Barrie Mayor Alex Nuttall grins during a victory speech at Pie Restaurant in Barrie,. Ont. after winning re-election in the city's municipal election, Oct. 26, 2026. BARRIE360/Julius Hern
Updated October 26, 2026 @ 10:17pm
Alex Nuttall has been returned as Barrie mayor for another four years.
He cruised to victory on Monday night with 66.6 per cent of the vote, according to unofficial results.
Tanya Saari placed second with 9,898 votes or 25.3 per cent, Russell J. Tighe with 6.1 per cent, and Kay Sayer with 1.8 per cent.
All incumbent city councillors were returned.
Where there was no incumbent, Pauline Stevenson was elected in Ward 1 and Arif Khan, who served on city council from 2012-1018 in Ward 8, is back at City Hall, this time representing Ward 4.
Voter turnout was 30.21 per cent.
| Votes | Percentage of Votes | |
| Mayor | ||
| Alex Nuttall | 26,054 | 66.62% |
| Tanya Saari | 9,898 | 25.31% |
| Kay Sayer | 737 | 1.88% |
| Russell J. Tighe | 2,419 | 6.19% |
| Ward 1 | ||
| Stefano Agostino | 892 | 18.87% |
| Shaughna Ainsworth | 1,027 | 21.73% |
| Brent Bowser | 540 | 11.43% |
| Christian Earl Cadera | 117 | 2.48% |
| Hafiz Rahman | 112 | 2.37% |
| Pauline Stevenson | 2,038 | 43.12% |
| Ward 2 | ||
| Frank Casera | 543 | 13.90% |
| Shanicka Edwards | 973 | 24.91% |
| Craig Nixon | 1,776 | 45.47% |
| Ajmal Noushahi | 237 | 6.07% |
| Tracy Strohm | 377 | 9.65% |
| Ward 3 | ||
| Amy Courser | 2,540 | 48.00% |
| Ben Hughes | 1,242 | 23.47% |
| Bryan Jones | 1,125 | 21.26% |
| Ryan Rijo | 385 | 7.28% |
| Ward 4 | ||
| Iradat Ahmad | 552 | 12.67% |
| Matthew Corbett | 665 | 15.26% |
| Lori Galeazza | 1,161 | 26.65% |
| Patrick Harriott-Stewart | 178 | 4.09% |
| Arif Khan | 1,801 | 41.34% |
| Ward 5 | ||
| Duarte Da Silva | 963 | 22.35% |
| Robert Thomson | 3,346 | 77.65% |
| Ward 6 | ||
| Nader Nasar George | 259 | 5.86% |
| Nigussie Nigussie | 3,047 | 68.92% |
| Christel Pena | 1,115 | 25.22% |
| Ward 7 | ||
| Gary Harvey | 2,085 | 83.57% |
| Michael Lewis | 410 | 16.43% |
| Ward 8 | ||
| Samina Alim | 214 | 7.31% |
| Amanda Fellows | 862 | 29.44% |
| Jim Harris | 1,852 | 63.25% |
| Ward 9 | ||
| Norm Costello | 1,376 | 41.10% |
| Sergio Morales | 1,612 | 48.15% |
| Asmar Naveed | 80 | 2.39% |
| Dave Weingarten | 280 | 8.36% |
| Ward 10 | ||
| William Cadeau | 300 | 11.26% |
| Bryn Hamilton | 1,975 | 74.14% |
| Georgy Kapustin | 389 | 14.60% |
| Member - Simcoe County District School Board - Ward 1 Representing Wards 1, 2 and 3 | ||
| Wes Ayranto | 2,339 | 22.68% |
| David William O'Brien | 4,395 | 42.62% |
| Tim Ware | 3,577 | 34.69% |
| Member - Simcoe County District School Board - Ward 2 Representing Wards 4, 5 and 6 | ||
| Beth Mouratidis | 1,530 | 15.96% |
| Dana Powell | 4,019 | 41.92% |
| Candice Thomas | 4,038 | 42.12% |
| Member - Simcoe County District School Board - Ward 3 Representing Wards 7, 8, 9 and 10 | ||
| Kevin Berry | 2,729 | 31.96% |
| Sean Fitzgerald | 2,259 | 26.45% |
| Denise Ketching | 2,427 | 28.42% |
| Darren Steeves | 545 | 6.38% |
| Chaudhry Farooq Haider Virk | 580 | 6.79% |
| Member - Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board - Ward 1 Representing Wards 1, 2, 3, and 5 | ||
| Justin Heran | 797 | 37.51% |
| Susan van Amelsvoort | 1,328 | 62.49% |
| Member - Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board - Ward 2 Representing Wards 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 | ||
| Rob Chiaramida | 679 | 27.49% |
| Maria Hardie | 1,791 | 72.51% |
| Member - Conseil scolaire Viamonde | ||
| Rachael Golem | TBD | TBD |
| Eric Lapointe | TBD | TBD |
| Member - Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir | ||
| Donald Blais | TBD | TBD |
| Innocent Legrand | TBD | TBD |
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