Wallaceburg: who represents it, and who is running
Municipality of Chatham-Kent — 2026 Municipal Election votes on 2026-10-26. It elects chatham-Kent elects one Mayor (at large) and 14 ward councillors in eight wards; Wallaceburg is Ward 5, two seats (Chatham Voice). School trustees are also elected (not captured)..
Holding office5
the sitting council
On the ballot21
1 sitting members running again
The official candidate list ↗ · What Wallaceburg is like — the /local page
Federal riding: Chatham-Kent—Leamington — Dave Epp (Conservative)
1
Mayor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrin Canniff Elected unofficial | Mayor → Running | Independent | Sydenham Current | |
| April Colby unofficial | Mayor Running | Independent | Sydenham Current | |
| Lauren Anderson unofficial | Mayor Running (councillor, ward 1 (west kent)) | Independent | Sydenham Current | |
| Michael Bondy unofficial | Mayor Running (councillor, ward 6 (chatham)) | Independent | Sydenham Current | |
| Nelson Burm unofficial | Mayor Running | Independent | Sydenham Current | |
| Randy Hope unofficial | Mayor Running | Independent | Sydenham Current | |
| Ryan Gow unofficial | Mayor Running | Independent | Sydenham Current |
2
Councillor — Ward 5 (Wallaceburg)
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Hall ✉️ Elected | Councillor | Independent | Ward 5 (Wallaceburg) | Municipality of Chatham-Kent |
| Carmen McGregor ✉️ Elected | Councillor | Independent | Ward 5 (Wallaceburg) | Municipality of Chatham-Kent |
| Bill Arends unofficial | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 (Wallaceburg) | Sydenham Current |
| Bill Wolsing unofficial | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 (Wallaceburg) | Sydenham Current |
| Brendan Authier unofficial | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 (Wallaceburg) | Sydenham Current |
| Brent DeNure unofficial | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 (Wallaceburg) | Sydenham Current |
| Chris Young unofficial | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 (Wallaceburg) | Sydenham Current |
| Dave Brundritt unofficial | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 (Wallaceburg) | Sydenham Current |
| David Hyatt unofficial | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 (Wallaceburg) | Sydenham Current |
| Jason Debuck unofficial | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 (Wallaceburg) | Sydenham Current |
| Jim Blake unofficial | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 (Wallaceburg) | Sydenham Current |
| Loree Bailey unofficial | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 (Wallaceburg) | Sydenham Current |
| Mark Childs unofficial | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 (Wallaceburg) | Sydenham Current |
| Steven Burritt unofficial | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 (Wallaceburg) | Sydenham Current |
| Victoria Stewart unofficial | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 (Wallaceburg) | Sydenham Current |
| Zac Nicholson unofficial | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 (Wallaceburg) | Sydenham Current |
3
Member of Provincial Parliament
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Pinsonneault Elected | Member of Provincial Parliament | Conservative | Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | Provincial legislature |
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Member of Parliament
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Epp ✉️ Elected | Member of Parliament | Conservative | Chatham-Kent—Leamington | House of Commons |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- Wallaceburg is not a municipality: it is a community in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent (single-tier). This record carries the Chatham-Kent mayor and Wallaceburg's Ward 5 only; jurisdiction.name is Chatham-Kent and seat is the ward.
- Sitting council: Mayor Darrin Canniff (Office of the Mayor page) and Ward 5 (Wallaceburg) Councillors Aaron Hall and Carmen McGregor (their Chatham-Kent councillor profile pages, which describe them as representing Wallaceburg), retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Ward 5 sitting Councillors Aaron Hall and Carmen McGregor are not on any of the three 2026 candidate lists (14 Ward 5 candidates, none marked incumbent), so they are not running for re-election; their sitting rows are unchanged.
- The official certified list (chatham-kent.ca Candidates page) still could not be read (SharePoint list call under /_vti_bin/ returns 'Access denied' / robots-disallowed); re-check against it when reachable.
- Candidates (2026-10-26) are UNOFFICIAL: from the Sydenham Current's full list after nominations closed (2026-08-22), corroborated by the Chatham Voice (2026-08-24, https://chathamvoice.com/2026/08/24/fall-election-sees-100-plus-candidates/) and CKNow's ward list (https://cknow.beehiiv.com/p/chatham-kent-2026-election-candidates-by-ward, verified 2026-08-25). Where the three spell a name differently the majority spelling is used and the variant noted on the row. Incumbent markers come from the Chatham Voice and CKNow.
- New ward layout for 2026: Chatham-Kent goes from six wards to eight and council from 17 councillors to 14 (Chatham Voice: two seats in each of Wards 5, 6, 7 and 8). Ward 1 South West Kent, 2 South East Kent, 3 North East Kent, 4 North West Kent, 5 Wallaceburg, 6 North West Chatham, 7 North East Chatham, 8 South Chatham.
- Incumbents who sit on the current council keep their sitting (elected) row; their 2026 candidacy is a separate row (status incumbent-running, runningSeat = the new ward) — the coordinator may merge the pair.
- Chatham-Kent's own website blocks automated access; rows marked unofficial come from the Sydenham Current, the Chatham Voice, CKNow and Wikipedia (2022 Ontario municipal elections) and should be checked against the municipality when it can be read.
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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.