Joe Ortona re-elected to serve as the English Montreal School Board's chair
Korakakis presented a slate of candidates in all 10 commissioner races, but Ortona’s team won every contest.
Voters in the English Montreal School Board (EMSB) district decisively re-elected Joe Ortona and his team to serve as chair and commissioners.
The EMSB announced the results from Sunday’s school board election, which saw a voter turnout of 22 percent.
Ortona received 13,289 votes, while his challenger, Katherine Korakakis—president of the English Parents' Committee Association of Quebec—garnered 4,674 votes.
Korakakis presented a slate of candidates in all 10 commissioner races, but Ortona’s team won every contest.
A lawyer, Ortona has served as EMSB chair since 2020. During his tenure, he has taken a stance against the CAQ government’s secularism law, French language requirements, and policies affecting English school boards.
While elections were held across the nine English school boards in the province, some positions remained uncontested or vacant due to a shortage of candidates. The EMSB was the only board where all positions were contested.
Below are the results of the 10 commissioner races at the EMSB:
Ahuntsic-Cartierville–Montréal-Nord
- Franco Mazzariello, Team Katherine Korakakis: 425
- Susan Perera, Team Joe Ortona: 916
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
- Chelsea Craig, Team Joe Ortona: 1,039
- Howie Silbiger, Team Katherine Korakakis: 631
Côte-Saint-Luc, Montreal West, Hampstead
- Samara Perez, Team Katherine Korakakis: 1,110
- Paola Samuel, Team Joe Ortona: 1,607
Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve–Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie–Plateau-Mont-Royal–Anjou–Montreal-Est
- Maria Corsi, Team Joe Ortona: 1,121
- Viktoriya Grosko, Team Katherine Korakakis: 333
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
- Joseph Lalla, Team Katherine Korakakis: 853
- Sharon Nelson, Team Joe Ortona: 1,132
Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles
- Tony Aversano, Team Katherine Korakakis: 340
- Pietro Mercuri, Team Joe Ortona: 2,248
Saint-Laurent
- James Kromida, Team Joe Ortona: 974
- Vicky Pololos, Team Katherine Korakakis: 471
Saint-Léonard
- Mario Pietrangelo, Team Joe Ortona: 1,681
- Antonio Zaruso, Team Katherine Korakakis: 521
Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension–Mont-Royal–Outremont
- Joanne Charron, Team Katherine Korakakis: 310
- Paula Kilian, Team Joe Ortona: 938
Westmount–Sud-Ouest–Ville-Marie
- Shalani Bel, Team Katherine Korakakis: 752
- Julien Feldman, Team Joe Ortona: 1,243
