Wellington County votes 2026

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Election day is finally here and residents across the county have voted online, by mail, over the phone or in person.

Polling stations closed at 8pm and preliminary unofficial results are listed below for each municipality and school board in Wellington County.

*All election results are unofficial.

Centre Wellington

Bronwynne Wilton (4,731 votes) has won the five-way race for mayor in Centre Wellington.

She defeated Neil Dunsmore (2,736 votes), Kelly Linton (2,252), incumbent Shawn Watters (1,912) and Stephen Kitras (953).

Sophie Hogan (1,216 votes) has won the race for Ward 1 councillor, defeating incumbent Lisa MacDonald (775) and Erika Montero (696).

In Ward 2, Darcy Saunders (1,114 votes) in the new councillor after defeating Kimberly Jefferson (635).

In Ward 3, Barbara Lustgarten Evoy (1,417 votes) has been re-elected. Bob Foster came in second (765 votes), Shivam Taneja (396) finished third and David DeWitt (303) came in fourth.

Jennifer Adams (1,152 votes) defeated Maddy Smith (953) in Ward 4.

Julie Charbonneau (1,348 votes) won handily in Ward 5 over Matt LeBeau (459) and Elnor Walsh (144).

In Ward 6, the new councillor is Richard Pinder (430 votes), who defeated Pamela Brown-Wass (316) and Matt Bunch (219).

Erin

*Results for this municipality are not yet known.

Mayoral candidates in the Town of Erin are Michael Dehn, Dusty Scott and Rob Smith. 

Erin councillor candidates (four to be elected) include;

• Cathy Aylard;
• Sunjay Bedi;
• John Brennan;
• Jamie Cheyne;
• Sukhchain Gill;
• Benita Raponi;
• Sid Spear;
• Tracey Wallace; and
• Alex Zaichuk.

Guelph/Eramosa

Incumbent Chris White (2,801 votes) has handily defeated challenger Dan Kennaley (1,526) for mayor in Guelph/Eramosa.

Philip Mullis (432 votes) has been elected as councillor for Ward 1, defeating Jason Baldwin (213) and Bill Weima (73).

Corey Woods (421 votes) has been re-elected in Ward 2 over Jason Peart (273).

Steven Liebig (860 votes) dominated the race in Ward 3, over Tara Groves-Taylor (400) and Lisa Logan-Dayman (161).

In Ward 4, incumbent Mark Bouwmeester (758 votes) defeated Mark Montgomery (452) and Bree Wilson (286).

Mapleton

Gregg Davidson (1,301 votes) has defeated Amanda Reid (1,026 votes) in the race for mayor.

"It's not just my victory, it's the community's victory," Davidson told the Advertiser shortly after the results were announced.

Councillor candidates elected include newcomer Doug Duimering and incumbents Lori Woodham, Marlene Ottens and Michael Martin.

"I really appreciate all the trust [voters] put in me and I hope I can meet their expectations," said Duimering.

Unsuccessful candidates were Alby Mbanjabahizi, Andy Knetsch, Jennifer Goertzen, Paul Snider and Robin Larkin.

Minto

Dave Turton is acclaimed as mayor in the Town of Minto.

Jean Anderson (1,878 votes) has defeated Marté Pronk (1,119) for deputy mayor.

The five councillors elected are: Judy Dirksen, Shawn McDonald, Ron Elliott, Susan Thurston and Patrick Raftis.

They obtained more votes than the following unsuccessful candidates: Joe Andrade, Debra Dennison, Jennifer Gibson, Louise Howe, Joe Park, Mike Roesch and Paul Zimmerman.

Puslinch

Incumbent James Seeley (1,527 votes) has been re-elected as mayor, defeating Stephanie McCrone (920) and Michael Wilford (472).

All four incumbent councillors have been re-elected in Puslinch.

Sara Bailey (2,062 votes), Jessica Goyda (1,933), Russel Hurst (1,626) and John Sepulis (1,538) all received more votes than David Smedley (1,217) and Steven Dorgo (917).

Wellington North

Steven McCabe (2,887 votes) has defeated Kelly Dimick (996 votes) in the race for mayor in Wellington North.

Michelle McInnis (451 votes) has won in Ward 1 over Wayne Allen (235) and Penny Renken (308).

In Ward 2, Sherry Burke (568 votes) has defeated Laura Aston (464) and Adriana Cea (112).

James Craig (275 votes) has won in Ward 3 over Lisa Hern (172) and Erin Kiers (38).

In Ward 4, Troy Lawlor (1,008 votes) has defeated Alex Zantout (217) and Serge Karwal.

Wellington County

In Ward 3, representing north/west Wellington North, challenger Dan Yake (1,304 votes) has narrowly defeated incumbent Campbell Cork (1,280).

In Ward 4 (southeast Wellington North and north Centre Wellington), incumbent Stephen O’Neil is facing Allan Tota.

The other seven county councillors are acclaimed, including:

• David Anderson, Ward 1 (Minto);
• Earl Campbell, Ward 2 (Mapleton);
• Mary Lloyd, Ward 5 (west portion of Centre Wellington);
• Diane Ballantyne, Ward 6 (southeast portion of Centre Wellington);
• Matthew Bulmer, Ward 7 (Puslinch and west Guelph/Eramosa);
• Doug Breen, Ward 8 (east Guelph/Eramosa); and
• Jeff Duncan, Ward 9.

The mayors of each lower-tier municipality also sit on county council, which has 16 members.

School boards

At the Upper Grand District School Board, Curtis Cox (4,281 votes) has defeated Mike Johnson (2,976) for the seat covering Minto, Mapleton and Wellington North.

Kyle Reaburn (1,659 votes) has defeated Pallavi Ramchandani (459) for the seat covering Guelph Ward 6 and Puslinch Township.

In Centre Wellington Chris Davies is facing and Chris McGarvey (results not yet known).

Jen Edwards was acclaimed as trustee for Erin, Guelph/Eramosa and East Garafraxa.

Both Wellington Catholic District School Board trustee candidates are acclaimed:

• Cassandra O’Donnell (Erin, Guelph/Eramosa, Puslinch); and
• Andrew Finoro (Minto, Mapleton, Wellington North, Centre Wellington).

French-language school trustee candidates for the area are also acclaimed:

• Rachid Barrima, candidate in the Conseil Scolaire Viamonde (French public schools) for Wellington, Middlesex, Perth, Huron, Waterloo); and
• Genevieve Grenier*, candidate in the Conseil Scolaire Catholique MonAvenir (French Catholic schools) for Wellington, Dufferin, Brampton, Caledon).