Position Representing Councillor Notes
Chair Chairman and CEO
Councillor Aurora Mayor of Aurora
Councillor East Gwillimbury Mayor of East Gwillimbury
Councillor Georgina Mayor of Georgina
Councillor Georgina Regional Councillor
Councillor King Mayor of King
Councillor Markham Mayor of Markham
Councillor Markham Regional Councillor
Councillor Markham Regional Councillor
Councillor Markham Regional Councillor
Councillor Markham Regional Councillor
Councillor Newmarket Mayor of Newmarket
Councillor Newmarket Regional Councillor
Councillor Richmond Hill Mayor of Richmond Hill
Councillor Richmond Hill Regional Councillor
Councillor Richmond Hill Regional Councillor
Councillor Vaughan Mayor of Vaughan
Councillor Vaughan Regional Councillor
Councillor Vaughan Regional Councillor
Councillor Vaughan Regional Councillor
Councillor Vaughan Regional Councillor
Councillor Whitchurch–Stouffville Mayor of Whitchurch–Stouffville
Regional chair
Following the passage of the "Better Regional Governance Act", the provincial government will appoint the chair of the Region.[ 1] [ 2] York Regional Police . He was appointed by the provincial government in January 2025.[ 3]
List of candidates:[ 4]
Mayor
Mayor Tom Mrakas is being challenged by Ward 5 councillor John Gallo.[ 5]
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
Shawn Deane
John Gallo
Tom Mrakas (X)
Yafang Shi
Aurora Town Council
Map of Aurora's six new wards
Ward 1
Candidate
Vote
%
Lauren Hanna
Rocco Morsillo
Ward 2
Current incumbent is Rachel Gilliland.
Ward 3
Candidate
Vote
%
Nikki Alber
Alexandra Bonham
Robert James Fraser
Harold MacDonald
Reza Vaez Ghamsary
Ward 4
Candidate
Vote
%
Shaheen Moledina
Michael Thompson (X)
Ward 5
Candidate
Vote
%
Charity Dela Cruz-Toupin
Jessie Fraser
Milton Hart
Harbinder (Binda) Thandi
George Tremtsidis
Terrence Zhu
Ward 6
Candidate
Vote
%
Nicholas Kashef
Jibraan Khan
Zivka Kicic
Harold Kim (X)
Mayor
Mayor Virginia Hackson has yet to announce if she is running for re-election. Running for mayor so far are Ward 3 councillor Scott Crone[ 6] [ 7]
List of candidates:[ 8]
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
Scott Crone
Brian Johns
List of candidates:[ 9]
Mayor
Mayor Margaret Quirk announced she was running for re-election in May.[ 10]
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
Margaret Quirk (X)
Dale Kerr Genge
Frank Sebo
Georgina Town Council
Map of Georgina's 5 wards
Regional Councillor
Council candidate
Vote
%
Naomi Davison (X)
Geoff Fardy
Ward 1
Council candidate
Vote
%
Charlene Biggerstaff (X)
Duncan MacCallum
Ward 2
Council candidate
Vote
%
Stephen Faudemer
Dan Fellini (X)
Natalie Floyd
Mike Gurr
Shannon DeLenardo
Ward 3
Council candidate
Vote
%
Danielle Cohen
Andrew Edge
Billy Hadden
Dave Neeson (X)
Nicholas Watts
Ward 4
Council candidate
Vote
%
Ivy Henriksen
Mike Anderson
Antonio Romans
Casey Sellers
Greta Zinck
Ward 5
Council candidate
Vote
%
Bruce Adkins
Lee Dale (X)
Karen Wolfe
Mayor
Mayor Steve Pellegrini is running for re-election.
List of candidates:[ 11]
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
Steve Pellegrini (X)
Stephen Ferritto
List of candidates:[ 12]
Mayor
2026 Markham Mayoral election
Mayor Frank Scarpitti is running for re-election. He is being challenged by Martin Ross, who gained notoriety for opposing the city's efforts to shut down an outdoor rink he constructed in his backyard.[ 13]
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
Stephen Edgell
Martin Ross
Frank Scarpitti (X)
Map of Markham's 8 wards
Regional Councillor
In Markham, Regional Councillors serve on both the City Council as well as York Region Council. Electors can vote for up to four candidates on their ballots, equal to the total number that may be elected. The four winning candidates are those who receive the highest number of votes. The candidate with the highest number of votes received also serves as Deputy Mayor.
Council candidate
Vote
%
Alan Ho (X)
Jim Jones (X)
Joe Li (X)
Joe Tay
Kristian Chan
Paul Chiang
Amanda Yeung Collucci
Don Hamilton
Jack Heath
Michael Huang
Ivy Lee
Richard Tranquada
Ward 2
Council candidate
Vote
%
Ritch Lau (X)
Richard Lee
Mark Lin
Haohui Yu
Ward 3
Council candidate
Vote
%
Marina Antonoglou
Annie Chan
Kristian Chan
Ron Lynn
Jack Ng
Thomas Psarianos
Ward 4
Council candidate
Vote
%
Karen Rea (X)
Vid Sansanwal
Ward 5
Council candidate
Vote
%
Andrew Keyes (X)
Laurence Liang
Thamiraa Ragikaran
Ward 6
Council candidate
Vote
%
Jude Ahiaegbe
Larry Lau
Kenneth Li
Hanson Shen
Scott Xie
Patrick Yeung
Joanna Yu
Council candidate
Vote
%
Nimisha Patel (X)
Killi Chelliah
Sameer Qureshi
Stanley Sam
Ward 8
Council candidate
Vote
%
Isa Lee (X)
Jenny Chen
List of candidates:[ 14]
Mayor
Mayor John Taylor has confirmed he will be running for re-election.[ 15]
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
John Taylor
Newmarket Town Council
Map of Newmarket's seven wards
Deputy mayor and regional councillor
Candidate
Vote
%
Mohsen Alavi
Tom Vegh (X)
Ward 1
Council candidate
Vote
%
Naqi Ahsan
Nasim Bahari
Nisa Chaudhry
Chintan Dudakiya
Sonia Fiorini
Ward 2
Council candidate
Vote
%
Brian Andrews
Glenn Marais
Pamela McCarthy
Ward 3
Council candidate
Vote
%
Christine Spicer
Jane Twinney (X)
Andrey Zavidovskiy
Ward 4
Council candidate
Vote
%
Alireza Izadjoo
Jairan Jahani
Trevor Morrison (X)
Krissy Young
Ward 5
Council candidate
Vote
%
Bob Kwapis (X)
Ward 6
Council candidate
Vote
%
Kelly Broome (X)
Sam Mortazavi
Ward 7
Council candidate
Vote
%
Christina Bisanz (X)
List of candidates:[ 16]
Mayor
2026 Richmond Hill mayoral election
Mayor before election David West
Elected mayor TBD
Mayor David West signed up to run for mayor on May 1.[ 17]
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
David West (X)
Domenic Bardari
Holo Devnani
Map of Richmond Hill's six wards
Regional council
Two to be elected.
Council candidate
Vote
%
Joe DiPaola (X)
Godwin Chan (X)
Marco Coletta
Ward 1
Council candidate
Vote
%
Carol Davidson (X)
Catherine Dell'Erba
Raymond Dodaro
Giovanni Nardone
Ward 2
Council candidate
Vote
%
Muhammad Kermalli
Hamidreza Kheirkhah Ghehi
Sigmund Lee
Tom Muench
Scott Thompson
Ward 3
Council candidate
Vote
%
Castro Liu
Juni Yeung
Ward 4
Council candidate
Vote
%
Simon Cui (X)
Ahmad Amanullah
Sharon Chisholm
Rose Weinberg
Danny Yoon
Ward 5
Council candidate
Vote
%
Karen Cilevitz (X)
Ray Behroozian
Yuliya Benedziktavich
Alex Jafari
Ali Mahboub-Shadkhou
Vera Murano
Marty Paulin
Richard Rupp
Ward 6
Council candidate
Vote
%
Michael Shiu (X)
Hasti Anasory
Andrew Mendonca
List of candidates:[ 18]
Mayor
2026 Vaughan Mayoral election
Mayor Steven Del Duca announced his intentions to run for re-election on May 1.[ 19]
Map of Vaughan's five wards
Regional council
Four to be elected.
Ward 1
Council candidate
Vote
%
Marilyn Iafrate (X)
Nadeem Mahmood
Angela Saggese
Vince Scaramuzzo
Ward 2
Council candidate
Vote
%
Pedro Benevides
Anna DeBartolo
Adriano Volpentesta (X)
Ward 3
Council candidate
Vote
%
Asadullah Aminpur
Rosanna DeFrancesca (X)
Ward 4
Council candidate
Vote
%
Chris Ainsworth (X)
Karim Aziz
Nirmala Ramlall
Deven Sandhu
List of candidates:[ 20]
Mayor
Mayor Iain Lovatt formally announced he was running for re-election on May 21.[ 21]
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
Iain Lovatt (X)
Whitchurch-Stouffville Town Council
Map of Whitchurch-Stouffville's six wards
Ward 1
Council candidate
Vote
%
Hugo Kroon (X)
Michael Cleverdon
Ward 2
Council candidate
Vote
%
Rocco Priore
Jared Simpson
George Karpouzis
Adam Hassan
Terri Drover
Ward 3
Council candidate
Vote
%
Keith Acton (X)
Bryan Stott
Roger Gingerich
Ward 4
Council candidate
Vote
%
David Parmer
Brad Valentini
Courtney Taylor
Rob Hargrave
Rick Upton (X)
James Liaros
Erik Gordon
Ward 5
Council candidate
Vote
%
Richard Bartley (X)
Laura Cusack
Shawn McGovern
Ward 6
Council candidate
Vote
%
Angel Freedman
Greg Smith
Sue Sherban
References
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