🇨🇦 Canada Municipal Elections · 2026

Municipality of Bayham

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

Lower · part of County of Elgin

6,626
eligible voters 2026
24.8%
turnout in 2022
5
seats on the ballot
12
certified candidates
4
incumbents running
7,096
population
South Western km²
land area
Mayor 1 to be elected4 candidates
Barry Wade Ran 2022 · Councillor, Ward 1 🔎
Edward Ed Ketchabaw Incumbent 🔎
Hank Peters 🔎
Ken Kokko 🔎
Deputy Mayor 1 to be elected3 candidates
Gatlin Sandhu 🔎
George Rousseau 🔎
Timothy Dale Emerson Incumbent 🔎
Councillor — Ward 1 1 to be elected2 candidates
Lindsay Walsh 🔎
Tami Emerson 🔎
Councillor — Ward 2 1 to be elected1 candidates
Dan Froese Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 2 🔎
Councillor — Ward 3 1 to be elected2 candidates
Susan Chilcott Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 3 🔎
Todd Dorey 🔎

🗞 On the radar — local coverage

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

📊 2022 in review

Turnout in 2022: 24.8% (1,406 of 5,672 eligible voters). Full certified results: AMO 2022 portal.

Deputy Mayor

✅ Rainey Weisler0 votes ·

Mayor

✅ Ed Ketchabaw864 votes · 62.0%
Jon Culford529 votes · 38.0%

Councillor, Ward 1

✅ Timothy D. Emerson308 votes ·
Barry Wade114 votes ·
C. Valerie Donnell92 votes ·

Councillor, Ward 2

✅ Dan Froese327 votes ·
Mike Gunstone134 votes ·

Councillor, Ward 3

✅ Susan Chilcott281 votes ·
Jodi Thibodeau100 votes ·
Sources: official candidate listing · 2022 certified results