# 2022 Essex County municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in Essex County in Ontario on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.
This page only includes the results for the towns of Essex County, and Pelee. While the City of Windsor (the largest population centre in the county by far) is nominally part of the county and counted in its population numbers, the city and its municipal government are a separate entity, and do not send any members to the County Council. The elections to Windsor's Mayor and City Council were held concurrently.
(NOTE: Elected candidates are shown in bold. An (X) indicates an incumbent candidate.)

## Essex County Council

Essex County Council consists of the 7 mainland mayors of Essex County and their seven deputy mayors.
| Position | Elected |
| Amherstburg Mayor | Michael Prue |
| Amherstburg Deputy Mayor | Chris Gibb |
| Essex Mayor | Sherry Bondy |
| Essex Deputy Mayor | Rob Shepley |
| Kingsville Mayor | Dennis Rogers |
| Kingsville Deputy Mayor | Kimberly DeYong |
| Lakeshore Mayor | Tracey Bailey |
| Lakeshore Deputy Mayor | Kirk Walstedt |
| LaSalle Mayor | Crystal Meloche |
| LaSalle Deputy Mayor | Michael Akpata |
| Leamington Mayor | Hilda Macdonald |
| Leamington Deputy Mayor | Larry Verbeke |
| Tecumseh Mayor | Gary McNamara |
| Tecumseh Deputy Mayor | Joe Bachetti |

## Amherstburg

The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of Amherstburg.

### Mayor

Mayor Aldo DiCarlo did not run for re-election.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Michael Prue | 3,488 | 48.93 |
| Bob Rozankovic | 1,530 | 21.46 |
| Frank Cerasa | 1,073 | 15.05 |
| John Laframboise | 1,038 | 14.56 |

### Deputy Mayor

| Deputy Mayoral candidate | Vote | % |
| Chris Gibb | 2,766 | 39.00 |
| Nancy Atkinson | 1,706 | 24.05 |
| Joe Shaw | 1,110 | 15.65 |
| Dennis Sanson | 841 | 11.86 |
| Gregory Moore | 670 | 9.45 |

### Amherstburg Municipal Council

The following candidates ran for the Amherstburg Municipal Council. All candidates run on a town-wide constituency, and the top 5 placed candidates are elected.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Linden Crain | 3,795 | 12.74 |
| Donald McArthur (X) | 3,091 | 10.38 |
| Molly Allaire | 2,858 | 9.60 |
| Peter Courtney (X) | 2,743 | 9.21 |
| Diane Pouget | 2,624 | 8.81 |
| Lori Wightman | 2,180 | 7.32 |
| Gerry Theriault | 2,116 | 7.10 |
| Patrica Simone (X) | 2,114 | 7.10 |
| Bill Fryer | 1,579 | 5.30 |
| Lawrence Amlin | 1,489 | 5.00 |
| Frank Di Pasquale | 1,465 | 4.92 |
| Marc Renaud (X) | 1,253 | 4.21 |
| Tara Kearsey | 996 | 3.34 |
| Holger Kretschmann | 682 | 2.29 |
| Andrew Argoselo | 444 | 1.49 |
| Lucas Anderson | 356 | 1.20 |

## Essex

The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of Essex

### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Sherry Bondy | 3,794 | 54.16 |
| Richard Meloche (X) | 3,211 | 45.84 |

### Deputy Mayor

The following were the results for deputy mayor of Essex.
| Deputy Mayoral candidate | Vote | % |
| Rob Shepley | 3,581 | 52.83 |
| Ron Rogers | 3,197 | 47.17 |

### Essex Municipal Council

The following candidates ran for the Essex Municipal Council. Elections in Wards 1 and 3 elect the top two placed candidates, and Wards 2 and 4 elect only the first place candidate.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ward 1 (elect 2) |||
| Joe Garon (X) | 1,282 | 32.99 |
| Katie McGuire-Blais | 1,186 | 30.52 |
| Morley Bowman (X) | 771 | 19.84 |
| Glen Mills | 647 | 16.65 |
| Ward 2 (elect 1) |||
| Kim Verbeek (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| Ward 3 (elect 2) |||
| Brad Allard | 1,063 | 35.52 |
| Jason Matyi | 1,038 | 34.68 |
| Chris Vander Doelen (X) | 892 | 29.80 |
| Ward 4 (elect 1) |||
| Rodney Hammond | 626 | 56.86 |
| Shawn Mulder | 475 | 43.14 |

## Kingsville

The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of Kingsville.

### Mayor

Mayor Nelson Santos stepped down as mayor on July 17 to take a job outside the region, and therefore did not run for re-election. Deputy mayor Gord Queen served as acting mayor in the interim.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Dennis Rogers | 3,182 | 37.98 |
| Tamara Stomp | 3,036 | 36.23 |
| Laura Lucier | 2,161 | 25.79 |

### Deputy Mayor

| Deputy mayoral candidate | Vote | % |
| Kimberly DeYong | 4,629 | 55.82 |
| Gord Queen (X) | 3,130 | 37.75 |
| Samson Zad | 533 | 6.43 |

### Kingsville Municipal Council

The following candidates ran for the Kingsville Municipal Council. All candidates run on a town-wide constituency, and the top 5 placed candidates are elected.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Tony Gaffan (X) | 5,285 | 14.57 |
| Larry Patterson (X) | 4,409 | 12.15 |
| Thomas Neufeld (X) | 4,188 | 11.54 |
| Debby Jarvis-Chausse | 3,443 | 9.49 |
| Sheri Lowrie | 3,316 | 9.14 |
| Barry Wilson | 3,231 | 8.90 |
| Michael Del Ciancio | 2,568 | 7.08 |
| Tim Seech | 1,903 | 5.24 |
| Michael Glass | 1,728 | 4.76 |
| Willy Fittler | 1,673 | 4.61 |
| Brandon Stanley | 1,429 | 3.94 |
| Les McDonald | 1,326 | 3.65 |
| Scott Collier | 1,028 | 2.83 |
| Gideon Spevak | 756 | 2.08 |

## Lakeshore

The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of Lakeshore.

### Mayor

Incumbent mayor Tom Bain lost to deputy mayor Tracey Bailey.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Tracey Bailey | 5,638 | 62.06 |
| Tom Bain (X) | 3,447 | 37.94 |

### Deputy Mayor

| Deputy Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Kirk Walstedt | 4,719 | 53.18 |
| Dave Monk | 4,154 | 46.82 |

### Lakeshore Municipal Council

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ward 1 |||
| Ryan McNamara | 974 | 76.57 |
| Nick Panasiuk | 298 | 23.43 |
| Ward 2 |||
| Paddy Byrne | 605 | 56.38 |
| Michael Hoffman | 468 | 43.62 |
| Ward 3 |||
| Kelsey Santarossa (X) | 837 | 60.92 |
| Giovanni Butera | 483 | 35.15 |
| Mohamed Seddik | 54 | 3.93 |
| Ward 4 |||
| John Kerr (X) | 1,327 | 61.92 |
| Jennifer Alderson | 628 | 29.30 |
| Sarah Aubin | 188 | 8.77 |
| Ward 5 |||
| Ian Ruston | 656 | 40.62 |
| Tim McDermott | 647 | 40.06 |
| Steve Anhorn | 312 | 19.32 |
| Ward 6 |||
| Larissa Vogler | 1,084 | 76.72 |
| David Cecile | 178 | 12.60 |
| David Larue | 151 | 10.69 |

## LaSalle

The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of LaSalle.

### Mayor

Incumbent mayor Marc Bondy did not run for re-election. Crystal Meloche was elected as mayor of LaSalle by acclamation. This led to a rare situation where both the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor positions were open seats, but both ended up being acclaimed.
This also made Crystal the first female Mayor of LaSalle in the town's history.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Crystal Meloche | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

### Deputy Mayor

Incumbent Deputy Mayor Crystal Meloche ran for Mayor, leaving this seat open as well. Michael Akpata was the only candidate to put their name forward, and was elected Deputy Mayor by acclamation.
| Deputy Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Michael Akpata | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

### LaSalle Municipal Council

The following candidates ran for the Town Council of LaSalle. All candidates run on a town-wide constituency, and the top 5 placed candidates are elected.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Jeff Renaud (X) | 4,810 | 14.41 |
| Sue Desjarlais (X) | 4,267 | 12.78 |
| Anita Riccio-Spagnuolo (X) | 4,064 | 12.17 |
| Mark Carrick (X) | 3,896 | 11.67 |
| Terry Burns | 3,156 | 9.45 |
| Brad Krewench | 2,641 | 7.91 |
| Christopher Matis | 2,547 | 7.63 |
| Kevin O'Neil | 2,434 | 7.29 |
| David Lucier | 1,783 | 5.34 |
| Manpreet Brar | 1,681 | 5.03 |
| Brian Kovacsi | 1,296 | 3.88 |

## Leamington

The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, and the Municipal Council of Leamington.

### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Hilda Macdonald (X) | 4,333 | 53.55 |
| Jimmy Simoni | 3,004 | 37.13 |
| Chris Biron | 754 | 9.32 |

### Deputy Mayor

| Deputy Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Larry Verbeke (X) | 3,229 | 41.06 |
| Shelly J. Quick | 2,330 | 29.63 |
| John Tofflemire | 2,305 | 29.31 |

### Leamington Municipal Council

The following candidates ran for the Leamington Municipal Council. All candidates run on a town-wide constituency, and the top 5 placed candidates are elected.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Tim Wilkinson (X) | 4,253 | 12.45 |
| Bill Dunn (X) | 4,250 | 12.44 |
| Paul Tiessen (X) | 3,949 | 11.56 |
| Anthony Abraham | 2,806 | 8.22 |
| Heather Latam | 2,363 | 6.92 |
| Corey Robertson | 2,210 | 6.47 |
| Derek Friesen | 2,166 | 6.34 |
| Issac Schmitt | 2,120 | 6.21 |
| Christine Lehn | 2,079 | 6.09 |
| Tara Adams | 1,684 | 4.93 |
| Dave Metcalfe | 1,637 | 4.79 |
| Christine Montgomery | 1,412 | 4.13 |
| Kyle Sousa | 1,286 | 3.76 |
| Mark Stevenson | 806 | 2.36 |
| Oscar Ramirez | 792 | 2.32 |
| Gerald Barros | 344 | 1.01 |

## Tecumseh

The following are the results for Mayor, Deputy Mayor, & the Municipal Council of Tecumseh.

### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Gary McNamara (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

### Deputy Mayor

| Deputy Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Joe Bachetti (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

### Tecumseh Municipal Council

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ward 1 |||
| Alica Higgison | 1,068 | 72.55 |
| Daniel Hofgartner | 404 | 27.44 |
| Ward 2 |||
| James Dorner | 1,139 | 70.92 |
| Antoni Tanbunan | 467 | 29.07 |
| Ward 3 |||
| Rick "Rico" Tonial (X) | 881 | 75.75 |
| Aleksander Ilijoski | 282 | 24.24 |
| Ward 4 |||
| Brian Houston (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| Ward 5 |||
| Tania Jobin (X) | 612 | 74.18 |
| Michael Strong | 213 | 25.81 |

## Pelee

Like Windsor, the Township of Pelee is part of Essex County officially, but does not send members to the Essex County Council.
The following are the results for Mayor, and the Municipal Council of Pelee. The position of Deputy Mayor is appointed to the candidate that gets first place on the ballot.

### Mayor

Incumbent Mayor Ray Durocher announced his retirement from politics in May 2022.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Cathy Miller | 273 | 85.57 |
| Larry Bailey | 46 | 14.43 |

### Pelee Municipal Council

The following candidates ran for the Pelee Municipal Council. All candidates run on a town-wide constituency, and the top 4 placed candidates are elected - with the first-place winner being appointed Deputy Mayor and the remaining top three candidates elected as Councillors.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Dayne Malloch (X) (appointed Deputy Mayor) | 257 | 24.50 |
| David Delellis (X) | 232 | 22.12 |
| Sherri Smith Ouellette (X) | 201 | 19.16 |
| Stephanie Briggs-Crawford | 194 | 18.49 |
| Michelle Taylor | 165 | 15.73 |