Municipal election nominations are now closed – here’s who’s running

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Nominations for the 2022 municipal election are now closed. 

Candidates could officially file nominations for mayor, councillor or school board trustee until Aug. 19 at 2pm.

Included below is a final list of candidates in races in Wellington County.

Please note this is an unofficial list and some late-filing candidates may not yet be included.

 

Centre Wellington

  • Neil Dunsmore, mayor;
  • Shawn Watters, mayor;
  • Bob Foster, mayor;
  • Lisa MacDonald, Ward 1;
  • Jonathon Davis, Ward 1;
  • Kimberley Jefferson, Ward 2;
  • Kirk McElwain, Ward 2;
  • Eric Nealson, Ward 2;
  • Barbara Lustgarten-Evoy; Ward 3;
  • James Mantelos, Ward 3;
  • Neil Armstrong, Ward 3;
  • Raymond Trafford, Ward 3;
  • Debora Taylor, Ward 3;
  • Dave Kenny, Ward 3;
  • Jennifer Adams, Ward 4;  
  • Brock Aldersley, Ward 4;
  • Peter Viol, Ward 5;
  • Bronwynne Wilton; Ward 5;
  • Rick Schroeder; Ward 6; and
  • Dennis Craddock, Ward 6.

 

Erin

  • Rob Smith, mayor;
  • Michael Dehn, mayor;
  • Cathy Aylard, councillor;
  • John Brennan, councillor;
  • Jamie Cheyne, councillor;
  • Val Bush, councillor;
  • Bridget Ryan, councillor; and
  • Kevin Johnson, councillor.

 

Guelph/Eramosa

  • Chris White, mayor, ACCLAIMED;
  • Bruce Dickieson, Ward 1;
  • Philip Mullis, Ward 1;
  • Corey Woods, Ward 2;
  • Damian Mallard, Ward 2;
  • Peter Jones, Ward 2;
  • Lisa Logan-Dayman, Ward 3;
  • Steven Liebig, Ward 3; and
  • Mark Bouwmeester, Ward 4, ACCLAIMED.

 

Mapleton 

  • Gregg Davidson, mayor, ACCLAIMED;
  • Marlene Ottens, councillor;
  • Amanda Reid, councillor;
  • Bill Sipes, councillor;
  • Michael Martin, councillor;
  • Martin Tamlyn, councillor; and
  • Erik Begg, councillor.

 

Minto

  • Dave Turton, mayor, ACCLAIMED;
  • Jean Anderson, deputy mayor, ACCLAIMED;
  • Geoff Gunson, councillor, ACCLAIMED;
  • Judy Dirksen, councillor, ACCLAIMED;
  • Ron Elliott, councillor, ACCLAIMED;
  • Paul Zimmerman, councillor, ACCLAIMED; and
  • Ed Podniewicz, councillor, ACCLAIMED. 

 

Puslinch

  • James Seeley, mayor, ACCLAIMED;
  • Sara Bailey, councillor;
  • John Sepulis, councillor;
  • Robert Cassolato, councillor,
  • Jessica Goyda, councillor;
  • Russell Hurst, councillor; and
  • Stephanie McCrone, councillor.

 

Wellington North 

  • Dan Yake, mayor;
  • Andy Lennox, mayor;
  • Shawn McLeod, Ward 1;
  • Jeanean Mousseau, Ward 1;
  • Penny Renken, Ward 1;
  • Sherry Burke, Ward 2;
  • Menno Klunder, Ward 2;
  • Lisa Hern, Ward 3, ACCLAIMED; and
  • Steven McCabe, Ward 4, ACCLAIMED.

 

Wellington County

  • David Anderson, Ward 1;
  • Bert Beilke, Ward 1;
  • Earl Campbell, Ward 2;
  • Frank Carere, Ward 2;
  • Campbell Cork, Ward 3, ACCLAIMED;
  • Stephen O’Neill, Ward 4, ACCLAIMED;
  • Mary Lloyd, Ward 5;
  • Randy Vaine, Ward 5;
  • Melanie Lang, Ward 6;
  • Diane Ballantyne; Ward 6;
  • Matthew Bulmer, Ward 7, ACCLAIMED;
  • Melanie Flake; Ward 8;
  • Doug Breen; Ward 8; and
  • Jeff Duncan, Ward 9, ACCLAIMED.

Upper Grand District School Board

  • Jennifer Edwards, trustee;
  • Lynn Clack; trustee;
  • Daniel Kelly, trustee;
  • Lynn Topping, trustee;
  • Marina Hanenberg, trustee;
  • Allen Remley, trustee;
  • Lily Klammer-Tsuji, trustee;
  • Katherine Hauser, trustee;
  • Cliff Pereira, trustee;
  • Robin Ross, trustee;
  • Daniel Greer; trustee; and
  • Natalie Breau; trustee.

Wellington Catholic District School Board

  • Andrew Finoro, trustee, ACCLAIMED; and
  • Cassandra O’Donnell, trustee, ACCLAIMED;.

Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir

  • Genevieve Grenier, trustee; and
  • Patrick O’Neil, trustee.

Conseil Scolaire Viamonde

  • Joseph Vandermeer, trustee, and
  • David O’Hara, trustee.

*This article has been updated from an earlier version that incorrectly listed Randy Vaine as running for councillor of Ward 6 in Centre Wellington. He has now filed under Ward 5 for Wellington County council.