🇨🇦 Canada Municipal Elections · 2026

Municipality of Leamington

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

Lower · part of County of Essex

21,412
eligible voters 2026
45.7%
turnout in 2022
7
seats on the ballot
18
certified candidates
6
incumbents running
29,680
population
South Western km²
land area
Mayor 1 to be elected2 candidates
Cris Biron 🔎
Hilda MacDonald Incumbent Elected 2022 · Mayor (53.6%) 🔎
Deputy Mayor 1 to be elected2 candidates
Dean Wilkinson 🔎
Paul Tiessen Serving council — different office Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Councillor 5 to be elected14 candidates
Anthony Abraham Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Bill Dunn Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Bruce Medcalf 🔎
Carol Bell 🔎
Chad Robinson 🔎
Corey Robertson Ran 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Heather Latam Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
John Biekx 🔎
Mandi Quiring 🔎
Nigel Williams 🔎
Oscar Ramirez Ran 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Renée Knight 🔎
Rielly O'shaughnessy 🔎
Tim Wilkinson 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: 45.7% (8,289 of 18,138 eligible voters). Full certified results: AMO 2022 portal.

Deputy Mayor

✅ Larry Joseph Verbeke3,229 votes ·
Shelly J Quick2,330 votes ·
John Tofflemire2,305 votes ·

Mayor

✅ Hilda MacDonald4,333 votes · 53.6%
Jimmy Simoni3,004 votes · 37.1%
Chris Biron754 votes · 9.3%

Councillor

✅ Tim Wilkinson4,253 votes ·
✅ Bill Dunn4,250 votes ·
✅ Paul Tiessen3,949 votes ·
✅ Anthony Abraham2,806 votes ·
✅ Heather Latam2,363 votes ·
Corey Robertson2,210 votes ·
Derek Friesen2,166 votes ·
Isaac Schmitt2,120 votes ·
Christine Lehn2,079 votes ·
Tara Adams1,684 votes ·
Dave Metcalfe1,637 votes ·
Christine Montgomery1,412 votes ·
Sources: official candidate listing · 2022 certified results