Voting is open until 8 p.m. All results are unofficial until each municipal clerk certifies them.
Mayors of Grey and Bruce Municipalities
Grey County
Owen Sound: Richard Thomas
Chatsworth: Results pending
Georgian Bluffs: Sue Carleton (acclaimed)
Grey Highlands: Paul McQueen
Hanover: Warren Dickert
Meaford: Shirley Keaveney
Southgate: Jason Rice
The Blue Mountains: Marni Moreau
West Grey: Kevin Eccles (acclaimed)
Bruce County
Arran-Elderslie: Steve Hammell (acclaimed)
Brockton: Chris Peabody (acclaimed)
Huron-Kinloss: Don Murray
Kincardine: Barb Fisher
Northern Bruce Peninsula: Milt McIver
Saugeen Shores: Luke Charbonneau
South Bruce: Mark Goetz
South Bruce Peninsula: Jay Kirkland
Last updated: 10:29 p.m.
Warren Dickert will be Hanover’s next mayor after defeating Sue Paterson by 156 votes, according to results certified by the town clerk. Selwyn Hicks won the deputy mayor’s race. Brandon Koebel, Daniel Parrish, Carol Hudson, Dave Hocking and Mandie Malott won council seats.
9:39 p.m.
Results are in from 15 of the 17 municipalities in Grey and Bruce. We’re still waiting on Hanover and Chatsworth. Chatsworth voted by mail, so its count is expected later.
The new mayors. Richard Thomas will be Owen Sound’s next mayor, succeeding Ian Boddy, who did not run.
Elsewhere, voters elected Paul McQueen in Grey Highlands, Shirley Keaveney in Meaford, Jason Rice in Southgate, Marni Moreau in The Blue Mountains, Barb Fisher in Kincardine, Mark Goetz in South Bruce, Don Murray in Huron-Kinloss, Luke Charbonneau in Saugeen Shores, Milt McIver in Northern Bruce Peninsula and Jay Kirkland in South Bruce Peninsula.
Four mayors were acclaimed: Kevin Eccles in West Grey, Sue Carleton in Georgian Bluffs, Steve Hammell in Arran-Elderslie and Chris Peabody in Brockton.
The closest races. Goetz won South Bruce by 63 votes. Moreau edged Paul Reale in The Blue Mountains by 85. Rice beat Brian Milne in Southgate by 146.
Incumbents. All three Owen Sound councillors who ran again were re-elected. In Brockton, Coun. Mike Crawford lost his seat.
Turnout. Turnout ranged from 31.7% in Georgian Bluffs to 50.0% in South Bruce. In Owen Sound, 38.9% of eligible voters cast a ballot, down from 39.7% in 2022.
School boards. Three trustee races are still too close to call, because only part of each area has reported:
Bluewater, Meaford/The Blue Mountains: Angela Forder leads Scott Cowley by 84 votes on Meaford’s count.
Bluewater, Saugeen Shores/Arran-Elderslie: Julia Bates leads Katie Lutz by 577 votes on Saugeen Shores’ count.
Bruce-Grey Catholic, Grey Highlands/Hanover/Southgate/West Grey: Jessica Marin leads Francis-Joseph Gross 141 to 140.
In Brockton, Linda Strader kept her Bruce-Grey Catholic seat. Results for the Bluewater seat covering South Bruce Peninsula and Northern Bruce Peninsula haven’t been released.
All results are unofficial until each clerk certifies them.
9:32 p.m.
Mark Goetz will be South Bruce’s next mayor after defeating Mike Niesen by 63 votes, according to unofficial results. Rob Fischer and Nigel Van Dyk won the two at-large council seats, while Tim Borho and Julia Gutscher won in Teeswater-Culross. Turnout was 50.0%.
9:28 p.m.
Barb Fisher will be Kincardine’s next mayor after defeating Kenneth Craig and Bill Stewart, according to unofficial results. Fisher took 42.7% of the vote to Craig’s 37.4%. Michael McKechnie topped the at-large council race, followed by Ali Shah and Mike Hinchberger. Kyle McKay won the Ward 2 seat. Turnout was 49.5%.
9:25 p.m.
Jason Rice will be Southgate’s next mayor after defeating Brian Milne by 146 votes, according to unofficial results. Samantha Erin Parent, Jim Ferguson, Michael Sherson, Joan John and Martin Shipston won council seats. Deputy Mayor Barbara Dobreen was acclaimed.
9:22 p.m.
Marni Moreau will be mayor of The Blue Mountains after edging Paul Reale by 85 votes, according to unofficial results. Moreau took 41.1% of the vote to Reale’s 39.7%, while Peter Bordignon finished third.
Rachel Gilliland won the deputy mayor’s race. George McLeod, Brayden DeWitt, Meghan Loney, June Porter and Shawn McKinlay won council seats. Turnout was 40.6%.
9:19 p.m.
Tim Elphick will be Brockton’s next deputy mayor after defeating fellow Coun. Kym Hutcheon with 73.8% of the vote, according to unofficial results.
Steve Travale, Mitch Clark, Justin Hoffarth, Gregory McLean and Nicole Porter (Schneider) won the five council seats. Coun. Mike Crawford finished seventh and lost his seat. Mayor Chris Peabody was acclaimed.
In the Bruce-Grey Catholic trustee race, incumbent Linda Strader defeated Jim Nolan. Turnout was 45.1%.
9:11 p.m.
Huron-Kinloss results are in, and Don Murray has defeated Shawn Plante.
Arran-Elderslie’s four contested ward seats went to Joanna Eaton in Chesley, Brian Dudgeon in Elderslie, Heidi Maxwell in Paisley and Jaclynn Gowan in Tara, according to unofficial results. Each won a majority of the votes cast in their ward. Mayor Steve Hammell, Deputy Mayor Jennifer Shaw and Arran Ward Coun. Ryan Nickason were acclaimed.
9:05 p.m.
Luke Charbonneau won the mayor’s race in Saugeen Shores with 3,983 votes, according to unofficial results. Brian Putman finished second with 2,753 votes and Jeff James third with 1,155.
Diane Huber was elected deputy mayor and Bud Halpin vice-deputy mayor. The new ward councillors are Rachel Stack and Jordan MacKinnon in Port Elgin, Eric Tolton and Neil Sarginson in Saugeen, and Cheryl Grace and Cathe McIntosh in Southampton. Turnout was 49.3%.
8:59 p.m.
Isaac Shouldice topped the polls in Georgian Bluffs with 2,248 votes, according to unofficial results. Rick Winters, Ann Schneider, Ejaye McComb and Steve Spencer also won council seats. Mayor Sue Carleton and Deputy Mayor Grant Pringle were acclaimed. Turnout was 31.7%.
8:54 p.m.
We have a report now on the winners from South Bruce Peninsula:
Northern Bruce Peninsula is reporting:
Mayor: Milt McIver 1,935 (59.8%); Brad Gesinghaus 1,299 (40.2%)
Deputy mayor: Rod Anderson 1,910 (60.0%); James Mielhausen 1,275 (40.0%)
Council (3 seats): Ryan Matheson 2,548; Laurie (Smokey) Golden 2,158; Todd Dowd 2,057; Paul Davidson 1,627
8:49 p.m.
West Grey results are in: Rebecca Marie Hergert is the new deputy mayor, while Scott Foerster, Jordan Hoxie, Geoffrey Shea, Stephen Townsend, and Kimberley Anne Peeters made council.
8:41 p.m.
We have results now from Grey Highlands, where Paul McQueen has been elected Mayor. Shirley Keaveney defeated Justin Perks and Caryn Colman for the seat vacated by retiring Mayor Ross Kentner in Meaford.
8:35 p.m.
We have initial voter turnout figures from the City of Owen Sound: of 18,691 eligible voters, 7,276 votes were cast in this election. At just 38.9% voter turnout, Owen Sound voters underperformed 2022’s 39.71% by almost a percentage point.
8:29 p.m.
Richard Thomas has been elected Mayor of Owen Sound with 3,522 votes (49.9%). Carol Merton is second with 2,763 votes (39.1%). Andrii Zvorygin came third with 421 votes (6%).
Council
Melanie Middlebro – 4,235 votes (11.2%)
Meghan Robertson – 3,457 votes (9.1%)
David Adams – 3,454 votes (9.1%)
Brian O’Leary – 3,123 votes (8.2%)
Suneet Kukreja – 3,077 votes (8.1%)
Brock Hamley – 2,937 votes (7.7%)
Joe Carder – 2,390 votes (6.3%)
Polls close at 8 p.m. tonight in all 17 municipalities in Grey and Bruce counties, and we expect results to start coming in shortly after.
Every candidate running in the region is listed below by municipality. We’ll add winners and vote counts as each municipality releases them. Refresh this page to see the latest results.
Chatsworth may report later than the others. It is voting by mail with paper ballots, while the other 16 municipalities are voting online and by phone.
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Mayor: Ray Botten, Jodi King, Carol Merton, Mike Seiler, Richard Thomas, Andrii Zvorygin [pending]
Deputy mayor: Scott Greig (acclaimed)
Council (7 seats, at large): David Adams, Thomas Arakal, Ross Eugene Baker, Justin Bianco, Joe Carder, Dale Funston, Brock Hamley, Michele Hawkins, Jaret Koop, Suneet Kukreja, Justin Melanson, Melanie Middlebro’, Brian O’Leary, Meghan Robertson, Jeff Rockwell, Tamara Sargent, David William Schinbein, Jasmine Schnarr, Angela Stow, David Walton, Michael Zimon [pending]
Mayor: Shawn Greig, Terry McKay — [pending]
Deputy mayor: Diana Rae, Peter James Whitten — [pending]
Council (3 seats): J.D. Ceaser, Chris Evans, Barry Leonard Jackson, Brenda Joan Robertson, Margie Stafford [pending]
Turnout: 31.7% (3,544 of 11,176 eligible electors)
Mayor: Sue Carleton (acclaimed)
Deputy mayor: Grant Pringle (acclaimed)
Council (5 seats): Isaac Shouldice 2,248; Rick Winters 1,957; Ann Schneider 1,872; Ejaye McComb 1,832; Steve Spencer 1,645; Gary McMillan 1,575; Brad McRoberts 1,299; Mass Arezzi 709; Jarod Outridge 350
Turnout: 35.5% (4,069 of 11,447 eligible voters)
Mayor: Paul McQueen 1,765 (44.5%); Dane Nielsen 1,286 (32.4%); Mark Brown 919 (23.1%)
Deputy mayor: Joel Loughead 2,174; Tom Allwood 1,283; Andrea Edwards 379
Council (5 seats, at large): Paul Allen 1,927; Sandra Thornton 1,710; James Black 1,641; Dave Meslin 1,618; Daniel Wickens 1,429; David Clarke 1,222; Emmett Ferguson 1,133; Blake Martin 1,067; Janet Carson 1,052; Katrina Wood 1,036; David Russell 913; Stephen Patrick Maloney 399; Don Alp 326; Xerxes Khalkhaly 295
Mayor: Warren Dickert 1,362 (53.0%); Sue Paterson 1,206 (47.0%)
Deputy mayor: Selwyn Hicks 1,438; Richard Emrich 740; Rosalva Clubine 254
Council (5 seats): Brandon Koebel 2,132; Daniel Parrish 1,623; Carol Hudson 1,597; Dave Hocking 1,482; Mandie Malott 1,265; Alina Rehkopf 1,236; Siobhan Hanley 514
Mayor: Shirley Keaveney 2,627 (51.7%); Justin Perks 2,342 (46.1%); Caryn Colman 115 (2.3%)
Deputy mayor: Robert Uhrig (acclaimed)
Council (5 seats): Amanda Greenfield 3,378; Brandon Forder 3,041; Adam Vaughan 2,595; Tony Bell 2,569; Darcy Chapman 2,477; Eric Ennis 2,331; Jim McPherson 1,607; Elgin Pecjak 1,139; John Clark 965
Bluewater trustee, Meaford/The Blue Mountains (partial: Meaford votes only): Angela Forder 1,999; Scott Cowley 1,915. Too close to call until The Blue Mountains reports.
Mayor: Jason Rice 1,141 (53.4%); Brian Milne 995 (46.6%)
Deputy mayor: Barbara Dobreen (acclaimed)
Council (5 seats): Samantha Erin Parent 1,211; Jim Ferguson 1,142; Michael Sherson 1,124; Joan John 1,057; Martin Shipston 965; Kristy Taylor 797; David Kopp 769
Turnout: 40.6% (6,147 of 15,154 electors). 48 electors declined their ballots, and they’re counted in that figure.
Mayor: Marni Moreau 2,469 (41.1%); Paul Reale 2,384 (39.7%); Peter Bordignon 1,159 (19.3%)
Deputy mayor: Rachel Gilliland 2,476 (42.4%); Gail Ardiel 2,026 (34.7%); Bob Welling 1,234 (21.1%); Daniel Murphy 106 (1.8%)
Council (5 seats): George McLeod 3,786; Brayden DeWitt 3,486; Meghan Loney 3,113; June Porter 2,923; Shawn McKinlay 2,698; Sean McMurray 2,550; Paula Hope 2,105; Alexander Maxwell 1,734; Sean Kelly 1,678
Mayor: Kevin Eccles (acclaimed)
Deputy mayor: Rebecca Marie Hergert 1,886; Thomas Hutchinson 1,618
Council (5 seats): Scott Foerster 2,252; Jordan Hoxie 2,130; Geoffrey Shea 2,024; Stephen Townsend 2,000; Kimberley Anne Peeters 1,967; Deidter Stadnyk 1,795; Jenny Parsons 1,499
Bruce-Grey Catholic trustee (partial: West Grey votes only): Francis-Joseph Gross 114; Jessica Marin 90. Grey Highlands, Hanover and Southgate are still to come, so don’t call this race.
Only percentages were released, with no vote counts.
Mayor: Steve Hammell (acclaimed)
Deputy mayor: Jennifer Shaw (acclaimed)
Arran Ward: Ryan Nickason (acclaimed)
Chesley Ward: Joanna Eaton 55.5%; Sara-Lynne Leask 29.6%; Jake Sloan 14.9%
Elderslie Ward: Brian Dudgeon 59.0%; Alicia Mariano 41.0%
Paisley Ward: Heidi Maxwell 52.8%; Trisha Wright 29.4%; David Stone 17.8%
Tara Ward: Jaclynn Gowan 51.7%; Rick Mikula 40.4%; Joel MacCallum 7.9%
Mayor: Chris Peabody (acclaimed)
Deputy mayor: Tim Elphick 2,724 (73.8%); Kym Hutcheon 966 (26.2%)
Council (5 seats, at large): Steve Travale 2,459; Mitch Clark 2,427; Justin Hoffarth 1,965; Gregory McLean 1,908; Nicole Porter (Schneider) 1,537; Steve Adams 1,407; Mike Crawford 1,282; Christine Robinson 1,132; Hayden Oberle 1,052; James Lang 629
Turnout: 40.6% (3,164 of 7,801 electors)
Mayor: Don Murray 2,175 (70.5%); Shawn Plante 909 (29.5%)
Deputy mayor: Jim Hanna (acclaimed)
Council (5 seats): Tracy Irwin 2,334; Kirk Livingston 2,189; Scott Gibson 2,132; Ed McGugan 1,894; Carl Sloetjes 1,809; Shari Flett 1,760
Turnout: 49.5% (5,450 of 11,013 electors). 33 electors declined their ballots, and they’re counted in that figure.
Mayor: Barb Fisher 2,283 (42.7%); Kenneth Craig 2,001 (37.4%); Bill Stewart 1,068 (20.0%)
Deputy mayor: Rory Cavanagh (acclaimed)
At-large council (3 seats): Michael McKechnie 4,366; Ali Shah 3,140; Mike Hinchberger 2,851; Darrel Perry 2,777
Ward 1: Russ Crook and Jennifer Prenger (acclaimed)
Ward 2: Kyle McKay 797 (60.4%); Michael Ferrier 522 (39.6%)
Ward 3: Amanda Steinhoff-Gray (acclaimed)
Mayor: Milt McIver 1,935 (59.8%); Brad Gesinghaus 1,299 (40.2%)
Deputy mayor: Rod Anderson 1,910 (60.0%); James Mielhausen 1,275 (40.0%)
Council (3 seats): Ryan Matheson 2,548; Laurie (Smokey) Golden 2,158; Todd Dowd 2,057; Paul Davidson 1,627
Turnout: 49.3% (8,015 of 16,256)
Mayor: Luke Charbonneau 3,983 (50.5%); Brian Putman 2,753 (34.9%); Jeff James 1,155 (14.6%)
Deputy mayor: Diane Huber 4,793; Odette Bartnicki 2,647
Vice-deputy mayor: Bud Halpin 4,733; Don Matheson 2,773
Port Elgin Ward (2 seats): Rachel Stack 1,799; Jordan MacKinnon 1,681; Patricia Corrigan-Frank 1,139; Tamara McDonald 602; Dane Buttenaar 385
Saugeen Ward (2 seats): Eric Tolton 1,285; Neil Sarginson 1,245; Sterling Thiele 805
Southampton Ward (2 seats): Cheryl Grace 1,762; Cathe McIntosh 1,126; Brenda Reeves 696; John Divinski 512; Harry Mazmanian 454
Turnout: 50.0% (2,417 of 4,838 electors). 20 electors declined their ballots, and they’re counted in that figure.
Mayor: Mark Goetz 1,219 (51.3%); Mike Niesen 1,156 (48.7%)
At-large council (2 seats): Rob Fischer 2,060; Nigel Van Dyk 1,669; Rita Groen 652
Teeswater-Culross Ward (2 seats): Tim Borho 854; Julia Gutscher 634; Mark Ireland 420
Mildmay-Carrick Ward (2 seats): Ashton Metcalfe and Ron (Huck) Schnurr (acclaimed)
Mayor: John David Close, Janice Jackson, Jay Kirkland, Bill Klingenberg — [pending]
Deputy mayor: Caleb Hull, Ana Vukovic — [pending]
Council (3 seats): Merri Aiken, John Terrence Bell, Paul Stephen Deacon, Kathy Durst, Ann Marie Hadcock, Betty Hall, Kevin Holgate, Fred Laliberte, Garry Michi, Christine Thomas, Kevin White, Cory Young — [pending]
Bluewater District School Board (nine trustees, one per area)
Owen Sound: Sarah Milne (69.6%), Michael Dunn (30.4%)
Meaford/The Blue Mountains: Scott Cowley, Angela Forder — [pending]
Saugeen Shores/Arran-Elderslie: Julia Bates, Katie Lutz — [pending]
South Bruce Peninsula/Northern Bruce Peninsula: Robert John William Galbraith, Jason Yip — [pending]
Hanover/West Grey: Tracy Schaus-Atkinson (acclaimed)
Southgate/Grey Highlands: Wayne Peeters (acclaimed)
Brockton/South Bruce: Terry Boyd-Zhang (acclaimed)
Georgian Bluffs/Chatsworth: Leslie Patrick Medve (acclaimed)
Kincardine/Huron-Kinloss: Jan Johnstone (acclaimed)
Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board
Grey Highlands/Hanover/Southgate/West Grey: Francis-Joseph Gross, Jessica Marin — [pending]
Brockton: Linda Strader 745 (79.9%); Jim Nolan 187 (20.1%)
Owen Sound/Meaford/The Blue Mountains: Suriya Thomas (acclaimed)
Kincardine/Huron-Kinloss/Brockton (part): Lori Di Castri (acclaimed)
South Bruce: Beverley Eckensweiler (acclaimed)
Saugeen Shores, Arran-Elderslie, Chatsworth, Georgian Bluffs, Northern Bruce Peninsula and South Bruce Peninsula: Lucie Desbiens (acclaimed)
Conseil scolaire Viamonde (French public)
Bruce, Grey, Dufferin and Simcoe counties: Rachael Golem, Eric Lapointe — [pending]
Conseil scolaire catholique Providence (French Catholic)
Bruce, Grey, Huron, Lambton and Perth counties: Michael Salvatore (acclaimed)
Results are unofficial until each clerk certifies them, usually within a few days. New councils take office Nov. 15.
We’ll have more on the results and what’s ahead for the new councils tomorrow.
8:19 p.m.
Results for Owen Sound are in: Richard Thomas is your new mayor. We’ll be back very shortly with more.
8:14 p.m.
While we wait…
Some races were over before tonight.
Four mayors were acclaimed: Kevin Eccles in West Grey, Sue Carleton in Georgian Bluffs, Steve Hammell in Arran-Elderslie and Chris Peabody in Brockton.
Seven municipalities had only one candidate for deputy mayor: Owen Sound, Meaford, Southgate, Georgian Bluffs, Arran-Elderslie, Kincardine and Huron-Kinloss.
The most crowded race per seat is on the Bruce Peninsula.
If you’re voting in Owen Sound, you might have thought you were most spoiled for choice. Owen Sound has the biggest fields overall: 21 candidates for seven council seats and six for mayor, the largest mayoral race in the two counties.
But in South Bruce Peninsula, 12 candidates are running for just three council seats — four candidates for every seat available.
Grey Highlands has 14 candidates for five council seats.
8:10 p.m.
No results yet… departing Owen Sound Mayor Ian Boddy and acclaimed Brockton Mayor Chris Peabody are on CFOS with Claire McCormack right now, if you’re looking for some live commentary.
7:55 p.m.
If you’ve ever scrutineered or worked a paper ballots election, the online/phone ballots system would feel entirely foreign. We are now departing the waiting room…
And heading into chambers, where no phones are allowed. At some point in the very near future, we hope, your election results will appear on a screen in that room.
7:42 p.m.
After some initial confusion at the door, Owen Sound Current is at City Hall awaiting the opening of Council Chambers for the results reveal.
Though the City Clerk confirmed by email Thursday that Council Chamber doors would open at 7:45 p.m. today for observers, security at the door doesn’t appear to have received the memo. They initially denied entry, stating that chambers won’t open until 8:15 p.m.
If you’re looking for an Election Watch Party, it’s not happening at City Hall. Head to Harmony Centre.