Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Thunder Bay District of Ontario on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.
The following are the results of the mayoral and council races in each municipality.
Conmee Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Sheila Maxwell 156 71.56 Suzanne Huot 62 28.44
Town Council (4 to be elected) Candidate Vote % Grant Arnold (X) 166 David Maxwell 146 Chris Kresack 129 David Halvorsen 121 Ellen Davis 121 Gayle Manns 76
Dorion Reeve Reeve Candidate Vote % Robert Beatty (X) Acclaimed
Town Council (4 to be elected) Candidate Vote % Brent Cadeau Acclaimed Deborah Harris Shallow (X) Acclaimed Jeffrey Mehagan (X) Acclaimed Darren Penner Acclaimed
Gillies Reeve Reeve Candidate Vote % Wendy Wright (X) Acclaimed
Town Council (4 to be elected) Candidate Vote % Daniel Vanlenthe 90 Elizabeth Jones 88 Rudy Buitenhuis (X) 85 William Groenheide (X) 81 Dino DeBenetti 29
Greenstone The following were the results for mayor and council of Greenstone.
Mayor Incumbent Renald Beaulieu did not run for re-election. Longlac Ward councillor James McPherson was elected mayor by acclamation.
Mayoral Candidate Vote % James McPherson Acclaimed
Municipal Council Candidate Vote % Beardmore Ward (1 to be elected) Claudette Trottier (X) Acclaimed Geraldton Ward (2 to be elected) Eric K. Pietsch Acclaimed Chris Walterson (X) Acclaimed Longlac Ward (2 to be elected) Alan Ouellet 22742.6% Elaine Mannisto (X) 22241.7% David Malouf 7914.8% Nakina Ward (1 to be elected) Matthew Donovan (X) Acclaimed Rural East Ward (1 to be elected) Vicky Budge 5162.2% Gloria McCraw (X) 3137.8% Rural West Ward (1 to be elected) Fran Koning 6561.3% Chantal Olson 3533.0% Andre Blanchard (X) 65.7%
Manitouwadge The following were the results for mayor of Manitouwadge.
Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Jim Moffat 576 69.23 Margaret Hartling 138 16.59 John MacEachern (X) 118 14.18
Town Council (4 to be elected) Candidate Vote % Kathy Hudson (X) 58818.94 Michael Scapinello (X) 52116.78 Coady Keough 49615.98 Braden Kotyk 40913.18 Vital Morin 357 11.50 Denis Narbonne 180 5.80 Carol Barnes 172 5.54 Tracy Lee Hare 131 4.22 David Wheadon 128 4.12 Ed Dunnill 109 3.51
Marathon Mayor Rick Dumas was re-elected by acclamation to a third term as mayor of Marathon. Mayoral Candidate Vote % Rick Dumas (X) Acclaimed
Town Council (4 to be elected) Candidate Vote % Darlene Cross 276 Raymond Lake (X) 646 Zackary Souckey (X) 878 Kelly Tsubouchi (X) 430 Gregory Vallance (X) 713 Joel Shier 136 Todd Wheeler 452 Dawna Harrison 410
Total Electors was 1044, with their choice of four candidates.
Neebing The following were the results for mayor and council of Neebing.
Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Mark Thibert 437 62.70 Ziggy Polkowski 260 37.30
Municipal Council Candidate Vote % Ward 1 - Blake Katherine Hill Gary Shchepanik Ron Woit Ward 2 - Crooks Obie Egbuchulam Brian Wright (X) Ward 3 - Pardee Curtis Coulson (X) Acclaimed Ward 4 - Pearson Gary Gardner (X) Acclaimed Ward 5 - Scoble Brian Kurrika (X) Acclaimed Councillor at Large Jill Cadieux Gordon Cuthbertson (X)
Nipigon The following were the results for mayor of Nipigon.
Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Suzanne Kukko 415 62.59 James Foulds 248 37.41
Town Council (4 to be elected) Candidate Vote % Glenn Hart Richard Harvey Barry Laukkanen Gordon MacKenzie Pierre Pelletier Kathrine Sakamoto John (Zeke) Zechner Jr. (X)
O'Connor
Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Jim Vezina (X) Acclaimed
Town Council (4 to be elected) Candidate Vote % Alex Crane (X) Jonathon Hari Bishop Racicot (X) Brendan Rea John Sobolta Carly Torkkeli
Oliver Paipoonge Mayor The following were the results for mayor of Oliver Paipoonge. Municipal councillors Brandon Postuma and Rick Potter ran against incumbent mayor Lucy Kloosterhuis. Mayoral Candidate Vote % Lucy Kloosterhuis (X) 905 38.08 Rick Potter 771 32.44 Brandon Postuma 686 28.87
Municipal Council (4 to be elected) Candidate Vote % Donna Peacock 1,614 20.62 Bernie Kamphof (X) 1,510 19.30 Dan Calvert 1,240 15.84 Allan Vis (X) 1,220 15.59 Rick Baraniuk 824 10.53 James Cassan 739 9.44 Sabrina Ree 623 7.96
Red Rock Mayor Darquise Robinson was re-elected mayor of Red Rock by acclamation. Mayoral Candidate Vote % Darquise Robinson (X) Acclaimed
Town Council (4 to be elected) Candidate Vote % Nancy Gladun 161 Mickel Smith 156 Cindy Brand 138 Gordon R. Muir (X) 129 Steve Carruthers 116 Braeden Plemel 104 Gary Nelson 103 James Legacy 90 Cam Todesco (X) 71
Schreiber
Mayor The following were the results for mayor of Schreiber. Mayoral Candidate Vote % Kevin Mullins (X) 308 54.60 Dominic Commisso 148 31.38 Kim Krause 95 16.84 Adam Cherry 10 1.77
Town Council (4 to be elected) Candidate Vote % Anne-Marie Bourgeault 481 Benjamin Bryson 311 Daniel McGrath 307 David Mauro (X) 258 Carrie Moore 136 Robert Fisk 122 Mark Houston 110 Jessica Payne 85 Sandra Miller 73 Doug Sales (X) 73 Doug Stefurak (X) 55
Shuniah
Mayor Mayoral Candidate Vote % Wendy Landry (X) Acclaimed
Town Council Candidate Vote % MacGregor Ward (3 to be elected) Donna Blunt (X) Acclaimed Ron Giardetti (X) Acclaimed Don Smith (X) Acclaimed McTavish Ward (1 to be elected) Meghan Chomut 16758.2% Dawn Powell 12041.8%
Terrace Bay Mayor The following were the results for mayor of Terrace Bay.
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Paul Malashewski 417 64.95 Gino Leblanc 225 35.05
===Town Council (4 to be elected)=== Candidate Vote % Gary Adduono 364 57% Richard Brearley 252 39% Chris Dube 381 59% Bert Johnson (X) 315 49% Helga MacKenzie 201 31% Alan McDonald 78 12% Rick St. Louis (X) 455 71% Billy Webb 284 44%
Thunder Bay The following were the results for mayor and city council of Thunder Bay.
Mayor In the race for mayor in 2022 in Thunder Bay were former two-time mayor and Liberal MP Ken Boshcoff, former Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal publisher Clint Harris, at-large city councillor Peng You, entrepreneur Gary Mack and Lakehead University radio host Robert Szczepanski.
Mayoral Candidate Vote % Ken Boshcoff 13,538 38.22 Gary Mack 12,145 34.29 Peng You 6,377 18.00 Clinton Harris 2,728 7.70 Robert Szczepanski 633 1.79
City Council
Wards (1 to be elected) Candidate Vote % Current River Andrew Foulds (X) 3,456 74.90 Duff Stewart 596 12.92 Andy Wolff 562 12.18 McIntyre Alberto Aiello (X) 3,758 63.31 Brent A. Boyko 2,178 36.69 McKellar Brian Hamilton (X) 2,178 53.50 Lori Paras 1,151 28.27 Cory Bagdon 392 9.63 Stephanie Danylko 350 8.60 Neebing Greg Johnsen 1,322 36.14 Yuk-Sem Won 1,128 30.84 Debra Halvorsen 386 10.55 Brad DesRochers 338 9.24 Shaun Kennedy 291 7.96 Basil Lychowyd 193 5.28 Northwood Dominic Pasqualino 1,957 41.84 Syed Kabir 944 20.18 Mike Maher 732 15.65 Bill Dell 601 12.85 Chris Krumpholz 443 9.47 Red River Michael Zussino 2,115 33.49 Jason Veltri 1,999 31.65 Martin Rukavina 901 14.27 Katherine Suutari 593 9.39 James Dean Marsh 334 5.29 Brad Ford 373 5.91 Westfort Kristen Oliver (X) 2,222 45.95 John Collins 1,955 40.43 Allan D. Corbett 344 7.11 David Tommasini 315 6.51
At Large (5 to be elected) Candidate Vote % Mark Bentz (X) 15,548 11.10 Shelby Ch'ng 13,222 9.44 Trevor Giertuga (X) 12,185 8.70 Rajni Agarwal 10,767 7.69 Kasey (Taylor) Etreni 10,184 7.27 Shane Judge 9,889 7.06 Rob Barrett 8,897 6.35 Stephen Margarit 7,530 5.37 Jim Mauro 6,809 4.86 Bob Hupka 5,733 4.09 Matthew Villella 5,231 3.73 Brian Tsubouchi 4,689 3.35 Adelina Pecchia 3,825 2.73 Tracey MacKinnon 3,767 2.69 Adetunde (Ade) Ogunberu 3,479 2.48 Iqbal Khan (IQ) 2,828 2.02 Dino Menei 2,775 1.98 Brian Joseph Phillips 2,628 1.88 Marilyn Cully 2,437 1.74 Dan Courtney 2,156 1.54 Allan Mihalcin 1,750 1.25 Donnalee Morettin 1,646 1.17 Robert Girardin 1,124 0.80 James Glavish 996 0.71
Incumbents not running for re-election PositionIncumbentTime in Office and TermsMayorBill Mauro2018 - 20221Councillor at LargeRebecca Johnson2003 - 20225Councillor at LargeAldo Ruberto2006 - 20224Neebing CouncillorCody Fraser2018 - 20221Red River CouncillorBrian McKinnon2006 - 20224
English Public School Board Elections
Lakehead District School Board(8 to be elected) Candidate Vote % Leah Vanderwey 11,108 10.95 Ellen Chambers (X) 10,902 10.75 Trudy Tuchenhagen (X) 9,675 9.54 George Saarinen (X) 8,955 8.83 Ron Oikonen (X) 8,727 8.60 Ryan Sitch (X) 7,681 7.57 Donica LeBlanc 7,578 7.47 Pat Johansen 7,446 7.34 Kelly Fettes 6,913 6.81 Gary Christian 6,802 6.70 Gary Johnson 6,791 6.69 Ahsanul Habib 4,876 4.81 Paul David Sequeira 3,999 3.94
Superior-Greenstone District School Board Candidate Vote % Greenstone (2 to be elected) Allison Jarvis (X)Acclaimed Patrick Liscomb34265.1% Richard Baycroft 15329.1% Manitouwadge (1 to be elected) Joshua Barnes Daniel Fairservice Marathon (2 to be elected) Megen Brunskill Lisa MacKenzie Pauline MacRae (X) Julie Michano Nipigon (1 to be elected) Red Rock (1 to be elected) Kal Pristanski (X) Acclaimed Schreiber/Terrace Bay (1 to be elected) Jason Nesbitt (X) Acclaimed
English Catholic School Board Elections
Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board(6 to be elected) Candidate Vote % Eleanor Ashe (X) Lawrence Badanai (X) Anthony Foglia Leanne Fonso Gloria Gabrijelcic Dina McFarlane (X) Matt Pearson Tony Pucci Tony Romeo (X) Adam Shaen Francis Veneruz (X)
Superior North Catholic District School Board Candidate Vote % Greenstone (Beardmore, Geraldton, Nakina & Rural West) Suzanne Lafrance Acclaimed Greenstone (Longlac & Rural East) Lilliana McPherson (X) Acclaimed Marathon Tara Patterson Acclaimed Manitouwadge Nipigon William Harmon (X) Acclaimed Red Rock & Dorion Shirley Jean (X) Acclaimed Schreiber Lawrence McParland (X) Acclaimed Terrace Bay Amanda Monks (X) Acclaimed
French Public School Board Elections
Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario Candidate Vote % Manitouwadge & Marathon Jocelyn Bourgoin (X) Acclaimed Longlac & Thunder Bay Anne-Marie Gélineault (X) Acclaimed
French Catholic School Board Elections
Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales Candidate Vote % Thunder Bay (5 to be elected) Angéle Desbiens (X) Claudette Gleeson (X) Elode Grunerud (X) Donald Pelletier (X) Beardmore, Geraldton, Nakina & Rural West (2 to be elected) Jean-Pierre Pelletier (X) Acclaimed Monique Perreault (X) Acclaimed Longlac & Rural East (1 to be elected) Sylvia Payeur (X) Acclaimed Schreiber & Terrace Bay (1 to be elected) Réal Deschatelets (X) Acclaimed Manitouwadge & Marathon (1 to be elected) Maguy Lorek (X) Acclaimed
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