Tag: Municipal election
ANALYSIS: A step forward, a step backward in London council’s diversity
London’s next city council will have the most women politicians in nearly a decade, with five elected Monday night, but will be losing other diverse voices.
Letters to the Editor: October 26, 2022
Voter turnout sad
Election surprises pop up across Southwestern Ontario cities and towns
Southwestern Ontario was full of surprising twists and close calls in the civic elections, with longtime mayors turfed in three centres near London.
Rookies’ learning curve may slow London city council direction: Experts
A surprising election result that puts eight new members on council means Londoners won’t know for a while how their new council will work or on what, political scientists say.
CIVIC ELECTION: Thames Valley, London Catholic school board trustees
Here are the winners of the local school board trustee races in the region’s two biggest school boards:
Joe Preston wins re-election in St. Thomas mayoral rematch
St. Thomas Mayor Joe Preston cruised to re-election Monday, defeating the same two-term mayoral rival he defeated last time in a race that was anything but the close match some voters had expected.
Woodstock elects new mayor; criminally charged incumbent trounced
Voters in Woodstock ousted their criminally-charged mayor, Trevor Birtch, turning instead to a city councillor to helm their civic government.
Owen Sound voters return Ian Boddy as mayor, promote Greig to deputy
Voters returned Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy to the head of council and promoted Scott Greig to deputy-mayor Monday night. Boddy received 3,372 votes to two-term city councillor Richard Thomas’s 2,697 votes. Boddy got 55.7 per cent of the vote in that race to Thomas’s 44.4 per cent. Greig defeated incumbent Deputy-mayor Brian O’Leary 3,717 […]
RECAP: Our live coverage of election night in London, across the region
Free Press reporters and photographers are monitoring the 14 ward races and the mayoral battle in London, and our Postmedia colleagues are in communities from Chatham to Woodstock.
550-vote margin sets stage for epic St. Thomas mayoral rematch
Only 550 votes separated them in the end last time.