2022 Thunder Bay District municipal election
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 races in each municipality and the council races in the City of Thunder Bay .
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Sheila Maxwell 156 71.56
Suzanne Huot
62
28.44
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Candidate
Vote
%
Grant Arnold (X) 166
David Maxwell 146
Chris Kresack 129
David Halvorsen 121
Ellen Davis
121
Gayle Manns
76
Reeve Candidate
Vote
%
Robert Beatty (X)
Acclaimed
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Candidate
Vote
%
Brent Cadeau
Acclaimed
Deborah Harris Shallow (X)
Acclaimed
Jeffrey Mehagan (X)
Acclaimed
Darren Penner
Acclaimed
Reeve Candidate
Vote
%
Wendy Wright (X)
Acclaimed
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Candidate
Vote
%
Rudy Buitenhuis (X)
Dino DeBenetti
William "Bill" Groenheide (X)
Elizabeth Jones
Daniel Vanlenthe
The following were the results for mayor and council of Greenstone.[ 1]
Incumbent Renald Beaulieu did not run for re-election. Longlac Ward councillor James McPherson was elected mayor by acclamation.[ 2]
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
James McPherson
Acclaimed
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)
David Malouf
Elaine Mannisto (X)
Alan Ouellet
Nakina Ward (1 to be elected)
Matthew Donovan (X)
Acclaimed
Rural East Ward (1 to be elected)
Vicky Budge
Gloria McCraw (X)
Rural West Ward (1 to be elected)
Andre Blanchard (X)
Fran Koning
Chantal Olson
The following were the results for mayor of Manitouwadge.[ 3]
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Jim Moffat [ 4] 576 69.23
Margaret Hartling
138
16.59
John MacEachern (X)
118
14.18
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Candidate
Vote
%
Kathy Hudson [ 4] 588
18.94
Michael Scapinello (X)521
16.78
Coady Keough 496
15.98
Braden Kotyk 409
13.18
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
Rick Dumas was re-elected by acclamation to a third term as mayor of Marathon.[ 5] [ 6]
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Rick Dumas (X)
Acclaimed
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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.
The following were the results for mayor and council of Neebing.[ 7]
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Mark Thibert 437 62.70
Ziggy Polkowski
260
37.30
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)
The following were the results for mayor of Nipigon.[ 8]
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Suzanne Kukko [ 9] 415 62.59
James Foulds
248
37.41
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Candidate
Vote
%
Glenn Hart
Richard Harvey
Barry Laukkanen
Gordon MacKenzie
Pierre Pelletier
Kathrine Sakamoto
John (Zeke) Zechner Jr. (X)
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Jim Vezina (X)
Acclaimed
[ edit ]
Candidate
Vote
%
Alex Crane (X)
Jonathon Hari
Bishop Racicot (X)
Brendan Rea
John Sobolta
Carly Torkkeli
The following were the results for mayor of Oliver Paipoonge.[ 10] [ 11]
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Lucy Kloosterhuis [ 12] 905 38.08
Rick Potter
771
32.44
Brandon Postuma
686
28.87
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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
Darquise Robinson was re-elected mayor of Red Rock by acclamation.[ 13]
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Darquise Robinson (X)
Acclaimed
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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
The following were the results for mayor of Schreiber.[ 14]
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Kevin Mullins (X) [ 15] 308 54.60
Dominic Commisso
148
31.38
Kim Krause
95
16.84
Adam Cherry
10
1.77
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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
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Wendy Landry (X)
Acclaimed
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
Dawn Powell
The following were the results for mayor of Terrace Bay.[ 16]
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Paul Malashewski 417 64.95
Gino Leblanc
225
35.05
[ 17]
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%
The following were the results for mayor and city council of Thunder Bay.[ 18]
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 Lakehead University radio host Robert Szczepanski.[ 19]
2022 Thunder Bay Mayoral election Turnout 42.96%
Candidate
Ken Boshcoff
Gary Mack
Popular vote
13,538
12,145
Percentage
38.22%
34.29%
Candidate
Peng You
Clint Harris
Popular vote
6,377
2,728
Percentage
18.00%
7.70%
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Ken Boshcoff [ 20] 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
Map of Thunder Bay's wards
Wards (1 to be elected)
Candidate
Vote
%
Current River
Andrew Foulds [ 20] 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 Johnson 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[ 21]
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
Position
Incumbent
Time in Office and Terms
Mayor
Bill Mauro
2018 - 2022
1
Councillor at Large
Rebecca Johnson
2003 - 2022
5
Councillor at Large
Aldo Ruberto
2006 - 2022
4
Neebing Councillor
Cody Fraser
2018 - 2022
1
Red River Councillor
Brian McKinnon
2006 - 2022
4
English Public School Board Elections [ edit ]
Lakehead District School Board
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
Richard Baycroft
Patrick Liscomb
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 [ edit ]
Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board
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 [ edit ] French Catholic School Board Elections [ edit ]
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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