2018 Windsor municipal election

2018 Windsor municipal election
October 22, 2018
Turnout35.21% (Decrease 2.25 pp)
 
Nominee Drew Dilkens Matt Marchand
Popular vote 31,201 18,626
Percentage 59.40% 35.46%

Map showing the winning candidate's vote strength in each of the 10 wards and their respective polling districts. The districts shaded in Blue voted a majority for Drew Dilkens, and Red voted a majority for Matt Marchand. Pie Charts indicate the total vote of all candidates per Ward/polling district.

Mayor before election

Drew Dilkens

Elected mayor

Drew Dilkens

The 2018 Windsor municipal election occurred on October 22, 2018 to elect the Mayor of Windsor, Windsor City Council and the Greater Essex County District School Board, Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire catholique Providence and Conseil scolaire Viamonde.

The election was held on the same day as elections in every other municipality in Ontario, as well as the elections in neighbouring towns in Essex County.

As per the Ontario Municipal Elections Act, 1996, nomination papers for candidates for municipal and school board elections would be filed from May 1, 2018, at which time the campaign period began.[1]

Mayor

Candidate Popular vote
Votes % ±%
Drew Dilkens (X) 31,201 59.40 +4.04
Matt Marchand 18,626 35.46 --
Ernie "The Baconman" Lamont 1,121 2.13 +1.03
Tom Hensel 797 1.52 --
Frank Dyck 785 1.49 --
Total valid votes 52,530 99.07
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 496 0.93
Turnout 53,026 35.21 -2.25
Eligible voters 150,602
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. Colours from prior party affiliations may be used as well.
Sources:[2]

Ward 1

Results of the election in Ward 1. Polling districts are shaded by which candidate gained the majority of the vote.
Candidate Popular vote
Votes % ±%
Fred Francis (X) 3,507 52.92 +16.35
Darcie Renaud 2,167 32.70 --
Matt Ford 428 6.46 -7.31
Wiquar Husain 277 4.18 --
Krysta Glovasky-Ridsdale 248 3.74 --
Total valid votes 6,627 98.59
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 95 1.41
Turnout 6,722 40.26 -7.24
Eligible voters 16,698
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. Colours from prior party affiliations may be used as well.
Sources:[2]
Results of the election in Ward 2. Polling districts are shaded by which candidate gained the majority of the vote.
Candidate Popular vote
Votes % ±%
Fabio Costante 2,139 56.86 --
John Elliott (X) 1,623 43.14 +2.06
Total valid votes 3,762 98.62
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 53 1.38
Turnout 3,815 27.10 -0.97
Eligible voters 14,078
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. Colours from prior party affiliations may be used as well.
Sources:[2]

Ward 3

Results of the election in Ward 3. Polling districts are shaded by which candidate gained the majority of the vote.
Candidate Popular vote
Votes % ±%
Rino Bortolin (X) 2,710 72.33 +33.78
Helmi Charif 690 18.39 --
Steve Palenkas 352 9.38 --
Total valid votes 3,703 95.86
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 160 4.14
Turnout 3,863 26.24 -1.29
Eligible voters 14,720
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. Colours from prior party affiliations may be used as well.
Sources:[2]

Ward 4

Results of the election in Ward 4. Polling districts are shaded by which candidate gained the majority of the vote.
Candidate Popular vote
Votes % ±%
Chris Holt (X) 4,407 79.48 +50.91
Janice Campbell 1,138 20.52 --
Total valid votes 5,545 96.79
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 178 3.21
Turnout 5,723 33.32 -2.13
Eligible voters 17,174
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. Colours from prior party affiliations may be used as well.
Sources:[2]

Ward 5

Results of the election in Ward 5. Polling districts are shaded by which candidate gained the majority of the vote.
Candidate Popular vote
Votes % ±%
Ed Sleiman (X) 2,294 52.72 -4.57
Joey Wright 1,341 30.82 +21.28
Adam Castle 391 8.99 --
Lillian B. Kruzsely 165 3.79 --
Joe Lucier* (withdrawn, but still on ballot.) 108 2.48 --
Martin A. Utrosa* (withdrawn, but still on ballot.) 52 1.20 --
Total valid votes 4,341 98.62
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 61 1.38
Turnout 4,402 32.59 -0.91
Eligible voters 13,506
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. Colours from prior party affiliations may be used as well.
Sources:[2]

Ward 6

Results of the election in Ward 6. Polling districts are shaded by which candidate gained the majority of the vote.
Candidate Popular vote
Votes % ±%
Jo-Anne Gignac (X) 3,079 50.26 -19.63
Jeff Denomme 2,682 36.35 --
Terry Yaldo 902 12.22 --
Josh Jacquot 86 1.17 --
Total valid votes 7,379 99.25
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 56 0.75
Turnout 7,435 43.24 +0.47
Eligible voters 17,196
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. Colours from prior party affiliations may be used as well.
Sources:[2]
Results of the election in Ward 7. Polling districts are shaded by which candidate gained the majority of the vote.
Candidate Popular vote
Votes % ±%
Irek Kusmierczyk (X) 4,745 69.85 +19.09
Angelo Marignani 982 14.46 -19.81
Barbara Holland 658 9.69 --
Albert Saba 408 6.01 --
Total valid votes 6,793 98.90
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 76 1.10
Turnout 6,869 38.04 -4.51
Eligible voters 18,058
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. Colours from prior party affiliations may be used as well.
Sources:[2]

Ward 8

Incumbent Councillor Bill Marra announced in April 2018 that he was not running for another term[3], after serving six terms (and one unsuccessful mayoral run) on Council since 1994.

Results of the election in Ward 8. Polling districts are shaded by which candidate gained the majority of the vote.
Candidate Popular vote
Votes % ±%
Gary Kaschak 932 23.98 --
Dave Sundin 832 21.40 --
Gemma Grey-Hall 628 16.16 --
Greg Lemay 574 14.77 --
Patti Hayes 296 7.62 --
John Abati 255 6.56 --
Lisa Valentine 231 5.94 --
Kathryn MacDonell 139 3.58 --
Total valid votes 3,838 97.44
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 101 2.56
Turnout 3,939 33.14 +0.25
Eligible voters 11,886
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. Colours from prior party affiliations may be used as well.
Sources:[2]

Ward 9

Results of the election in Ward 9. Polling districts are shaded by which candidate gained the majority of the vote.
Candidate Popular vote
Votes % ±%
Kieran McKenzie 3,178 64.00 +36.63
Hilary Payne (X) 985 19.83 -10.88
Alex Aggarwal 803 16.17 --
Total valid votes 4,966 98.97
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 52 1.03
Turnout 5,018 36.72 -1.99
Eligible voters 13,666
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. Colours from prior party affiliations may be used as well.
Sources:[2]

Ward 10

Results of the election in Ward 10. Polling districts are shaded by which candidate gained the majority of the vote.
Candidate Popular vote
Votes % ±%
Jim Morrison 1,499 28.99 +3.92
Paul Borrelli (X) 1,249 24.16 -4.29
Mark Masanovich 942 18.22 --
Mohamed Chams 604 11.68 -4.20
Michael Patterson 490 9.48 +6.53
Olivia Ashak 209 4.04 --
Wally Chafchak 94 1.82 -10.12
Sadiq Pirani 83 1.61 -2.21
Total valid votes 5,170 98.67
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes 70 1.33
Turnout 5,240 38.47 -4.30
Eligible voters 13,620
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates. Colours from prior party affiliations may be used as well.
Sources:[2]

Wards 1, 2, 9

Trustee Candidate Vote %
Jessica Sartori433226.1%
Linda Qin362521.8%
Kim McKinley339920.5%
Patrick Hannon214612.9%
Shirley-Lyn Watson205312.4%
Sushi Jain10406.3%

Wards 3, 4, 10

Trustee Candidate Vote %
Sarah Cipkar531031.5%
Alan Halberstadt491629.2%
David Ferguson269816%
Katrina Elchami14298.5%
Omar Chafchak13137.8%
Jag Pathak6343.8%
Beau Helbert5433.2%

Wards 5, 6, 7, 8

Trustee Candidate Vote %
Cathy Cooke762933.6%
Gale Simko Hatfield547424.1%
Cheryl Lovell498422%
Henry Lau281112.4%
Laurie Komon18058%

Wards 1, 10

Trustee Candidate Vote %
Fulvio Velentinis286072.5%
Kevin M. Homick70317.8%
Joshua Pinese3849.7%

Wards 2, 9

Trustee Candidate Vote %
Tony Polifroni192272.4%
Xavier Gonzalez73127.6%

Wards 3, 4

Trustee Candidate Vote %
Bernard Mastromattei99048.9%
Eric Renaud56027.7%
Andrew Furlong47423.4%

Wards 5, 8

Trustee Candidate Vote %
Fred Alexander143957.4%
Jason Lazarus106742.6%

Wards 6, 7

Trustee Candidate Vote %
Kim Bouchard339169.8%
Jeremy Renaud146530.2%

Wards 1-10 (Windsor only)

Trustee Candidate Vote %
Guillaume Teasdale25056.2%
Owen Herold10724%
Yogen Noyadoo8819.8%

Conseil Scolaire Catholique Providence

Wards 6, 7 (Windsor only)

Trustee Candidate Vote %
Pauline Morais38685%
François Nono6815%

References

  1. ↑ "Municipal Election Resources - 2018 Regular Election". Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Archived from the original on July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Official Results : City of Windsor, October 22, 2018 : Municipal Election 201" (PDF). Cityofwindsor.ca. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
  3. ↑ https://www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/article/windsor-councillor-will-not-run-in-2018-municipal-election/