Incumbent mayor Taso Christopher conceded his seat early on in the night to Mitch Panciuk, a former councillor elected in 2014 and a former president of the Belleville Chamber of Commerce.
Candidates (as per the City of Bellville)
Mayor
Egerton Boyce (current councillor)
Taso Christopher (incumbent)
Jodie Jenkins
Mitch Panciuk (current councillor)
Council Ward 1 (Belleville – 6 to be elected)
Tyler Allsopp
Paul Bell
Richard Black
Pat Culhane
Jeremy T. Davis
Carol Feeney
Michael Graham
Curtis Hayes
Stanley Jones
Sean Kelly
Chris Malette
Paul S. Martin
Kelly Mccaw (incumbent)
Danny Morrison
Brigitte Frances Muir
Garnet Thompson (incumbent)
Ryan Williams
Ward 2 (Thurlow – 2 to be elected)
Kathryn Ann Brown
Paul Carr (incumbent)
Nicholas Mulhall
Barry Robinson
Bill Sandison
Lisa Warriner
The City
The City of Belleville is located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in southern Ontario. A number of corporations and manufacturing companies are based in the city including Parmalat Canada, Norampac, CPK Interior Products. Two colleges – Loyalist and the Academy of Learning College – are based in Belleville.
Population (2016)
50,716
Median total income of couple economic families with children (2015)/Ont. median
$100,639/$75,369
Crime Severity Index (2016) – municipal/Ont.
108.41/55.40
Violent Crime Severity Index (2017) – municipal/Ont.
182.76/68.69
Political representation
Federal
Neil Ellis (Liberal) – Bay of Quinte
Provincial
Todd Smith (Progressive Conservative) – Bay of Quinte