Seeking a second straight term in office -- and fifth total -- Brantford Mayor Chris Friel was up against several challengers with some degree of name recognition.
Those challengers included incumbent councillors Jan Vanderstelt and Dave Wrobel, former councillor Mark Littell, and former provincial candidate Michael St. Amant.
But with all polls reporting, Friel was able to land 36.0 per cent of the vote – compared to Vanderstelt, his closest competitor, at 18.6 per cent.
“Generally people were saying the same thing, which is ‘I’m good. Things are good. We see the progress,’” Friel said.
Wrobel was in third with 16.7 per cent, and St. Amant fourth with 15.3 per cent support.
Friel has been mayor of Brantford since 2010, and was previously mayor between 1994 and 2003.
FULL RESULTS:
MAYOR
Friel, Chris 8743 Elected
Kaye, Mary Ellen 1113
Littell, Mark 2018
St. Amant, Michael 3703
Turmel, John 133
Vanderstelt, Jan 4519
Wrobel, Dave 4042
CITY COUNCIL (two to be elected in each ward)
Ward 1
Adams, Nevada 654
Kings, Larry 1730 Elected
O’Grady, Mary 942
Schelhas, Randy 600
Weaver, Rick 1075 Elected
Ward 2
Bucci, Vince 2082
MacDonald, Jennifer Lynn 810
Sless, John 2663 Elected
Starkey, John 1409
Utley, John K. 2802 Elected
Wright, Rick 740
Ward 3
Dignan-Rumble, Debi 2758
Martin, Greg 2873 Elected
McCreary, Dan 3844 Elected
Messecar, James 486
Quattrociocchi, Mike 1766
Ward 4
Antoski, Cheryl Lynn 2539 Elected
Brown, Bob 127
Carpenter, Richard 3531 Elected
Challe, Scott 522
Ferguson, Rob 276
Gomon, Mike 92
MacDonald, Cindy 640
Panag, Jang 1139
Steinacher, Mark 153
Ward 5
Brandt, Kevin 324
Calnan, James 633
Forsyth, John 118
MacDonnell, Tracy 406
Neumann, David E. 1497 Elected
Renout, Dale Kendall 561
Swanson, Dave 123
Tutt, Mike 560
Van Tilborg, Brian 1292 Elected