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Voting for the 2022 Municipal Election is complete. This page includes election results, statistics and other information for Woolwich elections.

Official Election Results

2022 Municipal Election Results

2018 Municipal Election Results

2014 Municipal Election Results

2010 Municipal Election Results

Historical Voter Turnout

YearAdvanceWard 1Ward 2Ward 3Total

1997

2.3%

49%

27%

36%

39%

2000

1.6%

46%

26%

37%

38%

2003

1.2%

32%

13%

18%

23%

2006

N/A

35%

17%

22%

27%

2010

2.6%

N/A

N/A

N/A

36%

2014

4.4%

45%

28%

34%

37%

2018

18.5%

37.0%

27.2%

26.9%

31.3%

2022

19.5% 41.1% 26.6% 31.8% 34.7%

Votes by Method

Voting Method20182022

Internet

24.6%

25.2%

Internet - Help Centre

4.6%

1.3%

Phone

2.2%

1.0%

Paper Ballots

Not available

7.1%

Total

31.3%

34.7%

Voter Demographics - Age

Age Range

2018 Voter Turnout

2022 Voter Turnout

18-29

13.7%

21.1%

30-44

21.6%

25.8%

45-59

34.1%

36.7%

60-74

50.7%

49.4%

75-89

46.9%

51.3%

90+

21.7%

17.2%

Overall

31.3%

34.7%

Voter Demographics - Gender

Gender

2018 Voter Turnout

2022 Voter Turnout

Female

32.5%

Not available

Male

30.0%

Not available

Overall

31.3%

34.7%
OfficeCandidatePoll 1Poll 2Poll 3Poll 4Total Votes

Mayor

Patrick Merlihan

306 

95 150  2,306 2,857 

Sandy Shantz

485 

 189 161  3,094 3,929 

Ward 1 Councillor

Cheryle Baker 

150 

1 0  671 822 

Evan Burgess

343 

 2 1   1,709 2,055 

Nathan Cadeau

271 

0 0  1,239 1,510 

Dan Holt

263 

0 1   1,040 1,304 

Ward 2 Councillor

Fred Redekop

31 

80 0  372 483 

Eric Schwindt 

26 

 124 0   468 618 
Ward 3 Councillor  Paul Bolger 25  24 88  670 807 
Bonnie Bryant 13   39 165   1,006 1,223 
Kayla Grant 13  23 119  949 1,104 
Murray Martin 19  31 105  476 631 
Regional Chair*      Brendon John Da Costa 135  42 76  972 1,225 
Karen Redman  553   214 193   3,858 4,818
Narine Dat Sookram 34  16 19  234 303 
English Public School Trustee* Jen Burkholder 224  66 82  1,184 1,556 
Gerhard Ens 55   32 29  356 472 
Fred Meissner 225  72 41  1,946 2,284 
Zach Smith 132  51 56  687 926 
English Separate School Trustee* Linda Cuff 27  11 22  311 371 
Nike Dattani 10  7 13   141 171 
Sally Fuentes 25  7 22  197 251 
Conrad Stanley 27  9 26  176 238 
French Public School Trustee* David O'Hara 1  0 2   2 5 
Joseph Vandermeer 0   0 0   2 2 
French Separate School Trustee* Dorothée Petit-Pas 3  0 0  5 8 
Gilles Roy 0   2 1   3 6 
Éric Sanderson 1   0 0  1 2 

 How to Read Results

Results Legend

Poll 1: In-person paper votes cast at the Woolwich Memorial Centre on October 24

Poll 2: In-person paper votes cast at the St. Jacobs Fire Hall on October 24

Poll 3: In-person paper votes cast at the Breslau Community Centre on October 24

Poll 4: Internet and Telephone Voting between October 14 and October 24

Interpreting Voting Counts

Internet and telephone vote counts include votes cast on both voting methods throughout the voting period (October 14 to 24), whether at a help centre or somewhere else.

Each of our "polls" are vote anywhere, in-person Paper Voting results in from locations in each ward may have voters from any ward.

Results from More than one Municipality

*The office of Regional Chair and School Board Trustees are elected by more than one municipality. The results posted above are for Woolwich Township only and do not reflect the total vote count a candidate received.

See the Region of Waterloo for full results for the Regional Chair.

See the Township of Wellesley for remaining results for English Public School Trustee.

See the City of Waterloo for full results for English Separate School Trustee.

See the City of London for full results for French Public School Trustee.

See the City of Kitchener for full results for French Separate School Trustee.

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