# 2018 York Region municipal elections

Elections in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, were held on October 22, 2018, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.
Incumbents are marked with "(X)".

## York Regional Council

| Position | Representing | Councillor | Notes |
| Chair | | Wayne Emmerson | |
| Councillor | Aurora | Tom Mrakas | Mayor of Aurora |
| Councillor | East Gwillimbury | Virginia Hackson | Mayor of East Gwillimbury |
| Councillor | Georgina | Margaret Quirk | Mayor of Georgina |
| Councillor | Georgina | Rob Grossi | |
| Councillor | King | Steve Pellegrini (acclaimed) | Mayor of King |
| Councillor | Markham | Frank Scarpitti | Mayor of Markham |
| Councillor | Markham | Don Hamilton | |
| Councillor | Markham | Jack Heath | |
| Councillor | Markham | Joe Li | |
| Councillor | Markham | Jim Jones | |
| Councillor | Newmarket | John Taylor | Mayor of Newmarket |
| Councillor | Newmarket | Tom Vegh | |
| Councillor | Richmond Hill | Dave Barrow | Mayor of Richmond Hill |
| Councillor | Richmond Hill | Joe DiPaola | |
| Councillor | Richmond Hill | Carmine Perelli | |
| Councillor | Vaughan | Maurizio Bevilacqua | Mayor of Vaughan |
| Councillor | Vaughan | Mario Ferri | |
| Councillor | Vaughan | Gino Rosati | |
| Councillor | Vaughan | Linda D. Jackson | |
| Councillor | Whitchurch–Stouffville | Iain Lovett | Mayor of Whitchurch–Stouffville |

## Regional chair

The election was to be the first-ever direct election of the York Regional chair, but it was cancelled by the Ontario Government's passing of the Better Local Government Act.

## Aurora

Source for results:

### Mayor

| Mayoral candidate | Vote | % |
| Tom Mrakas | 4,781 | 38.33 |
| Geoff Dawe (X) | 3,533 | 28.33 |
| Chris Ballard | 2,475 | 19.84 |
| John Abel | 1,684 | 13.50 |

### Aurora Town Council

Six to be elected
| Councillor Candidate | Vote | % |
| Harold Kim (X) | 6,013 | 10.75 |
| Wendy Gaertner (X) | 5,875 | 10.50 |
| Sandra Humfryes (X) | 5,456 | 9.75 |
| Michael Thompson (X) | 4,991 | 8.92 |
| Rachel Gilliland | 4,800 | 8.58 |
| John Gallo | 4,781 | 8.55 |
| Vicky McGrath | 4,112 | 7.35 |
| Adam Mobbs | 4,082 | 7.30 |
| Anna Kroeplin | 2,818 | 5.04 |
| Ian Clark | 2,406 | 4.30 |
| David Heard | 2,401 | 4.29 |
| James Hoyes | 2,025 | 3.62 |
| Denis Van Decker | 1,913 | 3.42 |
| Matthew Abas | 1,627 | 2.91 |
| Derrick Hammett | 1,269 | 2.27 |
| Daniel Lajeunesse | 1,365 | 2.44 |

## East Gwillimbury

East Gwillimbury changed its council from 4 councillors elected "at large" from the town, to 6 councillors in a 3-ward system, with two councillors elected in each ward.

### Mayor

| Mayoral candidate | Vote | % |
| Virginia Hackson (X) | 4,607 | 78.10 |
| Franco Colavecchia | 1,292 | 21.90 |

### Ward 1

Two to be elected.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Loralea Carruthers | 1,263 | 30.6 |
| Terry E. Foster | 871 | 21.1 |
| Joel Kearney | 560 | 13.5 |
| Calum MacMillan | 753 | 18.2 |
| Jeremy Smith | 277 | 6.7 |
| Leen Spiering | 411 | 9.9 |

### Ward 2

Two to be elected.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Tara Roy-DiClemente (X) | 891 | 39.6 |
| Joe Persechini (X) | 821 | 36.4 |
| Aida Kostuck | 541 | 24.0 |

### Ward 3

Two to be elected.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Scott Crone | 1,525 | 39.2 |
| Cathy Morton (X) | 1,169 | 30.1 |
| Susan Lahey | 821 | 21.1 |
| Melody Somerville | 372 | 9.6 |
Source:

## Georgina

Source for results:

### Mayor

| Mayoral candidate | Vote | % |
| Margaret Quirk (X) | 5,391 | 60.96 |
| Boris Godzinevski | 2,353 | 26.61 |
| Susan Jagminas | 1,100 | 12.44 |

### Georgina Town Council
#### Regional Councillor

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Robert Grossi | 4,175 | 46.83 |
| Naomi Davison (X) | 3,454 | 38.74 |
| Lee Dale | 1,286 | 14.43 |

#### Ward 1

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Mike Waddington | 991 | 57.99 |
| Charlene Biggerstaff (X) | 668 | 39.09 |
| Glenn Wittenberg | 50 | 2.93 |

#### Ward 2

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Dan Fellini (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

#### Ward 3

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Dave Neeson (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

#### Ward 4

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Frank Sebo (X) | 944 | 44.89 |
| Wayne Philips | 865 | 41.13 |
| Greta Zinck | 294 | 13.98 |

#### Ward 5

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Dave Harding (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## King

Source for results:

### Mayor

| Mayoral candidate | Vote | % |
| Steve Pellegrini (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Markham

List of candidates: Source for results:

### Mayor

| Mayoral candidate | Vote | % |
| Frank Scarpitti (X) | 55,553 | 74.94 |
| Steve Chen | 11,068 | 14.93 |
| Abdul Rahman Malik | 3,379 | 4.56 |
| Jawed Syed | 2,294 | 3.09 |
| Shan Hua Lu | 1,835 | 2.48 |

### City Council
#### Regional Councillor

In Markham, Regional Councillors serve on both the City Council as well as York Region Council. Electors can vote for up to four candidates on their ballots, equal to the total number that may be elected. The four winning candidates are those whom receive the highest number of votes. The candidate with the highest number of votes received also serves as Deputy Mayor.
| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Don Hamilton | 31,952 | 13.48 |
| Jack Heath (X) | 31,598 | 13.33 |
| Joe Li (X) | 29,852 | 12.59 |
| Jim Jones (X) | 29,037 | 12.25 |
| Nirmala Armstrong (X) | 25,212 | 10.64 |
| Jeffrey Lee | 15,565 | 6.57 |
| Ray Lai | 15,296 | 6.45 |
| Niran Jeyanesan | 14,984 | 6.32 |
| Tammy Mok | 13,773 | 5.81 |
| Jeff Leung | 12,502 | 5.27 |
| Peter Pavlovic | 11,024 | 4.65 |
| Aaron Madar | 5,954 | 2.51 |

#### Ward 1

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Keith Irish | 2,266 | 25.50 |
| Howard Shore | 1,602 | 18.02 |
| Barry Nelson | 1,506 | 16.94 |
| Ricardo Mashregi | 1,179 | 13.27 |
| Peter Wong | 670 | 7.54 |
| Hilary Neubauer | 616 | 6.93 |
| Caryn Bergmann | 602 | 6.77 |
| Jasmine Kang | 447 | 5.03 |

#### Ward 2

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Alan Ho (X) | 3,598 | 47.01 |
| Larry Lau | 1,441 | 18.83 |
| Charles Jiang | 1,289 | 16.84 |
| Tammy Armes | 545 | 7.12 |
| Tom Brindley | 489 | 6.39 |
| Bola Otaraki | 292 | 3.81 |

#### Ward 3

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Reid McAlpine | 3,287 | 38.69 |
| Jennifer Carrie Wan | 2,060 | 24.25 |
| Ed Law | 1,718 | 20.22 |
| Soraya Mangal | 299 | 3.52 |
| Shanta Sundarason | 1,132 | 13.32 |

#### Ward 4

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Karen Rea (X) | 8,190 | 77.87 |
| Ivy Lee | 1,761 | 16.74 |
| Shaarmina A. Rodrigo | 372 | 3.54 |
| Sansanwal Viradhi | 194 | 1.84 |

#### Ward 5

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Andrew Keyes | 1,266 | 17.00 |
| Compass Chung | 920 | 12.35 |
| Sri Sivasubramaniam | 734 | 9.86 |
| Fred K. Wong | 687 | 9.23 |
| Tommy Chan | 662 | 8.89 |
| Marlene Mogado | 646 | 8.67 |
| Mo Shakir | 603 | 8.10 |
| Grace Woo | 569 | 7.64 |
| Jeremiah Vijeyaratnam | 525 | 7.05 |
| Scott Au | 319 | 4.28 |
| Sean O'Leary | 277 | 3.72 |
| Rajeev Narang | 132 | 1.77 |
| Ashok Bangia | 107 | 1.44 |

#### Ward 6

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Amanda Yeung Collucci (X) | 3,125 | 40.82 |
| Shawn Wang | 2,357 | 30.79 |
| Gin Siow | 1,074 | 14.03 |
| Victor Chan | 820 | 10.71 |
| Arif Mahmood | 280 | 3.66 |

#### Ward 7

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Khalid Usman (X) | 3,308 | 24.14 |
| Kethika Logan Kanapathi | 2,635 | 19.23 |
| Sundy Huang | 2,079 | 15.17 |
| Killi Chelliah | 1,961 | 14.31 |
| Malar Varatharaja | 1,587 | 11.58 |
| Mohammed Rahman | 1,065 | 7.77 |
| Sothy Sella | 481 | 3.51 |
| Johnson Irimpan | 350 | 2.55 |
| Mike Srinathan | 236 | 1.72 |

#### Ward 8

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Isa Lee | 4,616 | 44.00 |
| Joseph Mohan Remisiar | 2,599 | 24.77 |
| Benson Lau | 1,259 | 12.00 |
| Howard Shen | 1,124 | 10.71 |
| Alex Chiu (X) | 893 | 8.51 |

## Newmarket

Source for results:

### Mayor

| Mayoral candidate | Vote | % |
| John Taylor | 14,351 | 73.71 |
| Joe Wamback | 4,825 | 24.78 |
| Talib Ansari | 294 | 1.51 |

### Newmarket Town Council
#### Deputy mayor and regional councillor

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Tom Vegh | 8,570 | 44.61 |
| Chris Emanuel | 7,952 | 41.40 |
| Joan Stonehocker | 2,688 | 13.99 |

#### Ward 1

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Grace Simon | 2,082 | 60.65 |
| Naqi Ashan | 1,014 | 29.54 |
| Rohit Singh | 337 | 9.82 |

#### Ward 2

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Victor Woodhouse | 1,731 | 62.45 |
| Bill Kukulewich | 1,041 | 37.55 |

#### Ward 3

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Jane Twinney (X) | 1,645 | 73.01 |
| Zach Zangari | 608 | 26.99 |

#### Ward 4

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Trevor Morrison | 1,052 | 43.11 |
| Melissa Williams | 891 | 36.52 |
| Grant Waddell | 497 | 20.37 |

#### Ward 5

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Bob Kwapis(X) | 2,201 | 73.20 |
| Ron Eibel | 806 | 26.80 |

#### Ward 6

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Kelly Broome (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

#### Ward 7

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Christina Bisanz (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Richmond Hill

Source for results:
| Mayoral candidate | Vote | % |
| Dave Barrow (X) | 23,304 | 76.07 |
| Susan Korman | 4,756 | 15.52 |
| Abu Alam | 1,238 | 4.04 |
| Ali Noroozi | 770 | 2.51 |
| Mino Tari | 567 | 1.85 |

### Richmond Hill Town Council
#### Regional council

Two to be elected.
| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Joe DiPaola | 11,758 | 22.35 |
| Carmine Perrelli | 11,418 | 21.71 |
| Carol Chan | 9,448 | 17.96 |
| Jason Cherniak | 8,878 | 16.88 |
| Ramin Faraji | 3,706 | 7.04 |
| Weibo Cheng | 3,523 | 6.70 |
| Sabine Ho | 2,605 | 4.95 |
| Murtaza Bhujwalla | 1,269 | 2.41 |

#### Ward 1

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Greg Beros (X) | 2,323 | 43.11 |
| Carol Davidson | 1,687 | 31.31 |
| Lidia Kafieh | 1,167 | 21.66 |
| Trifon Haitas | 211 | 3.92 |

#### Ward 2

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Tom Muench (X) | 1,827 | 42.07 |
| Scott Thompson | 1,076 | 24.78 |
| Keith Menezes | 636 | 14.64 |
| Michael Aziz | 520 | 11.97 |
| Mike Rajbar | 284 | 6.54 |

#### Ward 3

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Castro Liu (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

#### Ward 4

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| David West (X) | 3,963 | 66.16 |
| Bob Aurora | 1,228 | 20.50 |
| Michael D'Amelio | 799 | 13.34 |

#### Ward 5

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Karen Cilevitz (X) | 3,137 | 51.81 |
| Nick Papa | 2,247 | 37.11 |
| Mahnaz Shahbazi | 542 | 8.95 |
| Nima Shahi | 129 | 2.13 |

#### Ward 6

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Godwin Chan (X) | 4,146 | 81.97 |
| Julie Maxey | 912 | 18.03 |

## Vaughan

Source for results:
| Mayoral candidate | Vote | % |
| Maurizio Bevilacqua (X) | 37,072 | 70.70 |
| Frank Miele | 13,690 | 26.11 |
| Savino Quatela | 1,671 | 3.19 |
Source:

### Vaughan City Council
#### Regional council

Three to be elected.
| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Mario Ferri (X) | 23,323 | 18.27 |
| Gino Rosati (X) | 23,113 | 18.11 |
| Linda D. Jackson | 15,962 | 12.51 |
| Eliana Di Biase | 15,401 | 12.07 |
| Richard T. Lorello | 10,969 | 8.59 |
| Sunder Singh (X) | 9,252 | 7.25 |
| Fred Winegust | 8,745 | 6.85 |
| Jacob Joel Ginsberg | 7,669 | 6.01 |
| Frank Scarlato | 6,440 | 5.05 |
| Mubarak Ahmed | 3,918 | 3.07 |
| Skanda Singarajah | 2,845 | 2.23 |
Source:

#### Ward 1 Maple/Kleinburg

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Marilyn Iafrate (X) | 6,538 | 54.93 |
| Carmine Tucci | 2,564 | 21.54 |
| Vince Scaramuzzo | 1,126 | 9.46 |
| Fitz-Roy Gordon | 643 | 5.40 |
| John Santoro | 592 | 4.97 |
| Millad Hamidkohzad | 440 | 3.70 |
Source:

#### Ward 2 Woodbridge West

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Tony Carella (X) | 4,020 | 33.83 |
| Nick Pinto | 2,976 | 25.04 |
| Adriano Volpentesta | 2,909 | 24.48 |
| Simone Barbieri | 964 | 8.11 |
| Carrie Liddy | 493 | 4.15 |
| Mario Di Nardo | 427 | 3.59 |
| Nicole Elfar-Troiano | 95 | 0.80 |
Source:

#### Ward 3 Woodbridge/Vellore

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Rosanna DeFrancesca (X) | 6,220 | 61.31 |
| Victor Lacaria | 1,183 | 11.66 |
| Mark Pulciani | 1,155 | 11.38 |
| Tony Lorini | 1,002 | 9.88 |
| Salva Gravets | 219 | 2.16 |
| John Yusufi | 203 | 2.00 |
| Tom Takacs | 163 | 1.61 |
Source:

#### Ward 4 Concord/Thornhill

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Sandra Yeung Racco (X) | 2,868 | 49.53 |
| Styles Q. Weinberg | 1,968 | 33.99 |
| Furio Liberatore | 954 | 16.48 |
Source:

#### Ward 5 Thornhill

| Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Alan Shefman (X) | 6,769 | 55.54 |
| Allan Goldstein | 5,418 | 44.46 |
Source:

## Whitchurch-Stouffville
### Mayor

| Mayoral candidate | Vote | % | vote % Δ |
| Iain Lovatt | 5,329 | 37.44 | |
| Keith Acton | 4,421 | 31.06 | |
| Justin Altmann (X) | 3,060 | 21.50 | -11.85 |
| Anand Daté | 1,260 | 8.85 |
| Phil Bannon | 162 | 1.14 | -29.47 |
Source:

### Whitchurch-Stouffville Town Council
#### Ward 1

| Council candidate | Vote | % | vote % Δ |
| Ken Ferdinands (X) | 490 | 55.68 | -7.14 |
| Elizabeth Johnston | 313 | 35.57 | -1.61 |
| Kesha Wint | 77 | 8.75 |
Source:

#### Ward 2

| Council candidate | Vote | % | vote % Δ |
| Maurice Smith (X) | 1,727 | 71.54 | -2.49 |
| Ellen Gowland | 687 | 28.46 | |
Source:

#### Ward 3

| Council candidate | Vote | % | vote % Δ |
| Hugo Kroon (X) | 480 | 66.76 | +13.08 |
| Keith Singer | 163 | 22.67 | |
| Stephen Rogers | 76 | 10.57 | |
Source:

#### Ward 4

| Council candidate | Vote | % | vote % Δ |
| Rick Upton (X) | 1,694 | 56.41 | +21.15 |
| Brian Sankarsingh | 678 | 22.58 | |
| James Liaros | 631 | 21.01% | +3.64 |
Source:

#### Ward 5

| Council candidate | Vote | % | vote % Δ |
| Richard Bartley | 817 | 29.24 | |
| Michael Humphreys | 736 | 26.34 | -12.68 |
| Rose Pizzulo | 488 | 17.47 | |
| Jenny Altmann | 378 | 13.53 | |
| Garland Zheng | 271 | 9.70 | |
| Steve Downs | 104 | 3.72 | |
Source:

#### Ward 6

| Council candidate | Vote | % | vote % Δ |
| Sue Sherban | 1,649 | 38.46 | |
| Rob Hargrave (X) | 1,514 | 35.31% | -2.44 |
| Bryan Stott | 1,125 | 26.24% | 14.37 |
Source:

## York Region District School Board
### Trustee - Area 1 (Vaughan Ward 1 & 2)

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Anna DeBartolo | 4,437 | 45.3 |
| Miranda Goldberg | 1,200 | 12.2 |
| Charline Grant | 2,161 | 22.0 |
| Vivek Mehta | 580 | 5.9 |
| Sabrina Painda | 561 | 5.7 |
| Mandeep Rai | 666 | 6.8 |
| Azadeh Yeganeh | 196 | 2.0 |
Source:
Anna DeBartolo submitted her resignation from the Trustee position on January 9, 2019, citing personal reasons.

### Trustee - Area 2 (Vaughan Ward 3 & 4)

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Linda Aversa | 2,348 | 29.0 |
| Sam Sanath Barua | 478 | 5.9 |
| Matthew Forbes | 1,723 | 21.3 |
| Justin Rangooni | 1,178 | 14.5 |
| Elizabeth Sinclair | 2,376 | 29.3 |
Source:

### Trustee - Area 3 (Markham Ward 1 & Vaughan Ward 5)

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| David Sherman | 3,663 | 38.7 |
| Aviva Polonsky | 3,409 | 36.0 |
| Todd Silverman | 954 | 10.1 |
| Brenndon Goodman | 726 | 7.7 |
| Simon Strelchik | 716 | 7.6 |
| Sahar Adaskar | 436 | 4.6 |
Source:

### Trustee - East Gwillimbury and Whitchurch-Stouffville

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Lena Singh | | |
| Elizabeth Terrell-Tracey | | |

### Trustee - Richmond Hill (Wards 1, 2 and 4)

* Candidate
* Simone Cui
* Corrie McBain
* Jonathan Nadler

## York Catholic District School Board
### Trustee - Area 1 (Vaughan Ward 1)

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Rose Cantisano | 2738 | 47.1 |
| Teresa Ciaravella | 2527 | 43.5 |
| Teresa Calvi | 548 | 9.4 |

### Trustee - Area 2 (Vaughan Ward 2)

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Dino Giuliani | 2418 | 37.1 |
| Michaela Barbieri | 1838 | 28.2 |
| Enza Torchia | 1473 | 22.6 |
| Daniele DiNardo | 574 | 8.8 |
| Justin Darmanin | 208 | 3.2 |

### Trustee - Area 3 (Vaughan Ward 3)

* Candidate
* Joe Giancola
* Maria Marchese
* Donna Rosati

### Trustee - Area 4 (Vaughan Ward 4 & 5)

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Jennifer Wigston | | |

## Le Conseil scolaire Viamonde
### Trustee - York Region

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| François Guérin | | |
| Karine Ricard | | |
Source:

## Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir
### Trustee - York Region

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Kathleen Beal | | |
| Maxime Papillon | | |