Brantford—Brant

GPO       Karleigh Csordas has taken the Candidate Pledge

"I strongly support giving municipalities the option to use ranked ballots because they empower voters and promote more democratic outcomes. Ranked ballots ensure greater voter choice, reduce strategic voting, and help elect candidates with broad community support. They encourage more civil campaigns and diverse representation by giving every vote more weight. The Green Party has long advocated for electoral reform, and we believe communities should be able to choose the voting system that best reflects their needs. Ranked ballots create stronger, more accountable leadership, which is what Brantford-Brant—and all municipalities—deserve."

LPO        Ron Fox has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

NDP       Harvey Bischof has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

  • During the 2022 Ontario Provincial Election Campaign, Harvey Bischof took the RaBIT Candidate Pledge

PCO       Will Bouma has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

Cambridge

GPO       Carla Johnson has taken the Candidate Pledge

"There are so many good reasons to support ranked ballots. It gives each vote more weight, which might bring some people back to the ballot box. Plus it allows for a better representation of the people's wishes in parliament. And interestingly enough, the parties that don't support it in our federal and provincial elections actually use ranked ballots when voting internally for their own leaders." 

  • During the 2022 Ontario Provincial Election Campaign, Carla Johnson took the RaBIT Candidate Pledge

LPO         Robert Deutschmann has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

NDP        Marjorie Knight has taken the Candidate Pledge

"I support this, I also voted in favour in 2018 when it was on the ballot for the City of Cambridge. I have been involved in my region with pushing for ranked balloting in our elections, especially in municipal elections. We need electoral reform and this is the first step."

PCO        Brian Riddell has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

Guelph

GPO       Mike Schreiner has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

  • During the 2022 Ontario Provincial Election Campaign, Mike Schreiner took the RaBIT Candidate Pledge

LPO        Mustafa Zuberi has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

NDP        Cameron Spence has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

PCO        Bob Coole has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

Haldimand—Norfolk

GPO        Anna Massinen has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

LPO        Vandan Patel has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge               

NDP        Erica Englert has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge   

PCO        Amy Martin has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

Huron—Bruce 

GPO       Matthew Van Ankum has taken the Candidate Pledge

LPO        Ian Burbidge has taken the Candidate Pledge

"Ranked balloting is perhaps the best way to get definitive results while ensuring that voters get the choice that most reflects their views. I also believe that it leads to more cooperation and community minded thinking. In addition to supporting ranked ballots for municipalities, Our party also commits to a citizens assembly to propose recommendations for electoral reform at the provincial level."

NDP        Nick McGregor has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

PCO        Lisa Thompson has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

Kitchener Centre

GPO      Aislinn Clancy has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

LPO       Colleen James has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

NDP      Brooklin Wallis has taken the Candidate Pledge

"I am an electoral reform activist and will continue to be so until we make Canada, Ontario, and our municipalities more democratic by dropping First-Past-The-Post."

PCO      Rob Elliott has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

Kitchener—Conestoga

GPO      Brayden Wagenaar has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

LPO       Joe Gowing has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

NDP      Jodi Szimanski has taken the Candidate Pledge

"People should always have an option. I disagree with Ford arbitrarily taking the option away. We've seen London conduct a successful ranked ballot election and I think it's worth trying in other areas."

PCO       Mike Harris Jr. has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

Kitchener South—Hespeler

GPO        Jessica Riley has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

LPO        Ismail Mohamed has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

NDP       Jeff Donkersgoed has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

PCO       Jess Dixon has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

Oxford

GPO        Colton Kaufman has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

LPO        Bernia Martin has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

NDP        Khadijah Haliru has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

PCO        Ernie Hardeman has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

Perth—Wellington

GPO       Ian Morton has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

LPO        Ashley Fox has taken the Candidate Pledge

"I support giving municipalities the option to use ranked ballots because it empowers voters and ensures their voices are more accurately reflected in election results."

  • During the 2022 Ontario Provincial Election Campaign, Ashley Fox took the RaBIT Candidate Pledge

NDP        Jason Davis has taken the Candidate Pledge

"I support ranked choice ballets at all levels of government because you should always have the ability to vote for something without fear of allowing someone you don't want to win because you didn't strategically vote against something instead." 

PCO       Matthew Rae has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

Waterloo

GPO       Shefaza Esmail has taken the Candidate Pledge

"I believe it's time we tried a different way to vote and there's no better way than to start with municipalities where people are voting directly for a candidate and it is not confused with party affiliations. There is an activation energy required to direct change, and administratively it is a burden to try something new with the immense amount of workload involved to implement a new system and ensuring it is communicated effectively. However, the work that has already been accomplished by RaBIT in Toronto (and Fair Vote Canada) to explain these systems has been great, and I think that the change to ranked ballots municipally will actually increase voter turnout. People will be intrigued by something new, a change in the system. There will be curiosity with the choices, motivation to really get to know the candidates, and a chance to share their voice on more than just one candidacy."

  • During the 2022 Ontario Provincial Election Campaign, Shefaza Esmail took the RaBIT Candidate Pledge

LPO        Clayton Moore has taken the Candidate Pledge

"Municipalities should have the option to use ranked ballots if they choose, allowing them to adopt an electoral system that works best for their local communities."

NDP       Catherine Fife has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

PCO        Peter Turkington has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge

Wellington—Halton Hills

GPO        Bronwynne Wilton has taken the Candidate Pledge

LPO        Alex Hilson has taken the Candidate Pledge

"In a time of such division in our politics, we need to find ways to encourage people to participate in our democratic process. Ranked ballots are one way to do this, by giving voters more of a choice in who they vote for in a given election. In my municipality, voter turnout in the last municipal election was 28%. There is no world where that is alright and we need to look to different ways to increase that. Municipalities in Ontario were able to experiment with ranked ballots before. They should be able to continue to explore them going forward."

NDP        Simone Kent has taken the Candidate Pledge

PCO        Joseph Racinsky has not yet taken the Candidate Pledge