Who's in the running for the 2022 municipal election in Waterloo Region

Big changes coming to Waterloo council Nominations are now open for the 2022 municipal election, and as CTV’s Daryl Morris reports, Waterloo council will see the biggest shakeup.

Waterloo region voters will head to the polls on Monday, Oct. 24 for the Ontario municipal elections.

Electors in each of the region's three cities and four townships will select their choices for mayor, city/township councillor, school board trustees and regional chair.

Residents of Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo will also vote for regional councillors. The townships of North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich are represented on regional council by their respective mayors.

Nominations for candidates opened Monday, May 2 and closed Friday, Aug. 19.

Here's a round-up of who's running.

REGIONAL COUNCIL

Regional chair

Regional councillor – Cambridge

Two representatives will be elected. Both incumbents, Karl Kiefer and Helen Jowett have announced they're not running.

Regional councillor – Kitchener

Three out of four seats representing Kitchener are vacant after Tom Galloway, Geoff Lorentz, and Elizabeth Clarke announced they're not running.

Regional councillor – Waterloo

Two representatives will be elected. Incumbent Sean Strickland has announced he won't seek re-election.

WATERLOO

Mayor

Waterloo Mayor Dave Jaworsky will not be seeking a third term.

Ward 1 Councillor

Ward 2 Councillor

Ward 3 Councillor

Incumbent Angela Vieth did not file nomination paper.

Ward 4 Councillor

Ward 5 Councillor

Ward 6 Councillor

Incumbent Jeff Henry is not seeking re-election.

Ward 7 Councillor

Incumbent Tenille Bonoguore is not seeking re-election.

KITCHENER

Mayor

Ward 1 Councillor

Ward 2 Councillor

Ward 3 Councillor

Incumbent John Gazzola is not seeing re-election.

Ward 4 Councillor

Ward 5 Councillor

Incumbent Kelly Galloway-Sealock is not seeking re-election.

Ward 6 Councillor

Ward 7 Councillor

Ward 8 Councillor

Ward 9 Councillor

Ward 10 Councillor

Incumbent Sarah Marsh is not seeking re-election.

CAMBRIDGE

Mayor

Ward 1 Councillor

Ward 2 Councillor

Ward 3 Councillor

Incumbent Mike Mann is not seeking re-election.

Ward 4 Councillor

Incumbent Jan Liggett is not seeking re-election.

Ward 5 Councillor

Incumbent Pam Wolf filed a nomination to run, but it has since been withdrawn.

Ward 6 Councillor

Ward 7 Councillor

Ward 8 Councillor

WILMOT TOWNSHIP

Mayor

Ward 1 

Ward 2

Ward 3

Ward 4 (two to be elected)

WELLESLEY TOWNSHIP

Mayor

Ward 1

Ward 2

Ward 3

Ward 4

NORTH DUMFRIES TOWNSHIP

Mayor

Ward 1

Ward 2

Ward 3

Ward 4

WOOLWICH TOWNSHIP

Mayor

Ward 1 (two to be elected)

Ward 2

Ward 3 (two to be elected)

ELECTION PROCESS

Candidates could submit their nomination papers for the position of mayor, city councillor, township councillor or school board trustee to the clerk's office between May 2 and 2 p.m. on August 19.

In order to vote, residents must be a Canadian citizen, at least 18-years-old, and an owner, tenant or spouse of landowner in Waterloo Region. Post-secondary students residing in Waterloo Region can vote here and in their "home" municipality as long as they intend to return home at the end of their studies.