Cambridge: who represents it, and who is running
City of Cambridge — 2026 Municipal Election votes on 2026-10-26. It elects one Mayor (at large), 8 Ward Councillors (Wards 1–8) and 2 Region of Waterloo Regional Councillors elected city-wide in Cambridge; WRDSB, WCDSB, Viamonde and MonAvenir school trustees are also elected. The Regional Chair is no longer elected (Better Regional Governance Act, 2026)..
Holding office13
the sitting council
On the ballot40
11 sitting members running again
The official candidate list ↗ · What Cambridge is like — the /local page
Federal riding: Cambridge — Connie Cody (Conservative)
1
Mayor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Liggett ✉️ Elected | Mayor → Running | Independent | City of Cambridge | |
| Scott Hamilton ✉️ Elected | Councillor → Running for Mayor | Independent | City of Cambridge | |
| Ihtsham Haq ✉️ | Mayor Running | Independent | City of Cambridge | |
| Ken Roche | Mayor Running | Independent | City of Cambridge | |
| Ryan Bolender ✉️ | Mayor Running | Independent | City of Cambridge | |
| Tony Chaves ✉️ | Mayor Running | Independent | City of Cambridge |
2
Councillor — Ward 1
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Shwery ✉️ Elected | Councillor → Running | Independent | Ward 1 | City of Cambridge |
| Jeff Donkersgoed ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 1 | City of Cambridge |
| Saleem Shaikh ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 1 | City of Cambridge |
3
Councillor — Ward 2
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Devine ✉️ Elected | Councillor → Running | Independent | Ward 2 | City of Cambridge |
| David Craig ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 2 | City of Cambridge |
| Mark Linton ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 2 | City of Cambridge |
| Matt Rogers ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 2 | City of Cambridge |
4
Councillor — Ward 3
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Kimpson ✉️ Elected | Councillor → Running | Independent | Ward 3 | City of Cambridge |
| Kiran Abid ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 3 | City of Cambridge |
| Shaun Spalding | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 3 | City of Cambridge |
5
Councillor — Ward 4
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Earnshaw ✉️ Elected | Councillor → Running | Independent | Ward 4 | City of Cambridge |
| Ahmad Jawad Malik ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 4 | City of Cambridge |
| David O'Hara | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 4 | City of Cambridge |
6
Councillor — Ward 5
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheri Roberts ✉️ Elected | Councillor → Running | Independent | Ward 5 | City of Cambridge |
| Nazim Shah ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 | City of Cambridge |
7
Councillor — Ward 6
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Cooper ✉️ Elected | Councillor → Running | Independent | Ward 6 | City of Cambridge |
| Barbara A. Harrington ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 6 | City of Cambridge |
| Chris McCormick ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 6 | City of Cambridge |
| Randy Carter | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 6 | City of Cambridge |
8
Councillor — Ward 7
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dani Ieso ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 7 | City of Cambridge |
| David Guerin ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 7 | City of Cambridge |
| John Teat ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 7 | City of Cambridge |
| Manuel Da Silva | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 7 | City of Cambridge |
| Tasneem Chhadiya | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 7 | City of Cambridge |
9
Councillor — Ward 8
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Ermeta ✉️ Elected | Councillor → Running | Independent | Ward 8 | City of Cambridge |
| Arpan Pandit | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 8 | City of Cambridge |
| Chris Alward ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 8 | City of Cambridge |
| Cody Botelho | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 8 | City of Cambridge |
| George Fiddick ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 8 | City of Cambridge |
10
Regional Councillor — at large (Cambridge)
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Craig ✉️ Elected | Regional Councillor → Running | Independent | at large (Cambridge) | City of Cambridge |
| Pam Wolf ✉️ Elected | Regional Councillor → Running | Independent | at large (Cambridge) | City of Cambridge |
| Bryan Causarano-Bolton ✉️ | Regional Councillor Running | Independent | at large (Cambridge) | City of Cambridge |
| Prakash Venkataraman ✉️ | Regional Councillor Running | Independent | at large (Cambridge) | City of Cambridge |
| Salman Arefin | Regional Councillor Running | Independent | at large (Cambridge) | City of Cambridge |
11
Member of Provincial Parliament
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Riddell Elected | Member of Provincial Parliament | Conservative | Cambridge | Provincial legislature |
12
Member of Parliament
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connie Cody ✉️ Elected | Member of Parliament | Conservative | Cambridge | House of Commons |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- Cambridge is a lower-tier city in the Region of Waterloo; the /local region is the whole city: the mayor race, all 8 wards, and the two Cambridge regional council seats (on the same ballot) are included.
- Sitting council (Mayor + 8 ward councillors) and the two sitting Regional Councillors for Cambridge (Doug Craig, Pam Wolf, with their @regionofwaterloo.ca addresses) from the City's City Council Members page, retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Ward 7 Councillor Scott Hamilton is a certified candidate for Mayor (runningFor Mayor). Ward 7 is therefore an open seat.
- Candidates shown as Withdrawn on the City's list are excluded: Brian Kennedy and Shahzada Jalal Khan (Mayor), Kristen Danson (Ward 7). The only Regional Chair nomination (Nina Deeb) was deemed withdrawn 2026-05-07 when the Province made the Chair an appointed office.
- The City's page also links Form EL07 (official certified list PDF): https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/cambridge-ca/media/ciyldlc4/official-certified-list-of-candidates.pdf. Candidate phone numbers on the page are not copied; candidate emails are kept only where they are campaign addresses.
- No council seat was acclaimed.
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Sources
Prepared 2026-10-09. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.