Ontario municipal election 2022: Woodstock results
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Jerry Acchione has been elected as the new mayor of Woodstock, Ont. Former mayor Trever Birtch only received 3.2 per cent of the vote.
Jerry Acchione has been elected as the new mayor of Woodstock, Ont.
He finished with 38.6 per cent of the vote for a total of 3,612, with challenger David Hilderley falling close behind with 3,441 votes for 36.8 per cent.
Former mayor Trever Birtch only received 3.2 per cent of the vote as he filed to run for a third term in office earlier this year, despite facing several criminal charges including assault and sexual assault.
The 47-year-old was charged in February with one count of assault and two counts of sexual assault in connection with allegations dating from 2021 involving the same female complainant.
Police say both parties were known to each other.
A previous charge against Birtch of sexual assault with choking was later changed to sexual assault.
In April 2022, Birtch was also charged with three separate sexual assault counts involving a different complainant. Court documents say that at least one of the sexual assault counts stems from an incident which allegedly took place after Birtch was charged in February.
Birtch was among the final entrants into the fall municipal race. He was first elected in 2014 and was re-elected in 2018 with 58 per cent of the vote.
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