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County of Brant

2026 Municipal & School Board Election Results

Certified Tuesday, October 27, 2026 · America/Toronto

CERTIFIED
35.4% turnout · 12,963 of 36,662 electors · Clerk-certified

Mayor

Jennifer Kyle
Mayor
Jennifer Kyle
7,544 votes · 61.2%
Full mayoral tally
CandidateVotes%
Jennifer Kyle7,54461.2%
Christine Garneau Bisaillon3,09425.1%
Graham Horner6995.7%
David Swanson4223.4%
Stuart Braid4123.3%
Kent Hollett1651.3%

Ward 1

Two councillors elected

John MacAlpine
Ward 1 Councillor
John MacAlpine
1,377 votes · 30.8%
Steve Schmitt
Ward 1 Councillor
Steve Schmitt
1,095 votes · 24.5%
Full Ward 1 tally
CandidateVotes%
John MacAlpine1,37730.8%
Steve Schmitt1,09524.5%
Mike Petrella73416.4%
Mary-Jane Brown62414.0%
John Kemp3748.4%
Denise Louise Dyment2666.0%

Ward 2

Two councillors elected

Steve Howes
Ward 2 Councillor
Steve Howes
1,820 votes · 47.0%
James McCulloch
Ward 2 Councillor
James McCulloch
1,405 votes · 36.2%
Full Ward 2 tally
CandidateVotes%
Steve Howes1,82047.0%
James McCulloch1,40536.2%
Jeff Johnston65116.8%

Ward 3

Two councillors elected

John Peirce
Ward 3 Councillor
John Peirce
1,351 votes · 26.1%
John Bell
Ward 3 Councillor
John Bell
1,121 votes · 21.7%
Full Ward 3 tally
CandidateVotes%
John Peirce1,35126.1%
John Bell1,12121.7%
Emad Yosif72514.0%
Arooj Shaikh64912.5%
Clifford Atfield64112.4%
David Spencer4578.8%
Riley Mulholland2304.4%

Ward 4

Two councillors elected

Robert Chambers
Ward 4 Councillor
Robert Chambers
1,120 votes · 28.3%
Ben Clement
Ward 4 Councillor
Ben Clement
943 votes · 23.9%
Full Ward 4 tally
CandidateVotes%
Robert Chambers1,12028.3%
Ben Clement94323.9%
Elaine Tully49112.4%
Andrea Bowden45111.4%
Heather Keam3589.1%
Corey Donn3168.0%
Glenn Hughes1684.2%
Claudine Craigie1062.7%

Ward 5

Two councillors elected

Ella Haley
Ward 5 Councillor
Ella Haley
1,694 votes · 43.9%
Mike Gatopoulos
Ward 5 Councillor
Mike Gatopoulos
1,349 votes · 34.9%
Full Ward 5 tally
CandidateVotes%
Ella Haley1,69443.9%
Mike Gatopoulos1,34934.9%
Sonia Brown81721.2%

School Board — Grand Erie (Public)

Certified elected on the County Clerk’s Declaration of Election Candidate (Oct 27, 2026). Vote totals are from Simply Voting (Brant ballots).

Grand Erie Trustee
Lorraine DeJong
Elected · 3,601 votes · 31.3%
Grand Erie Trustee
Rita Collver
Elected · 3,220 votes · 28.0%
Full Grand Erie (Brant ballots) tally
CandidateVotes%
Lorraine DeJong3,60131.3%
Rita Collver3,22028.0%
Tom Waldschmidt3,07826.7%
Jason Gemmill1,60914.0%

School Board — BHN Catholic

Certified elected (acclaimed) on the County Clerk’s Declaration of Election Candidate (Oct 27, 2026).

Catholic Trustee
David Miller
Elected (acclaimed)
Certified County of Brant 2026 election results poster
📄 Declaration of Election (PDF) County results page Simply Voting tallies Download poster
Certified. Clerk Sunayana Katikapalli declared the elected candidates on Tuesday, October 27, 2026 (Form EL32 — Declaration of Election Candidate). Hosted copy: Declaration of Election (PDF) · County source: brant.ca CDN · Notice: County finalizes 2026 election results. Vote totals match the Simply Voting public results (Mon Oct 26, 2026, 8:20 PM EDT); the County reported numbers did not change on certification. Independent community paper — not the County of Brant. No candidate campaign materials on this page.