Ontario municipal election 2018: Town of East Gwillimbury

Globalnews.com
October 15, 2018

The Town of East Gwillimbury is located in southern Ontario in the regional municipality of York. East Gwillimbury has a population of 23,991 (2016).

The town is divided into three wards and residents are represented municipally by six city councillors and one mayor.

Virginia Hackson is seeking her third term in office as mayor, however, she will have to collect more votes than Franco Colabecchia in order to keep the town’s top spot.

Candidates

Mayor
Franco Colavecchia
Virginia Hackson (incumbent)

Ward 1
Loralea Carruthers
Terry E. Foster
Joel Kearney
Calum MacMillan
Jeremy Smith
Leen “Dutch” Spiering

Ward 2
Aida Kostuck
Joe Persechini
Tara Roy-DiClemente (incumbent)

Ward 3
Scott Crone
Susan Lahey
Cathy Morton
Melody Sommerville

Population (2016): 23,991

Median total income of two-or-more-person households (2015): $115,933

Crime severity index (2017) – municipal/Ont: 35/55.40

Violent crime severity index (2017) – municipal/Ont: 27/68.69

Political representation

Federal
Peter Van Loan (Conservative Party of Canada) – York-Simcoe

Provincial
Caroline Mulroney (Progressive Conservative) – York-Simcoe