*For the full results, click on the name of each municipality
*NOTE: Arran-Elderslie results were released just after midnight on October 23 and were not affected by the phone/internet voting delay as the municipality used a mail in ballot system.
Arran-Elderslie voters resoundingly chose a new mayor once the ballots were counted on Monday evening.
Mayor-elect Steve Hammell captured a comfortable victory over incumbent Paul Eagleson, picking up 1,847 votes to 879 for Eagleson.
Hammell says his phone blew up as word leaked out that he had been elected.
"It feels great, my phone is currently on the charger due to all the well-wishes from family, friends and Arran-Elderslie taxpayers, it's been a great experience so far," said Hammell.
Hammell says he's looking forward to working with the new council, pointing out it's a good mix of experience and new ideas, as voters returned four members of council, while electing three newcomers.
He says the first order of business following inauguration in December will be the 2019 budget, but says they will take their time to give the new members a chance to learn on the job.
"We'll have a more in-depth budget procedure and give [the new councillors] an opportunity to see what we've been seeing for the last eight years," said Hammell. "Budget this year will be a little bit longer, a little bit more drawn-out, but we'll get through it."
The current council opted to stick with traditional paper ballots in a mail-in format, avoiding the problems plaguing neighbouring municipalities using Internet and telephone ballots, which allowed polls to close as originally scheduled.
Hammell says he's open to a discussion about Internet balloting in the future, but suspects the paper ballot will stick around in Arran-Elderslie.
The mayor elect of Brockton says he's ready to work with a mix of veterans and new comers.
Chris Peabody won Brockton's mayoral race with 2352 votes over Charlie Bagnato's 1359.
One of the goals for Peabody, access to natural gas for rural communities like Chepstow, Pinkerton and Cargill.
"We've got a lot of villages without natural gas and the provincial government has a program to help out with building the pipeline," said Peabody.
Another challenge is housing.
"We definitely need more subdivisions, we need more housing. We need housing for seniors, as well as housing for young people so they can move here and take advantage of the fact that Bruce County has full employment," added Peabody.
The rest of Brockton council will be made up of Deputy Mayor Dan Gieruszak, who was acclaimed, along with councillors Steve Adams, Kym Hutcheon, James Lang, Dean Leifso and Chris Oberle.
It's another term for the mayor of Huron-Kinloss.
Voters returned Mitch Twolan to the job for a fourth term with 1,846 votes, defeating challenger Brian MacEachern by more than 900 votes.
Twolan says ecstatic and relieved to have another mandate, adding he's ready to get down to business with an experienced council that has six-of-seven members returning, including Councillor Don Murray, who successfully captured the deputy mayor's position.
"We know we'll be able to hit the ground running with all the experienced people around the table, so obviously the people of Huron-Kinloss want us back in there and think we're doing a good job and we appreciate that, and tonight sure proves that," says Twolan.
The results of the vote comes 24 hours later than originally anticipated, as problems with online balloting forced polls to remain open an extra day.
Despite the issues, Twolan says he would not hesitate to use online balloting again in the future.
"This is a discussion I've had quite a bit in the last 24 hours, with not only with friends and family, but taxpayers, and it's mixed emotions right now and I think once people look back at it, they say you know, it's the way to go," says Twolan. "Is there ways to make it better? Obviously there is."
The Municipality of Kincardine has re-elected Anne Eadie by a wide margin.
Eadie took 90% of the vote in her victory over Ron Stephens.
Eadie says it's humbling to be re-elected by such a large margin.
"It made me feel wonderful that people have placed their trust in me again, and I have to thank all my supporters, it's just wonderful to have that mandate to go forward," says Eadie.
Eadie says it's an exciting time in the municipality, with the Bruce Power refurbishment project creating unparalleled growth, along with the impending arrival of natural gas.
"I think we have a new council that we can keep rolling forward to make use of this opportunity we have in the Municipality of Kincardine to be even better," says Eadie. "And make use of this growth that we're experiencing, to be ready for it."
Eadie says the municipal staff did a good job handling challenging circumstances, as online balloting issues forced the polls to remain open an additional 24-hours.
She says the next council will have the weigh the pros and cons of online voting, but adds the integrity of the vote was kept intact, which is most important.
Eadie noted during her campaign that she will continue to lobby at the provincial level for more training in tech & trades, and building more affordable housing.
Marie Wilson led the way in the Councillor At Large election and will serve as deputy mayor. Laura Haight and Doug Kennedy were also elected.
In Ward 1, Maureen Couture and Gerry Glover were elected. In Ward 2, Bill Stewart was voted in. Rady Roppel was acclaimed in Ward 3.
Luke Charbonneau was acclaimed as mayor but now knows who he will be working with.
Don Matheson, who ran in the summer's provincial election as the Liberal candidate, earned the Deputy Mayor's chair with 3068 votes over Diane Huber's 2876.
Mike Myatt was elected as Vice-Deputy Mayor.
Councillors elected are as follows; Kristan Shrider and Jami Smith (Port Elgin Ward); Matt Carr and David Myette (Saugeen Ward); Cheryl Grace and John Rich (Southampton Ward)
Robert Buckle is back as mayor in South Bruce.
He says they have really concentrated on business development in the past and that is going to continue this time around.
"We worked quite closely to get Gay Lea here for their huge expansion. And also we did have an industrial park and we got a company by the name of Kinectrics, to put another division of the company in Teeswater," said Buckle. "Plus we are going to continue to push business development because we are so close to Bruce Power."
As for the make up of council, Brent Ireland and Mike Niesen are the councillors at large, and Mark Ireland and Mike McDonagh were elected in the Teeswater-Culross Ward. Mike Goetz and Wayne Huber were acclaimed in the Mildmay-Carrick Ward.
"We are going to have new councillors," said Buckle. "But we still have councillors on that are experienced and know how everything works."
*NOTE: South Bruce Peninsula results were released just before midnight on October 22 and were not affected by the phone/internet voting delay as the municipality used a mail in ballot system.
The re-elected mayor of South Bruce Peninsula is touting the municipal election results as a clear sign of approval from voters.
Janice Jackson captured a landslide victory over her four competitors, with a margin of victory of more than 3,000 votes over the second-place finisher, Councillor Ana Vukovic.
Jackson says her victory, along with comfortable re-election wins for Deputy Mayor Jay Kirkland and Councillor Paul McKenzie are a confirmation of the job council has been doing over the past four years.
"To have this kind of a landslide, really for all of us, really drives it home that we absolutely were doing what the people wanted us to do, and we work for them," said Jackson. "This was just a wonderful night for all of us."
Jackson says the first order of business will be the 2019 budget, but does not expect the arrival of two new councillors to slow the budget process.
She points out incoming councillors Terry Bell and Kathy Durst both have previous budget experience, as Bell is a former Bluewater District School Board trustee and Durst was a long-time employee for the City of Waterloo.
South Bruce Peninsula council opted to stick with paper ballots after narrowly defeating a motion to switch to electronic ballots, which allowed polls to close as scheduled on Monday evening.
She says she feels for candidates elsewhere in Bruce County who are being forced to wait an additional 24-hours after problems with Internet balloting caused polls to remain open.
"It was a tight vote to turn [electronic voting] down, but in the end, it turned out to be the best thing that could have happened," said Jackson. "I feel very badly for my [county] council-mates across Bruce County that are still waiting to hear the results."
The municipality will be served by one of the longest serving mayors in council.
Milt McIver was elected for another term and has already served 36 years as mayor heading into this four year cycle. And he won handily with 2727 votes compared with 887 for Jim Mosiuk and 294 for Leroy Dirckx.
Patricia Greig is the Deputy Mayor.
The councillors are Laurie (Smokey) Golden, James Mielhausen, and Megan Myles.
