Who’s in the running to be Waterloo Region’s newest councillor

There are a long list of candidates vying for an open seat on Waterloo Region council.

It was previously held by Kari Williams, who passed away in June after a battle with cancer.

At a meeting on June 25, council announced its plan to begin accepting applications for the seat representing the City of Kitchener.

To qualify, candidates had to fill out a form and confirm they were a Canadian citizen, lived in the Region of Waterloo and were at least 18 years old.

The deadline to apply was Aug. 1.

All aspiring candidates will address council at a special meeting on Aug. 14. At the conclusion of that meeting, council will pick a new councillor.

They will be given the oath of office the following day.

The first meeting for the successful candidate, as a regional councillor, will be Aug. 27.

This is a list of candidates who submitted their application by the deadline:

• Wazhma Frogh - City of Kitchener
• Joseph Gowing - City of Kitchener
• Jey Legarie - City of Waterloo
• Ruthann Fisher - City of Kitchener
• Christina Schipper - City of Kitchener
• Philip Molto - City of Kitchener
• Prakash Venkataraman - City of Cambridge
• Matthew Anthony Ichim - City of Kitchener
• Hin Tat Lam - City of Waterloo
• David Shen - City of Waterloo
• Gordon Greavette - City of Waterloo
• Jonathan Massimi - City of Kitchener
• Brad Ball - City of Kitchener
• Ronald Green - City of Kitchener
• Ayad Kamal - City of Waterloo
• Brian Bourke - City of Waterloo
• Sam Nabi - City of Kitchener
• Simon Guthrie - City of Kitchener
• John Champion - City of Kitchener
• Hanan Wahib - City of Kitchener
• Marcus Drasdo - City of Waterloo
• Mifrah Abid - City of Kitchener
• Douglas Dutchak - Township of Wellesley
• Allen Beaupre - City of Kitchener
• Peter Eglin - City of Kitchener
• Maggie Lam - City of Kitchener
• Graham Edwards - City of Cambridge
• Vishal Chaudhary - City of Kitchener
• Michael Beauchemin - City of Kitchener
• Julie Hall - City of Kitchener
• David Guerin - City of Cambridge
• John Roe - City of Kitchener
• Kevin White - City of Kitchener
• Marinus de Groot - City of Kitchener
• Piyush Nanda - City of Cambridge
• Julie Kalbleisch - City of Waterloo
• Carrie Wright - City of Kitchener
• Fauzia Mazhar - City of Waterloo
• Shannon Nelson - City of Cambridge
• Asma’a Al-Wahsh - City of Waterloo
• Christopher (Chris) Moser - City of Waterloo
• Jesse Rodgers - Township of Wilmot
• Michael Filion - City of Kitchener
• Brooklin Wallis - City of Kitchener
• Shannon Knelsen - City of Cambridge