Council

The 7 members seated on the 2022–2026 council, and the 1 member who sat in it and left. Each is placed here by the minutes that record them present at council, never inferred from a motion.

Council of 2022–2026 · 2018–2022 · 2014–2018

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What these columns mean

They measure different things and are not interchangeable. Moving a motion usually means sponsoring a staff report’s recommendation onto the floor. Seconding puts a motion up for debate and is often a seat convention rather than agreement. Meetings are counted against the ones each member was on the record for — not against the whole term, because members join and leave mid-term, so two members’ figures here are not comparable.

Individual positions exist for 538 of 5,815 motions — about 9% of them — because Ontario law records names only when a member asks. Members ask on the most contentious items, so that is a deliberately skewed sample and says nothing about the rest.

Mayor

Marvin Junkin

Mayor · seen 2018-12-01 to 2026-09-16

Of the 336 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 59 substantive and 22 procedural motions, and seconded 49. 508 for and 11 against across the 519 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 1

Bryce Brunarski

Councillor · Ward 1 · seen 2025-05-07 to 2026-09-16

Of the 39 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 48 substantive and 15 procedural motions, and seconded 54. 1 for and 1 against across the 2 recorded votes they were present for.

Kevin Ker

Councillor · Ward 1 · seen 2022-11-21 to 2026-09-16

Of the 124 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 173 substantive and 43 procedural motions, and seconded 148. 278 for and 6 against across the 284 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 2

Brian Eckhardt

Deputy Mayor · Ward 2 · seen 2022-11-21 to 2026-09-16

Of the 126 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 184 substantive and 50 procedural motions, and seconded 207. 269 for and 7 against across the 276 recorded votes they were present for.

John Wink

Councillor · Ward 2 · seen 2018-12-01 to 2026-09-16

Of the 333 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 609 substantive and 146 procedural motions, and seconded 489. 498 for and 10 against across the 508 recorded votes they were present for.

Ward 3

Bob Hildebrandt

Councillor · Ward 3 · seen 2018-12-01 to 2026-09-16

Of the 332 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 609 substantive and 139 procedural motions, and seconded 460. 517 for and 16 against across the 533 recorded votes they were present for.

Shellee Niznik

Councillor · Ward 3 · seen 2022-11-21 to 2026-09-16

Of the 129 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 209 substantive and 72 procedural motions, and seconded 177. 272 for and 7 against across the 279 recorded votes they were present for.

Also on this council

Wayne Olson former

Regional Councillor · seen 2020-09-21 to 2025-04-16

Of the 183 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 346 substantive and 75 procedural motions, and seconded 302. 525 for and 11 against across the 536 recorded votes they were present for.