2018 Brant municipal election

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2018 Brant mayoral election
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Candidate David Bailey Ronald Eddy
Popular vote 4,478 3,156
Percentage 47.58% 33.54%

 
SP
Candidate Don Cardy Shawn Pratt
Popular vote 1,133 644
Percentage 12.04% 6.84%

Mayor of Brant before election

Ronald Eddy

Elected Mayor of Brant

David Bailey

The 2018 Brant municipal election took place on October 22, 2018. Seven-term incumbent Ronald Eddy lost re-election to businessman David Bailey. Bailey is the first openly gay mayor of Brant.[1][2]

Mayoral candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

Mayor[edit]

Mayoral Candidate[4][5] Vote %
David Bailey 4,478 47.58
Ronald Eddy (incumbent) 3,156 33.54
Don Cardy 1,133 12.04
Shawn Pratt 644 6.84

Brant County Council[edit]

Two to be elected from each ward. The results for Brant County Council are as follows:[5]

Ward 1
Candidate Vote %
John Wheat (incumbent) 1,254 33.26
John MacAlpine 1,148 30.45
Willie Morley 958 25.41
Nick Quail 410 10.88
Ward 2
Candidate Vote %
Marc Laferriere 1,378 34.02
Steve Howes 1,211 28.99
Shirley Simons (incumbent) 770 19.01
Steven Acheson 344 8.49
Ellay Heys 296 7.31
Phil Ogborne 52 1.28
Ward 3
Candidate Vote %
John Peirce (incumbent) 850 27.00
John Bell 642 20.39
Marty Verhey 559 17.76
Clifford Atfield 416 13.21
Edith Stone 383 12.17
Myles D. Rusak 261 8.29
Murray Powell (incumbent)[a] 37 1.18
Ward 4
Candidate Vote %
Robert Chambers (incumbent) 1,061 37.45
David Miller (incumbent) 960 33.89
Marilyn Baptist 548 19.34
Laura Mordaunt 264 9.32
Ward 5
Candidate Vote %
Brian Coleman (incumbent) 1,067 32.32
Joan Gatward (incumbent) 994 30.11
Ella Haley 800 24.24
Owen DeBoer 440 13.33

School board trustees[edit]

English trustees[edit]

Candidate Vote %
Christina Speers 5,453 32.82
Rita Collver 4,394 26.44
David VanTilborg 3,592 21.62
Tom Waldschmidt 3,178 19.12

French trustee[edit]

Candidate Vote %
Pierre Girouard 724 73.28
Denis Frawley 264 26.72

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ball, Vincent (November 1, 2018). "'Change is needed'". Brantford Expositor. Postmedia. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  2. ^ Rubio, Michelle (June 10, 2019). "Brant County flies first Pride flag". Brantford Expositor. Postmedia. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Ball, Vincent (October 11, 2018). "Four vie for Brant mayor's job". Brantford Expositor. Postmedia. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ a b "Election Results". County of Brant. Retrieved May 19, 2021.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Powell died three weeks before the election.