2018 Greater Sudbury municipal election

The 2018 Greater Sudbury municipal election was held on October 22, 2018 to elect a mayor and 12 city councillors in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. In addition, school trustees were elected to the Rainbow District School Board, Sudbury Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'Ontario and Conseil scolaire de district catholique du Nouvel-Ontario.

The election was held in conjunction with those held in other municipalities in the province of Ontario. For other elections, see 2018 Ontario municipal elections. For the first time in the city's history, the election was conducted primarily through online voting, with only a small number of physical voting locations available for people who could not or did not want to vote online.

As per the Ontario Municipal Elections Act, 1996, nomination papers for candidates for municipal and school board elections can be filed from May 1, 2018, at which time the campaign period began.[1]

Issues

The dominant issue in the election campaign was the Kingsway Entertainment District, a proposed new arena and hotel complex in the city's east end which will replace the Sudbury Arena as the city's primary sports and entertainment events venue.[2]

In the end, the newly elected council comprises a mix of both supporters and opponents of the Entertainment District.[3]

Voting delays

On election day, Greater Sudbury was one of 51 municipalities across Ontario whose elections were affected by a technical failure at Dominion Voting Systems, the company that operated the online voting architecture.[4] According to Dominion Voting Systems, the company's colocation centre provider imposed an unauthorized bandwidth cap due to the massive increase in voting traffic in the early evening, thus making it impossible for many voters to get through to the server.[5] Under the provisions of the Ontario Municipal Act which permit city clerks to extend voting hours in the event of an emergency, the city announced that voting would be extended to October 23, with no results announced until Tuesday evening.[6]

Mayor
Mayoral Candidate Vote %
Brian Bigger (X)14,68428.32
Patricia Mills9,74618.80
Dan Melanson8,67316.73
Cody Cacciotti8,06615.56
Troy Crowder4,2798.25
Jeff Huska2,7465.30
Bill Crumplin2,1584.16
Bill Sanders7921.53
Ron Leclair5341.03
Rodney Newton1020.20
J. David Popescu720.14

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City Council

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Map of the City of Greater Sudbury's 12 wards

Ward 1
Council Candidate Vote %
Mark Signoretti (X)2,29153.30
Bob Johnston1,07525.01
Justin Pappano71916.73
Gordon Harris2134.96

Ward 2
Council Candidate Vote %
Michael Vagnini (X)acclaimed

Ward 3
Council Candidate Vote %
Gerry Montpellier (X)acclaimed

Ward 4
Council Candidate Vote %
Geoff McCausland1,50338.18
Don Roy1,13728.88
Eric Lachance81220.62
Jessica Bertrand3589.09
Sharon Scott1273.23

Ward 5
Council Candidate Vote %
Robert Kirwan (X)1,80750.19
Michel Lalonde1,24334.53
Jerry Desormeaux55015.28

Ward 6
Council Candidate Vote %
René Lapierre (X)1,64936.78
André Rivest1,30929.20
Jesse Brooks1,10424.63
Chris Bentley4219.39

Ward 7
Council Candidate Vote %
Mike Jakubo (X)2,34751.95
Frank Mazzuca Jr.1,20526.67
Deborah Swyer-Burke96621.38

Ward 8
Council Candidate Vote %
Al Sizer (X)1,82245.79
Stefano Presenza1,02525.76
Rob Franceschini66816.79
Kyle McCall46411.66

Ward 9
Council Candidate Vote %
Deb McIntosh (X)3,17061.85
Paul Stopciati1,20423.49
Simon Nickson54610.65
Trinity Mary Hollis2054.00

Ward 10
Council Candidate Vote %
Fern Cormier (X)3,61174.42
Steve Ripley71914.82
Denis Ferron52210.76

Ward 11
Council Candidate Vote %
Bill Leduc2,31748.60
Terry Kett1,03121.63
Elisabeth De Luisa52310.97
Derek Young3637.61
John Lindsay3487.30
Kevin Lalonde1853.88

Ward 12
Council Candidate Vote %
Joscelyne Landry-Altmann (X)2,23762.52
Shawn Ouimet58416.32
Tay Butt37310.42
Leo Frappier2045.70
Mike Petryna1805.03

Leo Frappier stepped down 2 months prior to the election due to a conflict with the city of Greater Sudbury, however the election officials allowed his name to remain on the electronic ballots.

References
  1. "Municipal Election Resources - 2018 Regular Election". Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  2. "Sudbury voters return Bigger for second term as mayor". Sudbury Star, October 23, 2018.
  3. "Two new faces, 10 incumbents on Sudbury city council". CBC Sudbury, October 24, 2018.
  4. "Voting times extended in several Ontario municipalities due to online voting glitches". Global News, October 22, 2018.
  5. "Bandwidth glitch delays Sudbury's municipal election". Sudbury Star, October 23, 2018.
  6. "Voting extended until 8 p.m. Tuesday, city says electronic voting system is now back up and running". Northern Life, October 22, 2018.
  7. "2018 Nominated Candidates". www.greatersudbury.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  8. "2018 Nominated Candidates". www.greatersudbury.ca. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
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