Newmarket voters will go to the polls for six council and two trustee positions in the fall as the town confirmed its final candidate list today for the Oct. 24 election.
Multiple candidates will vie for the position of Newmarket deputy mayor and regional councillor, as well as for council seats in wards 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7. Both the public and Catholic school boards will have trustee races.
Meanwhile, three council members have been acclaimed: Mayor John Taylor, Ward 3 Councillor Jane Twinney and Ward 5 Councillor Bob Kwapis.
A full list of Newmarket candidates is below:
Mayor
John Taylor, incumbent, acclaimed
Deputy Mayor and Regional Councillor
Tom Vegh, incumbent
Gordon Prentice
Ward 1 Councillor
Grace Simon, incumbent
Mark Holmes
Ward 2 Councillor
Victor Woodhouse, incumbent
Brian Andrews
Hunter Murchison-Doggart
Ward 3 Councillor
Jane Twinney, incumbent, acclaimed
Ward 4 Councillor
Trevor Morrison, incumbent
Chris Dupee
Grant Waddell
Ward 5 Councillor
Bob Kwapis, incumbent, acclaimed
Ward 6 Councillor
Kelly Broome, incumbent
Lukas Fuina
Ward 7 Councillor
Christina Bisanz, incumbent
Nadia Hansen
York Region District School Board Trustee
Pamela McCarthy
Jessica Neto
Shameela Shakeel
Donald Smith
York Region Catholic District School Board Trustee
Theresa McNicol, incumbent
Donnie Aloisi
Peter Fracassi
Conseil Scholaire Viamonde Trustee
Nicolas Bigaignon
Stefania Sigurdson Forbes
Hanane Jaouich
Conseil Scolaire Catholique MonAvenir Trustee
Donald Blais, Acclaimed
NewmarketToday will provide complete election coverage, including profiles of the local council and trustee candidates. You can check out our municipal election coverage here.
York regional council will also see races for most of its council positions, outside of the Newmarket's two seats. A full list is below:
Aurora Mayor
Tom Mrakas, incumbent
Phiona Durrant
Anna Lozyk Romeo
East Gwillimbury Mayor
Virginia Hackson, incumbent
James R. Young
Franco Colavecchia
Georgina Mayor
Margaret Quirk, incumbent
George Sheffield
Ralph Hirmann
Jeffrey Cathcart
Frank Sebo
Boris Godzinevski
Georgina Regional Councillor
Naomi Davison
Dawn Zimmerman
King Mayor
Steve Pellegrini, incumbent, acclaimed
Richmond Hill Mayor
David West, incumbent
Domenic Bardari
Holo Devnani
Carmine Perrelli
Richmond Hill Regional Councillor (two to be elected)
Joe DiPaola, incumbent
Abu Alam
Terrence Au
Godwin Chan
Marco Coletta
Markham Mayor
Frank Scarpitti, incumbent
Don Hamilton
Markham Regional Councillor (four to be elected)
Nirmala Armstrong
Michael Chan
Alan Ho
Jim Jones, incumbent
Ivy Lee
Joe Li
Greg Marcos
Sophia Sun
Shanta Sundarason
Srini Suppira
Allan Tam
Vaughan Mayor
Parveen Bola
Steven Del Duca
Danny DeSantis
Paul Donofrio
Robert Gulassarian
Lino Mancinella
Sandra Yeung Rocco
Vaughan Regional Councillor (four to be elected)
Mario DI Nardo
Mario Ferri, incumbent
Linda Jackson, incumbent
Carrie Liddy
Nick Pinto
Mario G. Racco
Mandy Rai
Gino Rosati, incumbent
John Santoro
Whitchurch-Stouffville Mayor
Iain Lovatt, incumbent
Anand Daté
Mark Carroll
Justin Altmann
Sher Ahmad
