X)	3,495	65.24
Mo El Kahil	1,862	34.76

Source:^[9]

Red River Ward

Candidate	Vote	%
Brian McKinnon (X)	3,143	44.16
David George Noonan	2,933	41.21
Donna Brown	1,042	14.64

Source:^[9]

Westfort Ward

Candidate	Vote	%
Kristen Oliver	2,752	46.53
Frank Scarcello	1,901	32.14
Joe Virdiramo (X)	1,261	21.32

Source:^[9]

At Large (5 to be elected)

Candidate	Vote	%
Peng You	20,346	11.79
Aldo Ruberto (X)	14,745	8.55
Trevor Giertuga	11,748	6.81
Rebecca Johnson (X)	11,692	6.78
Mark Bentz	11,074	6.42
Larry Hebert (X)	8,807	5.10
Norm Staal	8,212	4.76
Margaret Wanlin	7,930	4.60
Moe (Maureen) Comuzzi	7,710	4.47
Mark Figliomeni	6,877	3.99
Kim Ducharme	6,633	3.84
Stephen Lawrence Margarit	6,098	3.53
Jim Stadey	5,904	3.42
Jeff Upton	5,314	3.08
Lawrence Timko	5,065	2.94
Charmaine McGraw	4,451	2.58
Jim Howie	4,411	2.56
Lori Paras	3,767	2.18
Chris Krumpholz	3,216	1.86
Orville Santa	3,145	1.82
Tracey MacKinnon	3,129	1.81
Diane Armstrong	3,088	1.79
Marty Rajala	2,906	1.68
Derek W. Lankinen	2,826	1.64
Viktor Saari	2,486	1.44
Frank A. Wazinski	973	0.56

Source:^[9]

English Public School Board Elections

Lakehead District School Board (8 to be elected)
Candidate	Vote	%
Deborah Massaro (X)	10,057
Ellen Chambers (X)	9,445
Marg Arnone (X)	9,334
Ron Oikonen (X)	9,167
Trudy Tuchenhagen (X)	9,127
George Saarinen (X)	8,317
Sue Doughty-Smith	7,655
Ryan Sitch	7,390
Jack Playford (X)	7,265
Cheri Lappage	6,896
Pat Johansen	6,819
Laura Sylvestre	6,426
Ryan Moore	6,421
Debbie Lapierre	6,371
Adrienne Kromm	5,168
Karl Skogstad	4,545
R. M. Zale	3,816
Dwayne Radbourne	3,362

Superior-Greenstone District School Board
Candidate	Vote	%
Greenstone (2 to be elected)
Mark Mannisto	Acclaimed
Allison Pelletier	Acclaimed
Manitouwadge (1 to be elected)
Christine Major	Acclaimed
Marathon (2 to be elected)
Margaret McIntyre	Acclaimed
Pauline (Pinky) McRae	Acclaimed
Nipigon (1 to be elected)
Kal Pristanski	Acclaimed
Red Rock (1 to be elected)
Michael Groulx	Acclaimed
Schreiber/Terrace Bay (1 to be elected)
Jason Nesbitt	449	61.7
Melissa Lanovaz	279	38.3

English Catholic School Board Elections

Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board (6 to be elected)
Candidate	Vote	%
Dina McFarlane	4,471
Francis Veneruz	4,390
Kathy O'Brien (X)	3,929
Loretta Fonso	3,699
Lawrence Badanai	3,403
Eleanor Ashe (X)	3,299
Tony Romeo (X)	3,148
Don Cattani (X)	3,019
Robert DeGagné (X)	2,979
Tony Pucci	2,971
Father James Panikulam	2,916
John Pascuzzo	2,905
Bob Hupka (X)	2,889
Debbie DeBruyne	2,667
Letizia Tremonti	2,638
Tom Walters	2,416

Superior North Catholic District School Board
Candidate	Vote	%
Greenstone (Beardmore, Geraldton, Nakina & Rural West)

Greenstone (Longlac & Rural East)
Lilliana McPherson	Acclaimed
Marathon
Hugh McCorry	Acclaimed
Manitouwadge
Kristy Lachance	Acclaimed
Nipigon
Marline Ilijow	Acclaimed
Red Rock & Dorion
Shirley Jean	Acclaimed
Schreiber
Lawrence McParland	Acclaimed
Terrace Bay
Amanda Monks	Acclaimed

French Public School Board Elections

Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario
Candidate	Vote	%
Manitouwadge & Marathon
Kristy Trout	Acclaimed
Longlac & Thunder Bay
Anne-Marie Gélineault (X)	Acclaimed

French Catholic School Board Elections

Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales
Candidate	Vote	%
Thunder Bay (5 to be elected)
Claudette Gleeson (X)	Acclaimed
Elode Grunerud	Acclaimed
Mariette Langevin (X)	Acclaimed
Alain Lauzon (X)	Acclaimed
Donald Pelletier (X)	Acclaimed
Beardmore, Geraldton, Nakina & Rural West (2 to be elected)
Francine Marcotte Roy
Jean-Pierre Pelletier
Monique Perreault
Longlac & Rural East (1 to be elected)
Sylvie Payeur	Acclaimed
Schreiber & Terrace Bay (1 to be elected)
Real Deschatelets	48	87.3
Benoit Rioux	7	12.7
Manitouwadge & Marathon (1 to be elected)
Maguy Lorek	Acclaimed

References

^ "Conmee Bulletin Board". Conmee Township. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
^ "Declaration of Municipal Election Results Oct 24 2018" (PDF). Municipality of Greenstone. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
^ "Unofficial Election Results" (PDF). Township of Manitouwadge. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
^ "Home". the Municipality of Neebing. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
^ "2018 Election Results" (PDF). Township of Nipigon. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
^ "2018 Municipal Elections". Red Rock Township. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
^ "Municipal Election 2018 Official Results". Township of Schreiber. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
^ "2018 Election Results". Township of Terrace Bay. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "2018 Municipal Election - Results". City of Thunder Bay. Retrieved October 30, 2018.

[1] "Conmee Bulletin Board". Conmee Township. Retrieved October 29, 2018.

[2] "Declaration of Municipal Election Results Oct 24 2018" (PDF). Municipality of Greenstone. Retrieved October 29, 2018.

[3] "Unofficial Election Results" (PDF). Township of Manitouwadge. Retrieved October 30, 2018.

[4] "Home". the Municipality of Neebing. Retrieved October 30, 2018.

[5] "2018 Election Results" (PDF). Township of Nipigon. Retrieved October 30, 2018.

[6] "2018 Municipal Elections". Red Rock Township. Retrieved October 30, 2018.

[7] "Municipal Election 2018 Official Results". Township of Schreiber. Retrieved October 30, 2018.

[8] "2018 Election Results". Township of Terrace Bay. Retrieved October 30, 2018.

[TBay-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "2018 Municipal Election - Results". City of Thunder Bay. Retrieved October 30, 2018.

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