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.