Monday, Oct 26, is municipal and school-board election day across Ontario — we urge you to take the time to get out and vote!
To help you make your best votes for strong public services and labour rights, the Canadian Labour Congress and district labour councils have endorsed more than 200 worker-friendly candidates.
And remember – you can take up to three hours off work to vote on Oct 26.
Labour-endorsed candidates
- Cornwall and District Labour Council
- Durham Region Labour Council
- Guelph and District Labour Council
- Hamilton and District Labour Council
- Huron District Labour Council
- London and District Labour Council
- Niagara Regional Labour Council
- North Bay and District Labour Council
- Northumberland and District Labour Concil
- Oakville and District Labour Council
- Peel Regional Labour Council
- Peterborough and District Labour Council
- Quinte Labour Council
- Sarnia and District Labour Council
- Timmins and District Labour Council
- Toronto and York Region Labour Council
- Windsor and District Labour Council
| Municipality / School Board | Office / Ward | Labour-endorsed candidate |
|---|---|---|
| Ajax | Ward 1 Local Councillor | Malcolm Barrington |
| Ajax | Ward 1 Regional Councillor | Stephen Sullivan |
| Amherstburg | Councillor | Jen DeLuca |
| Amherstburg | Mayor | Michael Prue |
| Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh | Councillor | Tony McQuail |
| Belleville | Mayor | Paul Fleming |
| Belleville | Ward 1 | Cadi Pontinen |
| Belleville | Ward 1 | Hazzem Doudsi |
| Belleville | Ward 1 | Lori Borthwick |
| Belleville | Ward 1 | Margaret Seu |
| Belleville | Ward 1 | Sean Kelly |
| Belleville | Ward 1 | Ted Barfett |
| Belleville | Ward 2 | Paul Carr |
| Belleville | Ward 2 | Stephen Scott |
| Brampton | Councillor — Wards 1, 3 and 4 | Amanda Baez |
| Brampton | Councillor — Wards 2, 5 and 6 | Dominique Darmanin-Sturgeon |
| Brampton | Councillor — Wards 7 and 8 | Karla Bailey |
| Brampton | Councillor — Wards 7, 8, 9 and 10 | Karen Dancy |
| Brampton | Regional Councillor — Wards 2 and 6 | Navjit Brar |
| Brock | Regional Councillor | Cria Pettingill |
| Brock | Ward 1 Councillor | John Rush |
| Burlington | Ward 1 Councillor | Robert Radway |
| Burlington | Ward 3 Councillor | Tony Brecknock |
| Burlington | Ward 6 City and Regional Councillor | Frank Domenic |
| Clarington | Ward 1 Local Councillor | Sami Elhajjeh |
| Clarington | Ward 2 Local Councillor | Kathleen Flynn |
| Cornwall | Councillor | Claude Poirier |
| Cornwall | Councillor | Dan Beaudouin |
| Cornwall | Councillor | Denis Sabourin |
| Cornwall | Councillor | Elaine MacDonald |
| Cornwall | Councillor | Jason Mousseau |
| Cornwall | Councillor | Jeremy Rose |
| Cornwall | Councillor | Joanne Parker |
| Cornwall | Councillor | Todd Lalonde |
| Cornwall | Mayor | Sarah Good |
| Durham District School Board – Ajax | Trustee | Michelle Macnamara |
| Durham District School Board – Ajax | Trustee | Zubair Hussain |
| Durham District School Board – North (Brock, Scugog and Uxbridge) | Trustee | Dave Brown |
| Durham District School Board – North (Brock, Scugog and Uxbridge) | Trustee | Paul Breeze |
| Durham District School Board – Oshawa | Trustee | Jim Van Allen |
| Durham District School Board – Oshawa | Trustee | Krista Laing |
| Durham District School Board – Pickering | Trustee | Amjad Muhammad |
| Durham District School Board – Pickering | Trustee | Sinthuja Kanageswaran |
| Durham District School Board – Whitby | Trustee | Lynda Yardley |
| Essex | Mayor | Sherry Bond |
| Grimsby | Ward 1 | Margot Smeenk |
| Grimsby | Ward 4 | Nick DiFlavio |
| Guelph | Mayor | Leanne Caron |
| Guelph | Ward 1 | Daniel Kaufmann |
| Guelph | Ward 1 | Mustafa Zuberi |
| Guelph | Ward 3 | Kevin Bowman |
| Guelph | Ward 3 | Phil Alt |
| Guelph | Ward 4 | Linda Busutill |
| Guelph | Ward 5 | Xandine Arnott |
| Guelph | Ward 6 | Katherin Hauser |
| Guelph | Ward 6 | Laura McQuillen |
| Hamilton | City Councillor — Ward 1 | Nathan Savelli |
| Hamilton | City Councillor — Ward 12 | Craig Cassar |
| Hamilton | City Councillor — Ward 14 | Kojo Damptey |
| Hamilton | City Councillor — Ward 15 | Mary Kovacs |
| Hamilton | City Councillor — Ward 2 | Cameron Kroetsch |
| Hamilton | City Councillor — Ward 3 | Nrinder Nann |
| Hamilton | City Councillor — Ward 4 | Tammy Hwang |
| Hamilton | City Councillor — Ward 5 | Juanita Maldonado |
| Hamilton | City Councillor — Ward 6 | Peter Werhun |
| Hamilton | Mayor | Scarlett Gillespie |
| HPEDSB | Wards 1, 2, 5, 8 & 9 | Codie Goodman |
| Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board | Trustee | Amy McQauid |
| Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board – Clarington | Trustee | Bunmi Oyinsan |
| Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board – Clarington | Trustee | Cathy Abraham |
| Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board – Clarington | Trustee | Pranay Gunti |
| Kingsville | Town Councillor | Sheri Lowrie |
| Lakeshore | Deputy Mayor | Kirk Walstedt |
| Lakeshore | Mayor | Tracey Bailey |
| Lakeshore | Town Councillor — Ward 4 | Kelsey Santarossa |
| Leamington | Town Councillor | Heather Latam |
| Lincoln | Mayor | Cheryl Keddy-Scott |
| London | Mayor | Josh Morgan |
| London | Ward 1 | Hadleigh McAlister |
| London | Ward 10 | Lois Margaret Ward |
| London | Ward 11 | Skylar Franke |
| London | Ward 12 | Elizabeth Peloza |
| London | Ward 13 | David Ferreira |
| London | Ward 14 | Sarah Lehman |
| London | Ward 2 | Zack Ramsey |
| London | Ward 3 | Leroy Osbourne |
| London | Ward 4 | Tom Cull |
| London | Ward 5 | Corrine Rahman |
| London | Ward 6 | Sam Trosow |
| London | Ward 7 | Jonathon Sher |
| London | Ward 9 | Anna Hopkins |
| Milton | Ward 2 Regional Councillor | Galen Naidoo-Harris |
| Mississauga | Councillor — Ward 8 | Rahul Mehta |
| Mississauga | Councillor — Ward 9 | Martin Reid |
| Mississauga | Councillor — Wards 2 and 8 | Lucita Gonsalves |
| Mississauga | Councillor — Wards 6 and 11 | Jill Promoli |
| Niagara Falls | Councillor | Aaron Ramnarine |
| Niagara Falls | Councillor | Fred Audibert |
| Niagara Falls | Councillor | Lilian Lum Mbah |
| Niagara Falls | Councillor | Nohemi Renteria |
| Niagara Falls | Mayor | Lori Lococo |
| Niagara-on-the-Lake | Councillor | Gary Burroughs |
| Niagara-on-the-Lake | Councillor | Sandra O’Connor |
| Niagara-on-the-Lake | Councillor | Steve McGuinness |
| North Bay | Councillor | Dave Dale |
| North Bay | Councillor | Joanne Brousseau |
| North Bay | Councillor | Jordaan Allison |
| North Bay | Councillor | Justine Mallah |
| North Bay | Councillor | Lana Mitchell |
| North Bay | Mayor | Maggie Horsfield |
| Oakville | Ward 5 Councillor | Jerome Adamo |
| Oakville | Ward 5 Regional Councillor (Halton Region) | Mackenzie Grant |
| Oshawa | Mayor | Derek Giberson |
| Oshawa | Ward 2 City Councillor | Sarah Chiapparro |
| Oshawa | Ward 3 City Councillor | Shailene Panylo |
| Oshawa | Ward 3 Regional & City Councillor | Katherine Pollard |
| Oshawa | Ward 4 City Councillor | Deb Oldfield |
| Oshawa | Ward 4 Regional & City Councillor | Jack O’Donnell |
| Oshawa | Ward 5 Regional & City Councillor | Kristen McKinnon |
| Pelham | Ward 1 | Kevin Grebe |
| Peterborough | Ward 1 – Otonabee | Chris Potter |
| Peterborough | Ward 2 – Monaghan | Matt Crowley |
| Peterborough | Ward 3 – Town | Joy Lachica |
| Peterborough | Ward 4 – Ashburnham | Ashley Bonner |
| Peterborough | Ward 5 – Northcrest | Gavin Muir |
| Pickering | Mayor | Doug Cornell |
| Pickering | Ward 1 City Councillor | Jamie Nye |
| Pickering | Ward 2 City Councillor | Mara Nagy |
| Port Colborne | Ward 2 Councillor | Barbara Butters |
| Port Colborne | Ward 3 Councillor | Amanda Emery |
| Quinte West | Mayor | Zack Card |
| Quinte West | Ward 1 | Leslie Roseblade |
| Quinte West | Ward 1 | Robert Wharram |
| Quinte West | Ward 2 | Kate Widdifield |
| Quinte West | Ward 2 | Keith Poulin |
| Quinte West | Ward 4 | JD Brown |
| Sarnia | City Councillor | Andrew Stokley |
| Sarnia | City Councillor | Josh Coutts-Smith |
| Sarnia | City Councillor | Lo-Anne Chan |
| Sarnia | Mayor | Carrie McEachran |
| Sarnia / Lambton County | City/County Councillor | Adam Kilner |
| Sarnia / Lambton County | City/County Councillor | Brian White |
| Sarnia / Lambton County | City/County Councillor | Charmaine Murray |
| Sarnia / Lambton County | City/County Councillor | Chrissy McRoberts |
| Sarnia / Lambton County | City/County Councillor | George Vandenberg |
| Sarnia / Lambton County | City/County Councillor | John Richardson |
| St. Catharines | Mayor | Ann-Marie Zammit |
| St. Catharines | Ward 1 – Merritton | Geoffrey (Geoff) Crane |
| St. Catharines | Ward 4 – St. Patrick’s | Caleb Ratzlaff |
| St. Catharines | Ward 4 – St. Patrick’s | Robin McPherson |
| St. Catharines | Ward 5 – Grantham | Dunsin Fakorede |
| TDSB | Beaches East York & Scarborough South West | Karen Emerson |
| TDSB | Don Valley East and Don Valley West | Farzana Rajwani |
| TDSB | Don Valley North and Scarborough-Agincourt | Christopher Mammoliti |
| TDSB | Etobicoke Centre and Etobicoke-Lakeshore | Tim Ellis |
| TDSB | Scarborough Guildwood & Scarborough Rouge Park | Anu Sriskandarajah |
| TDSB | Spadina-Fort York and Toronto-Danforth | Jennifer Volk |
| TDSB | Ward 1- Etobicoke North and Humber River-Black Creek | Matias de Dovitiis |
| TDSB | Ward 3 -Parkdale-High Park and Davenport | Alexis Dawson |
| TDSB | Ward 7- Toronto-St Paul’s, University Rosedale, and Toronto Centre | Debra Williams |
| TDSB | York Centre and Willowdale | Brandon Choi |
| Tecumseh | Mayor | Joe Bachetti |
| Tecumseh | Town Councillor — Ward 3 | Alex Iljoski |
| Tecumseh | Town Councillor — Ward 4 | Cheryl Hardcastle |
| Tecumseh | Town Councillor — Ward 5 | Marisa Nabbout |
| Thorold | Councillor | Chantal McCollum |
| Timmins | Mayor | Lawrence Martin |
| Timmins | Ward 1 | Corey LaPage |
| Timmins | Ward 4 | Ken Steinbrunner |
| Toronto | Mayor | Olivia Chow |
| Toronto | Ward 1 – Etobicoke North | Ala’a Adib |
| Toronto | Ward 10 – Spadina–Fort York | Ausma Malik |
| Toronto | Ward 11 – University–Rosedale | Mike Layton |
| Toronto | Ward 13 – Toronto Centre | Curran Stikuts |
| Toronto | Ward 14 – Toronto–Danforth | Sara Ehrhardt |
| Toronto | Ward 17 – Don Valley North | Shelley Carroll |
| Toronto | Ward 19- Beaches-East York | Nathaniel Erskine-Smith |
| Toronto | Ward 20 – Scarborough Southwest | Kevin Rupasinghe |
| Toronto | Ward 21 – Scarborough Centre | Krissan Veerasingam |
| Toronto | Ward 22 – Scarborough–Agincourt | Dan Lovell |
| Toronto | Ward 23 – Scarborough North | Jamaal Myers |
| Toronto | Ward 25 – Scarborough–Rouge | Neethan Shan |
| Toronto | Ward 3 – Etobicoke Lakeshore | Amber Morley |
| Toronto | Ward 4 – Parkdale–High Park | Debbie King |
| Toronto | Ward 5 – York South–Weston | Chiara Padovani |
| Toronto | Ward 7 – Humber River–Black Creek | Anthony Perruzza |
| Toronto | Ward 9 – Davenport | Alejandra Bravo |
| Welland | Mayor | Pat Chiocchio |
| Welland | Ward 2 | Aldo Parrotta |
| Welland | Ward 2 | Carolyn Fast |
| Welland | Ward 4 | Tia DeAgazio |
| Whitby | Centre Ward Local Councillor | Akuah Frempong |
| Whitby | Centre Ward Regional Councillor | Niki Lundquist |
| Whitby | West Ward Regional Councillor | Debbie Lewis |
| Windsor | City Councillor — Ward 2 | Frazier Fathers |
| Windsor | City Councillor — Ward 5 | Ken Acton |
| Windsor | City Councillor — Ward 6 | Jeremy Renaud |
| Windsor | City Councillor — Ward 7 | Angelo Marignani |
| Windsor | City Councillor — Ward 8 | Kevin Racine |
| Windsor | City Councillor — Ward 9 | Kieran McKenzie |
| YRSB | Aurora and Whitchurch-Stouffville | Bill Radia |
| YRSB | Markham | Cindy Hackelberg |
OPSEU/SEFPO members and retirees who are running
It takes commitment and courage to step up and participate in your local politics. We feel you should be recognized for going the extra mile and we believe all OPSEU/SEFPO members will be curious to know who is offering this fall.
Thank you and good luck to all the OPSEU/SEFPO members seeking elected positions!
If you’re an OPSEU/SEFPO member running in the 2026 municipal and school board election, we want to help you spread the word!
Please let us know by emailing [email protected].
Send us:
- Your name
- Your municipality or school-board district
- The position for which you’re running
- Your contact and social media links
- A picture
We’ll post your information on opseu.org/candidates and share that page with tens of thousands of OPSEU/SEFPO members, many of whom are voters in your community.
Ajax
Bhanu Somarouthu, Local 560
Bhanuteja Somarouthu (Bhanu), an OPSEU member and college professor running for Local Councillor in Ajax Ward 3.
- Bhanu Somarouthu’s website
- Instagram: @bhanuforajax
Minden Hills
Ottawa
Greg Hopkins, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 454
Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB) Trustee for Zone 4 (Wards 3, 22, 24) Barrhaven, Riverside South-Findlay Creek
If I’m elected as School Board Trustee on October 26, 2026 I’m pledging to be a strong advocate to the School Board for our fellow school support Unions of CUPE, and our fellow teachers Union of OECTA, to ensure fair wages for EA’s, work life balance for teachers and payment for all their labour, and stronger health and safety protections for all staff (promoting reporting of injuries, and proper cleaning of gravel from school property to prevent further injuries).
Town of Tecumseh
Alex Ilijoski, OPSEU/SEFPO Local 154
Town of Tecumseh, Ward 3 Councillor
Windsor
Ken Acton, Local 138
Windsor City Council, Ward 5 Councillor
