Township of Minden Hills · ON — Canada Municipal Elections 2026

Lower · part of County of Haliburton

12,369

eligible voters 2026

24.8%

turnout in 2022

seats on the ballot

certified candidates

incumbents running

6,971

population

Central km²

land area

Mayor 1 to be elected4 candidates

Bob Carter Incumbent Elected 2022 · Mayor	🔎
Pam Sayne Serving council — different office Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 2	🔎
Pat Kitcheman	🔎
Tammy McKelvey Serving council — different office Elected 2022 · Councillor At Large	🔎

Deputy Mayor 1 to be elected2 candidates

Ivan Ingram Serving council — different office Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 1	🔎
Richard Bradley Ran 2022 · Councillor, Ward 1	🔎

Councillor At Large 1 to be elected2 candidates

Bob Sisson Serving council — different office Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 3	🔎
Ron Nesbitt	🔎

Councillor — Ward 1 2 to be elected4 candidates

Dan Garbutt	🔎
Joe McManamy	🔎
Keith Moore	🔎
Shirley Johannessen Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 1	🔎

Councillor — Ward 2 1 to be elected3 candidates

Brad Griffin	🔎
John McNeil	🔎
Stephen Hertel Ran 2022 · Councillor, Ward 2	🔎

Councillor — Ward 3 1 to be elected2 candidates

Jeff Hancock	🔎
Lisa Mercer	🔎

🗞 On the radar — local coverage

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

Turnout in 2022: 24.8% (2,976 of 12,019 eligible voters). Full certified results: AMO 2022 portal.

✅ Lisa Schell0 votes ·

✅ Bob Carter0 votes ·

✅ Tammy McKelvey1,843 votes ·

Trevor Chaulk1,032 votes ·

✅ Ivan Ingram1,238 votes ·

✅ Shirley Johannessen736 votes ·

Mike Grozelle707 votes ·

Richard Bradley521 votes ·

✅ Pam Sayne529 votes ·

Stephen Hertel263 votes ·

✅ Bob Sisson0 votes ·

Sources: official candidate listing · 2022 certified results