Deadline for submitting 2018 municipal election expenses without penalty was 2 p.m. Friday

Mayor Cam Guthrie spent $85,704 on his reelection campaign last year, which was $6,000 less than what he spent to get elected four years ago.

The campaign was financed through a total of $88,050 in contributions, including donations from 43 individuals who contributed the maximum $1,200 allowed under the Municipal Elections Act.

That previous maximum amount was $750.

Guthrie defeated Aggie Mlynarz by just over 11,000 votes. Mlynarz did not file her expenses by the 2 p.m. deadline.

In 2014 Guthrie spent $91,314 in defeating incumbent Karen Farbridge by 5,500 votes.

Guthrie’s expenses this year included just over $37,000 in salaries to people working on the campaign and $21,600 in advertising.

The deadline for submitting election expenses was 2 p.m. Friday. Four council candidates and two school board candidates did not file by deadline. All successful candidates did file.

Candidates that ran who do not submit their expenses by the Friday afternoon deadline have a 30-day grace period in which they can still submit them, but it will cost them $500 for being late.

Those who do not file by the end of the 30-day extension are barred from running in the next municipal election.

Should a candidate who was elected in 2018 not file by the end of the 30-day extension, they would be removed from office.

Financials for all 12 of the winning candidates were posted on the city website Friday.

On average, those councillors spent $5,996 on their campaigns.

Of those 11, first-time councillor Dominique O’Rourke spent the most on her campaign at $9,436. Next highest was Ward 3’s Phil Allt at $7,687.

Spending the least to get elected were Ward 6 councillor Mark MacKinnon at $2,943 and Ward 3’s June Hofland at $3,685.

Unsuccessful Ward 6 candidate Stacy Cooper spent $9,161, the most of any unsuccessful candidate.

Sudha Sharma, who finished sixth in Ward 2, declared no election expenses, while Jax Thornton, who finished seventh in Ward 1, declared $90.

What councillors spent on their campaigns:

Ward 1

Dan Gibson $7,753

Bob Bell $6,536

Ward 2

James Gordon $6,682

Rodrigo Goller $$6,762

Ward 3

Phil Allt $7,697

June Hofland $3,685

Ward 4

Christine Billings $6,616

Mike Salisbury $5,882

Ward 5

Leanne Piper $4,475

Cathy Downer $4,023

Ward 6

Dominique O'Rourke $$9,436

Mark MacKinnon $2,943

Detailed financial statements for those that filed can be found here.