🇨🇦 Canada Municipal Elections · 2026

Township of Norwich

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

Lower · part of County of Oxford

9,160
eligible voters 2026
51.0%
turnout in 2022
5
seats on the ballot
9
certified candidates
5
incumbents running
11,151
population
South Western km²
land area
Mayor 1 to be elected2 candidates
Adrian Couwenberg Serving council — different office Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 4 🔎
🔎 Norwich Candidate Profile - Adrian Couwenberg
Jim Palmer Incumbent Elected 2022 · Mayor (51.3%) 🔎
🔎 Norwich Candidate Profile - Jim Palmer
Councillor — Ward 1 1 to be elected2 candidates
Marius Kerkhoff 🔎
Roy King 🔎
Councillor — Ward 2 1 to be elected2 candidates
Lynne DePlancke Incumbent Ran 2022 · Mayor (43.1%) 🔎
Tim Thompson 🔎
Councillor — Ward 3 1 to be elected1 candidates
Shawn Gear Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 3 🔎
Councillor — Ward 4 1 to be elected2 candidates
Karl Toews Incumbent 🔎
Lacey Hird 🔎

🗞 On the radar — local coverage

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

📊 2022 in review

Turnout in 2022: 51.0% (4,368 of 8,564 eligible voters). Full certified results: AMO 2022 portal.

Mayor

✅ Jim Palmer2,219 votes · 51.3%
Lynne DePlancke1,863 votes · 43.1%
Tyler Zacher-King243 votes · 5.6%

Councillor, Ward 1

✅ John Scholten578 votes ·
Val Haley454 votes ·
Daniel A Wagner93 votes ·

Councillor, Ward 2

✅ Alisha Stubbs759 votes ·
William Van Lagen392 votes ·
Michael Legge135 votes ·

Councillor, Ward 3

✅ Shawn Gear602 votes ·
John Van Brenk598 votes ·

Councillor, Ward 4

✅ Adrian Couwenberg267 votes ·
Alan Dale247 votes ·
Len Overbeek222 votes ·
Sources: official candidate listing · 2022 certified results