The Dufferin County Record

Council

The 16 members seated on the 2022–2026 council, and the 2 members who sat in it and left. Each is placed here by the minutes that record them present at council, never inferred from a motion.

Council of 2022–2026

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What these columns mean

They measure different things and are not interchangeable. Moving a motion usually means sponsoring a staff report’s recommendation onto the floor. Seconding puts a motion up for debate and is often a seat convention rather than agreement. Meetings are counted against the ones each member was on the record for — not against the whole term, because members join and leave mid-term, so two members’ figures here are not comparable.

Individual positions exist for 0 of 1,696 motions — none of them — because Ontario law records names only when a member asks. Members ask on the most contentious items, so that is a deliberately skewed sample and says nothing about the rest.

Elaine Capes

Councillor · seen 2025-04-24 to 2026-08-27

Of the 3 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 2 substantive and 0 procedural motions, and seconded 0. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

John Creelman

Councillor · seen 2023-01-26 to 2026-09-10

Of the 105 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 61 substantive and 5 procedural motions, and seconded 60. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Guy Gardhouse

Councillor · seen 2023-01-26 to 2026-09-10

Of the 105 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 75 substantive and 68 procedural motions, and seconded 134. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Chris Gerrits

Councillor · seen 2023-01-26 to 2026-09-10

Of the 102 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 170 substantive and 22 procedural motions, and seconded 155. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Shane Hall

Councillor · seen 2023-01-26 to 2026-09-10

Of the 99 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 21 substantive and 4 procedural motions, and seconded 45. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Earl Hawkins

Councillor · seen 2023-01-26 to 2026-09-10

Of the 99 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 20 substantive and 5 procedural motions, and seconded 25. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Janet Horner

Councillor · seen 2023-01-26 to 2026-09-10

Of the 71 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 108 substantive and 10 procedural motions, and seconded 35. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Gail Little

Councillor · seen 2023-01-26 to 2026-09-10

Of the 101 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 104 substantive and 11 procedural motions, and seconded 75. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

James McLean

Councillor · seen 2023-01-26 to 2026-09-10

Of the 101 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 57 substantive and 3 procedural motions, and seconded 56. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Wade Mills

Councillor · seen 2023-10-26 to 2026-09-10

Of the 84 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 197 substantive and 23 procedural motions, and seconded 113. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Fred Nix

Councillor · seen 2023-01-26 to 2026-09-10

Of the 100 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 203 substantive and 18 procedural motions, and seconded 122. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Lisa Post

Councillor · seen 2023-01-26 to 2025-12-11

Of the 81 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 195 substantive and 21 procedural motions, and seconded 95. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Philip Rentsch

Councillor · seen 2023-01-26 to 2026-09-10

Of the 101 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 27 substantive and 3 procedural motions, and seconded 16. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Steve Soloman

Councillor · seen 2023-01-26 to 2026-09-10

Of the 96 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 22 substantive and 0 procedural motions, and seconded 27. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Todd Taylor

Councillor · seen 2023-01-26 to 2026-09-10

Of the 101 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 115 substantive and 13 procedural motions, and seconded 107. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Darren White

Councillor · seen 2023-01-26 to 2026-09-10

Of the 77 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 89 substantive and 8 procedural motions, and seconded 60. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Walter Benotto former

Councillor · seen 2024-05-23 to 2025-08-28

Of the 4 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 13 substantive and 1 procedural motions, and seconded 7. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Debbie Sherwood former

Councillor · seen 2025-05-22 to 2025-09-25

Of the 4 meetings the minutes place them at, they moved 0 substantive and 0 procedural motions, and seconded 0. no recorded vote of theirs is on this record.

Every council meeting (167 meetings)

2026 — 31 meetings
Council - Statutory MeetingSeptember 10, 2026
Council MeetingSeptember 10, 2026
Council MeetingAugust 27, 2026
Access DufferinJuly 21, 2026
Council MeetingJuly 9, 2026
Access DufferinJune 23, 2026
Council MeetingJune 11, 2026
Council MeetingMay 28, 2026
Access DufferinMay 26, 2026
Council MeetingMay 14, 2026
Council MeetingApril 23, 2026
Access DufferinApril 21, 2026
Council MeetingApril 9, 2026
Council MeetingMarch 26, 2026
Access DufferinMarch 18, 2026
Council MeetingMarch 12, 2026
Council MeetingFebruary 26, 2026
Homelessness Task ForceFebruary 26, 2026
Council MeetingFebruary 12, 2026
Council - Special MeetingFebruary 11, 2026
Council MeetingJanuary 22, 2026
Council MeetingJanuary 8, 2026
2025 — 51 meetings
Election of the WardenDecember 11, 2025
Council MeetingDecember 11, 2025
Council MeetingNovember 27, 2025
Homelessness Task ForceNovember 17, 2025
Council MeetingNovember 13, 2025
Council MeetingOctober 23, 2025
Homelessness Task ForceOctober 23, 2025
Access DufferinOctober 15, 2025
Council MeetingOctober 9, 2025
Homelessness Task ForceSeptember 25, 2025
Council MeetingSeptember 25, 2025
Council MeetingSeptember 11, 2025
Council - Special MeetingSeptember 2, 2025
Council MeetingAugust 28, 2025
Access DufferinAugust 20, 2025
Council MeetingJuly 10, 2025
Council MeetingJune 26, 2025
Access DufferinJune 18, 2025
Council MeetingMay 22, 2025
Council MeetingMay 8, 2025
Council MeetingApril 24, 2025
Council MeetingApril 10, 2025
Access DufferinApril 3, 2025
Access DufferinMarch 19, 2025
Council MeetingMarch 13, 2025
Health and Human ServicesFebruary 27, 2025
Council MeetingFebruary 13, 2025
Access DufferinJanuary 15, 2025
Council MeetingJanuary 9, 2025
2024 — 55 meetings
Election of the WardenDecember 12, 2024
Council MeetingDecember 12, 2024
Health and Human ServicesNovember 28, 2024
Access DufferinNovember 20, 2024
Council MeetingNovember 14, 2024
Council MeetingOctober 10, 2024
Access DufferinSeptember 18, 2024
Council MeetingSeptember 12, 2024
Access DufferinAugust 13, 2024
Council MeetingJuly 11, 2024
Council MeetingJune 13, 2024
Access DufferinMay 15, 2024
Council MeetingMay 9, 2024
Council MeetingApril 11, 2024
Access DufferinApril 3, 2024
Access DufferinMarch 20, 2024
Council MeetingMarch 14, 2024
Health and Human ServicesFebruary 22, 2024
Access DufferinJanuary 17, 2024
Council MeetingJanuary 11, 2024
2023 — 30 meetings
Council - Special MeetingNovember 30, 2023
Council - Special MeetingNovember 23, 2023
Access DufferinOctober 18, 2023
Council MeetingOctober 12, 2023
Council MeetingSeptember 14, 2023
Access DufferinJuly 19, 2023
Council MeetingMay 11, 2023
Council MeetingApril 13, 2023
Council MeetingMarch 9, 2023
Council - Special MeetingFebruary 23, 2023
Health and Human ServicesFebruary 23, 2023