Township of Rideau Lakes · ON — Canada Municipal Elections 2026

Lower · part of United Counties of Leeds & Grenville

13,869

eligible voters 2026

32.8%

turnout in 2022

seats on the ballot

certified candidates

incumbents running

10,883

population

Eastern km²

land area

Mayor 1 to be elected5 candidates

John Fenik	🔎
Kimberly Brown	🔎
Paula Banks Serving council — different office Ran 2022 · Councillor, Ward 1 Bastard South Burgess	🔎
Ronald Young	🔎
Steve Weir	🔎

Councillor Bastard and South Burgess — Ward 1 2 to be elected7 candidates

Barb Shea	🔎
Brad Gibson	🔎
Brian Preston	🔎
Joan Delaney Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 3 South Crosby	🔎
Mary J. Daniel Ran 2022 · Councillor, Ward 3 South Crosby	🔎
Norman Alexander Burns	🔎
Sue Dunfield Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 1 Bastard South Burgess	🔎

Councillor South Elmsley — Ward 2 2 to be elected4 candidates

John McCormack	🔎
Kate Ferguson	🔎
Marcia Maxwell Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 2 South Elmsley	🔎
Tom Kohler	🔎

Councillor South Crosby — Ward 3 2 to be elected4 candidates

Dustin Bulloch Incumbent	🔎
Jordan De Long	🔎
Ken Davies Ran 2022 · Councillor, Ward 3 South Crosby	🔎
Linda Carr Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 3 South Crosby	🔎

Councillor North Crosby Newboro — Ward 4 2 to be elected4 candidates

Adam Ball	🔎
Bob Lavoie Ran 2022 · Councillor, Ward 4 North Crosby Newboro	🔎
Clarence Donnelly	🔎
David Wickenden	🔎

🗞 On the radar — local coverage

Outgoing Rideau Lakes mayor advertising for other candidatesBrockville Recorder and Times · 2026-10-02
Rideau Lakes mayor considering council run to block opponentsBrockville Recorder and Times · 2026-08-10
Arie Hoogenboom will not be returning for a prospective third term on Rideau Lakes town councilInside Ottawa Valley · 2026-07-28
From 'the best job' to 'the worst': Rideau Lakes mayor explains why he won't run againCBC · 2026-07-27

Headlines from the campaign period, via Google News — quoted, not paraphrased. Deeper analysis where we have it: in-depth guides.

📊 2022 in review

Turnout in 2022: 32.8% (4,225 of 12,876 eligible voters). Full certified results: AMO 2022 portal.

Mayor

✅ Arie Hoogenboom2,995 votes · 71.7%

Carolyn Bresee1,180 votes · 28.3%

Councillor, Ward 1 Bastard South Burgess

✅ Sue Dunfield736 votes ·

✅ Cathy Livingston608 votes ·

Paula Banks490 votes ·

Paul Chvostek303 votes ·

Councillor, Ward 2 South Elmsley

✅ Marcia Maxwell0 votes ·

✅ Jeff Banks0 votes ·

Councillor, Ward 3 South Crosby

✅ Linda Carr416 votes ·

✅ Joan Delaney384 votes ·

Ken Davies351 votes ·

Mary J. Daniel185 votes ·

Effie Warren158 votes ·

Councillor, Ward 4 North Crosby Newboro

✅ Deborah Anne Hutchings493 votes ·

✅ Ron Pollard492 votes ·

Bob Lavoie483 votes ·

Sources: official candidate listing · 2022 certified results