# 2022 Halton Region municipal elections

Elections were held in the Regional Municipality of Halton of Ontario on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

## Halton Regional Council

| Position | Elected |
| Chair ||
| Gary Carr ||
| Burlington ||
| Mayor | Marianne Meed Ward |
| Councillor, Ward 1 | Kelvin Galbraith |
| Councillor, Ward 2 | Lisa Kearns |
| Councillor, Ward 3 | Rory Nisan |
| Councillor, Ward 4 | Shawna Stolte |
| Councillor, Ward 5 | Paul Sharman |
| Councillor, Ward 6 | Angelo Bentivegna |
| Halton Hills ||
| Mayor | Ann Lawlor |
| Regional Councillor, Wards 1 & 2 | Clark Somerville (acclaimed) |
| Regional Councillor, Wards 3 & 4 | Jane Fogal |
| Milton ||
| Mayor | Gord Krantz |
| Regional Councillor, Ward 1 | Colin Best (acclaimed) |
| Regional Councillor, Ward 2 | Rick Malboeuf (acclaimed) |
| Regional Councillor, Ward 3 | Sammy Ijaz |
| Regional Councillor, Ward 4 | Sameera Ali |
| Oakville ||
| Mayor | Rob Burton |
| Regional Councillor, Ward 1 | Sean O'Meara |
| Regional Councillor, Ward 2 | Cathy Duddeck (acclaimed) |
| Regional Councillor, Ward 3 | Janet Haslett-Theall (acclaimed) |
| Regional Councillor, Ward 4 | Allan Elgar |
| Regional Councillor, Ward 5 | Jeff Knoll |
| Regional Councillor, Ward 6 | Tom Adams (acclaimed) |
| Regional Councillor, Ward 7 | Nav Nanda |

## Results

* denotes incumbency

## Halton Regional Chair

Incumbent chair Gary Carr faced off against former Progressive Conservative MPP for Burlington Jane McKenna and Halton District School Board trustee Andrea Grebenc.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Gary Carr* | 51,776 | 47.99 |
| Jane McKenna | 35,830 | 33.21 |
| Andrea Grebenc | 20,276 | 18.79 |

## Burlington

List of candidates:

### Mayor

Burlington mayor Marianne Meed Ward announced she would be running for re-election on the first day of nominations, May 2. This ended speculation that she would run for Regional Chair. Running against Meed Ward is perennial candidate Anne Marsden who ran for regional chair in 2018.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Marianne Meed Ward* | 30,135 | 77.95 |
| Jim Kerr | 5,194 | 13.43 |
| Anne Marsden | 1,636 | 4.23 |
| Steven Rieck | 1,113 | 2.88 |
| William Tuck | 583 | 1.51 |

### Regional & City Councillors

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ward 1 |||
| Kelvin Galbraith* | 4,155 | 63.35 |
| Robert Radway | 2,404 | 36.65 |
| Ward 2 |||
| Lisa Kearns* | 4,453 | 71.81 |
| Tim O'Brien | 1,095 | 17.66 |
| Keith Demoe | 653 | 10.53 |
| Ward 3 |||
| Rory Nisan* | 3,190 | 63.95 |
| Jennifer Hounslow | 1,394 | 27.95 |
| Luke McEachern | 404 | 8.10 |
| Ward 4 |||
| Shawna Stolte* | 3,591 | 47.01 |
| Tony Brecknock | 1,833 | 24.00 |
| Olivia Duke | 1,478 | 22.88 |
| Eden Wood | 467 | 6.11 |
| Ward 5 |||
| Paul Sharman* | 3,852 | 58.86 |
| Andrew Hall | 1,062 | 16.23 |
| Guy D'Alesio | 911 | 13.92 |
| Denny Pirzas | 719 | 10.99 |
| Ward 6 |||
| Angelo Bentivegna* | 3,678 | 61.11 |
| Rick Greenspoon | 1,725 | 28.66 |
| Renato Velocci | 616 | 10.23 |

## Halton Hills

List of candidates:

### Mayor

Incumbent mayor Rick Bonnette did not run for re-election. Running to replace him include Acton businessman Norm Paulsen, town councillors Bryan Leiws, and Ann Lawlor and former East York alderman Ken Paige.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ann Lawlor | 5,323 | 40.67 |
| Bryan Lewis | 4,743 | 36.24 |
| Ken Paige | 1,423 | 10.87 |
| Norm Paulsen | 1,019 | 7.79 |
| Robert Gottardi | 581 | 4.44 |

### Regional Councillors

Two Regional Councillors are elected in 1 of 2 wards.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Wards 1 & 2 |||
| Clark Somerville* | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| Wards 3 & 4 |||
| Jane Fogal* | 4,355 | 54.65 |
| Wendy Farrow-Reed | 3,614 | 43.35 |

### Local Councillors

Eight Local Councillors are elected in 1 of 4 wards (2 from each ward).
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ward 1 |||
| Alex Hilson | 1,627 | 41.12 |
| Mike Albano* | 1,237 | 31.26 |
| Jon Hurst (X) | 1,093 | 27.62 |
| Ward 2 |||
| Jason Brass | 854 | 20.73 |
| Joseph Racinsky | 771 | 18.72 |
| Matt Kindbom | 649 | 15.76 |
| Greg Cosper | 435 | 10.56 |
| Geoff Maltby | 418 | 10.15 |
| Bryan Robinson | 417 | 10.12 |
| Maureen Gillham | 305 | 7.40 |
| Peter Snow | 270 | 6.55 |
| Ward 3 |||
| Chantal Garneau | 1,982 | 31.81 |
| Ron Norris | 1,507 | 24.19 |
| Drew Pullman | 1,204 | 19.33 |
| Waldo Paquette | 854 | 13.71 |
| Syl Carle | 683 | 10.96 |
| Ward 4 |||
| Bob Inglis* | 2,783 | 42.70 |
| D'Arcy Keene | 2,180 | 33.45 |
| Blake Mandarino | 1,555 | 23.86 |

## Milton

List of candidates:

### Mayor

Mayor Gord Krantz, the longest serving mayor of a major municipality in Canada won a combined 21st consecutive term in office (7 as councillor and 14 as mayor). He was challenged by regional councillor Zeeshan Hamid.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Gord Krantz* | 11,391 | 49.51 |
| Zee Hamid | 10,396 | 45.18 |
| Rajiv Dhawan | 625 | 2.72 |
| Saba Ishaq | 597 | 2.59 |

### Regional Councillors

Four Regional Councillors are elected in 1 of 4 wards.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ward 1 (North-West) |||
| Colin Best* | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| Ward 2 (North-East) |||
| Rick Malboeuf* | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| Ward 3 (South-East) |||
| Sammy Ijaz | 2,182 | 38.13 |
| Rick Di Lorenzo | 1,827 | 31.93 |
| Mike Cluett* | 1,713 | 29.94 |
| Ward 4 (South-West) |||
| Sameera Ali | 3,297 | 68.49 |
| Mahmood Chaudhry | 873 | 18.13 |
| Syed Raza | 644 | 13.38 |

### Local Councillors

Four Local Councillors are elected in 1 of 4 wards.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ward 1 |||
| Kristina Tesser Derksen* | 4,200 | 71.54 |
| George Minakakis | 1,671 | 28.46 |
| Ward 2 |||
| John Challinor* | 3,542 | 57.54 |
| Michael Vertolli | 2,614 | 42.46 |
| Ward 3 |||
| Adil Khalqi | 2,067 | 37.20 |
| Patricia Belvedere | 1,102 | 19.83 |
| Patrick Murphy | 1,090 | 19.61 |
| Manju Sekhri | 943 | 16.97 |
| Gilles Paquette | 355 | 6.39 |
| Ward 4 |||
| Sarah Marshall | 1,041 | 21.37 |
| Giles vanderHolt | 860 | 17.66 |
| Khurshid Ali Khan | 853 | 17.51 |
| Kiran Fahim Ali | 640 | 13.14 |
| Indu Verma | 505 | 10.37 |
| Saim Sohail | 377 | 7.74 |
| Samar Tariq | 186 | 3.82 |
| Tresa Ratnakumar | 179 | 3.67 |
| Syed Saleh Ali Hashmi | 175 | 3.59 |
| Mawiz Hassan | 55 | 1.13 |

## Oakville

List of candidates:

### Mayor

Mayor Rob Burton ran for re-election. It was a re-match of the 2018 mayoral race between him and Julia Hanna, a local restaurant owner and former chamber of commerce chair.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Rob Burton* | 19,949 | 49.24 |
| Julia Hanna | 19,063 | 47.06 |
| Jack Kukolic | 1,498 | 3.70 |

### Oakville Town Council
#### Town and Regional Council

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ward 1 |||
| Sean O'Meara* | 4,998 | 74.14 |
| JD Meaney | 1,708 | 25.86 |
| Ward 2 |||
| Cathy Duddeck* | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| Ward 3 |||
| Janet Haslett-Theall | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| Ward 4 |||
| Allan Elgar* | 5,806 | 84.68 |
| Gilbert Jubinville | 1,050 | 15.32 |
| Ward 5 |||
| Jeff Knoll* | 4,529 | 73.99 |
| Alicia Bedford | 1,592 | 26.01 |
| Ward 6 |||
| Tom Adams* | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| Ward 7 |||
| Nav Nanda | 1,984 | 57.71 |
| Pavan Parmar* | 1,454 | 42.99 |

#### Town Council

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ward 1 |||
| Jonathan McNeice | 3,137 | 48.08 |
| Beth Robertson* | 2,755 | 42.22 |
| John Florio | 476 | 7.30 |
| Oliver Vadas | 157 | 2.41 |
| Ward 2 |||
| Ray Chisholm* | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| Ward 3 |||
| Dave Gittings | 4,438 | 83.17 |
| Dyanne Dumas | 898 | 16.83 |
| Ward 4 |||
| Peter Longo* | 5,465 | 79.63 |
| Gordon Brennan | 1,398 | 20.37 |
| Ward 5 |||
| Marc Grant* | 2,769 | 45.71 |
| Michael Reid | 1,951 | 32.21 |
| Angela Parsons | 970 | 16.01 |
| Pierre Sauvageot | 368 | 6.07 |
| Ward 6 |||
| Natalia Lishchyna* | 4,238 | 85.15 |
| Lama Aggad | 739 | 14.85 |
| Ward 7 |||
| Scott Xie | 820 | 23.25 |
| Amir Henry | 687 | 19.48 |
| Ajay Rosha | 482 | 13.67 |
| Shahab Khan | 385 | 10.92 |
| Nabil Bin Arif | 380 | 10.77 |
| Melody Wong-Gonsalves | 315 | 8.93 |
| Gregory Park | 293 | 8.31 |
| Kashif Chaudry | 126 | 3.57 |
| Faryal Ghazanfar | 39 | 1.11 |