2026 Durham Region municipal elections

2026 Clarington Mayoral election
October 26, 2026
Mayor before election; Adrian Foster;	Elected mayor ; TBD;

2026 Brock Mayoral election
October 26, 2026
Incumbent Mayor; Michael Jubb;	; ;

2026 Ajax Mayoral election
October 26, 2026
Incumbent Mayor; Shaun Collier;	; ;

Elections will be held in the Regional Municipality of Durham in Ontario, on October 26, 2026, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.

Candidates marked with an (X) indicates they are the incumbent for that position.

Durham Regional Council

Position	Elected
Chair
Appointed by provincial government
Ajax
Mayor
Regional Councillor, Ward 1
Regional Councillor, Ward 2
Regional Councillor, Ward 3
Brock
Mayor
Regional Councillor
Clarington
Mayor
Regional Councillor, Wards 1 & 2
Regional Councillor, Wards 3 & 4
Oshawa
Mayor
Regional Councillor, Ward 1
Regional Councillor, Ward 2
Regional Councillor, Ward 3
Regional Councillor, Ward 4
Regional Councillor, Ward 5
Pickering
Mayor
Regional Councillor, Ward 1
Regional Councillor, Ward 2
Regional Councillor, Ward 3
Scugog
Mayor
Regional Councillor
Uxbridge
Mayor
Regional Councillor
Whitby
Mayor
Regional Councillor, Ward 1
Regional Councillor, Ward 2
Regional Councillor, Ward 3
Regional Councillor. Ward 4

Durham Regional Chair

Following the passage of the "Better Regional Governance Act", the provincial government will appoint the chair of the Region.^[1] The position had previously been elected by popular vote.

Ajax

Ajax will elect 1 mayor, 3 regional councillors in 1 of 3 wards, and 3 local councillors in 1 of 3 wards.

List of candidates:^[2]

Mayor

Mayor Shaun Collier will not be running for re-election.^[3] Regional councillor Marilyn Crawford and former councillor Ashmeed Khan have announced they are running to replace him,^[4] alongside Carion Fenn, Richard Hinds and Vian Persad.

Candidate	Vote	%
Marilyn Crawford
Carion Fenn
Richard Hinds
Ashmeed Khan
Vian Persad

Regional Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Aqsa Asif Malik
Stephen Sullivan
Rob Tyler-Morin
Ward 2
Sterling Lee (X)
Asad Ali
Arthur Augustine
Doug Glass
Muhammad Asif Malik
Ranjith Paranivasagam
Ward 3
Stephanie Ashton
Rob Chopowick
Donna Edwards
Lynn MacDonald
Errol Massiah
Angie Papas

Local Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Malcolm Andre Barrington
Nabeel Ilyas Choudhry
Rob Ford
Kelly Miller
Kristy McDonald
Jai Shahak
Ward 2
Nancy Henry (X)
Andras Adaikkalam
Jay Hayles
Azhar Khan
Ward 3
Bosh Bope
Santosh Gaddam
Nick Papalambropoulos
Lisa Patel
Bhanuteja Somarouthu
Muzammil Yazdani

Brock

Brock will elect 1 mayor, 1 regional councillor, and 5 local councillors in 1 of 5 wards.

List of candidates:^[5]

Mayor

Mayor Michael Jubb, who was acclaimed in a 2025 mayoral by-election, is facing Brenda Thyne.

Candidate	Vote	%
Michael Jubb (X)
Brenda Thyne

Regional Councillor

Candidate	Vote	%
Cria Pettingill (X)
Peter Frank

Local Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Claire Doble
Beth Josephson
Peter Teolis
John Rush
Ward 2
Ron Den Braasem
Diana Vessel
Ward 3
Glenda Nicholson
Mike Samis
Chris Shier
Ward 4
Ronald Hodgson (X)
Sally Morgan
Ward 5
Anthony Macoretta
Ted Smith

Clarington

Clarington will elect 1 mayor, 2 regional councillors in 1 of 2 wards, and 4 local councillors in 1 of 4 wards.

List of candidates:^[6]

Mayor

Mayor Adrian Foster is facing retired police officer and 2022 mayoral candidate Tom Dingwall.

Candidate	Vote	%
Adrian Foster (X)
Tom Dingwall

Regional Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Wards 1 & 2
Granville Anderson (X)
Melissa Whitefield
Wards 3 & 4
Kannan Nair
Kevin Taylor
Willie Woo

Local Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Sami Elhajjeh (X)
Joe Neal
Ward 2
Chris Aucoin
Kathleen Flynn
Joshua Glover
Jason Kay
Bernard Sanchez
Ward 3
Corinna Traill (X)
Mike Mokhtar
Kyle Templeton
Thomas Zekveld
Ward 4
Margaret Zwart (X)
Denise Robinson
Andrew McVey

Oshawa

Oshawa will elect 1 mayor, and two city councillors in each of the city's five wards, with one of the two ward councillors also serving on regional council.

List of candidates:^[7]

Mayor

2026 Oshawa Mayoral election

October 26, 2026


Candidate	Derek Giberson	Jim Lee

		HO
Candidate	Tito-Dante Marimpietri	Henry Onwuachu

Mayor before election

Dan Carter

Elected mayor

TBD

Oshawa mayor Dan Carter will not be running for re-election. Running to replace him is Ward 2 city and regional councillor Tito-Dante Marimpietri,^[4] Ward 2 city councillor Jim Lee, Ward 4 city councillor Derek Giberson, and construction management businessperson Henry Onwuachu.^[8]

Candidate	Vote	%
Sherland Chhangur
Michael Coons
Derek Giberson
Jeremy Large
Jim Lee
Tito-Dante Marimpietri
Henry Onwuachu
Joseph Tomlins
Dave Westlake

Regional & City Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Christopher Biancaniello
Nadea Calrke
Martin Franssen
Selvan Sinnadurai
Ward 2
Cameron Anderson
Bradley Marks
Ward 3
Bob Chapman (X)
Timothy Dobson
Rizwan Javed
Catherine Pollard
Ward 4
Rick Kerr (X)
Jeff Davis
Jack O'Donnell
Doug Sanders
Ward 5
Brian Charles Nicholson (X)
Kristen McKinnon

City Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Rosemary McConkey (X)
Danjeza Danglli
Olaleye Afolabi Oluwaolorunlanke
Abdus Salam Shinwary
Omar Wisdom
Ward 2
Avik Bannerjee
Sarah Chiapparro
Liam Fraser
Jane Hurst
John R. E. Sturdy
Ward 3
Miguel Araujo
Roger Bouma
Sam Howes
Sylwia Lesner
Shailene Panylo
Matthew Schaffer
Rahul Padmini Soumian
Ward 4
Domenic Albis
Lisa Freeman
Theresa Grant
Eric Guernsey
Edouard Nwaha Gwet
Jose Morales
Pauline Mwangi
Deb Oldfield
Don Rockbrune
Dave Thompson
Ward 5
John Gray (X)
Todd Forbes
Sid Goyal
Adedeji Ibinayo
Scheshawna Lemaire
Christeen Elizabeth Thornton

Pickering

Pickering will elect 1 mayor, 3 regional councillors in 1 of 3 wards, and 3 city councillors in 1 of 3 wards.

List of candidates:^[9]

Mayor

2026 Pickering Mayoral election

October 26, 2026

	KA	DC	JF
Candidate	Kevin Ashe	Doug Cornell	Janice Frampton

	ZR	SR	LR
Candidate	Zargham Rasool	Shaun Rickard	Lisa Robinson

	AW
Candidate	Andrea Wood

Incumbent Mayor

Kevin Ashe

Mayor Kevin Ashe is facing Ward 1 City Councillor Lisa Robinson, Doug Cornell, runner-up in the 2022 election Janice Frampton, Zargham Rasool, Shaun Rickard, and Andrea Wood.

Candidate	Vote	%
Kevin Ashe (X)
Doug Cornell
Janice Frampton
Zargham Rasool
Shaun Rickard
Lisa Robinson
Andrea Wood

Regional Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Maurice Brenner (X)	Acclaimed^[10]
Ward 2
Linda Cook (X)
Bushra Rasool
Nancy van Rooy
Ward 3
David Pickles (X)
Azmat Mujeeb

City Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
James Blair
Abdullah Mir
Zubahir Mohamed
Jamie Nye
Michael Samlalsingh
Jeremy Steinhausen
Priya Vadivel
Ward 2
Mara Nagy (X)
Stacey Lepine-Fisher
John Meloche
Sam Snyders
Vince Viapiana
Ward 3
Shaheen Butt (X)
Rajkumar Nada

Scugog

Scugog will elect 1 mayor, 1 regional councillor, and 5 local councillors in 1 of 5 wards.

List of candidates:^[11]

Mayor

2026 Scugog Mayoral election

October 26, 2026

	WW	MC	CD
Candidate	Wilma Wotten	Mike Coll	Charles Deane

	JD	IM	DW
Candidate	Jack Doak	Ian McDougall	David Whitfield

Incumbent Mayor

Wilma Wotten

Mayor Wilma Wotten is facing Regional Councillor Ian McDougall, Charles Deane, Jack Doak, Mike Coll, and David Whitfield.

Candidate	Vote	%
Wilma Wotten (X)
Mike Coll
Charles Deane
Jack Doak
Ian McDougall
David Whitfield

Regional Councillor

Candidate	Vote	%
Terry Coyne
Patricia Conlin
Allan Honey
Richard Park

Local Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
David Le Roy (X)
Scott Blachar
Ward 2
Alisa Cole
Richard Hinton
Ward 3
Rosario Greco
Don Kett
Sean Taylor
Ward 4
Harold Wright (X)
Brad Martyn
Ward 5
Stephen Kotyk
Janna Guido
Marion Meyers

Uxbridge

Uxbridge will elect 1 mayor, 1 regional councillor, and 5 local councillors in 1 of 5 wards.

List of candidates:^[12]

Mayor

2026 Uxbridge Mayoral election

October 26, 2026

	DB	IG	TE
Candidate	Dave Barton	Ian Giffin	Ted Eng

Incumbent Mayor

Dave Barton

Mayor Dave Barton is facing Ian Giffin and Ted Eng.

Candidate	Vote	%
Dave Barton (X)
Ian Giffin
Ted Eng

Regional Councillor

Candidate	Vote	%
Bruce Garrod (X)
Jeff Mittman

Local Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Pamela Beach (X)
Victoria Devenport
Lori Kennedy
Karen Kenyon
Colin Thacker
Ward 2
Gordon Shreeve (X)
Janet Betts
Ward 3
Craig Marlatt
Jacquie Hermans
Ward 4
Willie Popp (X)
Alex Orr
Ward 5
Christine McKenzie
W. David Ward

Whitby

Whitby will elect 1 mayor, and two councillors in each of the town's four wards, with one of the two ward councillors also serving on regional council.

List of candidates:^[13]

Mayor

2026 Whitby Mayoral election

October 26, 2026

	ER	CL	HR
Candidate	Elizabeth Roy	Chris Leahy	Harshini Rajmohan

Incumbent Mayor

Elizabeth Roy

On April 20, both mayor Elizabeth Roy and regional councillor Chris Leahy announced they were running for the city's top position.^[14]

Candidate	Vote	%
Elizabeth Roy (X)
Chris Leahy
Harshini Rajmohan

Regional Councillors

Following a 2025 council vote, Whitby's regional councillors will now be elected by ward, rather than at-large as had been the case in the previous election.^[15]

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1 North
Rhonda Mulcahy (X)
Tracy Borwn
Ikramah Mohhy-Ud-din
Christine Thatcher
Ward 2 West
Debbie Lewis
Deirdre Newman
Ward 3 Centre
Melissa Heckbert
Niki Lundquist
Ward 4 East
Steve Yamada (X)
Maleeha Shahid (X)
Zartasha Zainab Chaudhry

Town Councillors

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1 North
Steve Lee (X)
Anastasia Brown
Jay White
Ward 2 West
Matt Cardwell (X)
Michelle Arseneault
Mehmood Kohistani
Lori Lopes
Yar.M Naeme
Judith Tait
Ward 3 Centre
Bob Baker
Akuah Frempong
Laura McCarney
John Rinella
Dave Sansom
Scott Templeton
Ward 4 East
Victoria Bozinovski (X)
Saima Hammad
Shah Hosein
Walter Perdigao

References

↑ "Legislation on appointing regional chairs in Ontario now law after Queen's Park vote". InSauga. Retrieved May 18, 2026.
↑ "Offices to be Elected". Town of Ajax. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
↑ "Ajax Mayor Shaun Collier on why he isn't running for re-election". Toronto Star. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
1 2 "2 of Durham's largest municipalities will have new mayors. Few are vying for the job so far". CBC. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
↑ "Candidate Information". Township of Brock. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
↑ "Who's Running?". Municipality of Clarington. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
↑ "Registered Candidates". City of Oshawa. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
↑ "Oshawa mayoral race heats up as 3 sitting councillors bid for the seat". Oshawa This Week. Retrieved July 5, 2026.
↑ "Registered Candidates". City of Pickering. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
↑ Calis, Kristen (2026-08-31). "Brenner hoping for a cohesive council". DurhamRegion.com. Retrieved 2026-08-31.
↑ "2026 Candidates". Township of Scugog. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
↑ "Candidate Information". Township of Uxbridge. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
↑ "Candidates". Whitby. Retrieved 5 July 2026.
↑ "'I'll be putting my name forward for mayor': Whitby race begins". Whitby This Week. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
↑ "Whitby moves to elect regional councillors by ward, rather than town-wide candidate pool". Durham Radio News. Retrieved May 24, 2026.

[1] "Legislation on appointing regional chairs in Ontario now law after Queen's Park vote". InSauga. Retrieved May 18, 2026.

[2] "Offices to be Elected". Town of Ajax. Retrieved 5 July 2026.

[3] "Ajax Mayor Shaun Collier on why he isn't running for re-election". Toronto Star. Retrieved May 24, 2026.

[CBC-4] 1 2 "2 of Durham's largest municipalities will have new mayors. Few are vying for the job so far". CBC. Retrieved May 24, 2026.

[5] "Candidate Information". Township of Brock. Retrieved 24 May 2026.

[6] "Who's Running?". Municipality of Clarington. Retrieved 5 July 2026.

[7] "Registered Candidates". City of Oshawa. Retrieved 5 July 2026.

[8] "Oshawa mayoral race heats up as 3 sitting councillors bid for the seat". Oshawa This Week. Retrieved July 5, 2026.

[9] "Registered Candidates". City of Pickering. Retrieved 5 July 2026.

[10] Calis, Kristen (2026-08-31). "Brenner hoping for a cohesive council". DurhamRegion.com. Retrieved 2026-08-31.

[11] "2026 Candidates". Township of Scugog. Retrieved 24 May 2026.

[12] "Candidate Information". Township of Uxbridge. Retrieved 24 May 2026.

[13] "Candidates". Whitby. Retrieved 5 July 2026.

[14] "'I'll be putting my name forward for mayor': Whitby race begins". Whitby This Week. Retrieved May 24, 2026.

[15] "Whitby moves to elect regional councillors by ward, rather than town-wide candidate pool". Durham Radio News. Retrieved May 24, 2026.

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