Clarington election results show Tom Dingwall leading the mayoral race with 15,273 votes, or 53.1 per cent after voting closed on Monday, October 26, according to the municipality’s published unofficial tally.
Adrian Foster received 13,498 votes, or 46.9 per cent, leaving a 1,775-vote difference in the two-candidate contest. The municipal reporting service shows 29,520 participating electors, or 34 per cent of 86,879, including 152 who declined their ballot.
Granville Anderson led the regional councillor contest for Wards 1 and 2 with 8,811 votes, compared with Melissa Whitefield’s 8,226. In Wards 3 and 4, Willie Woo had 7,420 votes, Kevin Taylor 2,795 and Kannan Nair 768.
The narrowest local council margin in the published tally was Ward 1. Joe Neal received 4,226 votes and Sami Elhajjeh 4,218, an eight-vote gap. Both shares round to 50 per cent, but the vote totals are not tied. No certified outcome or recount is announced in the results examined for this report.
Kathleen Flynn led Ward 2 with 2,947 votes, followed by Bernard Sanchez with 1,664, Jason Kay with 1,603, Chris Aucoin with 1,589 and Joshua Glover with 821.
Corinna Traill led Ward 3 with 2,379 votes, ahead of Kyle Templeton’s 1,039, Thomas Zekveld’s 980 and Mike Mokhtar’s 831. Denise Robinson led Ward 4 with 2,415 votes; Margaret Zwart received 2,247 and Andrew McVey 893.
The Clarington election results also show Cathy Abraham with 13,785 votes and Kurtis McAleer with 10,979 as the two largest totals in the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board trustee contest.
These are unofficial results from the October 26, 2026 municipal election. Certification by the municipal clerk is a separate step; the figures should not be described as a certified declaration.
Residents can consult the municipal results page linked below for the complete ballot, including school-board contests and any later corrections or certification notices.
