Elections

Results are available below for the 2022 Municipal and School Board elections, held on October 24, 2022.

46.1% (2,495 of 5,407 eligible voters)

Total Voter Turnout

2022 Official Election Results

Candidate	Total Votes	Status
Mayor
*Judy Brown*	*983*	*Elected*
Stephanie Drummond	563
John Fenik	919
Spoiled Ballots	10
Declined Ballots	20
Total	2,495

Deputy Mayor
*Ed McPherson*	*N/A*	*Acclaimed*

Councillor
*Dave Bird*	*1,657*	*Elected*
*Jim Boldt*	*1,150*	*Elected*
Leona J. Cameron	653
Marlene Donoghue	403
Sheldon Giff	732
Isabel Anne McRae	*1,387*	*Elected*
*Barry Smith*	*826*	*Elected*
Meredith Toivanen	682
Roy Van Der Mull	770
*Gary Waterfield*	*1,360*	*Elected*
Derek Zeisman	393
Spoiled Ballots	15
Declined Ballots	35
Total	10,063
English Public School Board Trustee – Upper Canada District School Board *Town of Perth Official Results only. Full Official Results can be found on the Drummond/North Elmsley website.
*Carole Dufort*	*1,260*	*Elected*
William (Bill) MacPherson	548
Spoiled Ballots	40
Declined Ballots	237
Total	2,085
English Separate School Board Trustee – Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario *Town of Perth Official Results only. Full Official Results can be found on the Mississippi Mills website.
Max Benda	139
*Jennifer Cooney*	*153*	*Elected*
Spoiled Ballots	4
Declined Ballots	23
Total	319
French Separate School Board Trustee - Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE)
*Diane Burns*	*N/A*	*Acclaimed*
French Public School Board Trustee - Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (CEPEO)
*Colette Stitt*	*N/A*	*Acclaimed*

Declarations of Elections Results

Declaration of Election Results - Town of Perth Council
Declaration of Election Results - English Public School Board Trustee - Upper Canada District School Board
Declaration of Election Results - English Separate School Board Trustee - Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario

Candidate Financial Statements

The Municipal Elections Act, 1996 requires that:

Each candidate must file with the clerk with whom the nomination was filed, a prescribed Form 4-Financial Statement reflecting the candidate’s election campaign finances. Deadline to file was March 31, 2023 at 2 p.m. (Section 88.25)
Candidate financial statements shall be made available for viewing by the public on a website. (Section 88(9.1))
The Clerk shall make available to the public a report indicating whether each candidate has complied with Section 88.25.

Listed below are the Candidates who ran in the 2022 Elections and links to the Financial Statements that have been filed with the Clerk's Office.

Please note that the documents are in a non-accessible PDF format.

Mayor

Candidate Name	Financial Statement Filed
Judy Brown	Form 4 - Filed January 30, 2023
Stephanie Drummond	Form 4 - Filed January 18, 2023
John Fenik	Form 4 - Filed January 18, 2023
Chad Kelford	Form 4 - Filed April 28, 2023 (Late Filing)

Deputy Mayor

Candidate Name	Financial Statement Filed
Ed McPherson	Form 4 - Filed January 10, 2023

Councillor

Candidate Name	Financial Statement Filed
Dave Bird	Form 4 - Filed March 9, 2023
Jim Boldt	Form 4 - Filed March 13, 2023
Leona Cameron	Form 4 - Financial Statement not Filed
Marlene Donoghue	Form 4 - Filed January 16, 2023
Sheldon Giff	Form 4 - Filed January 11, 2023
Isabel Anne McRae	Form 4 - Filed January 27, 2023
Barry Smith	Form 4 - Filed January 12, 2023
Meredith Toivanen	Form 4 - Filed March 27, 2023
Roy van der Mull	Form 4 - Filed March 23, 2023
Gary Waterfield	Form 4 - Filed January 20, 2023
Derek Zeisman	Form 4 - Filed March 16, 2023

English Public School Board Trustee (Upper Canada District School Board)

Candidate Name	Financial Statement Filed
Carole Dufort	Filed with the Township of Drummond/North Elmsley
William (Bill) MacPherson	Filed with the Township of Drummond/North Elmsley

English Separate School Board Trustee (Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario)

Candidate Name	Financial Statement Filed
Max Benda	Filed with the Municipality of Mississippi Mills
Jennifer Cooney	Filed with the Municipality of Mississippi Mills

French Separate School Board Trustee (Conseil des écoles catholiques due Centre-Est)

Candidate Name	Financial Statement Filed
Diane Burns	Filed with the Municipality of North Grenville

French Public School Board Trustee (Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario)

Candidate Name	Financial Statement Filed
Colette Stitt	Filed with the Town of Petawawa

Joint Compliance Audit Committee

About the Joint Compliance Audit Committee

The Municipal Elections Act, 1996, as amended requires all municipalities to establish a Compliance Audit Committee before October 1^st in an election year for the purposes of Section 88.33 of the Act relative to a possible contravention of the Act's election campaign finance provisions.

For the 2022 Municipal Election, the Town of Perth has established a Joint Compliance Audit Committee with the lower tier municipalities of the County of Lanark and the Town of Smiths Falls.

The Town of Perth’s By-law No. 2022-5032 appoints the Joint Compliance Audit Committee (JCAC) and By-law No. 2022-5003 adopts the JCAC’s Terms of Reference.

Questions? Please do not hesitate to contact us:

Amanda Noël
Clerk
613-267-3311, extension 2239

Tracy Bowes
Deputy Clerk
613-267-3311, extension 2249

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