2018 Brant municipal election

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]

2018 Brant mayoral election
October 22, 2018
 
Candidate David Bailey Ronald Eddy
Popular vote 4,478 3,156
Percentage 47.58% 33.54%
 
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

Mayoral candidates

Results

Mayor
Mayoral Candidate[4][5] Vote  %
David Bailey4,47847.58
Ronald Eddy (incumbent)3,15633.54
Don Cardy1,13312.04
Shawn Pratt6446.84

Brant County Council

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

Ward 1
Candidate Vote  %
John Wheat (incumbent)1,25433.26
John MacAlpine1,14830.45
Willie Morley95825.41
Nick Quail41010.88
Ward 2
Candidate Vote  %
Marc Laferriere1,37834.02
Steve Howes1,21128.99
Shirley Simons (incumbent)77019.01
Steven Acheson3448.49
Ellay Heys2967.31
Phil Ogborne521.28
Ward 3
Candidate Vote  %
John Peirce (incumbent)85027.00
John Bell64220.39
Marty Verhey55917.76
Clifford Atfield41613.21
Edith Stone38312.17
Myles D. Rusak2618.29
Murray Powell (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1]371.18
Ward 4
Candidate Vote  %
Robert Chambers (incumbent)1,06137.45
David Miller (incumbent)96033.89
Marilyn Baptist54819.34
Laura Mordaunt2649.32
Ward 5
Candidate Vote  %
Brian Coleman (incumbent)1,06732.32
Joan Gatward (incumbent)99430.11
Ella Haley80024.24
Owen DeBoer44013.33

English trustees
Candidate Vote  %
Christina Speers5,45332.82
Rita Collver4,39426.44
David VanTilborg3,59221.62
Tom Waldschmidt3,17819.12

French trustee

Candidate Vote  %
Pierre Girouard72473.28
Denis Frawley26426.72

References

  1. Ball, Vincent (2018-11-01). "'Change is needed'". Brantford Expositor. Postmedia. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  2. Rubio, Michelle (2019-06-10). "Brant County flies first Pride flag". Brantford Expositor. Postmedia. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  3. Ball, Vincent (2018-10-11). "Four vie for Brant mayor's job". Brantford Expositor. Postmedia. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2018-07-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Election Results". County of Brant. Retrieved 2021-05-19.

Notes

  1. Powell died three weeks before the election.
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