Registered Candidates

Nominations for the Municipal and School Board Elections must be filed by 2 p.m. on Nomination Day, Friday, August 21.

Once candidates are registered, their names will appear below.

Office of Mayor

Candidates are listed in alphabetical order.

Candidates for Office of Mayor
Candidate Name Date filed Contact information
Derek Giberson June 17, 2026 derekgiberson.ca
2026@derekgiberson.ca
Jim Lee May 26, 2026 leejim1949@gmail.com
Tito-Dante Marimpietri May 1, 2026 titodantemarimpietri@gmail.com
Henry Onwuachu June 17, 2026 henry@acclgroup.ca

One (1) to be elected for the Office of Mayor.

Ward 1

Candidates are listed in alphabetical order.

Candidates for Office of Regional and City Councillor - Ward 1
Candidate name Date filed Contact information
Christopher Biancaniello June 1, 2026 biancaniello.ward1@outlook.com

One (1) to be elected for the Office of Regional and City Councillor - Ward 1.

Candidates for Office of City Councillor - Ward 1
Candidate name Date filed Contact information
Danjeza Danglli June 11, 2026 danjezadanglli@gmail.com
Rosemary McConkey June 5, 2026 oshawarosemary@gmail.com
Olaleye Afolabi Oluwaolorunlanke May 15, 2026 oluwaolorunlanke@gmail.com

One (1) to be elected for the Office of City Councillor - Ward 1.

Ward 2

Candidates are listed in alphabetical order.

Candidates for Office of Regional and City Councillor - Ward 2
Candidate name Date filed Contact information
Cameron Anderson May 1, 2026 anderson4oshawa@gmail.com
Bradley Marks May 29, 2026 bradley.marksosh@gmail.com

One (1) to be elected for the Office of Regional and City Councillor - Ward 2.

Candidates for Office of City Councillor - Ward 2
Candidate name Date filed Contact information
Sarah Chiapparro June 12, 2026

sarah.chipparro@gmail.com

sarahforoshawa.ca

Jane Hurst June 1, 2026 hurst_jane@hotmail.com
John R.E. Sturdy May 29, 2026 johnsturdy69@gmail.com

One (1) to be elected for the Office of City Councillor - Ward 2.

Ward 3

Candidates are listed in alphabetical order.

Candidates for Office of Regional and City Councillor - Ward 3
Candidate name Date filed Contact information
Robert (Bob) Chapman May 1, 2026 bob@bobchapman.ca

One (1) to be elected for the Office of Regional and City Councillor - Ward 3.

Candidates for Office of City Councillor - Ward 3
Candidate name Date filed Contact information
Roger Bouma June 11, 2026 campaign@voteroger.ca
Sylwia Lesner May 18, 2026 sylwialesnerward3@gmail.com
Matthew Schaffer June 2, 2026 matthewjschaffer@outlook.com

One (1) to be elected for the Office of City Councillor - Ward 3.

Ward 4

Candidates are listed in alphabetical order.

Candidates for Office of Regional and City Councillor - Ward 4
Candidate name Date filed Contact information
Rick Kerr May 1, 2026 rrkerr@msn.com
Doug Sanders May 7, 2026 dougsanders524@gmail.com

One (1) to be elected for the Office of Regional and City Councillor - Ward 4.

Candidates for Office of City Councillor - Ward 4
Candidate name Date filed Contact information
Theresa Grant May 7, 2026 Theresagrantgroup@gmail.com
Jose Morales May 15, 2026 joseforward4@gmail.com 
joseforward4.ca
Deb Oldfield May 15, 2026

deb4oshawa@gmail.com

deboldfield.ca

Dave Thompson May 19, 2026

Davethompsonoshawa.ca
dave@davethompsonoshawa.ca

One (1) to be elected for the Office of City Councillor - Ward 4.

Ward 5

Candidates are listed in alphabetical order.

Candidates for Office of Regional and City Councillor - Ward 5
Candidate name Date filed Contact information
Kristen McKinnon May 1, 2026 kristenjmckinnon81@gmail.com
Brian Charles Nicholson May 11, 2026 bnicholson2000@rogers.com

One (1) to be elected for the Office of Regional and City Councillor - Ward 5.

Candidates for Office of City Councillor - Ward 5
Candidate name Date filed Contact Information
Todd Forbes May 13, 2026 forbest29@yahoo.ca
Siddharth (Sid) Goyal May 5, 2026

sidgoyaloshawa@gmail.com

Electsidgoyal.ca

Adedeji Ibinayo June 1, 2026 dejinayo22@yahoo.com
Christeen Elizabeth Thornton May 29, 2026 talktochristeen@gmail.com
John Gray June 8, 2026 johngray063@yahoo.com

One (1) to be elected for the Office of City Councillor - Ward 5.

School Boards

Candidates are listed in alphabetical order.

Trustee, Durham District School Board
Candidate name Date filed Contact information
Arjun Ariaran June 17, 2026 arjunariaran@gmail.com
Hamza Khan June 22, 206 hamzasherkhanm@gmail.com
Sandra M. Lazarus May 15, 2026 647-838-0894
Penny Nugent June 22, 2026 pennynugent73@gmail.com

Three (3) to be elected by all English Public School electors in the City of Oshawa.

Trustee, Durham Catholic District School Board
Candidate name Date filed Contact information
Kim Beatty May 8, 2026 electKimBeatty@rogers.com
Morgan Ste. Marie May 21, 2026 vote@morganstemarie.ca
morganstemarie.ca

Two (2) to be elected by all English Catholic School electors in the City of Oshawa.

Conseiller(ère), Conseil scolaire Viamonde
Candidate name Date filed Contact information
Kristine Dandavino May 19, 2026 kristinedandavino@gmail.com

One (1) to be elected by all French Public electors in the areas of the Region of Durham, County of Haliburton, County of Northumberland, County of Peterborough, City of Peterborough, City of Kawartha Lakes and City of Quinte West.

Conseiller(ère), Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir
Candidate name Date filed Contact information
     

One (1) to be elected by all French Catholic electors in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Counties of Northumberland and Peterborough and Cities of Kawartha Lakes, Peterborough and Quinte West.

Contact Us

Service Oshawa
Oshawa City Hall
50 Centre St. S.
Oshawa, ON L1H 3Z7
Phone: 905-436-3311
Toll Free: 1-800-667-4292
Email: service@oshawa.ca

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