Unofficial 2018 Markham Municipal Election Results
MARKHAM, ON — October 22, 2018 — In the 2018 Markham Municipal Election, 77,503 eligible voters cast their ballot for City council and school board trustee candidates for the 2018 - 2022 term. Markham has seen the highest online voter turnout with 91 per cent of Markham voters casting their ballot online, and a total voter turnout of 38.26 per cent, the highest on record in Markham.
The City has offered online voting since 2003, and was one of 194 municipalities to offer online voting in the 2018 municipal elections across Ontario. As the largest lower-tier municipality in Canada to offer an online voting program, Markham is a leader in digital democracy In North America.
The City of Markham continues to make voting accessible, convenient and easy for all by offering more hours to vote this year than ever before. In addition to online voting, Markham also provided voters with the traditional paper ballot option during the early voting period.
The successful candidates for each office in the 2018 Markham Municipal Election, as per the unofficial results, are as follows:
Mayor
Frank Scarpitti
Regional Councillor
Don Hamilton
Jack heath
Joe Li
Jim Jones
Councillor - Ward 1
Keith Irish
Councillor - Ward 2
Alan Ho
Councillor - Ward 3
Reid McAlpine
Councillor - Ward 4
Karen Rea
Councillor - Ward 5
Andrew Keyes
Councillor - Ward 6
Amanda Yeung Collucci
Councillor - Ward 7
Khalid Usman
Councillor - Ward 8
Isa Lee
York Region District School Board Trustee - Area 2
David Sherman
York Region District School Board Trustee - Area 3
Ron Lynn
York Region District School Board Trustee - Area 4
Rukshan Para
York Catholic District School Board Trustee - 1
Juanita Nathan
York Catholic District School Board Trustee - 2
Carol Cotton
The following offices are shared races with other municipalities, and are Markham results only :
York Region District School Board Trustee - Area 1
James Ecker
Conseil scolaire Viamonde Trustee
Francois Guerin
Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir Trustee
Maxime Papillon
View the complete list of the unofficial results at https://bit.ly/2P2ACuU.
Official certified results will be provided later this week by Markham's Returning Officer/City Clerk, including the final results for the shared races.
Key Facts:
- Markham has now offered online voting in five municipal elections (2003, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018) as part of its multi-channel service delivery strategy for voting.
- Markham implemented a robust and creative community engagement strategy - in partnership with Markham Public Library - that educated and encouraged more voters than ever before to exercise their democratic right to vote.
- Casting your vote online is "greener" than the traditional paper ballot and it supports the City's award-winning Building Markham’s Future Together: 2015-2019 Strategic Plan, the Greenprint - Community Sustainability Plan, and its diversity and accessibility initiatives.