🇨🇦 Canada Municipal Elections · 2026

Town of Hanover

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

Lower · part of County of Grey

7,318
eligible voters 2026
39.3%
turnout in 2022
7
seats on the ballot
12
certified candidates
5
incumbents running
7,967
population
South Western km²
land area
Mayor 1 to be elected2 candidates
Sue Paterson Incumbent Elected 2022 · Mayor (80.8%) 🔎
🔎 Hanover Mayor Sue Paterson announces intention to seek re-election
Warren Dickert Serving council — different office Elected 2022 · Deputy Mayor 🔎
🔎 Hanover Deputy Mayor Warren Dickert announces run for mayor
Deputy Mayor 1 to be elected3 candidates
Richard Emrich 🔎
Rosalva Clubine 🔎
Selwyn Hicks Ran 2022 · Deputy Mayor 🔎
Councillor 5 to be elected7 candidates
Alina Rehkopf 🔎
Brandon Koebel Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Carol Hudson Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Daniel Parrish 🔎
David Hocking Incumbent 🔎
Mandie Malott 🔎
Siobhan Hanley 🔎

🗞 On the radar — local coverage

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

📊 2022 in review

Turnout in 2022: 39.3% (2,401 of 6,115 eligible voters). Full certified results: AMO 2022 portal.

Deputy Mayor

✅ Warren Dickert1,317 votes ·
Selwyn Hicks1,017 votes ·

Mayor

✅ Sue Paterson1,881 votes · 80.8%
Rob McKean446 votes · 19.2%

Councillor

✅ Brandon Koebel2,065 votes ·
✅ Harold Fleet1,846 votes ·
✅ Susan Sakal1,649 votes ·
✅ Dave Hocking1,554 votes ·
✅ Carol Hudson1,530 votes ·
Tony Diaco852 votes ·
Daniel Cockburn762 votes ·
Sources: official candidate listing · 2022 certified results