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2018 Brantford Municipal Elections
The 2018 Brantford municipal election took place on October 22, 2018. Incumbent Mayor Chris Friel lost re-election to Kevin Davis. Mayoral candidates *Chris Friel, incumbent Mayor *Kevin Davis, lawyer and former City Councillor *Dave Wrobel, former City Councillor and mayoral candidate in 2014 *Barbara Berardi, local businesswoman *Michael Issa, retired business executive * John Turmel, perennial candidate *Wayne Maw, volunteer and activist Results Mayor Brantford City Council Two to be elected from each ward. The map has changed slightly from 2014 due to the annexation of some territory from Brant County. The results for city council are as follows: References {{reflist Brant Municipal elections in Brantford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Ontario Municipal Elections
The 2022 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 24, 2022. Voters in the province of Ontario elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of the province's municipalities. In total, 32 of Ontario's 444 municipalities will not hold elections, as their entire councils were elected by acclamation. In total, 139 municipalities had their mayors or reeves acclaimed. Elections were not held in Armour, Armstrong, Brethour, Chamberlain, Chapleau, Charlton and Dack, Dawn-Euphemia, Dorion, Drummond/North Elmsley, East Garafraxa, Enniskillen, Evanturel, Front of Yonge, Gordon/Barrie Island, Hilton, Hilton Beach, Hornepayne, Howick, Kerns, Lake of the Woods, Laurentian Hills, Minto, Oil Springs, Perry, Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, South River, Tay, The Archipelago, Thessalon or Thornloe. Electoral System In 2016, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario passed Bill 181, the ''Municipal Elections Modernization Act'', which permitted municipa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Davis (politician)
Donald Kevin Davis is a Canadian politician and former lawyer who has served as the 50th and current mayor of Brantford since 2018. Davis was educated at the University of Calgary where he earned a bachelor's degree in economics and political science and at Queen's University where he earned a law degree. After graduating, he became a lawyer at Waterous Holden Amey Hitchon LLP in Brantford, and he became a partner there in 1983. He worked at the firm until his election as mayor in 2018. Davis served as Ward 2 alderman from 1985 to 1991. He was first elected to Brantford City Council in 1985 and was returned without opposition in 1988; he did not seek re-election in 1991. He served on the board of Brantford's Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario association. Many expected that he would run for the party in the 2007 provincial election, but he declined. Prior to being elected as mayor, he served as Governor of Mohawk College, the president of the Brantford-Brant Chamber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Friel (politician)
Chris Friel (born February 26, 1967) is a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He was the mayor of Brantford from 1994 to 2003 and was re-elected to the same position in the 2010 municipal election. He was defeated in the 2018 municipal election by Kevin Davis. Early life and private career Friel was born and raised in Brantford. He has an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Waterloo (1989). Before running for office, he was the executive director of a non-profit government agency. Both of his parents were active in politics. His father, James Friel, was involved in the labour movement and ran for a trustee position on the Brant County Board of Education in 1976. His mother, Judy Friel, ran for a seat on the Brantford City Council in 2000. After his loss in 2003, he worked in business and economic development with the Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat. Mayor of Brantford Friel was first elected as mayor of Brantford in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brantford City Council
The Brantford City Council is the governing body of Brantford, Ontario. The council consists of a mayor and ten councillors, two representing each of five wards. The city council elections are held every four years and the citizens and community members of Brantford vote for their candidates, who are eligible to be confirmed by majority of popular votes. The first city council of Brantford was inaugurated on June 18, 1877. 2022-2026 Council elected in the October 24, 2022 municipal election 2018-2022 Council elected in the October 22, 2018 municipal election 2014-2018 Council elected in the October 27, 2014 municipal election 2010-2014 Council elected in the 2010 municipal election: 2006-2010 Council elected in the 2006 municipal election: 1877 city council * Mayor: Dr. James W. Digby * Alderman George Wilkes * Alderman Thomas Large * Alderman Daniel Costello * Alderman Matthew A. Burns * Alderman Edward Fisher * Alderman George Watt * Alderman Peter M. Keogh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Turmel
John C. Turmel (born February 22, 1951) is a perennial candidate for election in Canada, and according to the ''Guinness World Records'' holds the records for the most elections contested and for the most elections lost, having contested 105 elections and lost 104. The other contest was a by-election that was pre-empted by a general election call. Background Turmel, who describes himself as a "Libertarian Socred", believes in Louis Even's Quebec social credit theory of monetary reform and has also campaigned for the legalization of gambling, the adoption of " Local Employment Trading Systems" (LETS) which are interest-free barter arrangements, and for the legalization of marijuana. He describes his platform as "I want no cops in gambling, sex or drugs or rock and roll, I want no usury on loans, pay cash or time, no dole." He has participated in several protests outside of Canada's major banking institutions, saying that bank interest promotes poverty and starvation in the thir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brant County
The County of Brant (Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population 39,474) is a Census divisions of Ontario#Single-tier municipalities, single-tier municipality in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. Although it retains the word "Former counties of Ontario, county" in its name, the municipality is a single-tier municipal government and has no upper tier. The County of Brant has service offices in Burford, Ontario, Burford, Paris, Ontario, Paris, Oakland, Onondaga and St. George, Ontario, St. George. The largest population centre (2021 population 14,956) is Paris. The County of Brant is a predominantly rural municipality in Southern Ontario. The County is bordered by the township of North Dumfries in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo; the Hamilton, Ontario, City of Hamilton; Haldimand County; Norfolk County, Ontario, Norfolk County; and the townships of Blandford-Blenheim and Norwich, Ontario, Norwich in Oxford County, Ontario, Oxford County. The County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Ontario Municipal Elections
The 2018 municipal elections in Ontario were held on October 22, 2018. 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 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. Nominations closed on July 27, 2018, at 2 PM local time. Certification of nomination papers was completed by 4 PM on July 30, 2018. Voting was on October 22 from 10 AM to 8 PM. Ranked ballots In 2016, the provincial government passed Bill 181, the Municipal Elections Modernization Act, which permitted municipalities to adopt ranked ballots for municipal elections. London was the only municipality to use ranked ballots in the 2018 election itself, with the decision in that city being made by London City Council in 2017, while Kingston and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
