The upcoming municipal election is currently scheduled for Monday, October 26, 2026, with residents getting the chance to cast their vote for who they’d like to see as their next mayor, councillor, and school board trustee.
Below, you’ll find a full list of candidates running in every municipality and ward across Wellington County.
While this list will work to provide residents with a glimpse of the full election landscape in their local ridings, research should still be independently conducted on each individual to form a proper perspective of the candidates and their platforms.
What you need to know:
One person will be elected to each role, unless otherwise specified.
Some candidates listed have already been ‘Acclaimed,’ meaning they are the sole person registered as a candidate in their riding and are thereby considered to be elected to the role.
The full list of candidates running includes:
*not all candidates have a provided website
Centre Wellington
Darcy Saunders
Wellington North
Steven McCabe
Michelle McInnis
Penny Renken
Wayne Allen
Adriana Cea
Laura Aston
Sherry Burke
Guelph
Daniel Kaufmann
Tammy Corbin
Barbara Mann
Carly Klassen (withdrawn)
Michael Barber
Morgan Dandie
Troy Bridgeman
Annika Maldonado
Natalia Crewson (withdrawn)
Ross Jennings (withdrawn)
Erin
Alex Zaichuk
Benita Raponi
Jamie Cheyne
John Brennan
Sid Spear
Sukhchain Gill
Sunjay Bedi
Tracey Wallace
** The Town of Erin elects four candidates for council at-large
County Council
David Anderson (Minto; acclaimed)
Earl Campbell (Mapleton; acclaimed)
Campbell Cork (Wellington North)
Dan Yake (Wellington North)
Allan Tota (Wellington North/Centre Wellington)
Stephen O’Neill (Wellington North/Centre Wellington)
Mary Lloyd (Centre Wellington; acclaimed)
Diane Ballantyne (Centre Wellington; acclaimed)
Matthew Bulmer (Guelph-Eramosa/Puslinch; acclaimed)
Doug Breen (Guelph-Eramosa; acclaimed)
Jeff Duncan (Erin; acclaimed)
School Board Trustees
Chris Davies (Centre Wellington)
Chris McGarvey (Centre Wellington)
Curtis Cox (Wellington North, Mapleton and Minto)
Mike Johnson (Wellington North, Mapleton and Minto)
Aaron Blair (Guelph)
Bill Foster (Guelph)
Dan Atkinson (Guelph)
Lange Frosst (Guelph)
Martha MacNeil (Guelph)
Ralf Mesenbrink (Guelph)
Randy Freese (Guelph)
Jen Edwards (Guelph/Eramosa, Erin; acclaimed)
Kyle Reaburn (Puslinch)
Pallavi Ramchandani (Puslinch)
Andrew Finoro (Centre Wellington, Wellington North, Minto and Mapleton; acclaimed)
Cassandra O’Donnell (Guelph/Eramosa, Puslinch and Erin; acclaimed)
Holly Sabara (Guelph)
Marino Gazzola (Guelph)
Natalia Crewson (Guelph)
Valerie Fayer (Guelph)
Vikki Dupuis (Guelph)
Rachid Barrima (Wellington County; acclaimed)
Genevieve Grenier (Wellington County; acclaimed)
CICW-FM THE GRAND @ 101 believes in a fair, equitable election process and has displayed websites/social media profiles provided by municipal candidates. Not all candidates have provided a website, nor have a social media profile created purely for the 2026 Municipal Election, which is reflected on this elections page.
