Tag: Municipal election
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.
Pearson: This civic election is crucial to rescue diminishing democracy
London is about to enter a crucial election, and yet the public mood feels flat.
Like father, like son? Family ties together two Catholic trustee campaigns
For the Pizzuti clan, education is a family affair.
Housing, transit, downtown hot issues at London mayoral debate
The London Chamber of Commerce hosted a civic election event for voters and candidates on Wednesday, posing questions to six of the city’s 10 mayoral candidates in a panel downtown.
Mayoral hopeful Khalil Ramal seeks to bolster affordable housing pledge
London mayoral candidate Khalil Ramal on Wednesday tried to bolster an ambitious pledge in his campaign with an announcement of a new affordable housing project.
Embattled area mayor exits political shadows for candidates event
WOODSTOCK – This city’s embattled incumbent mayor, Trevor Birtch, stepped out of the political shadows and onto the campaign trail Wednesday in a surprise appearance at an early morning candidates question-and-answer session.
What to expect from city council candidates as campaigns enter final stretch
Civic election candidates should be ratcheting up the retail politics and positioning themselves as inspiring leaders, political watchers say, with election day in London less than two weeks away.