Election results: Here’s who voters picked for mayor and council

Leanne Caron (left) with Guelph's first female mayor, Karen Farbridge (right), celebrates Caron's win on Oct. 26, 2026. (Hannah Schmidt/CTV News)

A list of the municipal election winners in Waterloo Region, Guelph, Brantford, Brant County and Stratford.

* Indicates a candidate who was re-elected.

Waterloo Regional Council

Chair: Now a provincially appointed role. No announcement yet.

Council:

Mayors

• Scott Hamilton (Cambridge)
• Berry Vrbanovic (Kitchener)*
• Shannon Weber (Waterloo)
• Kristopher Wilkinson (Wilmot Township)
• Evan Burgess (Woolwich Township)
• Chris Martin (Wellesley Township)
• Rodney Rolleman (North Dumfries Township)

Cambridge

• Doug Craig*
• Pam Wolf*

Kitchener

• Colleen James*
• Matt Rodrigues*
• Joe Gowing*
• Michael Harris*

Waterloo

• Jim Erb*
• Chantal Huinink*

Cambridge

Mayor: Scott Hamilton (Previously Ward 7 councillor)

Council:

• Ward 1: Helen Shwery*
• Ward 2: Mark Linton
• Ward 3: Corey Kimpson*
• Ward 4: Ross Earnshaw*
• Ward 5: Sheri Roberts*
• Ward 6: Adam Cooper*
• Ward 7: David Guerin
• Ward 8: Nicholas Ermeta*

Kitchener

Mayor: Berry Vrbanovic

Council:

• Ward 1: Scott Davey*
• Ward 2: Dave Schnider*
• Ward 3: Jason Deneault*
• Ward 4: Christine Michaud*
• Ward 5: Tracey Weiler
• Ward 6: Paul Singh*
• Ward 7: Bil Ioannidis*
• Ward 8: Margaret Johnston*
• Ward 9: Debbie Chapman*
• Ward 10: Sam Nabi

Waterloo

Mayor: Shannon Weber

Council:

• Ward 1: Sandra Hanmer*
• Ward 2: Shawn Humes
• Ward 3: Victoria Robertson
• Ward 4: Diane Freeman*
• Ward 5: Scott Piatkowski
• Ward 6: Mary Lou Roe*
• Ward 7: Julie Wright*

Wilmot Township

Mayor: Kristopher Wilkinson (Previously Ward 2 councillor)

• Ward 1: Stewart Cressman*
• Ward 2: Michael Roth
• Ward 3: Harvir Sidhu*
• Ward 4: Scott Dunstall, Steven Martin*

Woolwich Township

Mayor: Evan Burgess (Previously Ward 1 councillor)

• Ward 1: Nathan Cadeau*, Tina Weltz
• Ward 2: Steven Haase
• Ward 3: Bonnie Bryant*, Eryn Koncir

Wellesley Township

Mayor: Chris Martin

• Ward 1: Shelley Wagner* (Acclaimed)
• Ward 2: Chris Van Bargen (Acclaimed)
• Ward 3: Derek Brick* (Acclaimed)
• Ward 4: Claude Hergott* (Acclaimed)

North Dumfries

Mayor: Rodney Rolleman

• Ward 1: Derrick Ostner
• Ward 2: Denise Vanderhorst
• Ward 3: Alida Wilms (Acclaimed)
• Ward 4: Jonathan Bos

Guelph

Mayor: Leanne Caron (Previously Ward 5 councillor)

Council:

• Ward 1: Dan Gibson*, Mustafa Zuberi
• Ward 2: Kim Fry, Rodrigo Goller*
• Ward 3: Phil Allt*, Marty Williams
• Ward 4: Linda Busuttil*, Brendan Clark
• Ward 5: Cathy Downer*, Danny Lui
• Ward 6: Rebecca Adam, Luke Devos

Brantford

Mayor: Richard Carpenter (Previously Ward 4 councillor)

Council:

• Ward 1: Darryl Casey, Bob Sproul
• Ward 2: Dave Malcolm, Gino Caputo*
• Ward 3: Trevor Cherewka, Arron Jeavons
• Ward 4: Linda Hunt*, Nicole Callander
• Ward 5: Karleigh Csordas, Brian Van Tilborg*

Brant County

Mayor: Jennifer Kyle (Previously Ward 1 councillor)

Council:

• Ward 1: John MacAlpine*, Steve Schmitt
• Ward 2: Steve Howes*, James McColloch
• Ward 3: John Peirce*, John Bell*
• Ward 4: Robert Chambers*, Ben Clement
• Ward 5: Ella Haley, Mike Gatopoulos

Stratford

Mayor: Robert Ritz

Council:

• Larry McCabe*
• Geza Wordofa*
• Cody Sebben*
• Harj Nijjar*
• Bonnie Henderson*
• Lesley Biehn*
• Brad Beatty*
• Ian Morton
• Sarah Merkel
• Christopher Giannakopoulos