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Municipal elections held in Ottawa and Waterloo Region
In Ottawa, Mark Sutcliffe has been re-elected as mayor, securing 44.65% of the vote with 139,354 ballots. He finished approximately 30,000 votes ahead of the runner-up, Jeff Leiper, who received 33.9%. Sutcliffe’s platform includes limiting property tax increases to between 2% and 2.5% over the next two years, supporting small businesses through tax relief, and approving at least 75,000 new housing units by 2030, including 10,000 affordable homes. His regional commitments involve expanding transit, such as the Phase 3 light rail toward Kanata, and developing economic districts in Orléans and North Kanata.
In Ontario, voters in the Waterloo Region and Guelph participated in municipal elections to select mayors, city councillors, and school board trustees. Results for the Region of Waterloo include winners such as Jim Erb, Sue Foxton, Chantal Huinink, Dorothy McCabe, Matt Rodrigues, and Pam Wolf. In Kitchener, Berry Vrbanovic was re-elected as mayor, with various councillors winning seats across the city's wards. In Waterloo, Dorothy McCabe was elected mayor.
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Jeff Leiper · Kitchener · Mark Sutcliffe · Ottawa · Waterloo Region