09-22-2022, 07:08 PM
(09-22-2022, 02:49 PM)ac3r Wrote: If even a single incumbent loses their seat to someone new I'll have a whole new respect for local politics. I just don't see that happening though. People don't engage in local politics enough. Voter turnout in our local elections tends to hover between 25-30% which will probably be the case this year. In 2018 it was completely stagnant even: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener...-1.4874217
It is rare but possible. I was listening to an episode of the Old Grey Mayors podcast and learned that Rob Deutschmann beat an incumbent to become Mayor of North Dumfries in 2010. Jen Vasic also beat incumbent Mark Whaley in Waterloo Ward 5 in 2018. (Also, in 2003 there was a lot of turnover in Waterloo City Council, but that was about RIM Park.)