The 2022 London municipal election was a municipal election that occurred on October 24, 2022, in conjunction with
municipal elections being held across the province.
Electoral system
After using
ranked ballots in the
2018 municipal election, London returned to using the
first past the post electoral system after the passing of the Supporting Ontario's Recovery and Municipal Elections Act, 2020 by the Government of Ontario, which removed the right of municipalities to use a different electoral system from FPTP.[1]
Incumbent mayor
Ed Holder did not run for a second term, announcing on May 24 that he was retiring from politics.[3] Two days later, deputy mayor
Josh Morgan announced he was running for the position.[4] He was endorsed by Holder. On June 27, former
Liberal MPP
Khalil Ramal announced he would run for mayor.[5] On the final day of registration, August 19, well-known local pastor Sandie Thomas entered the race.[6]