2014 Windsor municipal election explained

Election Date:October 27, 2014
Election Name:2014 Windsor municipal election
Type:mayoral
Ongoing:no
Party Name:no
Previous Year:2010
Next Election:2018 Windsor municipal election
Next Year:2018
Turnout:37.46% ( 8.82 pp)
Colour1:004bac
Candidate1:Drew Dilkens
Popular Vote1:32,271
Percentage1:55.36%
Colour2:4cbb17
Candidate2:John Millson
Popular Vote2:15,848
Percentage2:27.19%
Colour3:FF0000
Candidate3:Larry Horwitz
Popular Vote3:7,293
Percentage3:12.51%
Mayor
Before Election:Eddie Francis
After Election:Drew Dilkens
Previous Election:2010_Windsor_municipal_election
Map Size:350px

The 2014 Windsor municipal election occurred on October 27, 2014, to elect the Mayor of Windsor, Windsor City Council and the Greater Essex County District School Board, Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire catholique Providence and Conseil scolaire Viamonde.

The election was held on the same day as elections in every other municipality in Ontario, as well as the elections in neighbouring towns in Essex County.[1]

Mayor

Incumbent three-term Mayor Eddie Francis announced in early 2014 that he would not be standing for re-election.[2]

NOTE: (X) denotes the incumbent candidate.

Mayoral CandidateVote%
Drew Dilkens32,27155.36
John Millson15,84827.19
Larry Horwitz7,29312.51
Ernie "The Baconman" Lamont6401.10
Robin Easterbrook6111.05
Bruce Martin3650.63
Steve Gavrildis3300.57
Timothy Dugdale2950.51
Mike Tessier2440.42
Raymond Poisson1430.25
Ronald Van Dyk1320.23
Jaysen R. Sylvestre1230.21

Ward 1

Incumbent Councillor Drew Dilkens stepped down in order to run for Mayor.

Council CandidateVote%
Fred Francis2,95336.57
Ryan Mancini2,37029.35
Matt Ford1,11213.77
Denise Clair Ghanam7749.58
Daniel Ableser3974.92
Gurbax Bhullar3964.90
David Hanna740.92

Ward 2

Incumbent Councillor Ron Jones announced he would not run for re-election.[3]

Council CandidateVote%
John Elliott1,72941.08
Frank Favot1,28330.48
Joan Mavrinac69316.46
Kevin Flood3187.56
James Ging1573.73
Dmitrius Djankovic290.69

Ward 3

Incumbent Councillor Fulvio Valentinis announced he would not run for re-election.[4]

Council CandidateVote%
Rino Bortolin1,66039.40
Gabe Maggio1,40933.44
Caroline Postma1,03424.54
Claude Reno1102.61

Ward 4

Incumbent Councillor Alan Halberstadt stepped down in order to run for English Public School Board Trustee for Wards 3, 4, 10.

Council CandidateVote%
Chris Holt1,81228.57
Adriano Ciotoli1,55224.47
Victoria Cross1,16518.37
Remy Boulbol1,08917.17
Howard Weeks4807.57
Brian Caza2453.86

Ward 5

Council CandidateVote%
Ed Sleiman (X)2,70757.29
Gary Kaschak48110.18
Joey Wright4519.54
Sam Drakich3908.25
Randy Diestelmann3828.08
John Middleton2625.54
Gene Michael Leon Locknick521.10

Ward 6

Council CandidateVote%
Jo-Anne Gignac (X)5,39569.89
Alex Denonville1,32317.14
John S. Holmes7129.22
Jason William Dupuis2893.74
Council CandidateVote%
Irek Kusmierczyk (X)3,76150.76
Angelo Marignani2,53934.27
Daniel William Speal90912.27
Jeffery Kocsis2002.70

Ward 8

Council CandidateVote%
Bill Marra (X)3,09577.34
Heather Burton90722.66

Ward 9

Council CandidateVote%
Hillary Payne (X)1,62830.71
Kieran McKenzie1,45127.37
Janette Calandra67112.66
Socrates Alexander Shinas65612.37
Ryan Sprague65412.33
Hank Van Aspert2424.56

Ward 10

Council CandidateVote%
Paul Borrelli1,66128.45
Jim Morrison1,46425.07
Mohamed Chams92715.88
Wally Chafchak69711.94
Al Maghnieh (X)58610.04
Maria Fernandes2233.82
Santino Pirrone1722.95
Matthew Isherwood1091.87

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017-07-12 . Municipal Elections . March 5, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170712070611/http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page219.aspx . July 12, 2017.
  2. Web site: Borrelli . Melanie . January 11, 2014 . Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis will not seek re-election this fall.
  3. News: CBC Windsor . Ron Jones 'at peace' with not seeking re-election . April 23, 2024.
  4. News: CBC Windsor . Fulvio Valentinis won't seek re-election . April 23, 2024.