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.
Conmee
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Sheila Maxwell
156
71.56
Suzanne Huot
62
28.44
Town Council (4 to be elected)
Candidate
Vote
%
Grant Arnold (X)
Ellen Davis
David Halvorsen
Chris Kresack
Gayle Manns
David Maxwell
Dorion
Reeve
Reeve Candidate
Vote
%
Robert Beatty (X)
Acclaimed
Town Council (4 to be elected)
Candidate
Vote
%
Brent Cadeau
Acclaimed
Deborah Harris Shallow (X)
Acclaimed
Jeffrey Mehagan (X)
Acclaimed
Darren Penner
Acclaimed
Gillies
Reeve
Reeve Candidate
Vote
%
Wendy Wright (X)
Acclaimed
Town Council (4 to be elected)
Candidate
Vote
%
Rudy Buitenhuis (X)
Dino DeBenetti
William "Bill" Groenheide (X)
Elizabeth Jones
Daniel Vanlenthe
Greenstone
The following were the results for mayor and council of Greenstone.[1]
Mayor
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
Municipal Council
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
Manitouwadge
The following were the results for mayor of Manitouwadge.[3]
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Jim Moffat[4]
576
69.23
Margaret Hartling
138
16.59
John MacEachern (X)
118
14.18
Town Council (4 to be elected)
Candidate
Vote
%
Kathy Hudson[4] (X)
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
Marathon
Mayor
Rick Dumas was re-elected by acclamation to a third term as mayor of Marathon.[5][6]
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Rick Dumas (X)
Acclaimed
Town Council (4 to be elected)
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.
Neebing
The following were the results for mayor and council of Neebing.[7]
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Mark Thibert
437
62.70
Ziggy Polkowski
260
37.30
Municipal Council
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)
Nipigon
The following were the results for mayor of Nipigon.[8]
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Suzanne Kukko[9]
415
62.59
James Foulds
248
37.41
Town Council (4 to be elected)
Candidate
Vote
%
Glenn Hart
Richard Harvey
Barry Laukkanen
Gordon MacKenzie
Pierre Pelletier
Kathrine Sakamoto
John (Zeke) Zechner Jr. (X)
O'Connor
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Jim Vezina (X)
Acclaimed
Town Council (4 to be elected)
Candidate
Vote
%
Alex Crane (X)
Jonathon Hari
Bishop Racicot (X)
Brendan Rea
John Sobolta
Carly Torkkeli
Oliver Paipoonge
Mayor
The following were the results for mayor of Oliver Paipoonge.[10] Municipal councillors Brandon Postuma and Rick Potter ran against incumbent mayor Lucy Kloosterhuis.[11]
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Lucy Kloosterhuis[12] (X)
905
38.08
Rick Potter
771
32.44
Brandon Postuma
686
28.87
Municipal Council (4 to be elected)
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
Red Rock
Mayor
Darquise Robinson was re-elected mayor of Red Rock by acclamation.[13]
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Darquise Robinson (X)
Acclaimed
Town Council (4 to be elected)
Candidate
Vote
%
Cindy Brand
Steve Carruthers
Nancy Gladun
James Legacy
Gordon R. Muir (X)
Gary Nelson
Braeden Plemel
Mickel Smith
Cam Todesco (X)
Schreiber
Mayor
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
Town Council (4 to be elected)
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
Shuniah
Mayor
Mayoral Candidate
Vote
%
Wendy Landry (X)
Acclaimed
Town Council
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
Terrace Bay
Mayor
The following were the results for mayor of Terrace Bay.[16]
The following were the results for mayor and city council of Thunder Bay.[18]
Mayor
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 publisher Clint Harris, at-large city councillor Peng You, entrepreneur Gary Mack and Lakehead University radio host Robert Szczepanski.[19]