Politics · Milton mayoral electionMilton mayor election: Minakakis leads Krantz by nearly 20 points in unofficial resultsAired October 28, 2026 at 3:52 AM UTCWritten October 28, 2026 at 4:00 AM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:07George Minacakis leads Gord Krance by almost twenty percentage points, with all0:11thirty, eight polls reported.0:13The unofficial result points to Milton's first new mayor in forty six years.0:17The change would affect representation on both town and regional councils.0:21The remaining uncertainty concerns the formal declaration and conflicting turnout0:25figures that differ by thousands.0:26Milton's mayor heads town council and also sits on Halton Regional Council.0:31So the reported victory would give Minacaucis a role at both levels of municipal0:35government, replacing an incumbent first elected mayor in one thousand nine hundred0:39and eighty.0:39Residents voted on October twenty-sixth, two thousand twenty-six, with polls open0:44from ten in the morning until eight that evening.0:46The completed unofficial count puts Minacakis well ahead of Krantz, with a gap of0:50eight thousand eight hundred and sixty four votes.0:53Minacaucis has twenty thousand two hundred and sixty two votes or forty five point0:58two percent.0:59Krance has eleven thousand three hundred and ninety eight or twenty five point four1:04percent.1:04Those unofficial shares put the gap at nineteen point eight percentage points.1:08Rounded to20 .1:09Minecaukis's forty,5 .2 % falls short of an outright majority.1:13He has the reported winning plurality, meaning the largest share of votes, and the1:17roughly20-point lead measures the difference between the candidates' shares of the1:20mayoral vote.1:21The mayoral shares use forty four thousand eight hundred and twenty five votes cast1:25in that contest.1:26The separate town-wide count is forty four thousand nine hundred and ninety five1:30ballots.1:30Those figures count different things, so the candidate percentages use the mayoral1:34total.1:35The earlier count was smaller because seven polls were still outstanding, with1:38thirty one of thirty eight polls reporting.1:40Minnacocas had sixteen thousand one hundred and twelve votes.1:43Krantz had eight thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.1:46The later complete poll count replaces that election.1:48Night snapshot.1:49Minnacockis was already serving as a Milton counselor when he challenged Krance.1:53Kantz entered the race as Canada's longest serving mayor.1:56His run in municipal office stretches beyond his forty-six years leading the town.2:00Krantz served on council from one thousand nine hundred and sixty-five until one2:04thousand nine hundred and eighty.2:05Then won the mayoralty.2:07He went into this election after fifteen consecutive mayoral terms.2:10Together, his council service and time as mayor span more than six decades.2:14The participation figures present a separate problem.2:17One total puts turnout above forty percent.2:20Another puts it below thirty four percent.2:22The difference is large enough that either figure needs a clear qualification2:25whenever it's used.2:26The published figures range from forty four thousand nine hundred and ninety five2:31ballots and forty point seven one percent turnout to thirty seven thousand five2:35hundred and twenty five voters and thirty three point nine six percent turnout.2:39The participation total remains unsettled.2:41Both calculations use the same pool of one hundred and ten thousand five hundred and2:45thirteen eligible electors.2:47Both percentages fit their respective participation counts after rounding, but the2:51counts differ by seven thousand four hundred and seventy and the rates differ by six2:55point seven five percentage points.2:57The arithmetic can't explain which participation count is correct, or why they3:01differ.3:01That discrepancy concerns turnout.3:04The unofficial candidate totals still put Minacakis ahead of Krance by nearly twenty3:08points.3:08The town said its clerk would release official results on October twenty-seventh.3:12The figures were still described as unofficial that morning.3:15It isn't clear whether the clerk has since issued the formal declaration.3:18The complete unofficial poll count points to a Minacakus victory, ending Krance's3:22run of mayoral election wins.3:24The clerk's official totals would confirm or correct the eight thousand eight3:28hundred and sixty-four vote margin.3:30The new council term is scheduled to begin November fifteenth, two thousand and3:34twenty-six.Explore with HeyDexFollow via RSS
