Marianne Meed Ward elected mayor of Burlington, official results show

Update, October 28: The City Clerk certified the results on October 28. The City's Certificate of Official Election Results matches the election night counts in this story: no candidate's count changed, and it marks as elected the 12 candidates this story first reported as finishing first, alongside the four trustees acclaimed before the vote. The City says 56,863 of its 160,089 eligible voters cast a ballot, a turnout of 35.5 per cent, compared with 27.6 per cent in 2022: 4,997 at advance voting on October 17 and 20, 26,444 online from October 14 to 25, and 25,422 at 24 voting locations on Voting Day. The certificate records 82 declined and 25 rejected ballots. The City says the first meeting of the new City Council, where members will be sworn in, is Monday, November 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre, 440 Locust St.

Mayor

Marianne Meed Ward was elected mayor of Burlington on Monday, October 26, with 25,025 votes, or 44.3 per cent of the 56,492 votes cast in the race, according to the City Clerk's official results. The City's unofficial election night results, with all 28 polls and online voting reported, gave the same counts. Lisa Kearns was second with 17,070 votes (30.2 per cent), followed by Rory Nisan with 12,650 (22.4 per cent), Keith Demoe with 1,474 (2.6 per cent) and Yugalkeesor Ramdhonee with 273 (0.5 per cent).

On election night, the City's results page labelled the top candidate in each race as the current leader and marked no one elected, so this story first reported who finished first. The City Clerk's certificate of the official results, dated October 28, marks each of them elected.

City and Regional Councillors

Each of Burlington's six wards elects one City and Regional Councillor, who sits on both Burlington City Council and Halton Regional Council. All six seats were contested, and this was the first election under the new ward boundaries. In the City Clerk's official results:

• Ward 1: Kelvin Galbraith elected with 3,684 votes (48.0 per cent). James Kerr 1,575 (20.5 per cent), Robert Radway 1,513 (19.7 per cent), Cheryl Hurst 902 (11.8 per cent).
• Ward 2: Sean Campbell elected with 2,967 votes (33.4 per cent). Gary Carr 2,862 (32.3 per cent), Masha Brar 2,273 (25.6 per cent), Jeremy Gaetan 770 (8.7 per cent).
• Ward 3: Mark Carr elected with 2,851 votes (30.2 per cent). Tony Brecknock 2,588 (27.4 per cent), Katy Moore 1,516 (16.0 per cent), Lisa Cooper 1,450 (15.3 per cent), Kyle Hutton 1,051 (11.1 per cent).
• Ward 4: Olivia Duke elected with 4,669 votes (52.3 per cent). Chris Carter 4,264 (47.7 per cent).
• Ward 5: Alex Don elected with 3,360 votes (33.2 per cent). Paul Sharman 3,172 (31.3 per cent), Kristy Dickinson 2,862 (28.3 per cent), Brian Machan 728 (7.2 per cent).
• Ward 6: Angelo Bentivegna elected with 3,603 votes (34.7 per cent). Frank Domenic 3,073 (29.6 per cent), Chris Bouchard 1,702 (16.4 per cent), Bianca Bielski 823 (7.9 per cent), Osob Adus 805 (7.8 per cent), Rowen Fraser 274 (2.6 per cent), Edmond Jodhi 96 (0.9 per cent).

School board trustees

The City's list of candidates shows four trustees acclaimed before the vote: Bika Diakoloukas for the Halton District School Board in Wards 1 and 2, Amy Collard for the Halton District School Board in Ward 5, Sonia Macaluso for Conseil scolaire Viamonde and Diane Courchesne for Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir. In the contested trustee races, the City Clerk's official results show:

• Halton District School Board, Wards 3 and 6: Xin Yi Zhang elected with 11,248 votes (81.3 per cent). Sukhwinder Singh 2,579 (18.7 per cent).
• Halton District School Board, Ward 4: Dania Thurman elected with 4,163 votes (63.5 per cent). Ryan Marlow 1,859 (28.4 per cent), Ahmed Zaki 535 (8.2 per cent).
• Halton Catholic District School Board, Wards 1 and 2: Allison McKenzie elected with 1,587 votes (61.7 per cent). Vincent Iantomasi 986 (38.3 per cent).
• Halton Catholic District School Board, Wards 3 and 6: Bernice Carvalho elected with 2,303 votes (54.2 per cent). Roman Soler 1,946 (45.8 per cent).
• Halton Catholic District School Board, Wards 4 and 5: Tim O'Brien elected with 2,552 votes (72.2 per cent). Katrina Vinka Kvenich 883 (25.0 per cent), Bashar Haddaden 101 (2.9 per cent).

Ballots cast

The City's election night results showed 56,863 ballots cast by 160,089 eligible electors, with all 28 polls and the online vote reported; the City's official turnout is 35.5 per cent. Vote shares in this story are each candidate's votes as a share of all votes cast in that race, so they do not use the ballot count as the base.

What happens next

The City Clerk certified these results on October 28, 2026. The City says the four-year term of office runs from November 15, 2026, to November 14, 2030. The new Council is to be sworn in at its first meeting on Monday, November 16, 2026, the same day the new ward boundaries formally take effect. Every race, with the full candidate lists, is on BurlingtonIQ's 2026 election pages.