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2022 Waterloo Region municipal elections

The 2022 Waterloo Region municipal elections were held on October 24, 2022, in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, to elect Waterloo Regional Council, the mayors and city councils of Cambridge, Kitchener, North Dumfries, Waterloo, Wellesley, Wilmot, and Woolwich, the Waterloo Region District School Board (Public), the Waterloo Catholic District School Board, and the regional members of Conseil Scolaire de District Catholiques Centre-Sud and Conseil Scolaire Viamonde (Public). The elections were part of the wider 2022 Ontario municipal elections.

(X) denotes incumbent.

Waterloo Regional Council

Chair

Incumbent chair Karen Redman ran for re-election.

Council

Waterloo Regional Council includes the chair, the mayors of the seven constituent municipalities (see below) and eight directly elected councillors from the three main cities:

Cambridge

List of candidates:

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Kathryn McGarry ran against city councillor Jan Liggett.

Cambridge City Council

By-election

A by-election was held on November 13, 2023 in Ward 1 following the death of councillor Donna Reid. Shwery is a founding board member of the New Blue Party of Ontario.

The results were as follows:

Kitchener

List of candidates:

Mayor

Mayor Berry Vrbanovic ran for re-election.

Kitchener City Council

North Dumfries

Sue Foxton was re-elected as mayor by acclamation:

Mayor

Waterloo

List of candidates:

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Dave Jaworsky did not seek re-election.

Waterloo City Council

Wellesley

Joe Nowak was re-elected mayor by acclamation.

Mayor

Wilmot

The following were the results for mayor.

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Les Armstrong did not run for re-election. Councillor Jenn Pfenning ran to replace him.

Woolwich

The following were the results for mayor:

Mayor

Incumbent mayor Sandy Shantz ran for re-election. Councillor Pat Merlihan ran against her.

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