2014 Ontario municipal elections


The 2014 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 27, 2014.
Voters in the province of Ontario elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities.

Electoral period

Submissions for candidate nominations were first accepted on 1 January 2014, at which time the campaign period began. The last day for acceptance of nominations or candidacy withdrawal was 12 September 2014.
From 1978 until 2006 the second Monday of November was the fixed date. Notwithstanding advance polling arrangements, municipal elections will be held on the fourth Monday of October, that is 27 October 2014.
The elected representatives will begin their council terms on 1 December 2014. Officials will serve a four-year term excepting death or resignation. All candidates must terminate their campaigning activity by 31 December 2014; this includes, for example, collecting electoral signs. They must file campaign financial details by 27 March 2015.

Single tier municipalities

Brant County">County of Brant">Brant County

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Ron Eddy 5,35756.77
Roy Haggart2,50826.58
Shawn Pratt1,57116.65

[Brantford]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Chris Friel 8,74336.02
Jan Vanderstelt4,51918.62
Dave Wrobel4,04216.65
Michael St. Amant3,70315.26
Mark H. Littell2,0188.31
Mary Ellen Kaye1,1134.59
John Turmel1330.55

[Chatham-Kent]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Randy Hope 9,24228.55
Marjorie Crew7,88424.35
Steve Brent5,60317.31
Ian McLarty4,45113.75
Jeff Bultje4,29813.28
Reno Lachapelle5581.72
John Willatt3391.05

[Greater Sudbury]

[Haldimand County]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Ken Hewitt 6,80452.19
Kevin Smith3,30825.37
John Trainer1,54111.82
Marnie Knight1,38510.62

Hamilton">Hamilton, Ontario">Hamilton

[Kawartha Lakes]

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Andy Letham16,05558.01
Donna Villemare4,74217.13
Brenda Lee Karagiannis3,88814.05
John Macklem2,3388.45
Bill Denby6542.36

Norfolk County">Norfolk County, Ontario">Norfolk County

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Charlie Luke10,64454.15
Dennis Travale 8,16641.54
Jim Miller8484.31

[Ottawa]

Prince Edward County">Prince Edward County, Ontario">Prince Edward County

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Robert Leighton Quaff4,83751.10
Jeff Goddard2,81729.76
Paul Boyd1,81119.13

[Toronto]

Counties

Bruce">Bruce County">Bruce

Dufferin">Dufferin County, Ontario">Dufferin

Elgin">Elgin County, Ontario">Elgin

Essex">Essex County, Ontario">Essex

Frontenac">Frontenac County, Ontario">Frontenac

Grey">Grey County">Grey

Haliburton">Haliburton County, Ontario">Haliburton

Hastings">Hastings County">Hastings

Huron">Huron County, Ontario">Huron

Lambton">Lambton County">Lambton

Lanark">Lanark County, Ontario">Lanark

Leeds and Grenville">Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario">Leeds and Grenville

Lennox and Addington">Lennox and Addington County, Ontario">Lennox and Addington

Middlesex">Middlesex County, Ontario">Middlesex

Northumberland">Northumberland County, Ontario">Northumberland

Perth">Perth County, Ontario">Perth

Peterborough">Peterborough County, Ontario">Peterborough

Prescott and Russell">Prescott and Russell United Counties, Ontario">Prescott and Russell

Renfrew">Renfrew County, Ontario">Renfrew

Simcoe">Simcoe County">Simcoe

Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry">Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario">Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry

Wellington">Wellington County, Ontario">Wellington

Regional municipalities

Durham">Durham Region, Ontario">Durham

Halton">Halton Region, Ontario">Halton

Muskoka District">Muskoka District Municipality, Ontario">Muskoka District

Niagara">Regional Municipality of Niagara">Niagara

Oxford">Oxford County, Ontario">Oxford

Peel">Peel Region, Ontario">Peel

Waterloo">Waterloo Region, Ontario">Waterloo

York">York Region, Ontario">York

Separated municipalities

Barrie">Barrie, Ontario">Barrie

Belleville">Belleville, Ontario">Belleville

Brockville">Brockville, Ontario">Brockville

Cornwall">Cornwall, Ontario">Cornwall

[Gananoque]

Guelph">Guelph, Ontario">Guelph

London">London, Ontario">London

In June 2014, mayor Joe Fontana resigned after being convicted for misusing government funds. On June 24, Council appointed Joni Baechler as mayor for the remainder of the current term.

Kingston">Kingston, Ontario">Kingston

Orillia">Orillia, Ontario">Orillia

Pembroke">Pembroke, Ontario">Pembroke

Peterborough">Peterborough, Ontario">Peterborough

Prescott">Prescott, Ontario">Prescott

[Quinte West]

Smiths Falls">Smiths Falls, Ontario">Smiths Falls

Stratford">Stratford, Ontario">Stratford

St. Marys">St. Marys, Ontario">St. Marys

St. Thomas">St. Thomas, Ontario">St. Thomas

Windsor">Windsor, Ontario">Windsor

Districts

Algoma District">Algoma District, Ontario">Algoma District

Cochrane District">Cochrane District, Ontario">Cochrane District

Kenora District">Kenora District, Ontario">Kenora District

Manitoulin District">Manitoulin District, Ontario">Manitoulin District

[Nipissing District]

Parry Sound District">Parry Sound District, Ontario">Parry Sound District

Rainy River District">Rainy River District, Ontario">Rainy River District

[Sudbury District]

[Thunder Bay District]

[Timiskaming District]

Term lengths

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario legislation, passed in 2006, sets the length of terms in office for all municipal elected officials at four years.