Peel Region municipal elections, 2022 were part of the larger Ontario municipal elections, that took place on Monday, October 24, 2022.
Brampton
Mayor
Patrick Brown was the incumbent, and he won re-election. He won the 2018 election with 44.43% of the vote.
On March 13, 2022, Brown announced he was running for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada but was disqualified by the party on July 5.
Registered candidates Patrick Brown (incumbent) Vidya Sagar Gautam, 2014 and 2018 Regional council candidate for Wards 1 & 5 Nikki Kaur,https://nikkikaur.ca/ a whistleblower within City of Brampton staff about alleged misconduct by Mayor Patrick Brown and then-CAO David Barrick, campaign to be run by political consultant and strategist Nick Kouvalis. Former Conservative candidate in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek during the 2019 Canadian federal election. Prabh Kaur Mand Tony Moraccihttps://www.tonymoracci.com/ Bob Singh, also known as Bob Dosanjh Singh, Punjabi media personalityhttps://bobformayor.ca/
Withdrawn Jermaine Chambers Ramesh Sangha, former Liberal MP for Brampton Centre Cody Vatcher, 2018 Regional council candidate for Wards 7 & 8
Declined Martin Medeiros, Regional councillor, Wards 3 & 4 Ruby Sahota, Liberal MP for Brampton North. A representative told Global News that she was "giving thought to a potential mayoral bid," as of late July 2022; she announced on August 4 that she wouldn't run.
Results Candidate Vote % Patrick Brown (X) 50,652 59.65 Nikki Kaur 21,693 25.55 Bob Singh 7,166 8.44 Tony Moracci 3,775 4.45 Vidya Sagar Gautam 1,398 1.65 Prabh Kaur Mand 235 0.28
Opinion polls
All polls during the election itself were paid for by campaigns: Mainstreet by Brown, Campaign Research by Kaur.
The October 13 poll was paid for by the Kaur campaign, and released the next day. The September 23 poll was paid for by the Brown campaign, and released October 14.
Polling firm Link Last dateof polling Sample Size Marginof errorPatrick Brown Vidya Gautam Nikki Kaur Prabh Kaur Mand Tony Moracci Bob Singh Undecided Mainstreet PDF October 19–21, 2022 398 ±4.9%52 1 17 0 6 3 20 Campaign Research HTML 505 ±4% 43 044 1 4 8 3 Mainstreet HTML October 15, 2022 536 ±4%66 0 17 1 4 8 0 Campaign Research HTML 258 ±63232 3 6 25 Mainstreet HTML 587±4.166.1 5.4 10.8 4.1 11 2.7
Polling firm Link Last dateof polling Sample Size Marginof errorPatrick Brown Gurpreet Dhillon Martin Medeiros Elaine Moore Gurratan Singh Other Undecided Mainstreet PDF 1,054 ±3%413754 8 33
Regional council
These members are elected via double direct election, serving both on Brampton City council and Peel Regional council.
Wards 1 & 5
Registered candidates Idris Orughu Seema Passi, paralegal Paul Vicente (incumbent)
Results Candidate Vote % Paul Vicente (X) 7,832 55.70 Idris Orughu 3,643 25.91 Seema Passi 2,587 18.40
Wards 2 & 6
Registered candidates Mansoor Ameersulthan, 2018 candidate for Mayor of Brampton Babita Gupta Azhar Hussain Gurpreet Singh Pabla, 2014 candidate for city councillor Wards 2 & 6 Michael Paul Palleschi (incumbent) KebaTamara Thomas
Results Candidate Vote % Michael Paul Palleschi (X) 9,675 56.59 Gurpreet Singh Pabla 2,095 12.25 Keba Tamara Thomas 1,929 11.28 Azhar Hussain 1,337 7.82 Babita Gupta 1,190 6.96 Mansoor Ameersulthan 871 5.09
Wards 3 & 4
The incumbent was Martin Medeiros.
Registered candidates Andria Barrett Aquin George Martin Medeiros (incumbent) Ameek Singh Raman Vasudev
Ameek Singh Bali was registered and withdrew; it's unclear whether he is Ameek Singh. Raman Vasudev original registered to run as City Councillor, Wards 2 & 6.
Results Candidate Vote % Martin Medeiros (X) 7,693 53.50 Andria Barrett 2,927 20.35 Ameek Singh 1,951 13.57 Aquin George 1,104 7.68 Raman Vasudev 705 4.90
Wards 7 & 8
Registered candidates Michael Dancy Ripudaman Singh Dhillon Pat Fortini (incumbent) Matthew Johnson Gurinder Sehgal Cynthia Sri Pragash, affiliated with unincorporated citizens group BramptonMatters
Results Candidate Vote % Pat Fortini (X) 6,919 44.50 Ripudaman Singh Dhillon 2,707 17.41 Michael Dancy 2,011 12.93 Matthew Johnson 1,576 10.14 Cynthia Sri Pragash 917 5.90 Farooq Ishaq 825 5.31 Gurinder Sehgal 594 3.82
Wards 9 & 10
The incumbent for this ward was Gurpreet Singh Dhillon.
Registered candidates Andeep Dhade Gurpreet Singh Dhillon (incumbent) Azad Singh Goyat Susan Joseph Gagan Lal Mohammad Shoaib Gurpartap Singh Toor
Results Candidate Vote % Gurpartap Singh Toor 6,086 29.39 Gurpreet Singh Dhillon (X) 5,859 28.29 Susan Joseph 3,200 15.45 Gagan Lal 2,498 12.06 Mohammad Shoaib 1,603 7.74 Azad Singh Goyat 1,008 4.87 Andeep Dhade 454 2.19
Brampton City Council
Wards 1 & 5
During the current term of council, Rowena Santos was given the city's additional Regional council position.
Registered candidates Stacey Ann Brooks, realtor Harshmeet Dhillon MD Rafiqul Islam Omprakash Kapil Steven Lee Tracy Pepe, business owner Rowena Santos, incumbent
Results Candidate Vote % Rowena Santos (X) 5,143 36.14 Stacey Ann Brooks 3,092 21.73 Tracy Pepe 1,973 13.86 Harshmeet Dhillon 1,241 8.72 MD. Rafiqul Islam 1,109 7.79 Steven Lee 889 6.25 Omprakash Kapil 784 5.51
Wards 2 & 6
The incumbent in the wards was Doug Whillans; he did not run for re-election.
Registered candidates Navjit Kaur Brar, respiratory therapist, NDP MPP candidate in 2022 Jermaine Chambers, financial advisor, Conservative MP candidate in 2021 Sirajul Islam Vijay Mair Joe Oreskovic Raghav Patel, 2018 candidate for Regional councillor Wards 2 & 6, during which he did not respond to a profile request from The Brampton Guardian Hardip Singh Cody Vatcher, 2018 candidate for Regional councillor Wards 7 & 8 Carmen Wilson
Jermaine Chambers was a registered candidate, but withdrew to run for Mayor; he returned to the original nomination in the final week. Carmen Wilson was first registered as a candidate for city council in Wards 7 & 8. Raman Vasudev registered, but later withdrew to run in Wards 3 & 4 for Regional councillor.
Results Candidate Vote % Navjit Kaur Brar 4,983 28.91 Jermaine Chambers 3,886 22.55 Carmen Wilson 2,658 15.42 Raghav Patel 1,311 7.61 Cody Vatcher 1,217 7.06 Joe Oreskovic 1,005 5.83 Sirajul Islam 853 4.95 Vijay Mair 714 4.14 Hardip Singh 608 3.53
Wards 3 & 4
The incumbent in this position was Jeff Bowman. He registered as a candidate, later withdrawing.
Registered candidates Cleopatra Gooden-Simms Carla Green Dennis Kennan Jasmohan Singh Mankoo, realtor John Sanderson, former Regional councillor for Wards 3 & 4 (2006-2014), 2003 Brampton Business Person of the Year, 2005 Brampton Citizen of the Year Tejeshwar Soin, real estate agent
Results Candidate Vote % Dennis Keenan 4,912 34.13 John Sanderson 4,599 31.96 Carla Green 1,802 12.52 Jasmohan Singh Mankoo 1,442 10.02 Cleopatra Gooden-Simms 1,047 7.28 Tejeshwar Soin 588 4.09
Wards 7 & 8
Incumbent Charmaine Williams was elected as the Member of Provincial Parliament for Brampton Centre in the 2022 provincial election, as part of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
Registered candidates Fatima Faruq Ahmad Natalie Ballantyne Kuljit Singh Batra Baljit Bawa, People's Party of Canada candidate in Brampton Centre 2019 and Toronto Centre 2020 Raymond Carle Michael Farquharson Damindar Ghumman, 2014 candidate for city councillor Wards 7 & 8 Rod Power Cheryl Rodricks, two-time trustee candidate for the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board in Mississauga, including in 2010, 2011 Mississauga by-election candidate, 2014 candidate for Regional council Brampton Wards 7 & 8, 2018 candidate for Mississauga City Council in Ward 4 by-election Jaskaran Sandhu Gagan Sandhu Cindy-Ann Williams, former executive assistant to Brampton city councillor Charmaine Williams, but unrelated Donna Williams, sister of Charmaine Williams
Cleopatra Gooden-Simms registered as a candidate, later withdrawing for City Wards 3, 4. Carmen Wilson registered as a candidate, later withdrawing for City Wards 2, 6. Rod Power registered and withdrew, before re-registering.
Results Candidate Vote % Rod Power 4,069 26.09 Jaskaran Sandhu 2,849 18.27 Cindy-Ann Williams 2,237 14.34 Donna Williams 1,848 11.85 Fatima Faruq Ahmad 1,021 6.55 Baljit Bawa 689 4.42 Michael Farquharson 586 3.76 Raymond Carle 546 3.50 Cheryl Rodricks 525 3.37 Nataleigh Ballantyne 493 3.16 Gagan Sandhu 315 2.02 Kuljit Singh Batra 258 1.65 Damindar Ghumman 161 1.03
Wards 9 & 10
The incumbent was Harkirat Singh.
Arsalan Baig, 2014 councillor candidate in Etobicoke North Janice Gordon-Daniels Jagdish Singh Grewal, Canadian Punjabi Post publisher Mahendra Gupta, Ward 9 & 10 city council candidate in the 2018 election Manpreet Othi, 2019 independent federal candidate in Brampton East Harikrat Singh (incumbent)
Results Candidate Vote % Harikrat Singh (X) 9,076 45.30 Janice Gordon-Daniels 4,577 22.84 Jagdish Singh Grewal 2,316 11.56 Arsalan Baig 1,400 6.99 Mahendra Gupta 1,341 6.69 Manpreet Othi 1,327 6.62
Caledon
Caledon saw 34 people register for municipal office or as school trustee. Six of the nine incumbents were registered as candidates, with Jennifer Innis and Annette Groves going head-to-head for Mayor. As such, only five incumbents were able to be re-elected, guaranteeing at least four new councillors.
The election saw the composition of Caledon council changed, with its four Regional councillors reduced to two, and area councillors increased to six.
In the 2018 election, 32.8% of registered electors in Caledon voted.
Mayor
Regional council incumbents Jennifer Innis and Annette Groves ran for the position, made empty by the retirement of Allan Thompson.
Registered candidates Annette Groveshttps://www.annette4mayor.ca/ Jennifer Innishttps://www.jenniferinnis.ca/
Results Candidate Vote % Annette Groves 10,270 57.72 Jennifer Innis 7,524 42.28
Regional Councillor
Ward 1, 2, 3
The combined Wards 1, 2, 3 is be the largest geographic area represented by a single Region of Peel councillor, beginning 2022–2026. The incumbent Regional councillors for Ward 1, Ian Sinclair, and Ward 2, Johanna Downey, both decided against running in this election. In the previous term of council, Ward 3 was paired with Ward 4; Wards 3/4 Regional councillor Jennifer Innis is running for Mayor.
Two Regional council incumbents in the former wards will not be standing for re-election. Ian Sinclair represented Caledon Ward 1, while Johanna Downey represented Caledon Ward 2. (Downey had registered May 4, but withdrew June 21.)
Registered candidates for the ward were Christina Early, Ramat Gill, Giacomo Giuliano, and Tom Sweeney. Of them, Early was the incumbent for area councillor ward 2, and worked previously as a senior executive for an independently owned cooperative retail pharmacy. Sweeney is a masonry business owner, and past president of Caledon Lions Club.
Candidate Vote % Christina Early 3,911 42.87 Ramat Gill 2,812 30.83 Tom Sweeney 1,972 21.62 Giacomo Giuliano 427 4.68
Ward 4, 5, 6
The councillors for Wards 3/4 and Ward 5, Jennifer Innis and Annette Groves respectively, were both running for Mayor of Caledon. As such, there was no incumbent councillor.
Registered candidates were Anthony Caputo, Frank Di Cosola, Mario Russo, and Manjit Saini. Caputo is a real estate agent, and former president of the Caledon Chamber of Commerce, Di Cosola was the incumbent trustee for Dufferin/Caledon, Dufferin-Peel's Catholic District School Board, and Russo formerly worked for the Ontario Land Tribunal, ran for Regional council in Brampton Wards 1 & 5, 2018, and served as chair of Brampton's Committee of Adjustment for four years
Candidate Vote % Mario Russo 3,365 41.36 Anthony Caputo 2,592 31.86 Frank Di Cosola 1,774 21.80 Bhondhi Manjit Saini 405 4.98
Area Councillors
Ward 1
Registered candidates Lynn Kiernan (incumbent), retired from investment banking