🇨🇦 Canada Municipal Elections · 2026

Township of Essa

ON · election day Monday, October 26, 2026 · in 10 days

Lower · part of County of Simcoe

19,281
eligible voters 2026
15.3%
turnout in 2022
5
seats on the ballot
7
certified candidates
5
incumbents running
22,970
population
Central km²
land area
Mayor 1 to be elected2 candidates
Francesco Lo Greco Ran 2022 · Councillor, Ward 1 🔎
Sandie Macdonald Incumbent Elected 2022 · Mayor 🔎
Deputy Mayor 1 to be elected1 candidates
Michael Smith Incumbent Elected 2022 · Deputy Mayor 🔎
Councillor — Ward 1 1 to be elected2 candidates
Pieter Kiezebrink Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 1 🔎
Vincent Ivanyi 🔎
Councillor — Ward 2 1 to be elected1 candidates
Henry Sander Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 2 🔎
Councillor — Ward 3 1 to be elected1 candidates
Liana Maltby Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 3 🔎

🗞 On the radar — local coverage

Headlines from the campaign period, via Google News — quoted, not paraphrased.

📊 2022 in review

Turnout in 2022: 15.3% (2,349 of 15,333 eligible voters). Full certified results: AMO 2022 portal.

Deputy Mayor

✅ Michael Smith0 votes ·

Mayor

✅ Sandie Macdonald0 votes ·

Councillor, Ward 1

✅ Pieter Kiezebrink518 votes ·
Francesco Lo Greco294 votes ·

Councillor, Ward 2

✅ Henry Sander505 votes ·
Bubel Shawn306 votes ·
Paul Partridge110 votes ·

Councillor, Ward 3

✅ Liana Maltby337 votes ·
Ron Henderson265 votes ·
Sources: official candidate listing · 2022 certified results