2014 Barrie municipal election

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2014 Barrie mayoral election

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Registered90,089
Turnout31.75%
 
Jeff Lehman and Carolina Belmares.jpg
RF
Candidate Jeff Lehman Ram Faerber
Popular vote 26,385 1,181
Percentage 92.25% 4.13%
 
ZGR
RM
Candidate Zachary Gillespie-Rogers Ray Mawhinney
Popular vote 533 502
Percentage 1.86% 1.76%

A map of Barrie
Voter turnout by ward

Mayor before election

Jeff Lehman

Elected Mayor

Jeff Lehman

The 2014 Barrie municipal election was held on October 27, 2014, to elect a Mayor and 10 city councillors of the city of Barrie, Ontario, Canada. School trustees of the English-language Simcoe County District and Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Boards and the French-language Conseil scolaire Viamonde and Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud were also elected to represent the 10 wards of Barrie.

The election was held in conjunction with those held other municipalities of Ontario. In the mayoral race, incumbent mayor Jeff Lehman was re-elected with 92.25% of the popular vote. There were 38 candidates running for 10 city councillor positions – 5 councillors were re-elected, one was acclaimed, and 4 wards saw new councillors.

Results[edit]

The results of the election are listed below.[1] Individuals who also won their seat in the last elections of 2010 are denoted as incumbents.[2][3][4]

Mayor[edit]

There were four candidates for Mayor of Barrie: Ram Faerber, Zachary Gillespie-Rogers, incumbent Jeff Lehman, and Ray Mawhinney.

2014 Barrie municipal election, Mayor of Barrie
Candidate Votes % ±
Ram Faerber 1,181 4.13
Zachary Gillespie-Rogers 533 1.86
Jeff Lehman (incumbent) 26,385 92.25 53.05
Ray Mawhinney 502 1.76

Candidate information:

  • Ram Faerber was the owner of a recycling business.[5]
  • Jeff Lehman was the incumbent Mayor of Barrie, first elected in 2010 and seeking a second term.

City Council elections[edit]

A map of Barrie with each of the 10 wards labelled and coloured according to the data listed below
Votes received by each ward's elected councillor as a percentage of the total ward's votes

Each of Barrie's 10 wards had elected a councillor to the Barrie City Council. Incumbent Michael Prowse was acclaimed as councillor for Ward 6.

Ward 1 Councillor
Candidate Votes %
Bonnie Ainsworth (incumbent) 2,028 62.86
Clare Riepma 1,198 37.14
Ward 2 Councillor
Candidate Votes %
Austin Tyler Genge 55 1.38
Steve Jones 1,227 30.88
James McVeigh 1,119 28.16
Rose Romita 1,256 31.61
Barb Stuhlemmer 317 7.98
Ward 3 Councillor
Candidate Votes %
Ken Parsons 170 6.67
Doug Shipley (incumbent) 2,060 80.88
Ross Edwin Wuerth 317 12.45
Ward 4 Councillor
Candidate Votes %
Adrian Bowles 96 3.01
Justin Heran 659 20.67
Caroline Smith 1,013 31.78
Barry Ward (incumbent) 1,420 44.54
Ward 5 Councillor
Candidate Votes %
Harry Ahmed 231 8.5
Yvonne Heath 100 3.68
Mike Montague 462 17
Micheline Piotrowski 425 15.64
Peter Silveira (incumbent) 1,188 43.72
Robert Thomson 311 11.45
Ward 7 Councillor
Candidate Votes %
Andrew Barranger 85 3.6
Lincoln Bayda 252 10.66
John Brassard (incumbent) 1,779 75.25
Richard Crocitto 40 1.69
Brandon Vieira 208 8.8
Ward 8 Councillor
Candidate Votes %
Julia Gasewicz 760 22.18
Ghulam Jilani 31 0.9
Arif Khan 2,021 58.97
Mike McFarthing 438 12.78
Micheline Robichaud 177 5.16
Ward 9 Councillor
Candidate Votes %
Brian H. Jackson (incumbent) 811 43.3
Jason MacLellan 95 5.07
Sergio Morales 967 51.63
Ward 10 Councillor
Candidate Votes %
Graham Allary 298 10.69
Paolo Fabrizio 151 5.42
Chris Forde 330 11.84
Doug Jure 706 25.32
Mike McCann 1,303 46.74

School board trustee elections[edit]

Seven candidates were elected members of four different school boards across Simcoe County and the Golden Horseshoe. Incumbent Maria Hardie was acclaimed as member of the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board, representing Wards 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. The Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud would later be known as MonAvenir in 2017.

Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud Member – Simcoe–Muskoka
Candidate Votes %
Donald Blais 879 64.54
Kyna Sivret 483 35.46
Conseil scolaire Viamonde Member – Sector 5 (Bruce, Grey, Simcoe & Dufferin Counties)
Candidate Votes %
Guy Belcourt (incumbent) 515 50.05
Eric R. Lapointe 514 49.95
SCDSB Member – Wards 1, 2, 3
Candidate Votes %
Kathleen Aikins 2,394 33.71
Paul Archer 1,812 25.51
Stephen Donkers 698 9.83
Suzanne Ley (incumbent) 2,198 30.95
SCDSB Member – Wards 4, 5, 6
Candidate Votes %
Steven George Knuff 1,167 20.64
Katherine L. Koculym 1,798 31.79
Krista Mayne (incumbent) 2,690 47.57
SCDSB Member – Wards 7, 8, 9, 10
Candidate Votes %
Jennifer Lynn Cameron 2,488 35.5
Jessica McConnell 1,356 19.35
Keith P. Rimmer 795 11.34
Corey Wall 692 9.87
Christine Williams (incumbent) 1,677 23.93
SMCDSB Member – Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Candidate Votes %
Nathan Caldwell 824 34.29
Connie Positano (incumbent) 1,579 65.71

References[edit]

  1. ^ McAlpine, Dawn A. (October 31, 2014). "Final Summary of Election Results" (PDF). City of Barrie. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ McAlpine, Dawn A. (October 29, 2010). "Final Summary of Election Results" (PDF). City of Barrie. Archived from the original on December 24, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ McAlpine, Dawn A. (November 3, 2010). "Final Summary of Election Results" (PDF). City of Barrie. Archived from the original on December 24, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ McAlpine, Dawn A. (November 8, 2010). "Final Summary of Election Results" (PDF). City of Barrie. Archived from the original on December 24, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Phillips, Kim (September 26, 2018). "Ram Faerber running for Barrie mayor". CTV Barrie. Archived from the original on November 18, 2022.

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