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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 10 years

Ruth Orton

General Counsel/Indigenous Community Liaison · Municipality Of Leamington
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$100,953.67
▼ 27.5% since 2016

Ruth Orton was paid $100,953.67 in total compensation as General Counsel/Indigenous Community Liaison at Municipality Of Leamington in 2025, 1% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Ruth Orton has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 10 times since 2016, earning $1.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $146,615.00 a year, down 28% over that span.

That is 20% below the average disclosed pay of $126,516.67 across 69 listed Municipality Of Leamington employees.

$100,953.67
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.5M
Total compensation
across 10 years
$146,615.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-27.5%
Career growth
since 2016
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FIG. 01

10 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$87K$112K$138K$164K$190K2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Ruth Orton's total compensation has moved across 10 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2023 · $180,317.76
Lifetime total compensation$1.5M
Annual average$146,615.00
Total growth since 2016-27.5%
Biggest raise+10.6% (2022)
Biggest drop-40.0% (2024)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

10 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
General Counsel/Indigenous Community Liaison$100,953.67▼ 6.7%
2024
General Counsel/Indigenous Community Liaison$108,156.64▼ 40.0%
2023★ Best
$180,317.76▲ 2.9%
2022
Director of Legal and Legislative Services$175,159.54▲ 10.6%
2021
Director of Legal and Legislative Services$158,330.81▲ 1.2%
2020
Director of Legal and Legislative Services$156,399.50▲ 2.8%
2019
Director of Legal and Legislative Services$152,155.25▲ 2.0%
2018
Director of Legal and Legislative Services$149,133.37▲ 2.0%
2017
Director of Legal and Legislative Services$146,251.33▲ 5.0%
2016First
Director of Legal and Legislative Services$139,294.08
10 years total$1.5M total$146,615.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
General Counsel/Indigenous Community Liaison
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2016
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
10

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.

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