George Minakakis elected mayor of Milton, unofficial results show

Mayor

George Minakakis was elected mayor of Milton on Monday, October 26, with 20,262 votes, or 45.2 per cent of the 44,825 votes cast in the mayoral race, according to the Town of Milton's unofficial results with all 38 polls reported. The Mayor heads Town Council and also sits on Halton Regional Council.

Regional Councillors

Each of Milton's four wards elects one Regional Councillor, who sits on both Milton Town Council and Halton Regional Council. All four seats were contested. The Town's unofficial results show:

• Ward 1: Colin Best elected with 9,059 votes (88.8 per cent). Sajid Chaudhry 1,142 (11.2 per cent).
• Ward 2: John Challinor elected with 7,402 votes (61.8 per cent). Galen Naidoo Harris 3,723 (31.1 per cent), Syed Naqvi 620 (5.2 per cent), Yagya Paudel 233 (1.9 per cent).
• Ward 3: Rick Di Lorenzo elected with 5,903 votes (51.4 per cent). Sammy Ijaz 4,607 (40.1 per cent), Salman Zafar 657 (5.7 per cent), Haris Iqbal 328 (2.9 per cent).
• Ward 4: Sarah Marshall elected with 6,037 votes (59.9 per cent). Khurshid Khan 1,838 (18.2 per cent), Syed Raza 1,009 (10.0 per cent), Youssef Roshdy 602 (6.0 per cent), Adejisola Atiba 593 (5.9 per cent).

Town Councillors

Each ward also elects one Town Councillor, who sits on Milton Town Council. All four seats were contested. The Town's unofficial results show:

• Ward 1: Owen Gray elected with 5,896 votes (58.4 per cent). Donna Danielli 2,815 (27.9 per cent), Nabil Ahmed 1,032 (10.2 per cent), Gourav Suri 224 (2.2 per cent), Rahul Chaudhari 121 (1.2 per cent).
• Ward 2: Patrick Murphy elected with 4,941 votes (41.8 per cent). Melissa Cassells 2,338 (19.8 per cent), Arthur Amadi 1,764 (14.9 per cent), Lori Foster 1,033 (8.7 per cent), Ahmad Jamal 928 (7.8 per cent), Tanya Sethi 772 (6.5 per cent), Shan Jayatilake 46 (0.4 per cent).
• Ward 3: Adil Khalqi elected with 7,415 votes (67.2 per cent). Sanjay Gupta 3,624 (32.8 per cent).
• Ward 4: Giles Vanderholt elected with 3,465 votes (34.8 per cent). Ginni Malik 1,688 (16.9 per cent), Zaheer Ashraf 1,503 (15.1 per cent), Ada Nwosu 1,396 (14.0 per cent), Tahira Haroon 973 (9.8 per cent), Naveed Ahmed 942 (9.5 per cent).

School board trustees

Milton voters also elected English-language school board trustees for the Halton District School Board and the Halton Catholic District School Board. The Town's unofficial results show:

• Halton District School Board, Wards 1 and 2: Andrew J. Wood elected with 13,594 votes (82.9 per cent). Khdiga R. Metwally 2,802 (17.1 per cent).
• Halton District School Board, Wards 3 and 4: Letitia Henry elected with 7,111 votes (46.4 per cent). Has Sleiman 2,684 (17.5 per cent), Abdulillah Faruqi 2,610 (17.0 per cent), Malih Siddiqi 1,669 (10.9 per cent), Yasar Shaikh 1,257 (8.2 per cent).
• Halton Catholic District School Board, Wards 1 and 4: Joseph Brendan elected with 3,069 votes (75.6 per cent). Juan Cumming 993 (24.4 per cent).
• Halton Catholic District School Board, Wards 2 and 3: Joseph Adams elected with 4,090 votes (75.6 per cent). Cecil Young 1,322 (24.4 per cent).

Turnout

The Town's results page shows 44,995 ballots cast by 110,513 eligible electors, a turnout of 40.71 per cent, with all 38 polls reported. Vote shares in this story are each candidate's votes as a share of all votes cast in that race, so they do not use the ballot count as the base.

What happens next

These results are unofficial. The Town has said the Town Clerk is to confirm the official results on Tuesday, October 27. The new term of Council begins on November 15, 2026, the date a July Town staff report on council pay gives as the start of the new term. Every race, with the full candidate lists, is on MiltonIQ's 2026 election pages.