# 2022 Waterloo Region municipal elections

The 2022 Waterloo Region municipal elections were held on October 24, 2022, in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, to elect Waterloo Regional Council, the mayors and city councils of Cambridge, Kitchener, North Dumfries, Waterloo, Wellesley, Wilmot, and Woolwich, the Waterloo Region District School Board (Public), the Waterloo Catholic District School Board, and the regional members of Conseil Scolaire de District Catholiques Centre-Sud and Conseil Scolaire Viamonde (Public). The elections were part of the wider 2022 Ontario municipal elections.
(X) denotes incumbent.

## Waterloo Regional Council
### Chair

Incumbent chair Karen Redman ran for re-election.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Karen Redman (X) | 68,084 | 72.31 |
| Brendon John Da Costa | 19,909 | 21.15 |
| Narine Dat Sookram | 6,158 | 6.54 |

### Council

Waterloo Regional Council includes the chair, the mayors of the seven constituent municipalities (see below) and eight directly elected councillors from the three main cities:
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Cambridge (2 to be elected) |||
| Doug Craig | 12,688 | 28.79 |
| Pam Wolf | 10,001 | 22.69 |
| Tyler Calver | 8,947 | 20.30 |
| Prakash Venkataraman | 5,118 | 11.61 |
| Bobbi Stewart | 4,197 | 9.52 |
| Crystal Whetham | 3,118 | 7.08 |
| Kitchener (4 to be elected) |||
| Colleen James | 13,519 | 13.49 |
| Michael Harris (X) | 11,628 | 11.61 |
| Kari Williams | 10,703 | 10.68 |
| Robert Deutschmann | 10,102 | 10.08 |
| Matt Rodrigues | 9,714 | 9.70 |
| Heather Caron | 7,293 | 7.28 |
| Michael Parkinson | 7,019 | 7.01 |
| Mary Henein Thorn | 5,195 | 5.19 |
| Joe Gowing | 4,828 | 4.82 |
| Mac Graham | 4,826 | 4.82 |
| Tom Hiller | 4,388 | 4.38 |
| Duncan McLean | 3,978 | 3.97 |
| Soo Bok Lee | 3,851 | 3.84 |
| Iffat Sultana Riasat | 3,137 | 3.13 |
| Waterloo (2 to be elected) |||
| Jim Erb (X) | 12,541 | 35.30 |
| Chantal Huinink | 4,655 | 13.10 |
| Jim Bolger | 3,456 | 9.73 |
| Cindy Watkin | 3,284 | 9.24 |
| John Vieth | 2,538 | 7.14 |
| Mark Fisher | 2,450 | 6.90 |
| Gord Greavette | 2,438 | 6.86 |
| James Ball | 1,988 | 5.60 |
| Peter Neufeld | 1,431 | 4.03 |
| Ryan Keating | 747 | 2.10 |

## Cambridge

List of candidates:

### Mayor

Incumbent mayor Kathryn McGarry ran against city councillor Jan Liggett.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Jan Liggett | 12,567 | 46.22 |
| Kathryn McGarry (X) | 11,441 | 42.08 |
| Randy Carter | 1,644 | 6.05 |
| Cody Botelho | 1,538 | 5.66 |

### Cambridge City Council

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ward 1 |||
| Donna Reid (X) | 1,108 | 35.09 |
| Helen Shwery | 1,062 | 33.63 |
| Paul Brown | 595 | 18.84 |
| Erick Takor | 393 | 12.44 |
| Ward 2 |||
| Mike Devine (X) | 2,343 | 61.61 |
| Piyush Nanda | 739 | 19.43 |
| Matt Rogers | 721 | 18.96 |
| Ward 3 |||
| Corey Klimpson | 1,152 | 37.17 |
| Nate Whalen | 769 | 24.81 |
| Belinda Karahalios | 449 | 14.49 |
| Michele Braniff | 415 | 13.39 |
| Tracy Hipel | 314 | 10.13 |
| Ward 4 |||
| Ross Earnshaw | 1,215 | 39.44 |
| Clifford Vanclief | 692 | 22.46 |
| Usman Lalva | 680 | 22.07 |
| Barbara Harrington | 494 | 16.03 |
| Ward 5 |||
| Sheri Roberts | 1,550 | 38.33 |
| Amanda Maxwell | 1,208 | 29.87 |
| Jim Karahalios | 859 | 21.24 |
| Naeem Awan | 271 | 6.70 |
| Mark D. Fisher | 156 | 3.86 |
| Ward 6 |||
| Adam Cooper | 1,336 | 35.22 |
| Shannon Adshade (X) | 857 | 22.59 |
| Bill Conway | 795 | 20.96 |
| Kris Langford | 452 | 11.92 |
| Eian Campbell | 353 | 9.31 |
| Ward 7 |||
| Scott Hamilton (X) | 1,514 | 67.95 |
| Manuel da Silva | 420 | 18.85 |
| Chris Sim | 294 | 13.20 |
| Ward 8 |||
| Nicholas Ermeta (X) | 2,295 | 63.17 |
| Vandan Patel | 634 | 17.45 |
| David Hood | 430 | 11.84 |
| Jack Perkes | 274 | 7.54 |

#### By-election

A by-election was held on November 13, 2023 in Ward 1 following the death of councillor Donna Reid. Shwery is a founding board member of the New Blue Party of Ontario.
The results were as follows:
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Helen Shwery | 944 | 49.17 |
| Karl Kiefer | 623 | 32.45 |
| Michelle Goodridge | 256 | 13.33 |
| Richard Kaufman | 97 | 5.05 |

## Kitchener

List of candidates:

### Mayor

Mayor Berry Vrbanovic ran for re-election.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Berry Vrbanovic (X) | 26,846 | 79.97 |
| Val Neekman | 3,097 | 9.23 |
| Manikantan Nair | 1,817 | 5.41 |
| Rehman-Ullah Khan | 1,067 | 3.18 |
| Milos Sokollu Posavljak | 742 | 2.21 |

### Kitchener City Council

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ward 1 |||
| Scott Davey (X) | 2,375 | 68.68 |
| Simon Guthrie | 704 | 20.36 |
| Alan Becirevic | 284 | 8.21 |
| Prashant Deol | 95 | 2.75 |
| Ward 2 |||
| Dave Schnider (X) | 3,284 | 81.98 |
| Derrick Rabethge | 416 | 10.38 |
| Asher Shahzad | 306 | 7.64 |
| Ward 3 |||
| Jason Deneault | 532 | 29.70 |
| Bryan Richardson | 348 | 19.43 |
| Rosanne Berwick | 337 | 18.82 |
| Marijo Howard | 228 | 12.73 |
| Matthew Griffin | 174 | 9.72 |
| Devon Harnarain | 172 | 9.60 |
| Ward 4 |||
| Christine Michaud (X) | 1,638 | 57.86 |
| John Vandonk | 842 | 29.74 |
| Al Akbar | 351 | 12.40 |
| Ward 5 |||
| Ayo Owodunni | 844 | 31.52 |
| Jon Massimi | 724 | 27.04 |
| Ajmer S. Mandur | 701 | 26.18 |
| Naveed Najmuddin | 235 | 8.78 |
| Farah Muhammad | 174 | 6.50 |
| Ward 6 |||
| Paul Singh (X) | 2,060 | 74.94 |
| Anwar Arkani | 689 | 25.06 |
| Ward 7 |||
| Bil Ioannidis (X) | 1,620 | 41.55 |
| Kevin McCrea | 1,216 | 31.19 |
| Colin Maley | 1,063 | 27.26 |
| Ward 8 |||
| Margaret Johnston (X) | 2,596 | 88.30 |
| Aleena Aftab | 344 | 11.70 |
| Ward 9 |||
| Debbie Chapman (X) | 2,276 | 59.89 |
| Brooklin Wallis | 974 | 25.63 |
| David Redman | 288 | 7.58 |
| Beth Warren | 106 | 2.79 |
| Alex Shevchenko | 79 | 2.08 |
| Matthew Robson | 77 | 2.03 |
| Ward 10 |||
| Aislinn Clancy | 1,765 | 36.15 |
| Stephanie Stretch | 1,650 | 33.80 |
| Peter Davis | 513 | 10.51 |
| Phong Tran | 398 | 8.15 |
| Daniel J. Fife | 346 | 7.09 |
| Lana Hiscock | 210 | 4.30 |

## North Dumfries

Sue Foxton was re-elected as mayor by acclamation:

### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Sue Foxton (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Waterloo

List of candidates:

### Mayor

Incumbent mayor Dave Jaworsky did not seek re-election.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Dorothy McCabe | 9,543 | 43.53 |
| Shannon Weber | 9,212 | 42.02 |
| Rob Evans | 2,474 | 11.28 |
| Kypp Saunders | 694 | 3.17 |
| Total | 22,435 | |

### Waterloo City Council

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ward 1 - Southwest |||
| Sandra Hanmer (X) | 1,675 | 57.03 |
| Robert Parent | 1,262 | 42.97 |
| Ward 2 - Northwest |||
| Royce Bodaly (X) | 1,568 | 66.55 |
| Khaled Berbash | 703 | 29.84 |
| Shaheen Mujahid | 85 | 3.61 |
| Ward 3 - Lakeshore |||
| Hans Roach | 1,404 | 55.49 |
| Madelyn Steiss | 1,126 | 44.51 |
| Ward 4 - Northeast |||
| Diane Freeman (X) | 2,647 | 84.25 |
| Maryssa Barras | 300 | 9.55 |
| Obinna Obi | 195 | 6.21 |
| Ward 5 - Southeast |||
| Jen Vasic (X) | 2,194 | 62.67 |
| Joe Brenner | 834 | 23.82 |
| Blayr Hogg | 306 | 8.74 |
| Obie Oberholtzer | 167 | 4.77 |
| Ward 6 - Central-Columbia |||
| Mary Lou Roe | 896 | 32.21 |
| Matthew Nicholas Schwarze | 799 | 28.72 |
| Jonathan Cassels | 607 | 21.82 |
| Karen Fischer | 480 | 17.25 |
| Ward 7 - Uptown |||
| Julie Wright | 3,041 | 80.64 |
| Bruce Polan | 730 | 19.36 |

## Wellesley

Joe Nowak was re-elected mayor by acclamation.

### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Joe Nowak (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Wilmot

The following were the results for mayor.

### Mayor

Incumbent mayor Les Armstrong did not run for re-election. Councillor Jenn Pfenning ran to replace him.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Natasha Salonen | 4,524 | 61.23 |
| Jenn Pfenning | 2,694 | 38.77 |

## Woolwich

The following were the results for mayor:

### Mayor

Incumbent mayor Sandy Shantz ran for re-election. Councillor Pat Merlihan ran against her.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Sandy Shantz (X) | 3,929 | 57.90 |
| Patrick Merlihan | 2,857 | 42.10 |