Waterloo: who represents it, and who is running
City of Waterloo — 2026 Municipal and School Board Election votes on 2026-10-26. It elects one Mayor (at large), 7 Ward Councillors (Wards 1–7), and 2 Region of Waterloo Regional Councillors elected city-wide in Waterloo; WRDSB, WCDSB, Viamonde and MonAvenir school trustees are also elected. The Regional Chair is no longer elected: under the Better Regional Governance Act, 2026 the Province appoints the Chair for the term beginning 2026-11-15..
Holding office12
the sitting council
On the ballot35
8 sitting members running again
The official candidate list ↗ · What Waterloo is like — the /local page
Federal riding: Waterloo — Bardish Chagger (Liberal)
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Mayor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dorothy McCabe ✉️ Elected | Mayor → Running | Independent | City of Waterloo | |
| Jamie Hari ✉️ | Mayor Running | Independent | City of Waterloo | |
| Jerry Jiang ✉️ | Mayor Running | Independent | City of Waterloo | |
| Jeyas Balaskanthan ✉️ | Mayor Running | Independent | City of Waterloo | |
| Shannon Weber ✉️ | Mayor Running | Independent | City of Waterloo |
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Councillor — Ward 1
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandra Hanmer ✉️ Elected | Councillor → Running for Councillor, Ward 1 | Independent | Ward 1 | City of Waterloo |
| Joel Botter | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 1 | City of Waterloo |
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Councillor — Ward 2
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royce Bodaly ✉️ Elected | Councillor | Independent | Ward 2 | City of Waterloo |
| Asma Al-Wahsh ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 2 | City of Waterloo |
| Janice Moore ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 2 | City of Waterloo |
| Khaled Berbash | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 2 | City of Waterloo |
| Moraa Mochama ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 2 | City of Waterloo |
| Shawn Humes ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 2 | City of Waterloo |
| Venkat Kondam ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 2 | City of Waterloo |
| Ying Susan Jiang ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 2 | City of Waterloo |
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Councillor — Ward 3
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Roach ✉️ Elected | Councillor → Running for Councillor, Ward 3 | Independent | Ward 3 | City of Waterloo |
| Victoria Robertson ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 3 | City of Waterloo |
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Councillor — Ward 4
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Freeman ✉️ Elected | Councillor → Running for Councillor, Ward 4 | Independent | Ward 4 | City of Waterloo |
| Syed Tirmizi | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 4 | City of Waterloo |
| Travis Restoule ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 4 | City of Waterloo |
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Councillor — Ward 5
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jen Vasic ✉️ Elected | Councillor | Independent | Ward 5 | City of Waterloo |
| Andrew Portwine ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 | City of Waterloo |
| Eda Dede ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 | City of Waterloo |
| Marty Rempel | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 | City of Waterloo |
| Scott Piatkowski ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 | City of Waterloo |
| Victoria Richardson ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 5 | City of Waterloo |
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Councillor — Ward 6
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Lou Roe ✉️ Elected | Councillor → Running for Councillor, Ward 6 | Independent | Ward 6 | City of Waterloo |
| Damian Mikhail ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 6 | City of Waterloo |
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Councillor — Ward 7
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Wright ✉️ Elected | Councillor → Running for Councillor, Ward 7 | Independent | Ward 7 | City of Waterloo |
| Abdullah ✉️ | Councillor Running | Independent | Ward 7 | City of Waterloo |
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Regional Councillor — City of Waterloo
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chantal Huinink ✉️ Elected | Regional Councillor → Running for Regional Councillor, City of Waterloo | Independent | City of Waterloo | Region of Waterloo |
| Jim Erb ✉️ Elected | Regional Councillor → Running for Regional Councillor, City of Waterloo | Independent | City of Waterloo | Region of Waterloo |
| Chris Moser ✉️ | Regional Councillor Running | Independent | City of Waterloo | City of Waterloo |
| Lindsay Manary ✉️ | Regional Councillor Running | Independent | City of Waterloo | City of Waterloo |
| Rami Said ✉️ | Regional Councillor Running | Independent | City of Waterloo | City of Waterloo |
| Sarvesh Pratap Singh | Regional Councillor Running | Independent | City of Waterloo | City of Waterloo |
| Soo Bok Lee | Regional Councillor Running | Independent | City of Waterloo | City of Waterloo |
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Member of Provincial Parliament
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Fife Elected | Member of Provincial Parliament | NDP | Waterloo | Provincial legislature |
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Member of Parliament
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bardish Chagger ✉️ Elected | Member of Parliament | Liberal | Waterloo | House of Commons |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- Waterloo is a lower-tier city in the Region of Waterloo; the /local region is the whole city: mayor, all 7 wards, and the two Waterloo regional council seats are included.
- Candidates from the City's 'Find election candidates' page, which states that all listed nominations were filed with the City Clerk and links the certified-list PDFs (the City's certified PDF is an image scan and was not text-parsed). Phone numbers on the page are not copied; candidate emails are kept only where they read as campaign addresses.
- Sitting council from the City's Mayor and City Council page; sitting Waterloo regional councillors (Jim Erb, Chantal Huinink) from the Region of Waterloo council page, which says the City of Waterloo elects two Regional Councillors.
- The only Regional Chair nomination (Nina Deeb) was deemed withdrawn 2026-05-07 when the Province made the Chair an appointed office; no Chair race is on the ballot.
- Ward 2 Councillor Royce Bodaly and Ward 5 Councillor Jen Vasic are not on the candidate list.
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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.