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
Sherland Chhangur August 21, 2026 schhangur@hotmail.com
Michael Coons July 7, 2026 michael.coons94@outlook.com
Derek Giberson June 17, 2026 2026@derekgiberson.ca
derekgiberson.ca
Jeremy Large August 21, 2026 JeremyNLarge@gmail.com
Jim Lee May 26, 2026 votejimlee.ca
Tito-Dante Marimpietri May 1, 2026 titodantemarimpietri@gmail.com
Henry Onwuachu June 17, 2026 henryforoshawa.ca
henry@henryforoshawa.ca
Joseph Tomlins July 7, 2026 josephtomlinsformayor@gmail.com
Dave Westlake June 29, 2026 davejwestlake@gmail.com

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 biancaniello4oshawa.ca
biancaniello.ward1@outlook.com
Nadea Clarke August 19, 2026 nadeaclarke20@gmail.com
Martin Franssen August 5, 2026 votemartin.ca
martin@votemartin.ca
Selvan Sinnadurai August 21, 2026 voteselvan@hotmail.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
A. Salam Shinwary July 21, 2026 salam.jan111@gmail.com
Omar Wisdom June 23, 2026

omar@votewisdom.ca
votewisdom.ca

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
anderson4oshawa.ca
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
Avik Banerjee August 19, 2026 avik4oshawa@gmail.com
Sarah Chiapparro June 12, 2026

sarah.chipparro@gmail.com
sarahforoshawa.ca

Liam Fraser August 20, 2026  
Jane Hurst June 1, 2026

jane@janehurstward2.ca
janehurstward2.ca

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 City Councillor - Ward 3
Candidate name Date filed Contact information
Miguel Araujo August 19, 2026 miguelaraujo826@gmail.com
Roger Bouma June 11, 2026 roger@electroger.ca
electroger.ca
Sam Howes August 18, 2026 howesyourplumbing@gmail.com
Sylwia Lesner May 18, 2026 sylwialesnerward3@gmail.com
Rahul Padmini Soumian August 14, 2026 rahulpsrealtor@gmail.com
Shailene Panylo August 20, 2026 shailenepanylo@gmail.com
Matthew Schaffer June 2, 2026 matthewjschaffer@outlook.com

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

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
Timothy Dobson August 21, 2026 tdobson@youroshawa.com
Katherine Pollard August 21, 2026 oshawaishome@gmail.com
Javed Rizwan August 20, 2026 info@rizwanjaved.ca

One (1) to be elected for the Office of Regional and 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
Jeff Davis June 23, 2026

info@jeff-davis.ca
jeff-davis.ca

Rick Kerr May 1, 2026 rrkerr@msn.com
Jack O'Donnell June 24, 2026 jack@jackodonnell.ca
jackodonnell.ca
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
Domenic Albis August 7, 2026

dom@downtowndomenic.ca

Lisa Freeman August 21, 2026  
Theresa Grant May 7, 2026 theresagrant.ca
Eric Guernsey June 25, 2026 info@electeric.ca
electeric.ca
Edouard Nwaha Gwet July 28, 2026 elect.edouard@gmail.com
Pauline Mwangi August 17, 2026 pmwangiwwhite@gmail.com
Jose Morales May 15, 2026 joseforward4@gmail.com 
joseforward4.ca
Deb Oldfield May 15, 2026

deb4oshawa@gmail.com
deboldfield.ca

Don Rockbrune June 30, 2026

Withdrawn (August 21, 2026)

Dave Thompson May 19, 2026

dave@davethompsonoshawa.ca
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

John Gray June 8, 2026 johngray063@yahoo.com
Adedeji Ibinayo June 1, 2026 dejinayo22@yahoo.com
Scheshawna Lemaire August 17, 2026 905-441-7953
Christeen Elizabeth Thornton May 29, 2026 talktochristeen@gmail.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
Harry Clarke August 21, 2026 harrison.clarke182@live.ca
Hamza Khan June 22, 2026 hamzasherkhanm@gmail.com
Krista Laing August 21, 2026 KristaSLaing@gmail.com
Sandra M. Lazarus May 15, 2026 647-838-0894
Penny Nugent June 22, 2026 pennynugent73@gmail.com
Sanjay Sarkar August 20, 2026 sanjay1981@gmail.com
Jim Van Allen July 8, 2026 jamesrvanallen@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
John Rzeszut July 31, 2026 votejohnrzeszut@gmail.com
Morgan Ste. Marie May 21, 2026 vote@morganstemarie.ca
morganstemarie.ca
Instagram: @trustee.ste.marie

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 Withdrawn (August 17, 2026)
Erik Lapointe August 21, 2026 ErikJLapointe@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
Marcellin Kwilu Mondo July 14, 2026 conseillermarcellin@gmail.com

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.

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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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