Municipal elections in Ontario occur on the fourth Monday of October every four years. The 2018 municipal election was held Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. Voters elected a mayor, ward councillors, Region of Waterloo chair and councillors, and school board trustees (WRDSB, WRCDSB, CSV and CSDCMA). These elected officials make important decisions that affect your city, region, and school boards.
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Results
The City of Kitchener is happy to provide residents with the most up-to-date information concerning the 2018 Municipal Election. Reports from election day and our advanced polls can be found using the links below.
Advanced polls reports
| Advanced polls recorded electors by ward and poll |
| View this report. |
| Advanced polls recorded electors by location and date |
| View this report. |
| Advanced polls recorded electors by school support |
| View this report. |
Election reports
| Unofficial results report | ||||||||||||
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| Official results | ||||||||||||
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| Ballots cast by school support | ||||||||||||
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| Ballots Cast by voting location and school | ||||||||||||
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| Candidates' results per voting location | ||||||||||||
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| Results per office - overview | ||||||||||||
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| Results numbers for declined and rejected ballots | ||||||||||||
| View this report. |
More information
| City of Kitchener 2018 Municipal Election Results story map |
| View election story map. |
| Story maps catalogue |
| View story maps catalogue. |
| Open data portal |
| View open data portal. |
Candidate financial statements
| Financial statements |
| Please see Financial Statements for candidates and third-party advertisers who have filed for the 2018 Municipal Election. |
| Notice of default |
| Please see list of candidates who are currently in default for filing Financial Statements for the 2018 Municipal Election. |
| Compliance report |
| Please see the Compliance Report for the 2018 Municipal Election. |
| Notice of requirement to file financial statements |
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Please see filing requirements, deadlines and penalties for municipal candidates and registered third party advertisers to file Financial Statements. The Municipal Elections Act, 1996, as amended, requires all election campaign periods for all offices to begin on the day she or he files a nomination for the office. Candidates were not permitted to spend or raise money for their election until they had filed their nomination. Money, goods and services given to or accepted by a candidates, or on behalf of a candidate, for their election campaign are considered contributions. Candidates are only entitled to receive a refund of the nomination filing fee if their financial statement is submitted by the required deadline. |
Voting
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs prepared the 2018 Voters’ Guide for Ontario Municipal Council and School Board Elections.
In order to vote you had to:
- reside in Kitchener or be the owner or tenant of land there, or the spouse of such owner or tenant;
- be Canadian citizen;
- be at least 18 years old; and,
- not be excluded from voting as stated below or otherwise by law.
You could not vote if you were:
- serving a sentence of imprisonment in a penal or correctional institution;
- a corporation;
- acting as executor or trustee or in any other representative capacity, except as a voting proxy.
Separate school voters
In order to vote for a separate school board trustee, you had to be qualified to vote and also be Roman Catholic (which includes Greek and Ukrainian Catholics). If you are the spouse of a Roman Catholic voter, and you are not Roman Catholic, you were not able to vote for a separate school board trustee, even if your children attend a separate school and/or you have directed the school portion of your taxes to the separate school board.
Elected offices
Nominations will be received by the City Clerk for the offices of:
- Regional chair
- Mayor
- Regional councillor for Cambridge, Kitchener or Waterloo
- Ward councillor
- Waterloo Region District School Board trustee
- Waterloo Catholic District School Board trustee
- Conseil Scolaire Viamonde
- Conseil Scolaire de district catholique MonAvenir