Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Thunder Bay District of Ontario on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province .
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2022 Thunder Bay District municipal election
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The following are the results of the mayoral races in each municipality and the council races in the City of Thunder Bay .
Mayor
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Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Sheila Maxwell 156 71.56
Suzanne Huot 62 28.44
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Town Council (4 to be elected)
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Candidate
Vote
%
Grant Arnold (X)
Ellen Davis
David Halvorsen
Chris Kresack
Gayle Manns
David Maxwell
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Reeve
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Reeve Candidate
Vote
%
Robert Beatty (X)
Acclaimed
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Town Council (4 to be elected)
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Candidate
Vote
%
Brent Cadeau
Acclaimed
Deborah Harris Shallow (X)
Acclaimed
Jeffrey Mehagan (X)
Acclaimed
Darren Penner
Acclaimed
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Reeve
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Reeve Candidate
Vote
%
Wendy Wright (X)
Acclaimed
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Town Council (4 to be elected)
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Candidate
Vote
%
Rudy Buitenhuis (X)
Dino DeBenetti
William "Bill" Groenheide (X)
Elizabeth Jones
Daniel Vanlenthe
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The following were the results for mayor and council of Greenstone.[1]
Mayor
Incumbent Renald Beaulieu did not run for re-election. Longlac Ward councillor James McPherson was elected mayor by acclamation.[2]
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Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
James McPherson
Acclaimed
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Municipal Council
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Candidate
Vote
%
Beardmore Ward (1 to be elected)
Claudette Trottier (X)
Acclaimed
Geraldton Ward (2 to be elected)
Eric K. Pietsch
Acclaimed
Chris Walterson (X)
Acclaimed
Longlac Ward (2 to be elected)
David Malouf
Elaine Mannisto (X)
Alan Ouellet
Nakina Ward (1 to be elected)
Matthew Donovan (X)
Acclaimed
Rural East Ward (1 to be elected)
Vicky Budge
Gloria McCraw (X)
Rural West Ward (1 to be elected)
Andre Blanchard (X)
Fran Koning
Chantal Olson
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The following were the results for mayor of Manitouwadge.[3]
Mayor
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Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Jim Moffat [4] 576 69.23
Margaret Hartling 138 16.59
John MacEachern (X) 118 14.18
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Town Council (4 to be elected)
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Candidate
Vote
%
Kathy Hudson [4] (X)588 18.94
Michael Scapinello (X)521 16.78
Coady Keough 496 15.98
Braden Kotyk 409 13.18
Vital Morin 357 11.50
Denis Narbonne 180 5.80
Carol Barnes 172 5.54
Tracy Lee Hare 131 4.22
David Wheadon 128 4.12
Ed Dunnill 109 3.51
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Mayor
Rick Dumas was re-elected by acclamation to a third term as mayor of Marathon.[5] [6]
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Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Rick Dumas (X)
Acclaimed
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Town Council (4 to be elected)
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Candidate
Vote
%
Darlene Cross 276
Raymond Lake (X) 646
Zackary Souckey (X) 878
Kelly Tsubouchi (X) 430
Gregory Vallance (X) 713
Joel Shier 136
Todd Wheeler 452
Dawna Harrison 410
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Total Electors was 1044, with their choice of four candidates.
The following were the results for mayor and council of Neebing.[7]
Mayor
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Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Mark Thibert 437 62.70
Ziggy Polkowski 260 37.30
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Municipal Council
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Candidate
Vote
%
Ward 1 - Blake
Katherine Hill
Gary Shchepanik
Ron Woit
Ward 2 - Crooks
Obie Egbuchulam
Brian Wright (X)
Ward 3 - Pardee
Curtis Coulson (X)
Acclaimed
Ward 4 - Pearson
Gary Gardner (X)
Acclaimed
Ward 5 - Scoble
Brian Kurrika (X)
Acclaimed
Councillor at Large
Jill Cadieux
Gordon Cuthbertson (X)
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The following were the results for mayor of Nipigon.[8]
Mayor
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Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Suzanne Kukko [9] 415 62.59
James Foulds 248 37.41
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Town Council (4 to be elected)
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Candidate
Vote
%
Glenn Hart
Richard Harvey
Barry Laukkanen
Gordon MacKenzie
Pierre Pelletier
Kathrine Sakamoto
John (Zeke) Zechner Jr. (X)
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Mayor
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Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Jim Vezina (X)
Acclaimed
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Town Council (4 to be elected)
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Candidate
Vote
%
Alex Crane (X)
Jonathon Hari
Bishop Racicot (X)
Brendan Rea
John Sobolta
Carly Torkkeli
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Mayor
The following were the results for mayor of Oliver Paipoonge.[10] Municipal councillors Brandon Postuma and Rick Potter ran against incumbent mayor Lucy Kloosterhuis.[11]
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Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Lucy Kloosterhuis [12] (X)905 38.08
Rick Potter 771 32.44
Brandon Postuma 686 28.87
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Municipal Council (4 to be elected)
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Candidate
Vote
%
Donna Peacock 1,614 20.62
Bernie Kamphof (X)1,510 19.30
Dan Calvert 1,240 15.84
Allan Vis (X)1,220 15.59
Rick Baraniuk 824 10.53
James Cassan 739 9.44
Sabrina Ree 623 7.96
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Mayor
Darquise Robinson was re-elected mayor of Red Rock by acclamation.[13]
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Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Darquise Robinson (X)
Acclaimed
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Town Council (4 to be elected)
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Candidate
Vote
%
Cindy Brand
Steve Carruthers
Nancy Gladun
James Legacy
Gordon R. Muir (X)
Gary Nelson
Braeden Plemel
Mickel Smith
Cam Todesco (X)
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Mayor
The following were the results for mayor of Schreiber.[14]
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Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Kevin Mullins (X) [15] 308 54.60
Dominic Commisso 148 31.38
Kim Krause 95 16.84
Adam Cherry 10 1.77
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Town Council (4 to be elected)
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Candidate
Vote
%
Anne-Marie Bourgeault 481
Benjamin Bryson 311
Daniel McGrath 307
David Mauro (X)258
Carrie Moore 136
Robert Fisk 122
Mark Houston 110
Jessica Payne 85
Sandra Miller 73
Doug Sales (X) 73
Doug Stefurak (X) 55
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Mayor
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Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Wendy Landry (X)
Acclaimed
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Town Council
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Candidate
Vote
%
MacGregor Ward (3 to be elected)
Donna Blunt (X)
Acclaimed
Ron Giardetti (X)
Acclaimed
Don Smith (X)
Acclaimed
McTavish Ward (1 to be elected)
Meghan Chomut
Dawn Powell
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Mayor
The following were the results for mayor of Terrace Bay.[16]
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Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Paul Malashewski 417 64.95
Gino Leblanc 225 35.05
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[17] ===Town Council (4 to be elected)===
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Candidate
Vote
%
Gary Adduono 364 57%
Richard Brearley 252 39%
Chris Dube 381 59%
Bert Johnson (X)315 49%
Helga MacKenzie 201 31%
Alan McDonald 78 12%
Rick St. Louis (X)455 71%
Billy Webb 284 44%
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The following were the results for mayor and city council of Thunder Bay.[18]
Mayor
In the race for mayor in 2022 in Thunder Bay were former two-time mayor and Liberal MP Ken Boshcoff , former Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal publisher Clint Harris, at-large city councillor Peng You, entrepreneur Gary Mack and Lakehead University radio host Robert Szczepanski.[19]
Quick Facts Turnout, Candidate ...
2022 Thunder Bay Mayoral election Turnout 42.96%
Candidate
Ken Boshcoff
Gary Mack
Popular vote
13,538
12,145
Percentage
38.22%
34.29%
Candidate
Peng You
Clint Harris
Popular vote
6,377
2,728
Percentage
18.00%
7.70%
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Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Ken Boshcoff [20] 13,538 38.22
Gary Mack 12,145 34.29
Peng You 6,377 18.00
Clinton Harris 2,728 7.70
Robert Szczepanski 633 1.79
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City Council
Map of Thunder Bay's wards
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Wards (1 to be elected)
Candidate
Vote
%
Current River
Andrew Foulds [20] (X)3,456 74.90
Duff Stewart 596 12.92
Andy Wolff 562 12.18
McIntyre
Alberto Aiello (X)3,758 63.31
Brent A. Boyko 2,178 36.69
McKellar
Brian Hamilton (X)2,178 53.50
Lori Paras 1,151 28.27
Cory Bagdon 392 9.63
Stephanie Danylko 350 8.60
Neebing
Greg Johnson 1,322 36.14
Yuk-Sem Won 1,128 30.84
Debra Halvorsen 386 10.55
Brad DesRochers 338 9.24
Shaun Kennedy 291 7.96
Basil Lychowyd 193 5.28
Northwood
Dominic Pasqualino 1,957 41.84
Syed Kabir 944 20.18
Mike Maher 732 15.65
Bill Dell 601 12.85
Chris Krumpholz[21] 443 9.47
Red River
Michael Zussino 2,115 33.49
Jason Veltri 1,999 31.65
Martin Rukavina 901 14.27
Katherine Suutari 593 9.39
James Dean Marsh 334 5.29
Brad Ford 373 5.91
Westfort
Kristen Oliver (X)2,222 45.95
John Collins 1,955 40.43
Allan D. Corbett 344 7.11
David Tommasini 315 6.51
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At Large (5 to be elected)
Candidate
Vote
%
Mark Bentz (X)15,548 11.10
Shelby Ch'ng 13,222 9.44
Trevor Giertuga (X)12,185 8.70
Rajni Agarwal 10,767 7.69
Kasey (Taylor) Etreni 10,184 7.27
Shane Judge 9,889 7.06
Rob Barrett 8,897 6.35
Stephen Margarit 7,530 5.37
Jim Mauro 6,809 4.86
Bob Hupka 5,733 4.09
Matthew Villella 5,231 3.73
Brian Tsubouchi 4,689 3.35
Adelina Pecchia 3,825 2.73
Tracey MacKinnon 3,767 2.69
Adetunde (Ade) Ogunberu 3,479 2.48
Iqbal Khan (IQ) 2,828 2.02
Dino Menei 2,775 1.98
Brian Joseph Phillips 2,628 1.88
Marilyn Cully 2,437 1.74
Dan Courtney 2,156 1.54
Allan Mihalcin 1,750 1.25
Donnalee Morettin 1,646 1.17
Robert Girardin 1,124 0.80
James Glavish 996 0.71
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Incumbents not running for re-election
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Position
Incumbent
Time in Office and Terms
Mayor
Bill Mauro
2018 - 2022
1
Councillor at Large
Rebecca Johnson
2003 - 2022
5
Councillor at Large
Aldo Ruberto
2006 - 2022
4
Neebing Councillor
Cody Fraser
2018 - 2022
1
Red River Councillor
Brian McKinnon
2006 - 2022
4
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Lakehead District School Board (8 to be elected)
Candidate
Vote
%
Leah Vanderwey 11,108 10.95
Ellen Chambers (X)10,902 10.75
Trudy Tuchenhagen (X)9,675 9.54
George Saarinen (X)8,955 8.83
Ron Oikonen (X)8,727 8.60
Ryan Sitch (X)7,681 7.57
Donica LeBlanc 7,578 7.47
Pat Johansen 7,446 7.34
Kelly Fettes 6,913 6.81
Gary Christian 6,802 6.70
Gary Johnson 6,791 6.69
Ahsanul Habib 4,876 4.81
Paul David Sequeira 3,999 3.94
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Superior-Greenstone District School Board
Candidate
Vote
%
Greenstone (2 to be elected)
Allison Jarvis (X)
Acclaimed
Richard Baycroft
Patrick Liscomb
Manitouwadge (1 to be elected)
Joshua Barnes
Daniel Fairservice
Marathon (2 to be elected)
Megen Brunskill
Lisa MacKenzie
Pauline MacRae (X)
Julie Michano
Nipigon (1 to be elected)
Red Rock (1 to be elected)
Kal Pristanski (X)
Acclaimed
Schreiber/Terrace Bay (1 to be elected)
Jason Nesbitt (X)
Acclaimed
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Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board (6 to be elected)
Candidate
Vote
%
Eleanor Ashe (X)
Lawrence Badanai (X)
Anthony Foglia
Leanne Fonso
Gloria Gabrijelcic
Dina McFarlane (X)
Matt Pearson
Tony Pucci
Tony Romeo (X)
Adam Shaen
Francis Veneruz (X)
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Superior North Catholic District School Board
Candidate
Vote
%
Greenstone (Beardmore, Geraldton, Nakina & Rural West)
Suzanne Lafrance
Acclaimed
Greenstone (Longlac & Rural East)
Lilliana McPherson (X)
Acclaimed
Marathon
Tara Patterson
Acclaimed
Manitouwadge
Nipigon
William Harmon (X)
Acclaimed
Red Rock & Dorion
Shirley Jean (X)
Acclaimed
Schreiber
Lawrence McParland (X)
Acclaimed
Terrace Bay
Amanda Monks (X)
Acclaimed
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Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales
Candidate
Vote
%
Thunder Bay (5 to be elected)
Angéle Desbiens (X)
Claudette Gleeson (X)
Elode Grunerud (X)
Donald Pelletier (X)
Beardmore, Geraldton, Nakina & Rural West (2 to be elected)
Jean-Pierre Pelletier (X)
Acclaimed
Monique Perreault (X)
Acclaimed
Longlac & Rural East (1 to be elected)
Sylvia Payeur (X)
Acclaimed
Schreiber & Terrace Bay (1 to be elected)
Réal Deschatelets (X)
Acclaimed
Manitouwadge & Marathon (1 to be elected)
Maguy Lorek (X)
Acclaimed
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