🇨🇦 Canada Municipal Elections · 2026

Township of Wainfleet

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

Lower · part of Region of Niagara

6,602
eligible voters 2026
41.6%
turnout in 2022
5
seats on the ballot
12
certified candidates
4
incumbents running
6,887
population
Central km²
land area
Mayor 1 to be elected2 candidates
Brian Grant Incumbent Elected 2022 · Mayor (41.2%) 🔎
🔎 Brian Grant won Wainfleet’s last mayoral election by 12 votes. Kevin Gibson wants the job back
Kevin Gibson Ran 2022 · Mayor (40.8%) 🔎
🔎 Brian Grant won Wainfleet’s last mayoral election by 12 votes. Kevin Gibson wants the job back
Councillor 4 to be elected10 candidates
Dan Bath 🔎
Jeannette Pieterse 🔎
Joe Gonzalez 🔎
John MacLellan Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Lee Bott 🔎
Paul Wainwright 🔎
Rebecca Anderson 🔎
Scott William Wilson 🔎
Sherri Van Vliet Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Terry Gilmore Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎

🗞 On the radar — local coverage

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

📊 2022 in review

Turnout in 2022: 41.6% (2,603 of 6,254 eligible voters). Full certified results: AMO 2022 portal.

Mayor

✅ Brian Grant1,067 votes · 41.2%
Kevin Gibson1,055 votes · 40.8%
Alfred Kiers465 votes · 18.0%

Councillor

✅ Terry Gilmore1,511 votes ·
✅ Sherri Van Vliet1,243 votes ·
✅ John Maclellan1,115 votes ·
✅ Joan Anderson1,076 votes ·
Jeannine Deruiter1,039 votes ·
Sharon Fraser894 votes ·
James Goodacre781 votes ·
Bree Proulx750 votes ·
Sources: official candidate listing · 2022 certified results