Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Waste Connections, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2022 annual meeting of shareholders on May 13, 2022 (the "Meeting").

The Company's shareholders (the "Shareholders") elected each of the eight nominees for director by the votes indicated below:





                                                 Total Votes       Total Broker
 Nominee for Director:     Total Votes For:       Withheld:         Non-Votes:
Ronald J. Mittelstaedt         189,800,659         8,507,193          7,628,288
Edward E. "Ned" Guillet        165,501,884         32,805,967         7,628,289
Michael W. Harlan              169,129,759         29,178,093         7,628,288
Larry S. Hughes                198,085,294          222,557           7,628,289
Worthing F. Jackman            194,708,932         3,598,919          7,628,289
Elise L. Jordan                189,994,683         8,313,169          7,628,288
Susan "Sue" Lee                189,989,130         8,318,721          7,628,289
William J. Razzouk             178,925,366         19,382,485         7,628,289

The Shareholders approved on a non-binding, advisory basis the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Company's management information circular and proxy statement in respect of the Meeting ("say on pay"), by the votes indicated below:





Total Votes For:            193,417,357
Total Votes Against:          3,932,014
Total Votes Withheld:           958,476
Total Broker Non-Votes:       7,628,293

The Shareholders approved the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm until the close of the Company's 2023 annual meeting of shareholders and authorized the Company's Board of Directors to fix the auditor's remuneration by the votes indicated below:





Total Votes For:            205,867,996
Total Votes Withheld:            68,143
Total Broker Non-Votes:               1


Item 8.01 Other Events.

On May 13, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing that the Shareholders had elected as the Company's directors each of the nominees listed above under Item 5.07 at the Meeting. The press release announcing the election of the directors and related matters is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.





(d)    Exhibit.



    99.1     Press Release, dated May 13, 2022, issued by Waste Connections,
           Inc.

  104      The cover page of Waste Connections, Inc. on Current Report on Form 8-K
           formatted in Inline XBRL.

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