Ontario municipal elections, 2018 (Oct 22)

[DL]

Ok well then i will be happy whatever the outcome in Brampton. If Jeffrey wins I'll be happy since she seems mildly progressive and she is the choice of the NDP MPPs there. If Brown wins then i will be happy for no other reason than that it will drive Doug Ford nuts.

In fact, if Brown wins the Brampton mayoralty i wouldnt put it past Ford to recall the legislature and bring in a bill abolishing the city of Brampton and putting it under direct Ontario government trusteeship

[toaster]

I haven't seen a single Jefferey signs on private properties in the Springdale area (Brampton North, ONDP area held by Kevin Yarde). It's all been for Brown (and one for another candidate, Spo.. something?).  And let me tell you, people in this part of Brampton love putting up election signs (so many for council, trustee, regional council, etc).

[Hatman 🍁]

I haven't seen a single Jefferey signs on private properties in the Springdale area (Brampton North, ONDP area held by Kevin Yarde). It's all been for Brown (and one for another candidate, Spo.. something?).  And let me tell you, people in this part of Brampton love putting up election signs (so many for council, trustee, regional council, etc).

Polling in Brampton is near impossible, so quite possibly Brown will win in a landslide.

Ok well then i will be happy whatever the outcome in Brampton. If Jeffrey wins I'll be happy since she seems mildly progressive and she is the choice of the NDP MPPs there. If Brown wins then i will be happy for no other reason than that it will drive Doug Ford nuts.

In fact, if Brown wins the Brampton mayoralty i wouldnt put it past Ford to recall the legislature and bring in a bill abolishing the city of Brampton and putting it under direct Ontario government trusteeship

More realistically, Ford will try to amalgamate all of Peel into one super municipality.

[mileslunn]

I haven't seen a single Jefferey signs on private properties in the Springdale area (Brampton North, ONDP area held by Kevin Yarde). It's all been for Brown (and one for another candidate, Spo.. something?).  And let me tell you, people in this part of Brampton love putting up election signs (so many for council, trustee, regional council, etc).

Polling in Brampton is near impossible, so quite possibly Brown will win in a landslide.

Ok well then i will be happy whatever the outcome in Brampton. If Jeffrey wins I'll be happy since she seems mildly progressive and she is the choice of the NDP MPPs there. If Brown wins then i will be happy for no other reason than that it will drive Doug Ford nuts.

In fact, if Brown wins the Brampton mayoralty i wouldnt put it past Ford to recall the legislature and bring in a bill abolishing the city of Brampton and putting it under direct Ontario government trusteeship

More realistically, Ford will try to amalgamate all of Peel into one super municipality.

That might though get some pushback from Sylvia Jones.  Half the population of her riding lives in Caledon and unlike Mississauga and Brampton, Caledon is still quite rural so wouldn't make sense to lump it in with a larger suburb.  Perhaps he will just merge Brampton and Mississauga though, that wouldn't surprise me.

[Hatman 🍁]

Most of Ottawa's land area is rural, but that didn't stop Mike Harris from amalgamating us.

[mileslunn]

Most of Ottawa's land area is rural, but that didn't stop Mike Harris from amalgamating us.

Good point and I believe the same could be said with Hamilton.

[Hatman 🍁]

Most of Ottawa's land area is rural, but that didn't stop Mike Harris from amalgamating us.

Good point and I believe the same could be said with Hamilton.

Yes, and Sudbury too (more like forests rather than farms). There are countless examples of smaller municipalities too.

[Hatman 🍁]

Final Brampton poll from Mainstreet:

Brown: 46%
Jeffrey: 36%

[ON Progressive]

Here are some tidbits about two mayoral elections in my area (Oxford County) I can share:

Woodstock - This one might be a pretty close one. Incumbent mayor Trevor Birch is being challenged by city councilor Shawn Shapton. The yard signs are about 50/50 here.

Norwich - Tara King, the NDP candidate for Oxford in June's provincial elections, is running here against incumbent Larry Martin. Hopefully, this turns out well (I voted for her in June, obviously) but given that the PCs won here by double digits in June and it's against an incumbent, I'm not sure.

[toaster]

That might though get some pushback from Sylvia Jones.  Half the population of her riding lives in Caledon and unlike Mississauga and Brampton, Caledon is still quite rural white so wouldn't make sense to lump it in with a larger suburb.  Perhaps he will just merge Brampton and Mississauga though, that wouldn't surprise me.

[ON Progressive]

The polls have closed. Results in 10 minutes.

[ON Progressive]

Brampton is too close to call. 76/169 polls are in, and it's:

Patrick Brown 44.83%
Linda Jeffrey 41.98%

[Njall]

Tory wins in Toronto, 63% to 24% for Keesmat. It looks like Keesmat may win Davenport, but Tory seems to have won all 24 remaining Wards.

[mileslunn]

Giorgio Mammoliti has been defeated, looks like Michael Ford beat Crisanti.  John Tory wins by a landslide as we would expect but shocked Faith Goldy got 3.4%.  A small number but still shocking over 20,000 people in one of the world's most multicultural cities support a white supremacist.

[RogueBeaver]

Matlow and Jimmy K win, Brown leads by 2200.

[Hatman 🍁]

Tory wins in Toronto, 63% to 24% for Keesmat. It looks like Keesmat may win Davenport, but Tory seems to have won all 24 remaining Wards.

Wow. Davenport was Chow's only riding win too.

[Hatman 🍁]

Ottawa's progressive city councillor count doubles from two to four. Huzzah!

[RogueBeaver]

https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/1054540052578164736

[Hatman 🍁]

Wow, the polling was way off in Beaches-East York. Tory's pick of Brad Bradford defeated former NDP MP Matt Kellway

[mileslunn]

What's with Islamophobe Kevin J Johnston getting 13% in Mississauga?  Or this just a case of horrible turnout and since the alt right has a motivated base they benefited from that.

[Hatman 🍁]

Congratulations, Doug Ford

https://twitter.com/jpags/status/1054553564285202432

[Hatman 🍁]

Kingston votes to adopt ranked ballots!

[DC Al Fine]

Brampton is too close to call. 76/169 polls are in, and it's:

Patrick Brown 44.83%
Linda Jeffrey 41.98%

DJ Scratchutory Rape is resurrected.

[ON Progressive]

Here are the results for Oxford County mayoral races:

Woodstock - Incumbent Trevor Birtch defeats city councilor Shawn Shapton by 1748 votes.

Ingersoll - In a rematch of 2006 and 2010, incumbent Ted Comiskey defeats ex-mayor Paul Holbrough by a 531 vote plurality.

Norwich - Incumbent Larry Martin defeats NDP candidate for Oxford Tara King in an 1874 vote blowout.

East Zorra-Tavistock - Incumbent mayor Donald McKay defeats Deputy Mayor Maureen Ralph by a 363 vote margin.

Blandford-Blenheim - Councilor Mark Peterson easily defeats John Mailloux by 1646 votes.

Tillsonburg - Incumbent Stephen Molnar defeats former deputy mayor Mark Renaud by 976 votes.

Southwest Oxford - David Mayberry was acclaimed.

Zorra - Councilor Marcus Ryan defeats Councilor Doug Matheson. Can't find the margin on this one.

[Hatman 🍁]

Kingston votes to adopt ranked ballots!

Looks like Cambridge is going to as well!

I'm also super chuffed at Shawn Menard and Theresa Kavanagh getting elected to city council here in Ottawa. Both are true orange New Democrats. Menard beat incumbent David Chernushenko (the man Elizabeth May beat to become Green Party leader), and Kavanagh picked up an open seat that was vacated by Liberal Mark Taylor.

In my home ward, it was a nailbiter with incumbent councillor Jean Cloutier, right of centre Liberal beating a left of centre Liberal, Raylene Lang-Dion by just 200 votes. I of course voted for neither of them.

The school trustee race was between two progressives. I voted for the card carrying New Democrat who lost to the incumbent, who has only donated to the NDP.