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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)".
2018 York Region municipal election
Map of York Region and the municipalities it includes.
York Regional Council [ edit ]
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
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 .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Source for results:[ 4]
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 [ edit ]
Six to be elected [ 5] [ 4]
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 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.
Mayoral candidate[ 6]
Vote
%
Virginia Hackson (X)
4,607
78.10
Franco Colavecchia
1,292
21.90
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
Two to be elected.
Candidate
Vote
%
Tara Roy-DiClemente (X)
891
39.6
Joe Persechini (X)
821
36.4
Aida Kostuck
541
24.0
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: [ 6]
Source for results:[ 7]
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 [ edit ]
Map of Georgina's 5 wards
Regional Councillor [ edit ]
Council candidate
Vote
%
Robert Grossi
4,175
46.83
Naomi Davison (X)
3,454
38.74
Lee Dale
1,286
14.43
Council candidate
Vote
%
Mike Waddington
991
57.99
Charlene Biggerstaff (X)
668
39.09
Glenn Wittenberg
50
2.93
Council candidate
Vote
%
Dan Fellini (X)
Acclaimed
Council candidate
Vote
%
Dave Neeson (X)
Acclaimed
Council candidate
Vote
%
Frank Sebo (X)
944
44.89
Wayne Philips
865
41.13
Greta Zinck
294
13.98
Council candidate
Vote
%
Dave Harding (X)
Acclaimed
Source for results:[ 8]
Mayoral candidate[ 9]
Vote
%
Steve Pellegrini (X)
Acclaimed
List of candidates:[ 10]
Source for results:[ 11]
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
Map of Markham's 8 wards
Regional Councillor [ edit ]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Source for results:[ 12]
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
John Taylor
14,351
73.71
Joe Wamback
4,825
24.78
Talib Ansari
294
1.51
Newmarket Town Council [ edit ]
Map of Newmarket's seven wards
Deputy mayor and regional councillor [ edit ]
Candidate
Vote
%
Tom Vegh
8,570
44.61
Chris Emanuel
7,952
41.40
Joan Stonehocker
2,688
13.99
Council candidate
Vote
%
Grace Simon
2,082
60.65
Naqi Ashan
1,014
29.54
Rohit Singh
337
9.82
Council candidate
Vote
%
Victor Woodhouse
1,731
62.45
Bill Kukulewich
1,041
37.55
Council candidate
Vote
%
Jane Twinney (X)
1,645
73.01
Zach Zangari
608
26.99
Council candidate
Vote
%
Trevor Morrison
1,052
43.11
Melissa Williams
891
36.52
Grant Waddell
497
20.37
Council candidate
Vote
%
Bob Kwapis (X)
2,201
73.20
Ron Eibel
806
26.80
Council candidate
Vote
%
Kelly Broome (X)
Acclaimed
Council candidate
Vote
%
Christina Bisanz (X)
Acclaimed
Source for results:[ 13]
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 [ edit ]
Map of Richmond Hill's six wards
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
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
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
Council candidate
Vote
%
Castro Liu (X)
Acclaimed
Council candidate
Vote
%
David West (X)
3,963
66.16
Bob Aurora
1,228
20.50
Michael D'Amelio
799
13.34
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
Council candidate
Vote
%
Godwin Chan (X)
4,146
81.97
Julie Maxey
912
18.03
Source for results:[ 14]
Mayoral candidate[ 15]
Vote
%
Maurizio Bevilacqua (X)
37,072
70.70
Frank Miele
13,690
26.11
Savino Quatela
1,671
3.19
Source:[ 16]
Vaughan City Council [ edit ]
Map of Vaughan's five wards
Three to be elected.
Council candidate[ 15]
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:[ 16]
Ward 1 Maple/Kleinburg[ edit ]
Council candidate[ 15]
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:[ 16]
Ward 2 Woodbridge West [ edit ]
Council candidate[ 15]
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:[ 16]
Ward 3 Woodbridge/Vellore[ edit ]
Council candidate[ 15]
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:[ 16]
Ward 4 Concord/Thornhill[ edit ]
Council candidate[ 15]
Vote
%
Sandra Yeung Racco (X)
2,868
49.53
Styles Q. Weinberg
1,968
33.99
Furio Liberatore
954
16.48
Source:[ 16]
Council candidate[ 15]
Vote
%
Alan Shefman (X)
6,769
55.54
Allan Goldstein
5,418
44.46
Source:[ 16]
Whitchurch-Stouffville [ edit ]
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:[ 17]
Whitchurch-Stouffville Town Council [ edit ]
Map of Whitchurch-Stouffville's wards
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:[ 17]
Council candidate
Vote
%
vote % Δ
Maurice Smith (X)
1,727
71.54
-2.49
Ellen Gowland
687
28.46
Source:[ 17]
Council candidate
Vote
%
vote % Δ
Hugo Kroon (X)
480
66.76
+13.08
Keith Singer
163
22.67
Stephen Rogers
76
10.57
Source:[ 17]
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:[ 17]
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:[ 17]
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:[ 17]
York Region District School Board [ edit ]
Trustee - Area 1 (Vaughan Ward 1 & 2)[ edit ]
Candidate[ 15]
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:[ 18]
Anna DeBartolo submitted her resignation from the Trustee position on January 9, 2019, citing personal reasons.[ 19]
Trustee - Area 2 (Vaughan Ward 3 & 4)[ edit ]
Candidate[ 15]
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:[ 20]
Trustee - Area 3 (Markham Ward 1 & Vaughan Ward 5)[ edit ]
Candidate[ 15]
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:[ 21]
Trustee - East Gwillimbury and Whitchurch-Stouffville [ edit ]
Candidate
Vote
%
Lena Singh
Elizabeth Terrell-Tracey
Trustee - Richmond Hill (Wards 1, 2 and 4)[ edit ]
Candidate[ 22]
Vote
%
Simone Cui
Corrie McBain
Jonathan Nadler
York Catholic District School Board [ edit ]
Trustee - Area 1 (Vaughan Ward 1)[ edit ]
Candidate[ 15]
Vote
%
Rose Cantisano
2738
47.1
Teresa Ciaravella
2527
43.5
Teresa Calvi
548
9.4
Trustee - Area 2 (Vaughan Ward 2)[ edit ]
Candidate[ 15]
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)[ edit ]
Candidate[ 15]
Vote
%
Joe Giancola
Maria Marchese
Donna Rosati
Trustee - Area 4 (Vaughan Ward 4 & 5)[ edit ]
Candidate[ 15]
Vote
%
Jennifer Wigston
Le Conseil scolaire Viamonde [ edit ]
Trustee - York Region [ edit ]
Candidate[ 15]
Vote
%
François Guérin
Karine Ricard
Source:[ 23]
Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir [ edit ]
Trustee - York Region [ edit ]
Candidate[ 15]
Vote
%
Kathleen Beal
Maxime Papillon
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