2022 York Region municipal elections

Elections in the Regional Municipality of York of Ontario, Canada were held on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

Incumbents are marked with "(X)".

2022 York Region municipal election
October 24, 2022
Incumbent Council

(2018)


Map of York Region and the municipalities it includes.

York Regional Council

PositionRepresentingCouncillorNotes
ChairWayne EmmersonChairman and CEO
CouncillorAuroraTom MrakasMayor of Aurora
CouncillorEast GwillimburyVirginia HacksonMayor of East Gwillimbury
CouncillorGeorginaMargaret QuirkMayor of Georgina
CouncillorGeorginaNaomi Davison
CouncillorKingSteve PellegriniMayor of King
CouncillorMarkhamFrank ScarpittiMayor of Markham
CouncillorMarkhamJoe Li
CouncillorMarkhamJim Jones
CouncillorMarkhamMichael ChanDeputy Mayor of Markham
CouncillorMarkhamAlan Ho
CouncillorNewmarketJohn TaylorMayor of Newmarket
CouncillorNewmarketTom VeghDeputy Mayor of Newmarket
CouncillorRichmond HillDavid WestMayor of Richmond Hill
CouncillorRichmond HillJoe DiPaola
CouncillorRichmond HillGodwin Chan
CouncillorVaughanSteven Del DucaMayor of Vaughan
CouncillorVaughanLinda JacksonDeputy Mayor of Vaughan
CouncillorVaughanMario Ferri
CouncillorVaughanGino Rosati
CouncillorVaughanMario Racco
CouncillorWhitchurch–StouffvilleIain LovattMayor of Whitchurch–Stouffville

Regional chair

The chair of the council is usually elected by members of the council at the first council meeting. However, the provincial government ended up appointing Wayne Emmerson to the position in 2022.[1] Mr. Emmerson later retired, and the York Region Chairman in 2026 is Eric Jolliffe.[2]

Aurora

List of candidates:[3]

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Tom Mrakas was challenged by businessperson Phiona Durrant and writer, editor and photographer Anna Lozyk Romeo.[4]

Mayoral candidate Vote %
Tom Mrakas (X) 7,743 69.49
Anna Lozyk Romeo 1,802 16.17
Phiona Durrant 1,597 14.33

Aurora Town Council

Map of Aurora's six new wards

In 2020, Aurora Council passed a by-law establishing a ward system. Previously Aurora councillors were elected at an at-large basis.[5]

Ward 1

Candidate Vote %
Ron Weese 1,445 62.18
Sandra Humfryes (X) 631 27.15
Nick Biase 248 10.67

Ward 2

Candidate Vote %
Rachel Gilliland (X)1,07052.71
Marco Di Girolamo 492 24.24
Daniel Lajeunesse 256 12.61
Alison Connolly 212 10.44

Ward 3

Candidate Vote %
Wendy Gaertner (X) 1,210 47.90
Harold MacDonald 546 21.62
Alexandra Bonham 423 16.75
Owen Heritage 347 13.74

Ward 4

Candidate Vote %
Michael Thompson (X) 744 69.73
Iwona Czarnecka 274 25.68
Carson Day 49 4.59

Ward 5

Candidate Vote %
John Gallo (X) 602 30.25
Mae Khamissa 514 25.83
Steve Fleck 424 21.31
Robert Lounds 231 11.61
Ian Clark 219 11.01

Ward 6

Candidate Vote %
Harold Kim (X) 801 72.55
Greg Smith 198 17.93
Robert James Fraser 105 9.51

East Gwillimbury

East Gwillimbury elected two councillors per ward. Incumbent mayor Virginia Hackson ran against her predecessor James Young and 2018 candidate Franco Colavecchia. Voter turnout was reported as being just 25%.[6] The lists of candidates for East Gwillimbury Council are as follows:[7][8]

Mayor

Mayoral candidate Vote %
Virginia Hackson (X) 3,266 51.51
James R. Young 2,797 44.11
Franco Colavecchia 278 4.38

Ward 1

Candidate Vote %
Loralea Carruthers (X) Acclaimed
Terry E. Foster (X) Acclaimed

Ward 2

Candidate Vote %
Brian Johns 1,287 41.9
Tara Roy-DiClemente (X) 1,118 36.4
Aida Kostuck 498 16.2
David Price 171 5.5

Ward 3

Candidate Vote %
Scott Crone (X) 1,524 35.7
Susan Lahey 1,072 25.1
Christine Glenn 943 22.1
Cathy Morton (X) 526 12.3
Douglas Willitts 201 4.7

Georgina

The results for mayor and for the council of Georgina are as follows:[9][10]

Mayor

Mayoral candidate Vote %
Margaret Quirk (X)4,68347.25
Jeffrey Cathcart2,18222.02
Ralph Hirmann1,26312.74
Frank Sebo9689.77
Boris Godzinevski5685.73
George Sheffield2462.48

Georgina Town Council

Map of Georgina's 5 wards

Regional Councillor

Council candidate Vote %
Naomi Davison6,64070.96
Dawn Zimmermann2,71729.04

Ward 1

Council candidate Vote %
Charlene Biggerstaff89655.86
Allison Cain33620.95
Mike Taggart30018.70
Mona Steitieh724.49

Ward 2

Council candidate Vote %
Dan Fellini (X)1,04843.45
Natalie Floyd78132.38
Shannon DeLenardo58324.17

Ward 3

Council candidate Vote %
Dave Neeson (X)1,15050.88
Andrew Edge59826.46
Danielle Cohen35815.84
Scott Wollin1546.81

Ward 4

Council candidate Vote %
Dale Kerr Genge88440.40
Mike Anderson83037.93
Amanda Pace30213.80
Laurie Pangman1727.86

Ward 5

Council candidate Vote %
Lee Dale92369.92
Kelly McCarthy39730.08

King

The results for mayor and for the council of King Township are as follows:[11]

Mayor

Steve Pellegrini was re-elected mayor of the Township of King by acclamation. Ward 2 councillor David Boyd and Ward 6 councillor Avia Eek were also acclaimed:[12]

Mayoral candidate Vote %
Steve Pellegrini (X)Acclaimed

Ward 1

Candidate Vote %
Jordan Alexander Cescolini (X)73855.6
Rob Payne51839.0
Nick Seretis715.4

Ward 2

Candidate Vote %
David Boyd (X)Acclaimed

Ward 3

Candidate Vote %
Jennifer Anstey22841.6
Adam Pham19235.0
Jakob Schneider (X)12021.9
Ryan Raymond81.5

Ward 4

Candidate Vote %
Mary Asselstine55344.6
Simon Lloyd50240.5
Michael Lovisotto1209.7
Becky Eveson645.2

Ward 5

Candidate Vote %
Debbie Schaefer (X)57564.7
Michael Di Mascolo31435.3

Ward 6

Candidate Vote %
Avia Eek (X)Acclaimed

Markham

The results for mayor and for the council of Markham are as follows:[13]

Mayor

2022 Markham Mayoral election
October 24, 2022
Turnout31.17%
 
DH
Candidate Frank Scarpitti Don Hamilton
Popular vote 44,172 24,469
Percentage 64.35% 35.65%
Mayor before election

Frank Scarpitti

 Elected mayor

Frank Scarpitti

Mayor Frank Scarpitti was challenged by deputy mayor Don Hamilton.[14]

Mayoral candidate Vote %
Frank Scarpitti (X)44,17264.35
Don Hamilton24,46935.65

City Council

Map of Markham's 8 wards

Regional Councillor

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 who receive the highest number of votes. The candidate with the highest number of votes received also serves as Deputy Mayor.

Council candidate Vote %
Michael Chan30,09514.41
Jim Jones (X)26,57812.72
Joe Li (X)25,82312.36
Alan Ho24,73511.84
Nirmala Armstrong23,18311.10
Allan Tam18,5488.88
Shanta Sundarason15,7747.55
Sophia Sun13,6396.53
Greg Marcos12,4715.97
Ivy Lee12,3565.92
Srini Suppira5,6782.72

Ward 1

Council candidate Vote %
Keith Irish (X)6,09574.37
Howard Shore2,10125.63

Ward 2

Council candidate Vote %
Ritch Lau3,01236.36
Yan Wang1,86622.53
Larry Lau1,57318.99
Trina Kollis93711.31
Steven Sun89510.81

Ward 3

Council candidate Vote %
Reid McAlpine (X)5,00756.75
Sandra Tam1,02311.59
Bill Chan99011.22
Robin Choy88210.00
Sheng Huang5015.68
Annie Chan4204.76

Ward 4

Council candidate Vote %
Karen Rea (X)8,56392.22
Vid Sansanwal7227.78

Ward 5

Council candidate Vote %
Andrew Keyes (X)5,12072.88
Sri Sivasubramaniam1,37219.53
Ashok Bangia5337.59

Ward 6

Council candidate Vote %
Amanda Yeung Collucci (X)4,92178.71
Darren Soo1,33121.29

Ward 7

Council candidate Vote %
Juanita Nathan5,38847.75
Nimisha Patel2,64823.47
Shahzad Habib1,95517.33
Neetu Gupta1,29211.45

Ward 8

Council candidate Vote %
Isa Lee (X)6,54980.81
Nihanthan Ratnasingham6407.90
Jack Levinson4855.98
Deepak Talreja4305.31

Newmarket

The results for mayor and for the council of Newmarket are as follows:[15]

Mayor

Mayoral candidate Vote %
John Taylor (X) Acclaimed

Newmarket Town Council

Map of Newmarket's seven wards

Deputy mayor and regional councillor

Candidate Vote %
Tom Vegh (X)9,39663.27
Gordon Prentice 5,455 36.73

Ward 1

Council candidate Vote %
Grace Simon (X)1,89970.52
Mark Holmes 794 29.48

Ward 2

Council candidate Vote %
Victor Woodhouse (X)1,21153.99
Brian Andrews84137.49
Hunter Murchison-Doggart1918.52

Ward 3

Council candidate Vote %
Jane Twinney (X)Acclaimed

Ward 4

Council candidate Vote %
Trevor Morrison (X)1,22257.91
Grant Waddell 627 29.72
Chris Dupee26112.37

Ward 5

Council candidate Vote %
Bob Kwapis (X)Acclaimed

Ward 6

Council candidate Vote %
Kelly Broome (X)1,72670.19
Lukas Fuina 733 29.81

Ward 7

Council candidate Vote %
Christina Bisanz (X)1,68776.20
Nadia Hansen 527 23.80

Richmond Hill

The results for mayor and for the council of Richmond Hill were as follows:[16]

Mayor

David West, who was elected in a by-election in January 2022, was challenged in a re-match against Regional Councillor Carmine Perrelli, who finished third in the by-election.[14]

2022 Richmond Hill mayoral election
October 24, 2022
Turnout31.48%
 
CMP
Nominee David West Carmine Perrelli
Popular vote 28,318 10,304
Percentage 70.18% 25.54%
Mayor before election

David West

 Elected mayor

David West

Mayoral candidate Vote %
David West (X)28,31870.18
Carmine Perrelli10,30425.54
Domenic Bardari1,1552.86
Holo Devnani5721.42

Richmond Hill City Council

Map of Richmond Hill's six wards

Regional council

Two to be elected.

Council candidate Vote %
Godwin Chan25,39238.61
Joe DiPaola (X)18,33427.88
Terrence Au12,00518.25
Marco Coletta7,61711.58
Abu Alam2,4243.69

Ward 1

Council candidate Vote %
Carol Davidson3,20145.88
Greg Beros (X)1,85626.60
Catherine Dellerba1,30118.65
Weibo Cheng6198.87

Ward 2

Council candidate Vote %
Scott Thompson2,02839.37
Tom Muench (X)1,59731.00
Sigmund Lee81615.84
Yehuda Goldberg53610.41
Tabinda Jatoi1743.38

Ward 3

Council candidate Vote %
Castro Liu (X)5,29984.92
Juni Yeung94115.08

Ward 4

Council candidate Vote %
Simon Cui2,49832.34
Raika Sheppard (X)2,23528.93
Rose A. Weinberg1,73522.46
Liana Falzone4595.94
Johnny So3284.25
Mahnaz Shahbazi2473.20
Harry H. Harakh2232.89

Ward 5

Council candidate Vote %
Karen Cilevitz (X)1,52523.34
Tarun Saroya82812.67
Richard Rupp74911.46
Yuliya Benedziktavich67310.30
Anders Lindfors-Wheeler65510.02
Wil Husnutdinov5959.11
Vera Murano5468.36
Sarkis Assadourian4677.15
Shohreh Sabaghpour3966.06
Emmanuel Lazaris1001.53

Ward 6

Council candidate Vote %
Michael Shiu1,89327.66
Linda Zhang1,68524.62
Carol Chan1,25418.32
Sharon Chisholm81911.96
Kate Jiang69510.15
Julie Maxey2693.93
Yung Li2303.36

Vaughan

The size of Vaughan's council will increase by one with the addition of a regional councillor.[17] The list of candidates for mayor and for the council of Vaughan are as follows:[18]

Mayor

2022 Vaughan Mayoral election
October 24, 2022
Turnout26.96%
 
SYR
DD
Candidate Steven Del Duca Sandra Yeung Racco Danny DeSantis
Popular vote 22,699 21,848 7,591
Percentage 38.06% 36.64% 12.73%
Mayor before election

Maurizio Bevilacqua

 Elected mayor

Steven Del Duca

Incumbent mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua is not running for re-election. Former Ontario Liberal Party leader Steven Del Duca is running against long-time city councillor Sandra Yeung Racco.[14]

Mayoral candidate Vote %
Steven Del Duca22,69938.06
Sandra Yeung Racco21,84836.64
Danny DeSantis759112.72
Paul Donofrio26974.52
Lino Mancinella24274.07
Parveen Bola14922.50
Robert Gulassarian8801.48

Withdrawn

Deb Schulte, former MP and Minister of Seniors. Schulte withdrew after her cancer re-diagnosis and then endorsed Del Duca.

Opinion polls

Polling firm Link Last date
of polling		 Sample Size Margin
of error		 Parveen Bola Steven Del Duca Danny DeSantis Paul Donofrio Robert Gulassarian Hiten Patel Sandra Yeung Racco Undecided
Mainstreet PDF July 25, 2022 506 ±4.4% 2 22 - - 6 0 7 30
Mainstreet October 17, 2022 452 ±4.6% 3 23 5 3 2 - 13 50

Vaughan City Council

Map of Vaughan's five wards

Regional council

Four to be elected.

Council candidate Vote %
Linda D. Jackson (X)28,39817.08
Mario Ferri (X)27,93716.80
Gino Rosati (X)27,45716.51
Mario G. Racco19,56411.77
Nick Pinto18,46711.11
Carrie Liddy12,5027.52
Mario Di Nardo12,2987.40
John Santoro10,1136.08
Mandy Rai9,5245.73

Ward 1

Council candidate Vote %
Marilyn Iafrate (X)8,77164.72
Vince Scaramuzzo2,02014.90
Justin Piersanti8286.11
Sony Abraham7665.65
Maeda Aslam6454.76
Stephen Fefer5233.86

Ward 2

Council candidate Vote %
Adriano Volpentesta7,22953.91
Tony Carella (X)4,04230.14
Simone Barbieri1,1508.58
Lena Ibrahim4333.23
Meera Anand2782.07
Bryan Gary Groulx2772.07

Ward 3

Council candidate Vote %
Rosanna DeFrancesca (X)6,64351.63
Ty Ty Nguyen2,40718.71
Victor Lacaria2,37318.44
Gino Nardi6935.39
Tony Lorini6655.17
Philip James Piluris860.67

Ward 4

Council candidate Vote %
Chris Ainsworth2,70538.73
Styles Q. Weinberg1,57322.52
Nadia Rosati1,07115.33
Erlinda Insigne6278.98
Jacob Joel Ginsberg5628.05
Meenakashi Sudarshan4476.40

Ward 5

Alan Shefman, city councillor for Ward 5 and one of the longest serving councillors in Vaughan was defeated for re-election by former MPP Gila Martow. Her win was attributed to her status in the area and personal popularity.

Council candidate Vote %
Gila Martow6,60154.56
Alan Shefman (X)5,49745.44

Whitchurch-Stouffville

The results for mayor and for the council of Whitchurch-Stouffville are as follows:[19]

Mayor

Mayoral candidate Vote %
Iain Lovatt (X)6,12551.67
Justin Atlmann3,08726.04
Mark Carroll1,34311.33
Anand Daté1,1489.68
Sher Ahmad1521.28

Whitchurch-Stouffville Town Council

Map of Whitchurch-Stouffville's six new wards

The Town re-drew its ward boundaries in 2020 for the 2022 election.[20]

Ward 1

Council candidate Vote %
Hugo T. Kroon (X)65156.96
Michael Cleverdon28925.28
Juliette Deonarian20317.76

Ward 2

Council candidate Vote %
Maurice Smith (X)1,25352.80
George Karpouzis1,12047.20

Ward 3

Council candidate Vote %
Keith Acton74759.62
Mike Humphreys50640.38

Ward 4

Council candidate Vote %
Rick Upton (X)1,39559.44
Brad Valentini35715.21
Keith Singer35114.96
Daniel Zeraldo24410.40

Ward 5

Council candidate Vote %
Richard Bartley (X)1,19858.75
Laura Cusack84141.25

Ward 6

Council candidate Vote %
Sue Sherban (X)1,38852.66
Rob Hargrave83831.79
Angel Freedman41015.55

York Region District School Board

Georgina and East Gwillimbury[21]
Trustee Candidate Vote %
Carolyn Butterworth 6275 49.3
Cynthia Cordova (X) 3939 31.0
Jeremy Smith 1615 12.7
Mark Schlotzhauer 894 7.0
Aurora and Whitchurch-Stouffville[22]
Trustee Candidate Vote %
Melanie Wright 5191 32.0
Elizabeth Terrell (X) 2677 16.5
Luther C. Brown 2522 15.5
Sled-Lucas Mary 2245 13.8
Bridget Kilgallon 1827 11.3
Asim Sayed 1770 10.9
King and Vaughan, Ward 1[23]
Trustee Candidate Vote %
Nadeem Mahmood (X) 3601 40.1
Mike Behar 3361 37.5
Simon Strelchik 2012 22.4
Markham, Ward 1 and 8
Trustee Candidate Vote %
Jenny Chen 5194 42.8
Susan Geller 2360 19.4
Karen Walton 1871 15.4
Srdjana Jaksic 1137 9.4
Nafiseh Pourhassani 1021 8.4
Sarma Donepudi 563 4.6
Markham, Wards 2 and 6
Trustee Candidate Vote %
Ron Lynn (X) 6647 59.4
Christine Calanchie 4547 40.6
Markham, Wards 3 and 4
Trustee Candidate Vote %
Ed Law 3595 27.4
Ben Hendriks 3258 24.9
Jerrica Lin 3151 24.1
Alyssa Shi 1513 11.6
Nadhiena Shankar 894 6.8
Xu Dong Lu 688 5.3
Markham, Wards 5 and 7
Trustee Candidate Vote %
Michael Chen 4566 29.2
Rukshan Para 4251 27.2
Ali Chatha 3374 21.6
Ruby Ratnasingham 1673 10.7
Shusmita Sharma 1039 6.6
Geetha Thambiah 734 4.7

Source: City of Markham[24]

Newmarket[25]
Trustee Candidate Vote %
Pamela McCarthy 4414 38.8
Shameela Shakeel 4034 35.4
Donald J. Smith 1622 14.2
Jessica Neto 1316 11.6
Richmond Hill, Wards 1, 2, and 4
Trustee Candidate Vote %
Crystal Yu 5369 36.7
Robert Kolosowski 4570 31.2
Jyoti Oberoi 2090 14.3
Jonathan Nadler 1656 11.3
Ali Nikjoo 963 6.6
Richmond Hill, Wards 3, 5, and 6
Trustee Candidate Vote %
Cindy Liang (X) 11253 73.8
Sadra Nasseri 3993 26.2

Source: City of Richmond Hill[26]

Vaughan Wards 2 and 3
Trustee Candidate Vote %
Elizabeth Sinclair (X) 7292 68.6
Nicole Huskovic 3345 31.4
Vaughan Wards 4 and 5
Trustee Candidate Vote %
Estelle Cohen 6148 42.4
David Epstein 3312 22.9
Paul Black 1814 12.5
Matthew Forbes 1641 11.3
Mishel Schwartz 1572 10.9

Source: City of Vaughan[27]

Indigenous Trustee

The Indigenous trustee is a voting, appointed member of the board.

Student Trustees

Student trustees are non-voting members appointed by the York Region President's Council (YRPC), a body consisting of all Student Council Presidents in York Region public secondary schools.[28]

References

  1. ↑ "Big City Mayors speak out against regional chair appointments, superpowers". Newmarket Today. Retrieved May 16, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Council Members for the Term 2022-2026". The Regional Municipality of York, Ontario. Retrieved May 16, 2026.
  3. ↑ "List of Candidates & Third Party Advertisers". Town of Aurora. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Mrakas to seek second term as Aurora mayor". Newmarket Today. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Establishment of a Ward System". Town of Aurora. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  6. ↑ Zarzour, Kim (October 27, 2022). "Why didn't you vote, East Gwillimbury?". East Gwillimbury Express. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Certified Candidates". Town of East Gwillimbury. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Election Results". Town of East Gwillimbury. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  9. ↑ "2022 Candidate Information". Town of Georgina. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  10. ↑ "2022 Election Results". Georgina.ca. Town of Georgina. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Official Election Results". King Township. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Candidates Registered (Uncertified)". Township of King. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  13. ↑ "List of candidates". City of Markham. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  14. 1 2 3 "What to watch for in the 905 in this year's municipal election". Toronto Star. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  15. ↑ "Newmarket's Official Municipal Election Results". Town of Newmarket. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Registered Candidates". City of Richmond Hill. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Municipal Election Statistics". Association of Municipalities Ontario. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Candidates". City of Vaughan. Archived from the original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
  19. ↑ "List of Candidates". Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Stouffville Votes". Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  21. ↑ "2022 Election Results | Town of Georgina". www.georgina.ca. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  22. ↑ "Certificate of Election Results" (PDF). aurora.ca. November 1, 2022.
  23. ↑ "Certificate of Election Results 2022" (PDF). king.ca. November 1, 2022.
  24. ↑ "Election Results - City of Markham". City of Markham - Election 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  25. ↑ "Results - Town of Newmarket". Town of Newmarket - Election 2022. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  26. ↑ "CLERK'S CERTIFICATE" (PDF). richmondhill.ca. November 1, 2022.
  27. ↑ "Declaration of Certified Results" (PDF). vaughan.ca. November 1, 2022.
  28. ↑ "Student Trustees". York Region District School Board. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
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