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Alton, DavidFrogh, WazhmaKhan, Wali
  • Nomination date: Aug 21, 2026
Nair, ManikantanTrihenea, GeorgeVrbanovic, BerryWard, Cindy

Bate, ElizabethDavey, ScottKiflai, HaileMahmood, Zahid Mian

Ibrahim, SoranRabethge, DerrickSchnider, Dave

Bradshaw, ShawnDelaney-Fraser, JoanneDeneault, JasonJordao, LurdesMohamed, IsmailParker, Matt

Jain, AnantKappaya, IbraheemMichaud, ChristinePoirier, VikkiScanlan, Harry

Bahlbi, Nate
  • Nomination date: Aug 18, 2026
Birdee, DimpleHudda, Muhammad MiqdadMassimi, JonNair, Nitin - [WITHDRAWN]Peers, RichRose, Danielle - [WITHDRAWN]Sandhu, NavjotSehli, SumitVanderpool, FitzWeiler, Tracey

Culley, Amber LouiseSingh, PaulWallis, Brooklin

Ioannidis, BilNanan, RichieRollick, Nikki

Creighton, WendyJohnston, MargaretMolto, PhilipPettinger, Carly

Askalany, Mohamed
  • Nomination date: Aug 18, 2026
Chapman, DebbieWillcox, Tim

Dixon, EvertonNabi, SamPiluk, Peter GordonRehman, AalaaStretch, Stephanie

  • Following the adoption of the Better Regional Governance Act, 2026, on May 7, 2026 the Regional Chair is now a Provincially appointed position and will not appear on the ballot. No nominations for this position may be filed or accepted. Any nominations received prior to the passing of the Act are deemed withdrawn.

Edwards, EdGowing, JoeGraham, MacGuthrie, SimonHarris, MichaelHuxted, KimJames, ColleenKolsawala, Sajid - [WITHDRAWN]
  • Nomination date: Jul 15, 2026
Meksavanh, AnnaRodrigues, MattSimson, Eve ElizabethWhite, KevinWisniewski, Michael

Brown, Marjorie ACairns, MarkEmelife, Uche Michael
  • Nomination date: Aug 06, 2026
Hutzal, BrentKassad, AhmedKaur, MandyKolsawala, Sajid Mohamed Farooq
  • Nomination date: Aug 17, 2026
Malott, JuliaMcQuail, RachelSaidy, BaboucarrSoliman, IbtissamSookram, Narine DatTaghizadeh-Heroux, Sara

Cullen, HarrietFiaschetti, JaniceFisher, RuthannHutton, JessKearns, SuzanneKraft, RenéeRivers, JoshWojcik, Sandra

Barrima, Rachid
  • Nomination date: Jun 10, 2026

Petit-Pas, Dorothée
  • Nomination date: Jun 11, 2026

 

 

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