Debbie Chapman (NDP) – https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/debbie-chapman-1.6868024#:~:text=%22I’ve%20seen%20firsthand%20the,a%20better%20Ontario%20is%20possible.

Aislinn Clancy (Green) – https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/kitchener-councillor-aislinn-clancy-to-run-for-greens-in-kitchener-centre-by-election-1.6381272

Kelly Steiss (Liberal) – https://globalnews.ca/news/9749017/kelly-steiss-liberals-kitchener-centre-byelection/

Rob Elliott (Conservative) – https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2023/10/27/ontario-pcs-announce-candidate-for-kitchener-centre-by-election/

Doug Ford (Ontario’s Premier) has Five months (from now until January) to call for the byelection date for the Kitchener Centre MPP.
As African, Caribbean, and Black communities in Kitchener, we need to vote in this upcoming byelection, making sure our voices are heard and choosing a candidate that better represents our priorities.

Elections Matter. Voting gives us Power!

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Waterloo candidates for the October 24th municipal election

To find out if you’re eligible to vote click here.

(*) indicates an incumbent.

(†) Indicates a candidate running unopposed.

There are 5 offices to vote for:

Regional chair, regional councillor, mayor, city council, and school board trustee.

Regional chair

Brendon John Da Costa, Narine Dat Sookram, Karen Redman (*).

Regional councillor. You can vote for up to two candidates.

James Ball, Jim Bolger, Jim Erb (*), Mark Fisher,  Gord Greavette, Chantal Huinink, Ryan Keating, Peter Neufeld, Jim Vieth, Cindy Watkin

Mayor

Rob Evans, Dorothy McCabe, Kypp Saunders, Shannon Weber

City council. You can vote for one candidate in your ward. To find your ward click here.

• Ward 1

Sandra Hanmer (*), Robert Parent

• Ward 2

Khaled Berbash, Royce Bodaly (*), Shaheen Mujahid

• Ward 3

Hans Roach, Madelyn Steiss

• Ward 4

Maryssa Barras, Diane Freeman (*), Obinna Obi

• Ward 5

Joe Brenner, Blayr Hogg, Bob (Obie) Oberholtzer, Jen Vasic (*)

• Ward 6

Jonathan Cassels, Karen Fischer, Mary Lou Roe, Matthew Nicholas Schwarze, Paul Singh

• Ward 7

Bruce Polan, Julie Wright

School Board

• English Public School Board (WRDSB). You can vote for up to three candidates.

Cristina Bairos-Fernandes, Madan Dheer, Alisa McClurg, Martin Mirt, Scott Piatkowski (*), Franklin Ramsoomair, George Schmidt, Marie Snyder, Kathleen Woodcock (*), Wendy Woodhall

• English Catholic School Board (WCDSB).  You can vote for up to two candidates.

Linda Cuff, Nike Dattani, Sally Fuentes, Conrad Stanley

• French Public School Board (Conseil Scolaire Viamonde). You can vote for one candidate.

David O’Hara, Joseph Vandermeer

• French Catholic School Board (Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir). You can vote for one candidate.

Dorothée Petit-Pas (*), Gilles Roy, Éric Sanderson

To find out if you’re eligible to vote click here.

(*) indicates an incumbent.

(†) Indicates a candidate running unopposed.

There are 5 offices to vote for

Regional chair, regional councillor, mayor, city council, and school board trustee.

Regional chair

Brendon John Da Costa, Narine Dat Sookram, Karen Redman (*).

Regional councillor. You can vote for up to four candidates.

Heather Caron, Robert Deutschmann, Joe Gowing, Mac Graham, Michael Harris, Mary Henein Thorn, Tom Hiller, Colleen James, Soo Bok Lee, Duncan McLean, Michael Parkinson, Iffat Sultana Riasat, Matt Rodrigues, Kari Williams

Mayor

Rehman-Ullah Khan, Manikantan Nair, Val Neekman, Milos Sokollu and Berry Vrbanovic(*).

City council. You can vote for one candidate in your ward. To find your ward click here.

• Ward 1

Alan Becirevic, Scott Davey, Prashant Deol, Simon Guthrie

• Ward 2

Derrick Rabethge, Dave Schnider, Asher Shahzad

• Ward 3

Rosanne Berwick, Jason Deneault, Matthew Griffin, Devon Harnarain, Marijo Howard, Bryan Richardson

• Ward 4

Ali Akbar, Christine Michaud, John Vandonk

• Ward 5

Ajmer S. Mandur, Jon Massimi, Farah Jabeen Muhammad, Naveed Najmuddin, Ayo Owodunni

• Ward 6

Anwar Arkani, Paul Singh

• Ward 7

Bil Ioannidis, Colin Maley, Kevin McCrea

• Ward 8

Aleena Aftab, Margaret Johnston

• Ward 9

Debbie Chapman, David Redman, Matthew Robson, Alex Shevchenko, Brooklin Wallis, Beth Warren

• Ward 10

Aislinn Clancy, Peter Davis, Daniel J. Fife, Lana Hiscock, Stephanie Stretch, Phong Tran

School Board

• English Public School Board (WRDSB). You can vote for up to four candidates.

Stephen Odeniyi Adaran, Barb Chrysler, Claus Derisma, Julia Dunham, Ahmed Kassad, David Kuhn, Rachel Liley, Christina Meekison, Natasha Miklos, Jeff Musgrave, Maedith Radlein, Mike Ramsay(*), Natasha Rolleman, Tara Ross, Laurie Tremble(*), Meena Waseem, Joanne Weston(*)

• English Catholic School Board (WCDSB).  You can vote for up to four candidates.

Wendy Ashby, Simone Beaucage, Kathy Doherty-Masters, Dariusz, Renée Kraft, Julie Molenaar, Tracey Weiler, Hadembes Yebetit

• French Public School Board (Conseil Scolaire Viamonde). You can vote for one candidate.

David O’Hara, Joseph Vandermeer

• French Catholic School Board (Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir). You can vote for one candidate.

Dorothée Petit-Pas, Gilles Roy, Éric Sanderson

KITCHENER — Affordable housing tops the list of issues important to Kitchener
residents, a new survey finds.

The Environics survey — conducted once every four years by the city as it prepares a new strategic plan — found that 33 per cent of residents named affordable housing as the most important issue.