2018 Brant municipal election

2018 Brant mayoral election

October 22, 2018

Candidate David Bailey Ronald Eddy Don Cardy Popular vote 4,478 3,156 1,133 Percentage 47.58% 33.54% 12.04%

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 Ron Eddy lost re-election to businessman David Bailey. Bailey was the first openly gay mayor of Brant.

Mayoral candidates

• Ronald Eddy, incumbent Mayor and former MPP for Brant-Haldimand
• David Bailey, local businessman
• Don Cardy, Brant County Councillor for Ward 2
• Shawn Pratt, local businessman and owner of Grand River Cabs

Results

Mayor

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

Brant County Council

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

Ward 1 Candidate Vote % John Wheat (x) 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 (x) 770 19.01 Steven Acheson 344 8.49 Ellay Heys 296 7.31 Phil Ogborne 52 1.28

Ward 3 Candidate Vote % John Peirce (x) 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 (x) † 37 1.18

Ward 4 Candidate Vote % Robert Chambers (x) 1,061 37.45 David Miller (x) 960 33.89 Marilyn Baptist 548 19.34 Laura Mordaunt 264 9.32

Ward 5 Candidate Vote % Brian Coleman (x) 1,067 32.32 Joan Gatwad (x) 994 30.11 Ella Haley 800 24.24 Owen DeBoer 440 13.33

School board trustees

English trustees

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 Candidate Vote % Pierre Girouard 724 73.28 Denis Frawley 264 26.72 References Notes