2018 London, Ontario municipal election
The 2018 London municipal election occurred on October 22, 2018, to elect the Mayor of London, London City Council and the Thames Valley District School Board, London District Catholic 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 per the Ontario Municipal Elections Act, 1996, nomination papers for candidates for municipal and school board elections could be filed from May 1, 2018, at which time the campaign period began.
For the first time in a Canadian municipal election, London used ranked ballots to elect members of council. Some of the major issues facing candidates in this election included Bus Rapid Transit, safe injection sites, affordable rent and social housing stock as well as city unemployment rates.
Although ranked ballots were expected to increase the civility of the election, it failed to prevent the creation of two negative websites targeting former city councillor, Virginia Ridley, and city councillor, Maureen Cassidy. The controversy has since triggered an OPP investigation into the behaviour of several organizations and candidates in the 2018 municipal election.Mayor
The mayoralty was an open seat, as incumbent mayor Matt Brown was not running for re-election.City Council">London City Council">City Council
*Withdrew in September 2018
TVDSB Wards 7, 8, 9, 10, 13
Elected: Jake Skinner, Joyce Bennett
TVDSB Wards 1, 11, 12, 14
Elected: Lori-Ann Pizzolato, Sherry Polhill
TVDSB Wards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Elected: Peter Cuddy, Corinne Rahman
LDCSB Wards 5, 6, 7
Elected: Gabe Pizzuti
LDCSB Wards 11, 12, 13
Elected: John Jevnikar
LDCSB Wards 1, 14
Elected: Pedro Almeida
LDCSB Wards 2, 3, 4
Elected: Sandra Cruz
LDCSB Wards 8, 9, 10
Elected: Linda Steel
