Guelph municipal election, 2014

October 27, 2014

Turnout	43.21%

Map of Guelph's Wards

The 2014 Guelph municipal election was held on October 27, 2014 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, to elect the Mayor of Guelph, Guelph City Council and the Guelph members of the Upper Grand District School Board (Public) and Wellington Catholic District School Board. The election was held in conjunction with the provincewide 2014 municipal elections.^[1]^[2]

For the first time during this election, the City of Guelph used online voting during the advanced polling, in an attempt to boost voter turnout and increase accessibility options for voters.^[3]

Timeline

January 2: Nomination period begins
September 12: Nomination period ends
October 7: Advanced Internet voting begins
October 15: Advanced Ballot voting begins
October 19: Advanced Ballot voting ends
October 24: Advanced Internet voting ends
October 27: Election Day

Election Results

Names in bold denotes elected candidates.
(X) denotes incumbent.

Mayor

One candidate to be elected.

Guelph municipal election, 2014: Mayor
Candidate	Votes	%	Δ%	Expenditures^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Cam Guthrie	19,672	50.75	–	$91,314.72^[4]
Karen Farbridge (X)	14,174	36.57	-17.54	$80,263.17^[5]
Jason Blokhuis	3,987	10.29	–	$6,766.23^[6]
Andrew Donovan	296	0.76	–	$1,074.50^[7]
John Legere	269	0.69	–	$7,204.24^[8]
Joseph St. Denis	250	0.64	–	$6,192.70^[9]
Nicholas A. Ross	112	0.29	–	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense Limit	38,760	100.0		$82,168.25
Turnout	38,873	43.21
Eligible voters	89,968
Sources: 2014 Official Election Results, City of Guelph, 2014 Election - Mayor, City of Guelph, and Voter Statistics, City of Guelph
↑ includes expenses not subject to spending limit

Opinion polls

List of opinion polls
Polling firm	Last date of polling	Link	Blokhuis	Farbridge	Guthrie	Other	Don't know/ Wouldn't vote
Forum Research	000000002014-09-02-0000September 2, 2014	PDF	4	21	36	1	36

Councillors

Two candidates per ward to be elected.

Ward 1

Guelph municipal election, 2014: Ward 1
Candidate	Votes	%	Δ%	Expenditures^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Dan Gibson	3,419	28.03	–	$5,873.93^[10]
Bob Bell (X)	2,984	24.46	+4.41	$2,196.70^[11]
Karolyne Pickett	2,705	22.17	+9.71	$5,755.34^[12]
Terry O'Connor	1,705	13.98	–	$2,406.01^[13]
Maria Pezzano	1,386	11.36	–	$4,014.88^[14]
Total valid votes/Expense Limit	12,199	100.0		$18,589.80
Turnout	7,171	43.21
Eligible voters	16,595
Sources: 2014 Official Election Results, City of Guelph, 2014 Election - Ward 1, City of Guelph, and Voter Statistics, City of Guelph
↑ includes expenses not subject to spending limit

Ward 2

Guelph municipal election, 2014: Ward 2
Candidate	Votes	%	Δ%	Expenditures^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Andy Van Hellemond (X)	3,266	27.50	-1.56	$2,012.04^[15]
James Gordon	2,990	25.17	–	$5,450.18^[16]
Ray Ferraro	2,615	22.02	+0.80	$2,458.07^[17]
Martin Collier	1,314	11.06	–	$3,662.99^[18]
Sian Matwey	1,109	9.34	–	none listed
Chris Keleher Sr.	583	4.91	–	$270.13^[19]
Total valid votes/Expense Limit	12,199	100.0		$16,446.10
Turnout	6,846	48.50
Eligible voters	14,116
Sources: 2014 Official Election Results, City of Guelph, 2014 Election - Ward 2, City of Guelph, and Voter Statistics, City of Guelph
↑ includes expenses not subject to spending limit

Ward 3

Candidate	Votes	%
Phil Allt	2,299	22.40
June Hofland (X)	2,050	19,95
Craig Chamberlain	2,045	19.93
Maggie Laidlaw (X)	1,861	18.13
Bob Moore	1,131	11.02
Jason Dodge	878	8.56

Ward 4

Candidate	Votes	%
Christine Billings	2,300	24.68
Mike Salisbury	2,197	23.57
Laurie Garbutt	1,061	11.38
Scott Tracey	992	10.64
Gary Walton	760	8.15
Greg Roffey	620	6.65
Greg Schirk	608	6.52
Rob Dunn-Dufault	559	6.00
Mark Briestensky	224	2.40

Ward 5

Candidate	Votes	%
Leanne Piper (X)	3,386	28.44
Cathy Downer	2,795	23.48
Scott R. Butler	2,316	19.46
Bob Senechal	1,599	13.43
Dimitrios Jim Galatianos	1,049	8.81
Alex Green	759	6.38

Ward 6

Candidate	Votes	%
Mark MacKinnon	3,806	33.46
Karl Wettstein (X)	2,886	25.37
Todd J. Dennis (X)	2,044	17.97
Glen Tolhurst	1,968	17.30
Keith Poore	671	5.90

Withdrawn Candidates

Robert Routledge withdrew Ward 5 nomination August 19
Lise Burcher (Incumbent) withdrew Ward 5 nomination August 25
Mark Paralovos withdrew Ward 2 nomination September 4
Linda Busuttil withdrew Ward 4 nomination, then registered for UGDSB 2,3&4 September 10

Incumbents Not Seeking Re-Election

Lise Burcher (Ward 5)^[20]
Ian Findlay (Ward 2)^[21]
Jim Furfaro (Ward 1)^[22]
Gloria Kovach (Ward 4)^[23]

Upper Grand District School Board

Wards 1 & 5

Two candidates to be elected.

Candidate	Votes	%
Mark Bailey (X)	4,517	30.84
Martha MacNeil	2,919	19.93
Juanita Burnett	2,249	15.36
Malcolm Bell	1,940	13.25
Ralph Edwards	1,622	11.08
Dan Baker	1,398	9.55

Wards 2,3 & 4

Two candidates to be elected.

Candidate	Votes	%
Susan Moziar (X)	5,017	25.47
Linda Busuttil	4,974	25.26
Rob McLean	3,978	20.21
Carrie Proudfoot	3,073	15.61
Aaron Blair	2,649	13.45

Ward 6 and Puslinch

One candidate to be elected.

Candidate	Votes	%
Marty Fairbairn (X)	3,469	61.72
Christopher Cassel	1,424	25.33
Tyler Rockliffe	727	12.93

Wellington Catholic District School Board

Four candidates to be elected.

Candidate	Votes	%
Joe Tersigni	5,789	29.64
Marino L. Gazzola (X)	4,636	23.74
Victoria Dupuis (X)	3,577	18.32
Sebastian Dal Bo (X)	3,155	16.16
Michelle Fach	2,371	12.14

Conseil Scolaire de District Catholiques Centre-Sud

One candidate to be elected, representing Brampton, Caledon, Dufferin County and Wellington County.

Candidate	Votes	%
Geneviève Grenier	145	78.38
Blaise Liaki	32	17.30
Tammy Knibbs (X)	8	4.32

Conseil Scolaire Viamonde

One candidate to be elected, representing Waterloo Region, Middlesex County, Wellington County, Perth County and Huron County.

Candidate	Votes	%
Denis Trudel (X)	73	41.95
Denise Alice Carter	51	29.31
Johanne R. Gray	50	28.74

References

Elections in Guelph

Municipal elections	1997 2000 2003 2006 2010 2014

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