# 2014 London, Ontario municipal election

The 2014 London municipal election was held on October 27, 2014 in London, Ontario, Canada, to elect the Mayor of London, London City Council and the Thames Valley District School Board, London District Catholic School Board, Conseil scolaire catholique Providence and Conseil scolaire Viamonde. The election was held in conjunction with the province-wide 2014 municipal elections.

## Timeline

* January 2: Nomination period begins
* September 12: Nomination period ends
* September 15: List of candidates elected by acclamation released.
* October 11: Advanced Ballot voting begins
* October 18: Advanced Ballot voting ends
* October 27: Election Day

## Election results

Official List of Candidates
Names in bold denotes elected candidates.
(X) denotes incumbent.

### Mayor

One candidate to be elected.
| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Matt Brown | 63,842 | 57.75 |
| Paul Cheng | 37,938 | 34.32 |
| Joe Swan | 4,623 | 4.18 |
| Roger Caranci | 1,190 | 1.08 |
| Arnon Kaplansky | 700 | 0.63 |
| Donna Kelley | 543 | 0.49 |
| Marie Miszczak | 522 | 0.47 |
| Steven Gardner | 351 | 0.32 |
| Jim Kogelheide | 276 | 0.25 |
| Tae Khun Ha | 112 | 0.10 |
| Dan Lenart | 110 | 0.10 |
| Dennis Perry | 107 | 0.10 |
| Alexander Main | 87 | 0.08 |
| Carlos Murray | 76 | 0.07 |
| Ma'in Sinan | 74 | 0.07 |

### Councillors

One candidate per ward to be elected.

#### Ward 1

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Michael van Holst | 3,042 | 50.67 |
| Bud Polhill (X) | 1,818 | 30.28 |
| Judy Carter | 828 | 13.79 |
| James Beynen | 315 | 5.25 |

#### Ward 2

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Bill Armstrong (X) | 2,499 | 38.97 |
| Nancy McSloy | 2,183 | 34.04 |
| Steve Polhill | 1,731 | 26.99 |

#### Ward 3

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Mo Mohamed Salih | 3,136 | 52.52 |
| Henry Zupanc | 904 | 15.14 |
| Bill Harris | 729 | 12.21 |
| Garth Williams | 695 | 11.64 |
| Nick Masciotra | 507 | 8.49 |

#### Ward 4

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Jesse Helmer | 3,734 | 59.18 |
| Stephen Orser (X) | 1,424 | 22.57 |
| Fiona Graham | 416 | 6.59 |
| Paul Pesach Gray | 329 | 5.21 |
| Christina MacRae | 312 | 4.94 |
| George van der Schel | 95 | 1.51 |

#### Ward 5

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Maureen Cassidy | 5,597 | 57.43 |
| Randy Warden | 1,708 | 17.53 |
| William Gordon | 740 | 7.59 |
| Steve Hogg | 656 | 6.73 |
| Mike Fornelos | 440 | 4.51 |
| Kevin Labonte | 370 | 3.80 |
| Stanley Koza | 172 | 1.76 |
| Prashanth Thambipillai | 63 | 0.65 |

#### Ward 6

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Phil Squire | 1,840 | 28.26 |
| Marie Blosh | 1,524 | 23.41 |
| Mike Bloxam | 1,189 | 18.26 |
| Amir Farahi | 847 | 13.01 |
| Cynthia Etheridge | 664 | 10.20 |
| Alasdair Beaton | 409 | 6.28 |
| Flavio Iannialice | 37 | 0.57 |

#### Ward 7

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Josh Morgan | 5,444 | 56.56 |
| Donna Szpakowski | 1,390 | 14.44 |
| Michael Esposito | 1,243 | 12.91 |
| Matthew Kennedy | 821 | 8.53 |
| Osam Ali | 777 | 7.55 |

#### Ward 8

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Paul Hubert (X) | 7,408 | 83.12 |
| Thomas Risley | 1,504 | 16.88 |

#### Ward 9

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Anna Hopkins | 4,956 | 46.23 |
| Ali Chahbar | 2,454 | 22.89 |
| Jeffrey Schiller | 1,529 | 14.26 |
| Ed Corrigan | 1,341 | 12.51 |
| Doreen Gysbers | 252 | 2.53 |
| A. Eric Haidar | 143 | 1.33 |
| Frank Minifie | 45 | 0.42 |

#### Ward 10

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Virginia Ridley | 4,359 | 51.21 |
| Paul Van Meerbergen (X) | 3,827 | 44.96 |
| Bradley Robichaud | 326 | 3.83 |

#### Ward 11

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Stephen Turner | 4,833 | 54.15 |
| Denise T. Brown (X) | 2,531 | 28.36 |
| Menno Meijer | 706 | 7.91 |
| Patrick Copps | 382 | 4.28 |
| Joan Martin | 343 | 3.84 |
| Clive Jenkins | 131 | 1.47 |

#### Ward 12

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Harold Usher (X) | 3,475 | 48.44 |
| Peter Ferguson | 3,171 | 44.20 |
| Jesse Haidar | 528 | 7.36 |

#### Ward 13

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Tanya Park | 2,065 | 39.99 |
| John Fyfe-Millar | 1,253 | 24.26 |
| David Winninger | 859 | 16.63 |
| Kim Bardai | 355 | 6.87 |
| Chris Edgar | 249 | 4.82 |
| Gordon Saylor | 233 | 4.51 |
| Elizabeth Efthymiadis | 150 | 2.90 |

#### Ward 14

| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Jared Zaifman | 2,597 | 38.99 |
| Sandy E. White (X) | 1,649 | 24.76 |
| Steven Hillier | 1,190 | 17.87 |
| Allan Tipping | 862 | 12.94 |
| Sean M. O'Connell | 234 | 3.51 |
| Ali Hamadi | 129 | 1.94 |

#### Withdrawn Candidates

* On October 14, Roger Caranci announced that he would step down from his mayoral campaign and put his support behind candidate Paul Cheng. The official deadline to drop out of the mayoral race was Sept 12, Caranci's name remained on the ballot on election day.

#### Incumbents Not Seeking Re-Election

* Joni Baechler, interim Mayor
* Joe Swan, Ward 3 Councillor (ran for mayor)
* Russ Monteith, interim Ward 5 Councillor
* Nancy Branscombe, Ward 6 Councillor
* Matt Brown, Ward 7 Councillor (ran for mayor)
* Dale Henderson, Ward 9 Councillor
* Judy Bryant, Ward 13 Councillor

## Thames Valley District School Board
### Wards 1, 11, 12 & 14

Two candidates to be elected.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Sherri Polhill | 7,939 | 24.7 |
| Ruth Tisdale | 7,251 | 22.6 |
| Shawn Lewis | 5,243 | 16.3 |
| Christine Morgan | 4,450 | 13.8 |
| Chris Loblaw | 3,756 | 11.7 |
| Frank Gerrits | 2,045 | 6.4 |
| Knute Dohnberg | 1,466 | 4.6 |

### Wards 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6

Two candidates to be elected.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Peter Jaffe | 12,263 | 30.7 |
| Matthew Reid | 10,974 | 27.4 |
| Darlene Snyders | 9,741 | 24.4 |
| Michael Dawthorne | 3,077 | 7.7 |
| Eric Southern | 2,373 | 5.9 |
| Shiv Chokhani | 1,574 | 3.9 |

### Wards 7, 8, 9, 10 & 13

Two candidates to be elected.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Joyce Bennett | 13,267 | 29.7 |
| Jake Skinner | 9,632 | 21.6 |
| Kathy Kaill | 4,549 | 10.2 |
| Dan Judson | 4,155 | 9.3 |
| Chris Barton | 3,940 | 8.8 |
| Brenda Ryan | 3,474 | 7.8 |
| Linda Ludwar | 1,752 | 3.9 |
| Leroy Osbourne | 1,693 | 3.8 |
| Kyle Case | 1,124 | 2.5 |
| Jerry Cripps | 1024 | 2.3 |

## London District Catholic School Board
### Wards 1 & 14

One candidate to be elected.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Pedro Almeida (X) | 1,377 | 60.0 |
| Kevin Barry | 917 | 40.0 |

### Wards 2, 3 & 4

One candidate to be elected.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Sandra Cruz (X) | 1,760 | 61.0 |
| Betty Wright | 828 | 28.7 |
| Raul Gonzales | 299 | 10.4 |

### Wards 5, 6 & 7

One candidate to be elected.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Stephen Paul | 1,841 | 44.1 |
| Chris Bray | 944 | 22.6 |
| Nando Favaro | 805 | 19.3 |
| Arthur Macleod | 586 | 14.0 |

### Wards 8, 9 & 10

One candidate to be elected.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Linda Steel | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

### Wards 11, 12 & 13

One candidate to be elected.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| John Jevnikar | 1,595 | 54.5 |
| Roy D. Mantle | 1,336 | 45.5 |

## Conseil scolaire catholique Providence

One candidate to be elected for the entire geographic area consisting of the City of London, the County of Middlesex, and the County of Elgin.
City of London results only.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| George le Mac | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Conseil scolaire Viamonde

One candidate to be elected for the entire geographic area of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, the County of Wellington, the County of Middlesex, the County of Perth, and the County of Huron.
City of London results only.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Denis Trudel (X) | 276 | 42.5 |
| Johanne R. Gray | 248 | 38.2 |
| Denise Alice Carter | 126 | 19.4 |