Municipal elections in the Region of Durham are over and unofficial results are in (as of midnight last night).
Barring a couple of tight races, most of the leading candidates were well ahead of their nearest competitors.
This time, there was no election for the Regional Chair and CEO as the provincial government has announced it will appoint one. The selected candidate is expected to be revealed in the coming few days.
However, elections for regional councillors have been held and the regional council is ready to be formed.
Following is a list of candidates leading in their respective municipalities.
City of Pickering
Mayor: In the mayoral race, Kevin Ashe was leading with 36.9 per cent of the vote with Lisa Robinson with 23.3 per cent.
Regional Councillors: Ward 2 Linda Cook, Ward 3 David Pickles
City Councillors: Ward 1 James Blair, Ward 2 Mara Nagy, Ward 3 Shaheen Butt
DDSB Trustees: Emma Cunnigham and Walton Armstrong
DCDSB Trustee: Andre De Freitas
Town of Ajax
Mayor: Marilyn Crawford 61%
Regional Councillors: Ward 1 Rob Tyler-Morin Ward 2 Ranjith Paranivasagam, Ward 3 Stephanie Ashton
Town Councillors: Ward 1 Kristy McDonald, Ward 2 Nancy Henry, Ward 3 Nick Papalambropoulos
DDSB Trustee: Michelle MacNamara
DCDSB Trustee: Monique Forster
Town of Whitby
Mayor: Elizabeth Roy with 51.8% and Chris Leahy with 43.6% of the votes
Regional Councillors: Ward 1 Rhonda Mulcahy, Ward 2 Deidre Newman, Ward 3 Niki Lundquist, Ward 4 Steve Yamada
Town Councillors: Ward 1 Jay White, Ward 2 Matt Cardwell, Ward 3 Bob Baker, Ward 4 Victoria Bozinovski
DDSB Trustees: Michelle Ambrose and Lynda Yardley
DCDSB Trustees: Mary Louise Labarre and Robert De Souza
City of Oshawa
Mayor: Tito-Dante Marimpietri 38.3%, Jim Lee 22.2%
Regional and City Councillors: Ward 1 Christopher Biancaniello, Ward 2 Cameron Anderson, Ward 3 Bob Chapman, Ward 4 Jack O’Donnell 42.2% (Rick Kerr 24.2%), Ward 5 Brian Nicholson
City Councillors: Ward 1 Rosemary McConkey, Ward 2 Jane Hurst, Ward 3 Roger Bouma, Ward 4 Deb Oldfield, Ward 5 John Gray
DDSB Trustees: Krista Laing, Jim Van Allen and Harry Clarke
DCDSB Trustees: Kim Beatty and Morgan Ste. Marie
Municipality of Clarington
Mayor: Tom Dingwall (53.1%) with Adrian Foster (46.9%)
Regional Councillor: Wards 1 & 2 Granville Anderson 51.7% [Melissa Whitefield 48.3%]
Municipal Councillors: Ward 1 Joe Neal with 4226 votes leading Sami Elhajjeh with 4218, Ward 2 Kathleen Flynn, Ward 3 Corinna Traill, Ward 4 Denise Robinson 43.5 (Margaret Zwart 40.5%)
KPR Trustee: Cathy Abraham
Township of Scugog
Mayor: Ian McDougall leading with 3326 votes trailed by incumbent Wilma Wotten with 1673
Regional Councillor: Patricia Conlin
Township Councillors: Ward 1 David LeRoy, Ward 2 Alisa Cole, Ward 3 Rosario Greco, Ward 4 Brad Martyn, Ward 5 Janna Guido
DDSB Trustees: Paul Breeze and Dave Brown
DCDSB Trustee: Richard Damianopoulos
Township of Uxbridge
Mayor: Dave Barton 64.2%
Regional Councillor: Bruce Garrod
Township Councillors: Ward 1 Pamela Beach, Ward 2 Gordon Shreeve, Ward 3 Craig Marlatt, Ward 4 Willie Popp, Ward 5 Christine McKenzie
DDSB Trustees: Dave Brown and Paul Breeze
DCDSB Trustee: Richard Damianopoulos
Township of Brock
Mayor: Mike Jubb
Regional Councillor: Peter Frank
Township Councillors: Ward 1 Claire Doble, Ward 2 Diana Vessel, Ward 3 Mike Samis, Ward 4 Sally Morgan, Ward 5 Ted Smith
DDSB Trustee(s): *For the unofficial results of the Durham District School Board Trustee Election, please visit the Township of Scugog’s Election Page.
DCDSB Trustee: Richard Damianopoulos (Acclaimed)
Town of Ajax elects 2 DDSB trustees and 2 DCDSB trustees. Zubair Hussain is the second elected DDSB trustee for Ajax. Marisa Hall is the 2nd DCDSB Trustee elected. As well, Clarington has 2 KPR trustees elected Kurtis McAleer is the second KPR trustee elected for Clarington.