Marianne Meed Ward is officially Burlington's mayor. The City of Burlington declared the official results of the 2026 municipal and school board election on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
A larger share of voters cast a ballot than last time. Of 160,089 eligible voters, 56,863, or 35.5 per cent, cast a ballot, up 7.9 points from 27.6 per cent in the 2022 election.
Online was the most popular way to vote: 26,444 votes came in online between Oct. 14 and 25. Another 25,422 were cast at 24 voting locations on Voting Day, Monday, Oct. 26, and 4,997 at advance voting locations on Oct. 17 and 20.
Voters were choosing a mayor, six city councillors (one for each ward) and school board trustees. It was a crowded field: the City certified 47 candidates after nominations closed at 2 p.m. on Aug. 21.
On the Halton District School Board, Xin Yi Zhang won the trustee seat for Wards 3 and 6 and Dania Thurman won Ward 4. Bika Diakoloukas (Wards 1 and 2) and Amy Collard (Ward 5) were acclaimed.
Halton Catholic District School Board trustees will be Allison McKenzie for Wards 1 and 2, Bernice Carvalho for Wards 3 and 6, and Tim O’Brien for Wards 4 and 5.
Residents who want to see how their own ward turned out can find the results at myvoteburlington.ca/results, where the City is sharing them.
Some residents should double-check which ward they are looking up. Council approved minor changes to Burlington's ward boundaries in May 2025, following a Council Composition and Ward Boundary Review. The changes touch Wards 1, 2, 3 and 4, so some people in those areas voted in a different ward than before.
The four-year term of office runs from Nov. 15, 2026, to Nov. 14, 2030. The redrawn ward boundaries officially take effect on Monday, Nov. 16.
That evening, the new council will be sworn in at its first meeting, at 6:30 p.m. at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre, 440 Locust St. The meeting is open to the public in person.
