Kingsville votes Monday, Oct 26, 2026.
Who's running, who's not (yet), and the record behind every incumbent.
Oct 26
voting day
Aug 21
nominations close, 2:00 pm
14
candidates so far
7
seats on council
Kingsville — the races
Voting day Monday, Oct 26, 2026 · nominations close Aug 21, 2:00 pm · unofficial list from kingsville.ca/elections — re-captured Jul 31, 2026
MAYOR 1 seat
Mayor Dennis Rogers has not filed as of Jul 31 — candidates can register until Aug 21.
COUNCILLOR 5 seats
Councillors Gaffan and Patterson have not filed as of Jul 31.
SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE
David Keller Greater Essex District
Mary DiMenna Windsor-Essex Catholic
Emmanuelle Richez Viamonde
Marotte Didier Csc Providence
Incumbents link to their full voting/spending record on the Kingsville page. Candidate list updates weekly until Aug 21.
Get to know the candidates
Built ONLY from public, linked sources — captured Jul 30, 2026. Where a candidate hasn't published anything yet, we say so instead of guessing. Every candidate can add or correct their profile via the Corrections process.
Roshan Nallaratnamfor Mayor
Over a decade in public service — first as a police officer, then in senior political staff roles in the Ontario government (his account). Previously ran for office in Scarborough-Guildwood per Campaign Life Coalition's candidate records (third-party source). Commits to serving full-time as mayor. Documented prior run: 2018 Ontario provincial election, PC candidate in Scarborough-Guildwood, while serving as a Toronto police officer — during that campaign Global News reported he faced a police professional-standards investigation over an allegedly threatening email to a voter, an allegation he denied.
What to expect / where he stands: published priorities lean fiscal accountability + community safety; the Campaign Life Coalition record indicates past engagement with that group’s candidate questionnaires — review the source directly and draw your own conclusions. No Kingsville voting record exists yet (first local run).
Published platform (roshannallaratnam.com): responsible taxes & accountability · families and youth · seniors' well-being · community safety · local business & economy. Slogan: “A leader who listens. A community that thrives.”
Sources: campaign site · nomination
Mary Ellen Havlikfor Mayor
Filed for mayor. NO PUBLISHED PLATFORM FOUND YET
No campaign site located as of Jul 31. One documented civic stance: in 2023 she started a Change.org petition asking Town Council to bar buildings over 10 m / 3 storeys in Kingsville (210 signatures) — a building-height/development-scale platform signal. Campaign contact: [email protected] (from her nomination).
Sources: nomination
Robert Brandofor Deputy Mayor
Challenging incumbent Kimberly DeYong. NO PUBLISHED PLATFORM FOUND YET
No campaign site or verified coverage located as of Jul 30 — several unrelated people share this name, and per our rules we don't guess. Campaign contact: [email protected] · 226-270-4039.
Sources: nomination
Janice Durocherfor Councillor
First-time Kingsville candidate (not on the 2022 ballot). NO PUBLISHED PLATFORM FOUND YET
No campaign site located as of Jul 31. Documented community involvement: captained a "June 27 Miracle" food-drive team in 2021, listed alongside now–Deputy Mayor Kimberly DeYong (Kingsville Times; name-and-town match). Campaign contact: [email protected].
Sources: nomination · 2022 candidate list (absence checked)
Adam Edwardsfor Councillor
First-time Kingsville candidate (not on the 2022 ballot). NO PUBLISHED PLATFORM FOUND YET
No campaign site or coverage located as of Jul 30. Campaign contact: [email protected] · 519-791-1819.
Sources: nomination · 2022 candidate list (absence checked)
John Musselmanfor Councillor
First-time Kingsville candidate (not on the 2022 ballot). NO PUBLISHED PLATFORM FOUND YET
No verified campaign presence located as of Jul 30 — a possible local name match exists but is unverified, so we exclude it. Campaign contact: [email protected].
Sources: nomination · 2022 candidate list (absence checked)
David KellerTrustee · Greater Essex District
Repeat candidate — ran for the same GECDSB trustee seat in 2022 (as David Adam Keller), losing to incumbent Julia Burgess. No occupation on the public record.
Sources: nomination · 2022 candidate list
Mary DiMennaTrustee · Windsor-Essex Catholic
Incumbent — WECDSB trustee for this area since 2003; retired WECDSB elementary teacher (33 years in the classroom); has served as board Vice-Chair (windsorite.ca).
Sources: nomination · 2022 candidate list
Emmanuelle RichezTrustee · Viamonde (French public)
Sitting Viamonde trustee for Windsor-Essex AND Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Windsor (PhD McGill; prior work at the Quebec National Assembly and House of Commons). CONFIRMED — her own site, emmarichez.ca, identifies her as both
Sources: nomination · emmarichez.ca
Marotte DidierTrustee · Csc Providence (French Catholic)
Incumbent — Didier Marotte (the town list prints surname first), CSC Providence trustee for Essex/Amherstburg/Kingsville, acclaimed in 2022; past board president. Career: ~30 years as executive director of Place Concorde, the francophone community centre of Windsor-Essex-Kent, retiring March 2024 (Le Rempart).
Sources: nomination · 2022 candidate list
2022 for context: turnout was 50.19% (8,510 of 16,955 eligible voters). Dennis Rogers won a 3-way mayor race over Tamara Stomp and Laura Lucier; DeYong won deputy over Gord Queen and Samson Zad; today's five councillors were elected from a field of 14. 2022 results →
Leamington votes Monday, Oct 26, 2026.
Who's running, who's not (yet), and the record behind every incumbent.
Oct 26
voting day
Aug 21
nominations close, 2:00 pm
12
candidates so far
7
seats on council
Leamington — the races
Unofficial list from leamington.ca/elections-2026 — captured Jul 31, 2026. First time Leamington's race is tracked here.
DEPUTY MAYOR 1 seat
Deputy Mayor Larry Verbeke has not filed as of Jul 31 — if that holds and no one else enters by Aug 21, Tiessen would be acclaimed.
COUNCILLOR 5 seats
Councillor Anthony Abraham has not filed as of Jul 31 — candidates can register until Aug 21.
SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEE
Mary Dimenna Windsor-Essex Catholic
Emmanuelle Richez Viamonde
Same trustees as the Kingsville ballot — trustee seats span several municipalities. No English-public or French-Catholic candidates filed yet.
Get to know the Leamington candidates
Built ONLY from public, linked sources — captured Jul 31, 2026. Incumbents link to their full record above instead.
Cris Bironfor Mayor
Licensed paralegal (Law Society of Ontario) and legal-department manager at Ordonez Group (self-described, 2022); came to Canada as a political refugee from Chile.
Track record at the ballot box: ran for mayor in 2022, finishing third against MacDonald with 754 votes (9.32%). This is his second consecutive mayoral run.
Rielly O'Shaughnessyfor Councillor
Already inside the tent: sitting citizen member of Leamington's Accessibility Advisory Committee — and paid $870 in committee per-diems in 2025 per the Treasurer's own remuneration statement (listed there as "Reilly").
First run for council (not on the 2018 or 2022 ballots). Occupation: nothing on the public record yet.
Sources: linked above · nomination
John Biekxfor Councillor
A John Biekx has been a Unifor figure in Windsor-Essex — Local 444 "County Units Representative" and executive board member (2014 union newsletter), later listed as a Unifor National organizer. PROBABLE MATCH — NOT CONFIRMED BY CANDIDATE
First Leamington run (not on the 2018/2022 ballots).
Sources: Local 444 newsletter · nomination
Carol Bellfor Councillor
Leamington-area press documents a Carol Bell who is a former private investigator (moved from the GTA in 1997) and sister of the late community volunteer Lorraine Gibson, whose posthumous Mayor's Special Award she accepted in July 2025. PROBABLE MATCH — NOT CONFIRMED BY CANDIDATE
First Leamington run (not on the 2018/2022 ballots).
Bruce Medcalffor Councillor
Leamington Lions Club member and regular community-fundraiser volunteer (Hogs for Hospice pancake breakfasts). Occupation: nothing on the public record.
Track record at the ballot box: ran for MAYOR in 2018, finishing last with 333 votes (4.62%). 2026 is a run for the lower office.
2022 for context (Leamington): MacDonald beat Rob Schmidt and Cris Biron for mayor; Verbeke held deputy; today's five councillors emerged from an 11-name field. Turnout data and full 2022 results: 2022 results →
Chatham-Kent votes Monday, Oct 26, 2026.
The biggest race Motion Carried tracks: 80 registered candidates — and council itself shrinks from 18 seats to 15, elected under 8 all-new wards.
Oct 26
voting day
80
registered candidates (as of Jul 31)
15
seats next term — down from 18
8
all-new wards
Chatham-Kent — the races
Official candidate list from chatham-kent.ca/elections — captured live Jul 31, 2026: 80 candidates across 19 offices. Candidates run under the new 8-ward map, not the current 6 wards, so an INC chip marks sitting council members wherever they chose to run.
MAYOR — THE 6-WAY RACE 1 seat · elected across all of Chatham-Kent
WARD 1 · SOUTH WEST KENT 6 candidates
Tom Askew
Mark Authier
Michael Bond
Andréa Palmer
Gerhard Taves
WARD 2 · SOUTH EAST KENT 10 candidates
Chad Carnie
Matthew Giffin
Fred Hooper
Matt Lamarche
Denise Maynard
Albert Pilbeam
Brad Snobelen
Spencer Stinson
Hassan Tariq
WARD 3 · NORTH EAST KENT 7 candidates
Lauren Aziz
Kyle Carter
Cory Couture
Mark Huston
Emery Huszka
Matthew Pietens
James Plunkett
WARD 5 · WALLACEBURG & AREA 10 candidates
Brendan Authier
Loree Bailey
Jim Blake
Steven Burritt
Mark Childs
Jason Debuck
Brent DeNure
David Hyatt
Zac Nicholson
Chris Young
WARD 6 · NORTH WEST CHATHAM 6 candidates
Jeff Comiskey
Ben Labadie
F. Brian Machado
Sheila Moir-Martin
Karen Montgomery
WARD 7 · NORTH EAST CHATHAM 10 candidates
Steve Adkins
Michael Fife
Dustin (Duddee) Gawne
Larry Hutchins
Steve Kenney
Marc King
Jason Reynolds
Doug Robbins
Dustin Ryan
WARD 8 · SOUTH CHATHAM 11 candidates — biggest ward field
Sandra Dorner
Ryan Drouillard
John Duquette
Andy Fisher
Paulo Graciano
Deb Martin
Rick Nicholls EX-MPP
Stephani Shill
Scott Thompson
Luke Van Der Vliet
SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES 11 candidates · 10 of 11 offices
D. Randy Campbell Lambton Kent District (LKDSB) · Wards 1–3
Anna Cairns LKDSB · Wards 4–5
Jason Nantais LKDSB · Wards 4–5
Tracy Bernicky LKDSB · Wards 6–8
Ellen Sinclair LKDSB · Wards 6–8
Brenda Rumble St. Clair Catholic (SCCDSB) · Wards 1–2
John Van Heck SCCDSB · Wards 4–5
David Argenti SCCDSB · Wards 6–8
David Paradis Viamonde (French public)
Doris Sauvé CSC Providence · W1 + Pelee/Leamington/Lakeshore
Robert (Bob) Demers CSC Providence · Wards 2–8
SCCDSB Ward 3: no candidate registered as of Jul 31 — the one empty office of the 19.
The 6-way mayor race — get to know the candidates
Built ONLY from public, linked or named sources — researched Jul 31, 2026. Candidates' own claims are labeled self-submitted (most come from CKXS 99.1's mayoral-candidate profiles, written by the candidates). Where the record is thin, we say so instead of guessing. Every candidate can add or correct their profile via the Corrections process.
Darrin Cannifffor Mayor — incumbent, 3rd-term bid
Mayor since 2018, re-elected 2022 with 75.13%; Ward 6 councillor 2014–2018 before that. CPA — Director of Finance/CFO at Transform Shared Service Organization; earlier career at Union Gas and Greenfield Specialty Alcohols; past board chair of Entegrus (official bio).
Pitch (self-submitted, CKXS profile): claims 8.1% population growth and roughly $100M in debt reduction over his 8 years as mayor — his own figures, not independently verified here.
The Greenfield dispute: in April 2026 Canniff publicly rebuked Cllr Bondy's claims about the $160M Greenfield waste-to-energy deal as “misinformation”; municipal staff say the project came before council 8 times over 5 years. Bondy's fuller side of this dispute isn't on file here yet (his Sydenham Current Q&A was unavailable at capture time) — this profile updates when it is. Neither side's characterization is endorsed.
Lauren Andersonfor Mayor — sitting Ward 1 councillor
First-term councillor for Ward 1 (West Kent) and the first mayoral candidate to file (May 1). Occupation: nurse — per Sarnia News Today's candidate coverage; her official council bio lists no occupation.
Platform (self-submitted, CKXS profile): housing and homelessness approached through a prevention lens; respect water-capacity limits when approving development. Claims credit for Wheatley disaster funding and the Talbot Trail rebuild plan — self-reported, not independently verified here.
Michael Bondyfor Mayor — sitting Ward 6 councillor
Fourth-term councillor (first elected 2010); owned Bondy's Dry Cleaners from 1999 to 2020 (official bio).
Pitch (self-submitted, CKXS profile): “we need different leadership” — curb spending, back-to-basics infrastructure.
On the record, both directions: Bondy has faced integrity-commissioner findings and council sanctions during his time on council (Chatham Voice reporting). His public claims about the $160M Greenfield waste-to-energy deal were called “misinformation” by Mayor Canniff, and staff say the project came before council 8 times in 5 years; Bondy's fuller response (a Sydenham Current Q&A) was unavailable at capture time and will be added. Voters should read both sides — neither characterization is endorsed here.
Nelson Burmfor Mayor
Wallaceburg farmer — beef and cash crops — and owner of a Krown rust-protection franchise; age 47. Filed May 7.
No previous runs for public office found on the public record — first-time candidate as far as tracked records show.
Sources: CKXS self-submitted profile · nomination
Ryan Gowfor Mayor
Supply-chain / logistics professional, 10+ years (self-described); employer not on the public record. Filed Jun 2.
Newcomer — no prior political record found as of Jul 31. THIN PUBLIC RECORD — SHOWN AS-IS
Sources: CKXS self-submitted profile · nomination
Randy Hopefor Mayor — ex-mayor, comeback bid
Mayor of Chatham-Kent 2006–2018 (three terms). In 2018 he lost the mayoralty, finishing third with 14% — behind Darrin Canniff and Alysson Storey (now a W6 councillor). Earlier career: NDP MPP 1990–95; CAW Local 1941 president 1985–90. Currently president of “White Knight Advisory International” (self-reported). Filed Jul 16; on running again: “the calls kept coming in.”
The record to weigh: his mayoralty's defining controversy was the 2017 North Kent Wind well-water crisis — Hope backed the wind project and pressed the province against the Water Wells First residents' group. His 12 years in office are the longest track record in this race; voters can judge it directly.
Sources: CKXS self-submitted profile · 2018 results (public record) · nomination
Why this election is different: Chatham-Kent's council shrinks from 18 members (mayor + 17 councillors in six multi-member wards) to 15 (mayor + 14), elected under 8 all-new wards — the first boundary change since the 1998 amalgamation. Sitting councillors marked INC are running in redrawn wards that don't match their current ones. Ward-level candidate research (the same standard as the mayor race) comes next — contested-ward profiles aren't written yet, so only names are listed above.