🇨🇦 Canada Municipal Elections · 2026

Township of Southgate

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

Lower · part of County of Grey

8,442
eligible voters 2026
27.2%
turnout in 2022
7
seats on the ballot
10
certified candidates
6
incumbents running
8,716
population
South Western km²
land area
Mayor 1 to be elected2 candidates
Brian Milne Incumbent Elected 2022 · Mayor (51.8%) 🔎
Jason Rice Serving council — different office Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Deputy Mayor 1 to be elected1 candidates
Barbara Dobreen Incumbent Elected 2022 · Deputy Mayor 🔎
Councillor 5 to be elected7 candidates
Dave Kopp 🔎
Jim Ferguson Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Joan John Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Kristy Taylor 🔎
Martin Shipston Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Michael Sherson Ran 2022 · Mayor (48.2%) 🔎
Samantha Erin Parent 🔎

🗞 On the radar — local coverage

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

📊 2022 in review

Turnout in 2022: 27.2% (1,786 of 6,568 eligible voters). Full certified results: AMO 2022 portal.

Deputy Mayor

✅ Barbara Dobreen1,319 votes ·
Doug MacDonald388 votes ·

Mayor

✅ Brian Milne911 votes · 51.8%
Michael Sherson847 votes · 48.2%

Councillor

✅ Jason Rice1,108 votes ·
✅ Jim Ferguson1,045 votes ·
✅ Martin Shipston929 votes ·
✅ Joan John920 votes ·
✅ Monica Singh Soares729 votes ·
Melissa Pallister636 votes ·
Corey Allen634 votes ·
Christina Lieknins-Rittwage597 votes ·
Ken Tucker411 votes ·
Sources: official candidate listing · 2022 certified results