Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Belleville has one council seat for every 6,990 residents, more than 88% of municipalities in Ontario
Belleville’s council of 9 was elected in October 2022, with Neil Ellis as mayor. These names are from the 2022–26 term: Ontario’s municipalities voted on 26 October 2026, but the province’s open list of the results isn’t out. Belleville is split between 2 ridings of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Bay of Quinte and Hastings—Lennox and Addington. Belleville’s current MPP isn’t named here, because no open source records the Legislative Assembly of Ontario’s members. Belleville sends one MP to Ottawa from Bay of Quinte, its riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP): Chris Malette (Liberal Party of Canada).
What stands out in how Belleville is governed
Many residents per seat
The middle municipality in Ontario has a seat for every 1,540 residents; Belleville council has far more people behind each. Council size ↓
Turnout above the norm
Across Ontario, median turnout in 2022 was 35%, and Belleville council beat it. How Belleville voted ↓
Split between ridings
The riding line runs through Belleville: Bay of Quinte has 79% of its residents, Hastings—Lennox and Addington—Tyendinaga most of the other 21%. Member of Parliament ↓
Low spending per resident
Per resident, Belleville council’s 2024 spending sits under 72% of Ontario’s single-tier municipalities. Council money ↓
Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).
Three governments, and who does what
Belleville, a city in Ontario, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
ola.org ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
As a single-tier city, Belleville answers to no county or region; Hastings is only its census division.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Belleville, from the most recent elections.
- 1Belleville councilelected October 2022Neil Ellis
- 2Legislative Assembly of OntarioBay of Quinte · Hastings—Lennox and Addington
- 3House of CommonsBay of Quinte · 79%
- 4House of CommonsHastings—Lennox and Addington—Tyendinaga · 21%
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
Who was elected to Belleville council in 2022
Everyone elected in 2022, with their votes; Ontario’s file gives each seat’s votes but not the ward’s name.
- Neil Ellis
- Tyler Allsopp
- Paul Carr
- Sean Kelly
- Chris Malette
- Garnet Thompson
- Lisa Anne Chatten
- Barbara Enright-Miller
- Kathryn Ann Brown
9 members and how they were elected
| Name | Seat | Votes | Share of the seat’s votes | On the last council |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Ellis | Mayor | 9,194 | 59% | No |
| Tyler Allsopp | Councillor | 7,695 | 65% | Yes |
| Paul Carr | Councillor | 2,781 | 74% | Yes |
| Sean Kelly | Councillor | 6,058 | 51% | Yes |
| Chris Malette | Councillor | 6,528 | 55% | Yes |
| Garnet Thompson | Councillor | 6,767 | 57% | Yes |
| Lisa Anne Chatten | Councillor | 4,331 | 37% | No |
| Barbara Enright-Miller | Councillor | 4,050 | 34% | No |
| Kathryn Ann Brown | Councillor | 1,727 | 46% | No |
The mayor is chosen at large; everyone else on Belleville council answers to a ward. The contest for mayor went to Neil Ellis, with 59% of the votes.
Councils: Ontario 2022 Municipal Election data, MMAH (OGL-Ontario)
Belleville voted more than most of Ontario in 2022
Turnout in the October 2022 municipal elections, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is Ontario’s median.
Distances here run 16–26 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Belleville. 40% of those on the list cast a ballot for Belleville council on 24 October 2022, more than in a typical municipality.
How Belleville voted: same source as Councillors, above.
When Belleville votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Belleville council | 26 October 2026 | 28 October 2030 |
| Legislative Assembly of Ontario | 27 February 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Elections Canada’s open records end with the 2021 election; its 2025 results are under terms that rule out commercial use. Provincially the last general election was on 27 February 2025, for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario; federally, on 28 April 2025. Councils are elected on the fourth Monday in October every four years, says the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, so Belleville votes next on 28 October 2030.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
Belleville spans 2 ridings for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MPP.
MPP: see the legislature’s list
ola.org ↗MPP: see the legislature’s list
ola.org ↗Every one of them sends a separate MPP to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and each covers part of Belleville. The riding comes from the 2013 federal map, which southern Ontario’s provincial ridings match under the Representation Act, 2015.
Southern Ontario ridings: the 2013 federal boundaries (Representation Act, 2015), Statistics Canada
Belleville has 2 MPs
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Bay of Quinte · Liberal Party of Canada · 79%
en.wikipedia.org ↗Hastings—Lennox and Addington—Tyendinaga · Conservative Party of Canada · 21%
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada71
- Conservative Party of Canada50
As Wikidata records them.
In Ontario, 71 of 122 ridings are held by the Liberal Party of Canada, the party Chris Malette sits with.
The MP’s record
The 2025 general election sent Chris Malette to the Commons for the first time. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Bay of Quinte puts the Conservative Party of Canada first at 41%: Chris Malette won it away from them in 2025.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
Ryan Williams (Conservative Party of Canada) took Bay of Quinte in 2021
Results in Bay of Quinte as drawn in 2013, the boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections; the riding was redrawn for 2025. 79% of Belleville lived in it.
Bay of Quinte turned out at 65% in 2021; the country managed 63%. It had changed hands since 2019, when Neil Ellis (Liberal Party of Canada) won with 39%. The 2021 count in Bay of Quinte put Ryan Williams (Conservative Party of Canada) first at 41%, with Neil Ellis (Liberal Party of Canada) 2,937 votes back.
All 5 candidates in Bay of Quinte, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Williams | Conservative Party of Canada | 25,479 | 41.3% |
| Neil Ellis | Liberal Party of Canada | 22,542 | 36.5% |
| Stephanie Bell | New Democratic Party | 9,284 | 15.1% |
| Janine LeClerc | People's Party of Canada | 3,045 | 4.9% |
| Erica Charlton | Green Party of Canada | 1,350 | 2.2% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Belleville council spends less per resident than most
The 2024 financial return: spending by service and revenue by source, per resident, compared only with Ontario’s single-tier municipalities.
Spending per resident by service, 2024
What pays for it
Shares of revenue, town and province.
Local taxpayers carry a bigger share than elsewhere: 60% of revenue, where the province’s returns show 37%. Belleville council carried $113.4M of long-term debt, $2,059 per resident against a typical $971. The return counts 563 full-time positions, 10.2 for every thousand residents. In 2024 the median among Ontario’s single-tier municipalities was $3,796 a resident; Belleville council spent $3,342. The largest line is police, fire and protection: 28% of the total, $948 a resident.
Spending per resident nearby
Every service line, 2024
| Service | 2024 | Per resident | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Police, fire and protection | $52.2M | $948 | 28% |
| Roads and transit | $33.6M | $610 | 18% |
| Water, sewers and waste | $33.2M | $602 | 18% |
| Recreation and culture | $26.4M | $480 | 14% |
| General government | $12.4M | $226 | 7% |
| Public health and paramedics | $7.6M | $137 | 4% |
| Social housing | $6.8M | $124 | 4% |
| Social services and child care | $6.7M | $122 | 4% |
| Planning and development | $5.1M | $92 | 3% |
Money: Financial Information Return 2024, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
Belleville council beside its neighbours
Residents (2021 Census) per council seat, head of council included, beside nearby municipalities; the tick is the provincial median.
Beside its neighbours, Belleville council is the bar in colour; the headline above has the comparison with the province.
Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list
Having a say in how Belleville is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
elections.on.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Council size. Residents per seat divide the 2021 Census population by every council seat, the head of council’s included.
- Council money. The 2024 Financial Information Return, totals after adjustments by service, per resident with the return’s own population. A lower tier’s figures leave out its county’s or region’s spending, so lower tiers are compared only with lower tiers.
- Who holds each seat. Who holds each seat is read from Wikidata, so a very recent change in the Commons may not appear yet.
- Not on this page. Band councils, and which party runs the council: the open lists carry no party, and most councils have none.
- Election results. Official counts for 2019 and 2021 are by the 2013 ridings; Elections Canada also re-counted the 2021 ballots onto the 2023 ridings by polling division, and that estimate is what “today’s boundaries” means here.
- Which riding. Each place is put in its ridings by where its 2021 Census residents live; a riding holding 5% or more of them is listed.
Questions about how Belleville is run
Who is the MP for Belleville?
It depends on the street: most of Belleville is in Bay of Quinte (Chris Malette, Liberal Party of Canada), some in Hastings—Lennox and Addington—Tyendinaga (Shelby Kramp-Neuman).
Which party won Belleville in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Ryan Williams (Conservative Party of Canada), in Bay of Quinte; Bay of Quinte has elected Chris Malette since.
Who is the MPP for Belleville?
Parts of Belleville are in Bay of Quinte and Hastings—Lennox and Addington; the Legislative Assembly of Ontario’s site gives the MPP for each.
Who heads the council in Belleville?
For the 2022–26 term, Belleville council was led by Neil Ellis, elected mayor in October 2022.
How much does Belleville council spend?
In 2024, Belleville council spent $184M in all, for some 55,071 residents, of which $52.2M went on police, fire and protection, the biggest line.
How is Belleville council elected?
Belleville council: the mayor is chosen by the whole municipality, the councillors ward by ward.
What was the turnout in Belleville?
It was 39.6% for Belleville council in 2022, with Ontario’s municipalities at a median of 35.5%.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Southern Ontario ridings: the 2013 federal boundaries (Representation Act, 2015), Statistics Canada · Councils: Ontario 2022 Municipal Election data, MMAH (OGL-Ontario) · Money: Financial Information Return 2024, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).