🇨🇦 Canada Municipal Elections · 2026

Township of Perth East

ON · election day Monday, October 26, 2026 · in 11 days

Lower · part of County of Perth

8,659
eligible voters 2026
32.8%
turnout in 2022
7
seats on the ballot
13
certified candidates
5
incumbents running
12,595
population
South Western km²
land area
Mayor 1 to be elected2 candidates
Hugh McDermid Serving council — different office Elected 2022 · Deputy Mayor 🔎
Jerry Smith Serving council — different office Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward Milverton 🔎
Deputy Mayor 1 to be elected2 candidates
Andrew MacAlpine Serving council — different office Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward South Easthope 🔎
Bob McMillan Serving council — different office Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward North Easthope 🔎
Councillor — Ward Ellice 1 to be elected2 candidates
Johanne Groenestege 🔎
Matthew Livingstone 🔎
Councillor — Ward Milverton 1 to be elected1 candidates
Jeremy Matheson Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward Mornington 🔎
Councillor — Ward Mornington 1 to be elected1 candidates
Tim Dowd 🔎
Councillor Easthope — Ward North 1 to be elected1 candidates
Adam Wilhelm 🔎
Councillor Easthope — Ward South 1 to be elected4 candidates
Albert Arnott 🔎
Barry Nowack 🔎
Daryl Herlick Ran 2022 · Councillor, Ward North Easthope 🔎
G. Bruce Holst 🔎

🗞 On the radar — local coverage

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

📊 2022 in review

Turnout in 2022: 32.8% (2,860 of 8,727 eligible voters). Full certified results: AMO 2022 portal.

Deputy Mayor

✅ Hugh McDermid0 votes ·

Mayor

✅ Rhonda Ehgoetz1,621 votes · 57.9%
Brenda Nurse1,177 votes · 42.1%

Councillor, Ward Ellice

✅ Amanda Brodhagen457 votes ·
Barbara Smith249 votes ·

Councillor, Ward Milverton

✅ Jerry Smith464 votes ·
Nathen Milovancev117 votes ·

Councillor, Ward Mornington

✅ Jeremy Matheson306 votes ·
Philip Albrecht64 votes ·

Councillor, Ward North Easthope

✅ Bob McMillan248 votes ·
Daryl Herlick234 votes ·
Katie Anderson169 votes ·

Councillor, Ward South Easthope

✅ Andrew MacAlpine294 votes ·
Barry Ford Nowack187 votes ·
Owen Baier44 votes ·
Sources: official candidate listing · 2022 certified results