Here are some of the local candidates running in the federal election

A sign outside an Elections Canada voting station in Edmonton on March 25, 2025. (Nav Sangha/CTV News)

Liberal Leader Mark Carney has triggered an election and Canadians are set to go to the polls on April 28.

Below is a list of candidates for four major parties that have been announced as of 3 p.m. on March 26. Official candidate lists will be posted by Elections Canada on April 9 after candidate nominations close on April 7 at 2 p.m. The official lists will be available on elections.ca.

Here are the local ridings CTV Kitchener will follow during the election. The candidates are listed in alphabetical order by last name.

Brantford-Brant South-Six Nations

• Larry Brock (Incumbent), Conservative
• Karleigh Csordas, Green

Cambridge

• Luxon Burgess, Green
• Connie Cody, Conservative
• José de Lima, NDP
• Brian May (Incumbent), Liberal

Guelph

• Janice Folk-Dawson, NDP
• Gurvir Khaira, Conservative
• Dominique O’Rourke, Liberal (Incumbent party)
• Anne-Marie Zajdlik, Green

Haldimand-Norfolk

• Leslyn Lewis (Incumbent), Conservative
• Colin Walsh, Liberal

Huron-Bruce

• Benn Lobb (Incumbent), Conservative
• Gregory McLean, Green
• James Rice, Liberal

Kitchener Centre

• Brian Adeba, Liberal
• Kelly DeRidder, Conservative
• Mike Morrice (Incumbent), Green

Kitchener-Conestoga

• Maya Bozorgzad, NDP
• Tim Louis (Incumbent), Liberal
• Doug Treleaven, Conservative

Kitchener South-Hespeler

• Valerie Bradford (Incumbent), Liberal
• Matt Strauss, Conservative

Milton East-Halton Hills South

• Parm Gill, Conservative
• Muhammad Riaz Sahi, NDP
• Kristina Tesser Derksen, Liberal

Oxford

• Matthew Chambers, NDP
• David Hilderley, Liberal
• Arpan Khanna (Incumbent), Conservative

Perth-Wellington

• David Mackey, Liberal
• John Nater (Incumbent), Conservative

Waterloo

• Waseem Botros, Conservative
• Bardish Chagger (Incumbent), Liberal
• Héline Chow, NDP

Wellington-Halton Hills North

• Michael Chong (Incumbent), Conservative