Municipal elections in Cobourg are held at 4 year intervals in the fourth week in October. There are no wards, instead five Councillors are elected and once elected, are assigned coordinator responsibilities for town departments (details here). 
The Mayor is directly elected and chairs all Council meetings. A Deputy Mayor is also directly elected and is responsible for Financial matters such as the budget.
Election procedures and rules are governed by provincial legislation and you can get a summary of the rules here.
Above right is a photo taken at one of the all-candidates meetings in September 2018. (Missing is Emily Chorley who had a family commitment).
At election time, this page will have candidate information. Here are the results of Cobourg Municipal elections from 2006 to 2018.
2018 Election Results
Voter turnout 43.6%, the number of ballots cast was 6,480. Total eligible 14,862 Cobourg News report on results| Mayor: | |
| John Henderson * | Acclaimed |
| Deputy Mayor: | |
| Suzanne Séguin * | 3,511 |
| Randy Curtis | 2,692 |
| Councillor: | |
| Nicole Beatty * | 4,278 |
| Brian Darling * | 3,969 |
| Emily Chorley * | 3,679 |
| Aaron Burchat * | 3,065 |
| Adam Bureau * | 3,060 |
| Miriam Mutton | 2,851 |
| Travis Hoover | 2,334 |
| Karl Vom Dorff | 1,763 |
| Johnny Percolides | 1,340 |
2014 Election Results
Voter turnout 52.4%, the number of ballots cast was 7,704. Total eligible 14,709| Mayor: | |
| Gil Brocanier * | 4,028 |
| Miriam Mutton | 1,825 |
| Don Kirkup | 1,799 |
| Deputy Mayor: | |
| John Henderson * | 3,199 |
| Paul Pagnuelo | 2,192 |
| Donna Todd | 2,057 |
| Councillor: | |
| Brian F. Darling * | 4,739 |
| Theresa Rickerby * | 4,660 |
| Forrest Rowden * | 3,869 |
| Debra McCarthy * | 3,850 |
| Larry E. Sherwin * | 3,822 |
| Wayne Deveau | 2,720 |
| Aaron Burchat | 2,022 |
| Dave Black | 1,455 |
| Gudrun Ludorf-Weaver | 1,547 |
| Johnny Percolides | 1,269 |
| John T. Lee | 1,034 |
| Bruce J. Penning | 449 |
2010 Election Results
Voter turnout 47.3%, the number of ballots cast was 6,506. Total eligible 13,747| Mayor: | |
| Gil Brocanier * | 4,408 |
| Manfred Schumann | 1,937 |
| Deputy Mayor: | |
| Stan Frost * | Acclaimed |
| Councillor: | |
| Miriam Mutton * | 4,306 |
| Forrest Rowden * | 3,991 |
| John Henderson * | 3,632 |
| Donna Todd * | 3,614 |
| Larry E. Sherwin * | 3,464 |
| Bill MacDonald | 2,696 |
| Dave Glover | 2,282 |
| Martin Partridge | 2,236 |
2006 Election Results
Voter turnout 44.91%, the number of ballots cast was 6,950. Total eligible 15,476| Mayor: | |
| Peter Delanty * | 3,742 |
| Bridget Campion | 1,941 |
| Lloyd R. Williams | 1,312 |
| Deputy Mayor: | |
| Gil Brocanier * | 3,637 |
| Manfred Schumann | 3,052 |
| Councillor: | |
| Miriam Mutton * | 4,098 |
| Stan Frost * | 4,019 |
| Bob Spooner * | 3,695 |
| Dean McCaughey * | 2,856 |
| Bill MacDonald * | 2,754 |
| Gerry Drage | 2,505 |
| Larry E. Sherwin | 2,353 |
| Howie McCourt | 2,273 |
| Melissa Marshall | 1,936 |
| Judi MCallister | 1,797 |
| Rob Harper | 1,234 |