# 2018 Waterloo Region municipal elections

The 2018 Waterloo Region municipal elections were held on October 22, 2018 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 election was held in conjunction with the province wide 2018 municipal elections.
Names in bold denotes elected candidates. (X) denotes incumbent.

## Waterloo Regional Council
### Chair

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Karen Redman | 66,370 | 62.40 |
| Robert Deutschmann | 19,966 | 18.77 |
| Jan d'Ailly | 10,353 | 9.73 |
| Jay Aissa | 9,675 | 9.10 |
The election for Regional Chair was marked by the departure of Ken Seiling, who served 33 years as chair. Karen Redman ran with experience as a regional councillor and former Member of Parliament for Kitchener Centre. Also running were a former mayor of the North Dumfries Rob Deutschmann, who as mayor also served as a regional councillor, former councillor in the lower-tier municipality of the City of Waterloo Jan d'Ailly, and businessman Jay Aissa, both of whom overperformed in the City of Cambridge.
The CBC received responses on priorities from each candidate. Redman ran on a message of both economic development and some progressive priorities, including opioid, mental health and social housing issues. Deutschmann ran on a similar tone on issues, with an additional focus on increasing funding to police and emergency response services. d'Ailly ran on a progressive platform, with emphasis placed on the opioid crisis, inclusionary zoning, increasing social supports, reducing deaths due to automobiles, and increasing economic progressivity in the taxation and benefit structure of the Region's finances. Aissa ran on construction of a new hospital, fiscal conservatism, increasing geographic access of rapid transit to less-served municipalities, road state of repair and increasing funding to police and other first responders
Redman won majorities in all seven cities and municipalities of Waterloo Region, including North Dumfries, where Deutschmann served as mayor. Results were slow, with official results not announced until two days after the election, not due to a close ballot count, but due to province-wide technical issues with the electronic voting system that required some extensions to voting in certain areas in the Region.

### Council

Waterloo Regional Council includes the chair, the mayors of the seven constituent municipalities (see below) plus the following council races:
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Cambridge (2 to be elected) |||
| Karl Kiefer (X) | 13,209 | 32.50 |
| Helen G. Jowett (X) | 12,801 | 31.49 |
| John Florence | 7,726 | 19.01 |
| Jeffrey Shaver | 4,019 | 9.89 |
| Rob Brunette | 2,890 | 7.11 |
| Kitchener (4 to be elected) |||
| Tom Galloway (X) | 23,078 | 19.15 |
| Elizabeth Clarke (X) | 21,037 | 17.46 |
| Michael D. Harris | 16,935 | 14.06 |
| Geoff Lorentz (X) | 16,599 | 13.78 |
| Kari Williams | 11,326 | 9.40 |
| Ted Martin | 11,286 | 9.37 |
| Fauzia Mazhar | 9,942 | 8.25 |
| Tom Hiller | 5,497 | 4.56 |
| Jason House | 4,787 | 3.97 |
| Waterloo (2 to be elected) |||
| Jim Erb | 13,089 | 32.68 |
| Sean Strickland (X) | 10,776 | 26.90 |
| Jane Mitchell (X) | 9,472 | 23.65 |
| Beisan Zubi | 5,147 | 12.85 |
| Bob Oberholtzer | 1,572 | 3.92 |

## Cambridge
### Referendum

Referendum on ranked ballots: "Are you in favour of the City of Cambridge using a ranked ballot system for the 2022 municipal election?"
| Choice | Vote | % |
| Yes | 13,488 | 56.35 |
| No | 10,449 | 43.65 |
As the only 27.27% of eligible voters voted in the referendum, the results are non binding.
List of candidates:

### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Kathryn McGarry | 13,404 | 47.72 |
| Doug Craig (X) | 7,394 | 26.32 |
| Ben Tucci | 4,902 | 17.45 |
| Colin Tucker | 1,553 | 5.53 |
| Randy Carter | 836 | 2.98 |
| Total | 28,089 | 100.00 |
| Source: City of Cambridge |||

### Cambridge City Council

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ward 1 |||
| Donna Reid (X) | 1,040 | 33.40 |
| Clifford Vanclief | 580 | 18.63 |
| Cliff Eggleton | 555 | 17.82 |
| Kevin Hiebert | 341 | 10.95 |
| Stewart Allan | 224 | 7.19 |
| Ryan O'Hagdan | 196 | 6.29 |
| Peter Crystal | 178 | 5.72 |
| Ward 2 |||
| Mike Devine (X) | 2,404 | 57.87 |
| Janice Lajeunesse | 555 | 13.36 |
| Jeff Richardson | 518 | 12.47 |
| Jay Brown | 468 | 11.27 |
| Jaanus Kimsto | 209 | 5.03 |
| Ward 3 |||
| Mike Mann (X) | 1,639 | 52.79 |
| Tracy Hipel | 1,198 | 38.58 |
| Patricia Bercowski | 268 | 8.63 |
| Ward 4 |||
| Jan Liggett (X) | 1,685 | 59.71 |
| Gary Price | 990 | 35.08 |
| Edwin Friest | 147 | 5.21 |
| Ward 5 |||
| Pam Wolf (X) | 2,285 | 57.23 |
| Bill Kirby | 1,129 | 28.27 |
| Brett Wagner | 579 | 14.50 |
| Ward 6 |||
| Shannon Ashdale (X) | 1,516 | 39.56 |
| Sandy Falkiner | 826 | 21.56 |
| Peter Renco | 578 | 15.08 |
| Kurt Ditner | 569 | 14.85 |
| Stephen Davis | 343 | 8.95 |
| Ward 7 |||
| Frank Monteiro (X) | 1,016 | 47.12 |
| Connie Cody | 685 | 31.77 |
| Ryan Coles | 237 | 10.99 |
| Cody Botelho | 218 | 10.11 |
| Ward 8 |||
| Nicholas Ermeta (X) | 2,413 | 64.81 |
| Carla Johnson | 1,102 | 29.60 |
| Kenneth R. Bartlett | 208 | 5.59 |

#### By-election

Following the death of Frank Monteiro, a by-election was held in Ward 7 on October 5, 2020:
| Council Candidate | Vote | % |
| Scott Hamilton | 392 | 31.84 |
| Connie Cody | 361 | 29.33 |
| Manuel da Silva | 187 | 15.19 |
| Cole Boland | 166 | 13.48 |
| Vandan Patel | 81 | 6.58 |
| Simon Weresch | 19 | 1.54 |
| R. J. Johnston | 13 | 1.06 |
| Cody Botelho | 12 | 0.97 |
| Sandra Lemieux | 0 | 0.00 |

## Kitchener

List of candidates:

### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Berry Vrbanovic (X) | 34,983 | 85.47 |
| Narine Sookram | 2,304 | 5.63 |
| Myron Steinman | 1,985 | 4.85 |
| Jiri Marek | 1,659 | 4.05 |

### Kitchener City Council

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ward 1 |||
| Scott Davey (X) | 2,683 | 61.73 |
| Susan Stark | 646 | 14.86 |
| Stephanie Stretch | 638 | 14.68 |
| Marcus Drasdo | 311 | 7.16 |
| Aasia Khatoon | 68 | 1.56 |
| Ward 2 |||
| Dave Schnider (X) | 3,405 | 59.67 |
| Fitzroy Vanderpool | 1,315 | 23.05 |
| Suresh Arangath | 653 | 11.44 |
| Regan Sunshine Brussé | 333 | 5.84 |
| Ward 3 |||
| John Gazzola (X) | 1,621 | 66.08 |
| James Howe | 686 | 27.97 |
| Paras Solanki | 108 | 4.40 |
| Robert Souliere | 38 | 1.55 |
| Ward 4 |||
| Christine Michaud | 1,423 | 39.24 |
| Julie Geary | 728 | 20.08 |
| Wes Hill | 701 | 19.33 |
| Florence Carbray | 419 | 11.56 |
| Sasha Sidhu | 355 | 9.79 |
| Ward 5 |||
| Kelly Galloway-Sealock (X) | 1,779 | 65.91 |
| Andres Fuentes | 455 | 16.86 |
| Sonal Pandya | 261 | 9.67 |
| Aizad Ahmad | 204 | 7.56 |
| Ward 6 |||
| Paul Singh (X) | 2,733 | 80.71 |
| Narendra Grover | 653 | 19.29 |
| Ward 7 |||
| Bil Ioannidis (X) | 2,631 | 52.44 |
| Hanna Domagala | 2,168 | 43.21 |
| Dharmesh Patel | 218 | 4.35 |
| Ward 8 |||
| Margaret Johnston | 1,946 | 49.24 |
| Zyg Janecki (X) | 1,645 | 41.62 |
| James Baskin | 361 | 9.13 |
| Ward 9 |||
| Debbie Chapman | 2,162 | 52.15 |
| Melissa Bowman | 1,377 | 33.21 |
| Philip Molto | 297 | 7.16 |
| Tia Driver | 200 | 4.82 |
| Steve Strohack | 110 | 2.65 |
| Ward 10 |||
| Sarah Marsh (X) | 3,911 | 76.39 |
| Peter Meier | 1,209 | 23.61 |

## North Dumfries
### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Sue Foxton (X) | 2,305 | 80.93 |
| Martin Harrison | 543 | 19.07 |

## Waterloo

List of candidates:

### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Dave Jaworsky (X) | 17,307 | 70.85 |
| Kelly Steiss | 5,530 | 22.64 |
| Chris Kolednik | 1,592 | 6.52 |

### Waterloo City Council

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ward 1 - Southwest |||
| Sandra Hanmer | 1,150 | 32.28 |
| Robert Parent | 724 | 20.32 |
| Leia Lei | 655 | 18.38 |
| Rainer Neufeld | 552 | 15.49 |
| Adam McCarthy | 482 | 13.53 |
| Ward 2 - Northwest |||
| Royce Bodaly | 781 | 28.29 |
| John Arthur McCarthy | 762 | 27.60 |
| Janice Moore | 658 | 23.83 |
| Xin Tan | 560 | 20.28 |
| Ward 3 - Lakeshore |||
| Angela Vieth (X) | 1,710 | 52.29 |
| Kim Eckel | 1,560 | 47.71 |
| Ward 4 - Northeast |||
| Diane Freeman (X) | 2,461 | 71.23 |
| Liangan Yin | 994 | 28.77 |
| Ward 5 - Southeast |||
| Jen Vasic | 2,004 | 52.89 |
| Mark Whaley (X) | 1,785 | 47.11 |
| Ward 6 - Central-Columbia |||
| Jeff Henry (X) | 1,989 | 73.78 |
| Oliver Campbell | 574 | 21.29 |
| William Hodgins | 133 | 4.93 |
| Ward 7 - Uptown |||
| Tenille Bonoguore | 1,750 | 40.82 |
| Elizabeth Sproule | 1,335 | 31.14 |
| Carol Parsons | 620 | 14.46 |
| Rami Said | 362 | 8.44 |
| Devon McKenzie | 220 | 5.13 |

## Wellesley
### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Joe Nowak (X) | 1,271 | 50.46 |
| Bernia Wheaton | 1,248 | 49.54 |

## Wilmot
### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Les Armstrong (X) | 3,016 | 50.71 |
| John Jordan | 2,931 | 49.29 |

## Woolwich
### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Sandy Shantz (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |