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.

2018 London municipal election
October 22, 2018
 
Candidate Ed Holder Paul Paolatto
Round 13 44,373
58.82%		 31,061
41.18%
Round 1 33,042
34.19%		 21,456
22.20%
 
Candidate Tanya Park Paul Cheng
Round 1 19,656
20.34%		 19,161
19.83%
Map of London's wards used in the 2018 election
Mayor before election

Matt Brown
Independent

 Elected Mayor

Ed Holder
Independent

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.[1]

For the first time in a Canadian municipal election, London used ranked ballots to elect members of council.[2] 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.[3]

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 (ward 10), and city councillor, Maureen Cassidy (ward 5).[4] The controversy has since triggered an OPP investigation into the behaviour of several organizations and candidates in the 2018 municipal election.[5]

Mayor

The mayoralty was an open seat, as incumbent mayor Matt Brown was not running for re-election.[6]

London, Ontario mayoral election, 2018[7]
Candidate% 1st PrefCount 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11Count 12Count 13Count 14
Ed Holder 34.2 33,042 33,056 33,073 33,101 33,135 33,183 33,240 33,280 33,325 33,391 33,543 38,690 44,373 57,609
Paul Paolatto 22.2 21,456 21,464 21,471 21,487 21,516 21,541 21,579 21,604 21,637 21,675 21,856 25,943 31,061
Tanya Park 20.3 19,656 19,676 19,690 19,740 19,781 19,801 19,828 19,960 20,071 20,199 20,434 22,415
Paul Cheng 19.8 19,161 19,175 19,190 19,211 19,238 19,254 19,329 19,362 19,396 19,442 19,616
Mohamed Moussa 1.0 919 922 925 933 949 1,023 1,035 1,043 1,063 1,077
Sean M. O'Connell 0.4 370 372 380 389 401 406 416 442 483
David Millie 0.3 337 343 347 358 380 385 391 401
Nina McCutcheon 0.4 340 344 351 361 364 375 384
Vahide Bahramporian 0.4 348 351 351 357 363 368
Ali Hamadi 0.3 304 304 304 306 311
Dan Lenart 0.3 255 258 263 275
Jordan Minter 0.2 212 217 224
Carlos Murray 0.1 127 131
Jonas White 0.1 111
Electorate: 244,962   Valid: 96,638   Spoilt: 1,297   Quota: 48,320   Turnout: 40.0%
    Analysis of transferred votes, ranked in order of 1st preference votes
    Candidate Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum
    Votes    		 Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Ed Holder 14 57,609 100.0%
    ​​
    Paul Paolatto 13 31,061 41.2%
    ​​
    Tanya Park 12 22,415 25.8%
    ​​
    Paul Cheng 11 19,616 20.6%
    ​​
    Mohamed Moussa 10 1,077 1.1%
    ​​
    Sean M. O'Connell 9 483 0.5%
    ​​
    Vahide Bahramporian 6 368 0.4%
    ​​
    Nina McCutcheon 7 384 0.4%
    ​​
    David Millie 8 401 0.4%
    ​​
    Al Hamadi 5 311 0.3%
    ​​
    Dan Lenart 4 275 0.3%
    ​​
    Jordan Minter 3 224 0.2%
    ​​
    Carlos Murray 2 131 0.2%
    ​​
    Jonas White 1 111 0.1%
    ​​
    Eligible votes 96,638 59.6%
    Exhausted votes 39,029 40.4%
    ​​

    City Council
    Ward 1 results[8]
    Candidate Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum
    Votes    		 Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Michael van Holst (X) 1 2,581 50.7%
    ​​
    Melanie O'Brien 1 1,332 26.2%
    ​​
    Bud Polhill 1 1,178 23.1%
    ​​
    Eligible votes 5,091 100.0%
    Ward 2 results[9]
    Candidate Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum
    Votes    		 Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Shawn Lewis 1 3,481 63.9%
    ​​
    Bill Armstrong (X) 1 1,799 33.1%
    ​​
    Alan Jackson* 1 163 3.0%
    ​​
    Eligible votes 5,443 100.0%

    *Withdrew in September 2018[10]

    Ward 3 results[11]
    Candidate Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum
    Votes    		 Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Mo Mohamed Salih (X) 1 3,421 72.8%
    ​​
    Harry Prince 1 1,281 27.2%
    ​​
    Eligible votes 4,702 100.0%
    Ward 4 results[12]
    Candidate Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum
    Votes    		 Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Jesse Helmer (X) 1 2,559 50.5%
    ​​
    Stephen William Orser 1 1,191 23.5%
    ​​
    Tricia Lystar 1 1,003 19.8%
    ​​
    Connor Garrett 1 180 3.6%
    ​​
    Xuemei Jiang 1 130 2.6%
    ​​
    Eligible votes 5,063 100.0%
    Ward 5 results[13]
    Candidate Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum
    Votes    		 Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Maureen Cassidy (X) 6 4,741 100.0%
    ​​
    Randy Warden 5 3,816 49.3%
    ​​
    Charles Knott 4 1,833 21.6%
    ​​
    Stephanie Marentette Di Battista 3 937 10.7%
    ​​
    Shane Clarke 2 809 9.0%
    ​​
    Shiv Chokhani 1 88 1.0%
    ​​
    Eligible votes 9,002 52.7%
    Exhausted votes 4,261 47.3%
    ​​
    Ward 6 results[14]
    Candidate Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum
    Votes    		 Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Philip Squire (X) 1 3,959 69.5%
    ​​
    Mike Bloxam 1 1,737 30.5%
    ​​
    Eligible votes 5,696 100.0%
    Ward 7 results[15]
    Candidate Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum
    Votes    		 Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Josh Morgan (X) 1 6,117 75.2%
    ​​
    Joe Kolenko 1 2,020 24.8%
    ​​
    Eligible votes 8,137 100.0%
    Ward 8 results[16]
    Candidate Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum
    Votes    		 Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Steve Lehman 9 3,823 100.0%
    ​​
    Matt Reid 8 2,904 48.7%
    ​​
    Bill Downie 7 1,282 19.3%
    ​​
    Tariq Khan 6 1,059 14.6%
    ​​
    Morena Hernadez 5 743 9.9%
    ​​
    Osam Ali 4 464 6.1%
    ​​
    Nour Hamid 3 374 4.8%
    ​​
    Matthew Greer 2 191 2.4%
    ​​
    Moon Inthavong 1 112 1.4%
    ​​
    Eligible votes 7,835 48.7%
    Exhausted votes 4,012 51.2%
    ​​
    Ward 9 results[17]
    Candidate Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum
    Votes    		 Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Anna Hopkins (X) 3 4,948 54.4%
    ​​
    Matt Millar 3 2,606 28.7%
    ​​
    Kyle Thompson 3 1,536 16.9%
    ​​
    Ben Charlebois 2 922 9.9%
    ​​
    Veronica Marie Warner 1 240 2.5%
    ​​
    Eligible votes 9,418 96.5%
    Exhausted votes 328 3.5%
    ​​
    Ward 10 results[18]
    Candidate Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum
    Votes    		 Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Paul Van Meerbergen 1 4,402 53.1%
    ​​
    Virginia Ridley (X) 1 3,040 36.7%
    ​​
    Kevin May 1 404 4.9%
    ​​
    Gary Manley 1 298 3.6%
    ​​
    Thomas Risley 1 140 1.7%
    ​​
    Eligible votes 8,284 100.0%
    Ward 11 results[19]
    Candidate Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum
    Votes    		 Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Stephen Turner (X) 1 4,255 54.1%
    ​​
    Rachel Powell 1 1,803 22.9%
    ​​
    Vicki Van Linden 1 671 8.5%
    ​​
    Paul-Michael Anderson 1 509 6.5%
    ​​
    Menno Meijer 1 419 5.3%
    ​​
    Eric H. Deleeuw 1 209 2.7%
    ​​
    Eligible votes 7,866 100.0%
    Ward 12 results[20]
    Candidate Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum
    Votes    		 Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Elizabeth Peloza 5 3,403 58.3%
    ​​
    Eric Weniger 5 2,434 41.7%
    ​​
    Gord Evans 4 1,061 17.2%
    ​​
    Rowa Mohamed 3 730 11.4%
    ​​
    Faisal Mahmood 2 219 3.4%
    ​​
    Jesse Haidar 1 132 2.0%
    ​​
    Eligible votes 6,546 89.2%
    Exhausted votes 709 10.8%
    ​​
    Ward 13 results[21]
    Candidate Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum
    Votes    		 Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Arielle Kayabaga 8 2,804 100.0%
    ​​
    John Fyfe-Millar 7 2,186 48.5%
    ​​
    Jonathan Hughes 6 1,100 21.6%
    ​​
    Kevin Wilbee 5 831 15.3%
    ​​
    Ben Benedict 4 391 7.5%
    ​​
    Gil Warren 3 358 6.3%
    ​​
    David Lundquist 2 240 4.2%
    ​​
    Rod Morley 1 57 1.0%
    ​​
    Eligible votes 5,714 49.1%
    Exhausted votes 2,910 50.9%
    ​​
    Ward 14 results[22]
    Candidate Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum
    Votes    		 Share in
    Maximum
    Round    		 Maximum Votes
    First Round VotesTransfer Votes
    Steven Hillier 4 3,370 100.0%
    ​​
    Jared Zaifman (X) 3 2,128 45.8%
    ​​
    Allan Tipping 2 787 15.8%
    ​​
    Annette Swalwell 1 647 12.4%
    ​​
    Eligible votes 5,229 64.4%
    Exhausted votes 1,859 35.6%
    ​​

    School Board Trustee

    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[23]

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    3. "Municipal Election Issues".
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    5. Stacey, Megan (2020-01-15). "Everything we know about Blackridge, attack websites and London's 2018 election fallout". The London Free Press. Retrieved 2020-01-19.
    6. "London Mayor Matt Brown won't seek a second term". CBC London, April 6, 2018.
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