# 2018 Oxford County municipal elections

Elections were held in Oxford County, Ontario on October 22, 2018 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

## Oxford County Council

County council consists of the mayors of the municipalities plus two "city and county" councillors from Woodstock.
| Position | Elected |
| Blandford-Blenheim Mayor | Mark Peterson |
| East Zorra-Tavistock Mayor | Don McKay |
| Ingersoll Mayor | Ted Comiskey |
| Norwich Mayor | Larry Martin |
| South-West Oxford Mayor | David Mayberry (acclaimed) |
| Tilsonburg Mayor | Stephen Molnar |
| Woodstock Mayor | Trevor Birtch |
| Woodstock Councillor | Sandra J. Talbot |
| Woodstock Councillor | Deb Tait |
| Zorra Mayor | Marcus Ryan |

## Blandford-Blenheim
### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Mark Peterson | 1,850 | 90.07 |
| John Mailloux | 204 | 9.93 |

### Township Councillors

4 to be elected, electors have multiple votes
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Justin Read | 1,382 | 20.26 |
| Nancy Demarest | 1,235 | 18.10 |
| Randy Balzer (X) | 986 | 14.45 |
| G Bruce Banbury (X) | 823 | 12.06 |
| William Bell | 734 | 10.76 |
| Kent Jordan | 647 | 9.48 |
| Charles Doering | 442 | 6.48 |
| Hewitt Bryan | 375 | 5.49 |
| Ron Behm | 196 | 2.87 |

## East Zorra-Tavistock
### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Don McKay (X) | 1,234 | 58.62 |
| Maureen Ralph | 871 | 41.38 |

### Township Councillors

Elected from multi-member wards

#### Ward 1

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Philip Schaefer | 774 | 46.88 |
| Margaret Lupton | 610 | 36.94 |
| Thomas Murray | 267 | 16.17 |

#### Ward 2

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Scott Rudy | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

#### Ward 3

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Jeremy Smith (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| Matthew Gillespie | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Ingersoll
### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ted Comiskey (X) | 1,833 | 44.84 |
| Paul Holbrough | 1,365 | 33.39 |
| Tim Lobzun | 889 | 21.75 |

### Town Councillors

5 to be elected, electors have multiple votes
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Kristy Van Kooten-Bossence (X) | 2,129 | 11.95 |
| Rick Eus | 2,020 | 11.34 |
| Brian Petrie (X) | 1,868 | 10.48 |
| Gordon Lesser (X) | 1,679 | 9.42 |
| Michael Bowman (X) | 1,572 | 8.82 |
| Cathy Mott | 1,509 | 8.47 |
| Kirk Franklin | 1,484 | 8.33 |
| Dick Huntley | 1,324 | 7.43 |
| Tammy Jeffery-Larder | 1,150 | 6.45 |
| John Bell | 1,039 | 5.83 |
| Becci Verbrugge | 993 | 5.57 |
| Eric Berridge | 523 | 2.93 |
| Maria Sikal | 521 | 2.92 |

## Norwich
### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Larry Martin (X) | 2,374 | 81.83 |
| Tara King | 527 | 18.17 |

### Township Councillors
#### Ward 1

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| John Scholten (X) | 632 | 83.04 |
| Tyler Zacher-King | 129 | 16.95 |

#### Ward 2

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Lynne DePlancke (X) | 481 | 53.50 |
| John Palmer | 325 | 36.15 |
| Scott Takacs | 93 | 10.34 |

#### Ward 3

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Jim Palmer (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

#### Ward 4

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Alan Dale | 286 | 56.85 |
| Ed Atfield | 217 | 43.14 |

## South-West Oxford
### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| David Mayberry (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

### Township Councillors
#### Ward 1

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Paul Buchner | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

#### Ward 2

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Peter Ypma | 152 | 57.35 |
| Debbie Kasman | 113 | 42.64 |

#### Ward 3

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Valerie Durston (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

#### Ward 4

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| George Way (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

#### Ward 5

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Jim Pickard (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

#### Ward 6

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Craig Gillis | 157 | 68.26 |
| Geoffrey Innes | 57 | 24.78 |
| Kelly Anne Cowell | 16 | 6.95 |

## Tillsonburg
### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Stephen Molnar (X) | 2,909 | 60.08 |
| Mark Renaud | 1,933 | 39.92 |

### Town Councillors

5 to be elected, electors have multiple votes
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Dave Beres (X) | 3,304 | 13.78 |
| Pete Luciani | 2,906 | 12.12 |
| Deb Gilvesy | 2,894 | 12.07 |
| Penny Esseltine (X) | 2,395 | 9.99 |
| Chris Rosehart (X) | 2,288 | 9.54 |
| Chris Parker | 1,904 | 7.94 |
| Michael Holly | 1,867 | 7.79 |
| Max Adam (X) | 1,811 | 7.55 |
| Cindy Allen | 1,616 | 6.74 |
| Sherry Hamilton | 1,522 | 6.35 |
| Kim Sage | 839 | 3.50 |
| James Murphy | 618 | 2.57 |

## Woodstock
### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Trevor Birtch (X) | 5,412 | 58.73 |
| Shawn Shapton | 3,664 | 39.76 |
| Gabriel Rose | 138 | 0.14 |
The results for Woodstock City Council are as follows:

### City-County Councillor

2 to be elected
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Sandra J. Talbot (X) | 5,135 | 32.39 |
| Deb Tait (X) | 5,104 | 32.19 |
| Michael Harding | 3,040 | 19.17 |
| Naseeb Singh | 1,749 | 11.03 |
| Peter Croves | 826 | 5.21 |

### City Councillor

4 to be elected
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Jerry Acchione (X) | 5,483 | 18.91 |
| Ron Fraser | 5,282 | 18.22 |
| Connie Lauder (X) | 4,969 | 17.14 |
| Mark Schadenberg | 4,345 | 14.98 |
| Kate Leatherbarrow | 4,286 | 14.78 |
| Ross Gerrie | 3,395 | 11.71 |
| Collin Matthews | 1,236 | 4.26 |

## Zorra
### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Marcus Ryan | 1,639 | 60.97 |
| Doug Matheson | 1,049 | 39.03 |

### Township Councillors
#### Ward 1

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ron Forbes (X) | 385 | 68.75 |
| Betty Bartram | 175 | 31.25 |

#### Ward 2

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Katie Davies | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

#### Ward 3

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Paul Mitchell | 706 | 85.67 |
| Michael Kukhta | 118 | 14.32 |

#### Ward 4

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Steven Macdonald | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |