Here's who's running in Newmarket's 2022 municipal election

Six races, three acclamations for Newmarket council, school trustees also contested; in York Region, only Newmarket and King mayors acclaimed

Newmarkettoday.ca
Aug. 23, 2022
Joseph Quigley

Newmarket voters will go to the polls for six council and two trustee positions in the fall as the town confirmed its final candidate list today for the Oct. 24 election.

Multiple candidates will vie for the position of Newmarket deputy mayor and regional councillor, as well as for council seats in wards 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7. Both the public and Catholic school boards will have trustee races.

Meanwhile, three council members have been acclaimed: Mayor John Taylor, Ward 3 Councillor Jane Twinney and Ward 5 Councillor Bob Kwapis.

A full list of Newmarket candidates is below:

Mayor
John Taylor, incumbent, acclaimed

Deputy Mayor and Regional Councillor
Tom Vegh, incumbent
Gordon Prentice

Ward 1 Councillor
Grace Simon, incumbent
Mark Holmes

Ward 2 Councillor
Victor Woodhouse, incumbent
Brian Andrews
Hunter Murchison-Doggart

Ward 3 Councillor
Jane Twinney, incumbent, acclaimed

Ward 4 Councillor
Trevor Morrison, incumbent

Chris Dupee

Grant Waddell

Ward 5 Councillor
Bob Kwapis, incumbent, acclaimed

Ward 6 Councillor
Kelly Broome, incumbent

Lukas Fuina

Ward 7 Councillor
Christina Bisanz, incumbent

Nadia Hansen

York Region District School Board Trustee
Pamela McCarthy

Jessica Neto

Shameela Shakeel

Donald Smith

York Region Catholic District School Board Trustee
Theresa McNicol, incumbent

Donnie Aloisi

Peter Fracassi

Conseil Scholaire Viamonde Trustee
Nicolas Bigaignon

Stefania Sigurdson Forbes

Hanane Jaouich

Conseil Scolaire Catholique MonAvenir Trustee
Donald Blais, Acclaimed

NewmarketToday will provide complete election coverage, including profiles of the local council and trustee candidates. You can check out our municipal election coverage here.

York regional council will also see races for most of its 21 council positions, outside of the Newmarket's two seats. A full list is below:

Aurora Mayor
Tom Mrakas, incumbent

Phiona Durrant

Anna Lozyk Romeo

East Gwillimbury Mayor
Virginia Hackson, incumbent

James R. Young

Franco Colavecchia

Georgina Mayor
Margaret Quirk, incumbent

George Sheffield

Ralph Hirmann

Jeffrey Cathcart

Frank Sebo

Boris Godzinevski

Georgina Regional Councillor
Naomi Davison

Dawn Zimmerman

King Mayor
Steve Pellegrini, incumbent, acclaimed

Richmond Hill Mayor
David West, incumbent

Domenic Bardari

Holo Devnani

Carmine Perrelli

Richmond Hill Regional Councillor (two to be elected)
Joe DiPaola, incumbent

Abu Alam

Terrence Au

Godwin Chan

Marco Coletta

Markham Mayor
Frank Scarpitti, incumbent

Don Hamilton

Markham Regional Councillor (four to be elected)
Nirmala Armstrong

Michael Chan

Alan Ho

Jim Jones, incumbent

Ivy Lee

Joe Li

Greg Marcos

Sophia Sun

Shanta Sundarason

Srini Suppira

Allan Tam

Vaughan Mayor
Parveen Bola

Steven Del Duca

Danny DeSantis

Paul Donofrio

Robert Gulassarian

Lino Mancinella

Sandra Yeung Rocco

Vaughan Regional Councillor (three to be elected)
Mario Di Nardo

Mario Ferri, incumbent

Linda Jackson, incumbent

Carrie Liddy

Nick Pinto

Mario G. Racco

Mandy Rai
Gino Rosati, incumbent

John Santoro

Whitchurch-Stouffville Mayor
Iain Lovatt, incumbent

Anand Date

Mark Carroll

Justin Altmann

Sher Ahmad