Voters across Midwestern Ontario turned out Monday to cast their ballots in the 2026 municipal elections.
Below are the names of the people that will make up municipal councils across the region.
Bruce County
Arran-Elderslie: Mayor - Steve Hammell (Acclaimed); Deputy Mayor - Jennifer Shaw (Acclaimed); Arran Ward Councillor - Ryan Nickason (Acclaimed); Chesley Ward Councillor - Joanna Eaton (55.5%); Elderslie Ward Councillor - Brian Dudgeon (59%); Paisley Ward Councillor - Heidi Maxwell (52.8%); Tara Ward Councillor Jaclynn Gowan (51.7%)
Brockton: Mayor – Chris Peabody (Acclaimed); Deputy Mayor – Tim Elphick (2724 votes) defeated Kym Hutcheon (966 votes); Councillors - Steve Travale (2459 votes), Mitch Clark (2427 votes), Justin Hoffarth (1965 votes), Gregory McLean (1908 votes), Nicole Porter (1537 votes).
Huron-Kinloss: Mayor – Don Murray (2175 votes); Deputy Mayor – James Hanna (Acclaimed); Councillors – Tracy Irwin (2334 votes), Kirk Livingston (2189), Scott Gibson (2132), Ed McGugan (1894), Carl Sloetjes (1809).
Kincardine: Mayor - Barb Fisher (2283 votes); Deputy Mayor - Rory Cavanagh (Acclaimed); Councillors Ward 1 - Russ Crook and Jennifer Prenger (Acclaimed); Councillor Ward 2 - Kyle Mckay; Councillor Ward 3: Amanda Steinhoff-Gray (Acclaimed); Councillors at-Large: Mike McKechnie (4366 votes), Ali Shah (3140), Mike Hinchberger (2851).
Northern Bruce Peninsula: Mayor – Milt McIver (1935 votes); Deputy Mayor – Rod Anderson (1910 votes); Councillors - Ryan Matheson (2548 votes), Laurie “Smokey” Golden (2158), Todd Dowd (2057).
Saugeen Shores: Mayor – Luke Charobonneau (3983 votes); Deputy Mayor - Diane Huber (4793 votes); Vice Deputy Mayor -Bud Halpin (4733 votes); Councillors Port Elgin Ward - Rachel Stack (1799 votes), Jordan MacKinnon (1681); Councillors Saugeen Ward - Eric Tolton (1285), Neil Sarginson (1245); Councillors Southampton Ward - Cheryl Grace (1762), Cathe McIntosh (1126).
South Bruce: Mayor – Mark Goetz (1219 votes); Councillors at large Rob Fischer (2060 votes), Nigel Van Dyk (1669); Councillors Teeswater-Culross Tim Borho (854 votes) Julia Gutscher (634); Councillors Mildmay-Carrick Ward - Ashton Metcalfe, Ron Schnurr (Acclaimed)
South Bruce Peninsula: Mayor – Jay Kirkland (1769 votes); Deputy Mayor – Caleb Hull (3614 votes); Councillors - Ann Marie Hadcock (1920 votes), Paul Stephen Deacon (1565), Kathy Durst (1457).
Grey County
The Blue Mountains: Marni Moreau elected as Mayor (2,469 votes over Paul Reale with 2,384 votes and Peter Bordignon with 1,159 votes)
Rachel Gilliland was elected as Deputy Mayor (2,476 votes over Gail Ardiel with 2,026 votes, Bob Welling with 1,234 votes and Daniel Murphy with 106 votes)
Council-George McLeod (3,786 votes), Brayden Dewitt (3,486 votes), Meghan Loney (3,113 votes), June Porter (2,923 votes), Shawn McKinlay (2,698 votes)
Chatsworth: Shawn Greig elected as Mayor (1,586 votes over Terry M. McKay with 882)
Diana Rae elected as Deputy Mayor (1,253 votes over Peter James Whitten with 1,154 votes)
Council-Margie Stafford (1,852 votes), J.D. Ceaser (1,630 votes) and Chris Evans (1,575 votes)
Georgian Bluffs: Susan (Sue) Carleton - acclaimed as Mayor
Deputy Mayor Grant Pringle was acclaimed
Council-Isaac Shouldice, Rick Winters, Ann Schneider, Ejaye McComb, Steve Spencer
Grey Highlands: Paul McQueen elected as Mayor (1,765 votes over Dane Nielsen, 1,286 votes and Mark Brown, 919 votes)
Joel Loughead elected as Deputy Mayor (2,174 votes over Tom Allwood, 1,283 votes and Andrea Edwards, 379 votes)
Council-Paul Allen (1,927 votes), Sandra (Sandy) Thornton (1,710 votes), James Black (1,641 votes), Dave Meslin (1,618 votes), Daniel Wickens (1,429 votes)
Hanover: Mayor - Warren Dickert; Deputy Mayor - Selwyn Hicks; Councillors - Dave Hocking, Carol Hudson, Brandon Koebel, Mandie Malott, Daniel Parrish
Meaford: Shirley Keaveney elected as Mayor (2,627 votes over Justin Perks with 2,342 votes and Caryn Colman with 115 votes)
Deputy Mayor Robert Uhrig was acclaimed
Council-Tony Bell (2,569 votes), Darcy Chapman (2,477 votes), Brandon Forder (3,041 votes), Amanda Greenfield (3,378 votes), Adam Vaughan (2,595 votes)
Owen Sound: Richard Thomas elected as Mayor (3,522 votes over Carol Merton with 2,763 votes, Andrii Zvorygin with 421 votes, Mike Seiler with 142 votes, Jodi King with 138 votes and Ray Botten with 76 votes)
Scott Greig was acclaimed as Deputy Mayor
Council-Melanie Middlebro' (4,235 votes), Meghan Robertson (3,457 votes), David Adams (3,454 votes), Brian O'Leary (3,123 votes), Suneet Kukreja (3,077 votes), Brock Hamley (2,937 votes) and Joe Carder (2,390 votes)
Southgate: Jason Rice elected as Mayor (1,141 votes over Brian Milne with 995 votes)
Deputy Mayor Barbara Dobreen was acclaimed
Council-Jim Ferguson (1,142 votes), Joan John (1,057 votes), Samantha Erin Parent (1,211 votes), Michael Sherson (1,124 votes), Martin Shipston (965 votes)
West Grey: Kevin Eccles - acclaimed as Mayor
Deputy Mayor-Rebecca Marie Herget (1,886 votes over Thomas Hutchinson with 1,618 votes)
Council-Scott Foerster (2,252 votes), Jordan Hoxie (2,130 votes), Kimberley Anne Peeters (1,967 votes), Geoffrey Shea (2,024 votes), Stephen Townsend (2,000 votes)
Huron County
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh: Mayor – Evan Hickey (2322 votes); Deputy Mayor - Bill Vanstone (1724 votes); Councillors - MacKenzie Deuschle (2167 votes), Dan Hayden (1972), David Errington (1209), Tony McQuail (1178) Glen McNeil (1167)
Bluewater: Mayor - Paul Klopp, (2415 votes); Deputy Mayor - Bill Whetstone (Acclaimed); Bayfield Ward Councillor - Michael DeCorte (458 votes); Hensall Ward Councillor -Scott Harris, (160 votes); Hay East Ward Councillor - Joey Groot (325); Hay West Ward Councillor - Brian Heagle (Acclaimed); Stanley East Ward Councillor - Peter Walden (270); Stanley West Ward Councillor - Greg Lamport (273); Zurich Ward Councillor - Jason Becker (231)
Central Huron: Mayor – Marg Anderson (Acclaimed); Deputy Mayor – David Jewitt (Acclaimed); Councillors Ward 1 – Vanessa Lishman, Alison Lobb, Michael Russo (Acclaimed); Councillors Ward 2 – Jennifer Cox (807 votes), Everett Smith (782), Adam Robinson (762)
Goderich: Mayor – Trevor Bazinet (3098 votes); Deputy Mayor – Randy Carroll (Acclaimed); Councillors - Liz Petrie (3118 votes), Vanessa McMillan (2027), John Thompson (2026), Jacob Bjerg (1932), Chris Garnier (1648). Runner-up Charles Oliver (1646 votes)
Howick: Reeve – Doug Hargrave (Acclaimed); Deputy Reeve – Shelley Miller-Cameron (576 votes); Councillors – Evan Zinn (667 votes; Ben Blackmore (565 votes); Kevin Doig (555 votes)
Huron East: Mayor: - Alvin McLellan (1883 votes); Councillors Tuckersmith Ward – Bill Tremeer (580 votes), Raymond Chartrand (535 votes); Councillors Brussels Ward - Justin Morrison and Lisa Glanville (Acclaimed); Councillors Grey Ward - Dianne Diehl and Hilary Machan (Acclaimed); Councillors McKillop Ward Randy McClure and Heather Ashwin (Acclaimed); Councillors Searorth Ward Robert Fisher and John Steffler (Acclaimed)
Morris-Turnberry: Mayor - Jamie Heffer (Acclaimed); Councillors - Dana Weber (637 votes), Kevin Freibrger (630 votes), David B. Heffer (571 votes), Mike Miller (470 votes).
North Huron: Reeve – Mitch Wright (863 votes); Blyth Ward Councillors - Fred de Boer (369 votes), Kevin Bate (335 votes); Wingham Ward Councillors - Paul Heffer(744 votes), Stacey Boyd (713 votes); East Wawanosh Councillors – Chris Palmer, Anita van Hittersum (Acclaimed)
South Huron: Mayor – Ted Oke (2033 votes); Councillors Ward 1 – Marissa Vaughan (833 votes), Wendy McLeod-Haggitt (585); Councillor Ward 2 – Aaron Neeb (1501), Laura Susan Goulding (1024); Councillor Ward 3 – Paul Passmore (363)
Perth County
North Perth: Doug Kellum - acclaimed as Mayor
Matthew Duncan elected as Deputy Mayor (2,296 over Allan Rothwell with 1.154)
Council-Neil Anstett (1,318 votes), Sarah Blazek (1,159 votes), Matt Richardson (1,283 votes), Marc Noordam (303 votes), Lee Anne Andriessen (277 votes)
Perth East: Jerry Smith elected as Mayor (1,425 votes over Hugh McDermid with 1,342)
Bob McMillan elected as Deputy Mayor (1,623 votes over Andrew MacAlpine with 1,095)
Council-Johanne Groenestege (434 votes), Jeremy Matheson, Tim Dowd and Adam Wilhelm (all acclaimed), Barry Nowack (220 votes)
Perth South: Sue Orr - acclaimed as Mayor
Council-Jeff Bell, Sam Corriveau, Jaime Martin, Paul Smith, Jim Van Nes, Robert C. Wilhelm (all acclaimed)
St. Marys: Brogan Alyward elected as Mayor (2,491 votes over Don Van Galen with 313 votes)
Council-Andrea Macko (2,115 votes), Bill Pickering (2,087), Jim Craigmile (1,766 votes), Fern Pridham (1,690 votes), Marg Luna (1,578) and Ryan Leaman (1,533 votes)
Stratford: Robert Ritz elected as Mayor (4,246 votes over Jo-Dee Burbach with 3,738 votes, incumbent Martin Ritsma with 2,899 votes, Mark Hunter with 2,542 and Andrew Rea with 206 votes)
Council-Cody Sebben (6,335 votes), Lesley Biehn (5,880 votes), Sarah Merkel (5,631 votes), Harj Nijjar (5,186 votes), Brad Beatty (5,078 votes), Ian Morton (4,919 votes), Larry McCabe (4,825 votes), Geza Wordofa (4,764 votes), Bonnie Henderson (4,629 votes), Christopher Giannakopoulos (4,458 votes)
West Perth: W. Dean Trentowsky elected as Mayor
Nicholas Vink elected as Deputy Mayor
Council- Phillip O'Donnell, Ben Davey, Murray Rose, Landon Smith, Walter McKenzie, Lisa Rapien, Ryan Duck, Alex Foster, Steve Herold
Wellington County
Minto: Dave Turton - acclaimed as Mayor
Jean Anderson elected as Deputy Mayor
Council- Judy Dirksen, Shawn McDonald, Ron B. Elliott, Susan Thurston, Patrick Raftis, County Councillor Ward 1 David Anderson (acclaimed)
Wellington North: Steve McCabe elected as Mayor (2,887 votes over Kelly Dimick with 996 votes)
Council-Michelle McInnis (451 votes), Sherry Burke (568 votes), James Craig (275 votes), Troy Lawlor (1,008 votes)
