Here's who's running in Essex County's municipal elections
Though a single ballot has yet to be cast, there's a few things we already know about the outcome of the municipal elections in Essex County.
There will be several new mayors, and there's a few mayoral races already decided.
The mayors of three municipalities, LaSalle, Amherstburg and Kingsville, are not running again, and in Tecumseh and LaSalle, the mayoral candidates ran unopposed.
Ahead of the Oct. 24 vote, here's a look at who is running in the seven Essex County municipalities.
The following is based on information on each municipality's website as of publication time. This story will be updated to reflect any changes once candidate's lists are certified.
Amherstburg
Amherstburg council is poised for a big shakeup, with two of its top roles up for grabs. Neither mayor Aldo DiCarlo nor Deputy Mayor Leo Meloche are seeking election.
With Coun. Michael Prue among those seeking the mayor's seat, there is also one seat without an incumbent candidate among the councillors.
Mayor
Frank Cerasa
John Laframboise
Michael Prue
Bob Rozankovic
Deputy mayor
Nancy Atkinson
Chris Gibb
Gregory Moore
Dennis Sanson
Joe Shaw
Councillor (five to be elected)
Molly Allaire
Lawrence (Larry) Amlin
Lucas Anderson
Andrew Argoselo
Peter Courtney (incumbent)
Linden Crain
Frank Di Pasquale
Bill Fryer
Tara Kearsey
Holger Kretschmann
Donald McArthur (incumbent)
Diane Pouget
Marc Renaud (incumbent)
Patricia Simone (incumbent)
Gerry Theriault
Lori Wightman
Essex
Richard Meloche, who was appointed mayor following the resignation of Larry Snively, is seeking a mandate from the voters in the Town of Essex. His sole competitor is Coun. Sherry Bondy.
Meanwhile, Coun. Kim Verbeek has been acclaimed, and there's open races for the deputy mayor's seat and Ward 4, Bondy's former ward.
Mayor
Sherry Bondy
Richard Meloche
Deputy Mayor
Ron Rogers
Rob Shepley
Ward 1 (two to be elected)
Morley Bowman (incumbent)
Joe Garon (incumbent)
Katie McGuire-Blais
Glen Mills
Ward 2
Kim Verbeek (incumbent)
Ward 3 (two to be elected)
Brad Allard
Jason Matyi (incumbent)
Chris Vander Doelen (incumbent)
Ward 4
Rodney Hammond
Shawn Mulder
Kingsville
In Kingsville, longtime mayor Nelson Santos stepped down earlier this summer.
Three candidates are looking to take his place, including Coun. Laura Lucier and former deputy mayor Tamara Stomp.
Mayor
Laura Lucier
Dennis Rogers
Tamara Stomp
Deputy mayor
Kimberly DeYong
Gord Queen (incumbent)
Sam Zad
Councillor (five to be elected)
Scott Collier
Michael Del Ciancio
Willy Fittler
Tony Gaffan (incumbent)
Michael Glass
Debby Jarvis - Chausse
Sheri Lowrie
Les McDonald
Thomans Neufeld (incumbent)
Larry Patterson (incumbent)
Tim Seech
Gidoen Spevak
Brandon Stanley
Barry Wilson
Lakeshore
Longtime Lakeshore Mayor Tom Bain is seeking another term in office.
His sole challenger is Tracey Bailey, the outgoing deputy mayor. Meanwhile, there's guaranteed to be new faces on council next term.
Four out of six wards have no incumbent candidate.
Mayor
Tracey Bailey
Tom Bain (incumbent)
Deputy Mayor
Dave Monk
Kirk Walstedt
Ward 1
Ryan McNamara
Nick Panasiuk
Ward 2
Paddy Byrne
Michael Hoffman
Ward 3
Giovanni Butera
Kelsey Santarossa (incumbent)
Mohamed Seddik
Ward 4
Jennifer Alderson
Sarah Aubin
John Kerr (incumbent)
Ward 5
Steve Anhorn
Tim McDermott
Ian Ruston
Ward 6
David Cecile
David Larue
Larissa Vogler
Leamington
In Leamington, Mayor Hilda MacDonald is seeking a second term. Two other candidates are registered, Cris Biron and Jimmy Simoni.
There are two council seats without an incumbent. One of them was vacated by former councillor Trevor Jones, who now represents Chatham-Kent—Leamington in Queen's Park.
Mayor
Cris Biron
Hilda MacDonald (incumbent)
Jimmy Simoni
Deputy mayor
Shelly J Quick
John Tofflemire
Larry Verbeke (incumbent)
Councillor (five positions)
Anthony Abraham
Tara Adams
Gerald Barros
Bill Dunn (incumbent)
Derek Friesen
Heather Latam
Christine Lehn
Dave Metcalfe
Christine Montgomery
Oscar Ramirez
Corey Robertson
Isaac Schmitt
Kyle Sousa
Mark Stevenson
Paul Tiessen (incumbent)
Tim Wilkinson (incumbent)
LaSalle
In LaSalle, there were two high-profile vacancies on council.
Mayor Marc Bondy announced that he would not be seeking another term, and Deputy Mayor Crystal Meloche decided to run for mayor.
Neither race attracted much competition, however. Meloche has been acclaimed as mayor, while Coun. Michael Akpata was acclaimed deputy mayor.
Mayor
Crystal Meloche
Deputy mayor
Michael Akpata
Councillors (five to be elected)
Manpreet Brar
Terry Burns
Mark Carrick (incumbent)
Sue Desjarlais (incumbent)
Brian Kovacsi
Brad Krewench
David Lucier
Christopher Matis
Kevin O'Neil
Jeff Renaud (incumbent)
Anita Riccio-Spagnuolo (incumbent)
Pelee Island
Pelee Island will get a new mayor in this election. Those living on the island will vote for four councillors, the person with the most votes will become the deputy mayor.
Mayor
Larry Bailey
Cathy Miller
Councillors (four to be elected)
Stephanie Briggs - Crawford
David Delellis
Dayne Malloch (incumbent)
Sherri Smith Ouellette (incumbent)
Michelle Taylor
Tecumseh
There's a trio of acclamations in Essex County: Gary McNamara did not have any challengers, neither did Deputy Mayor Joe Bachetti nor Ward 4 Coun. Brian Houston.
There's also two wards without an incumbent candidate, one owing to Andrew Dowie's election as Progressive Conservative MPP for Windsor-Tecumseh.
Mayor
Gary McNamara (incumbent)
Deputy mayor
Joe Bachetti (incumbent)
Ward 1
Alicia Higgison
Daniel Hofgartner
Ward 2
James Dorner
Antoni Tambunan
Ward 3
Aleksandar "Alex" Ilijoski
Rick "Rico" Tonial (incumbent)
Ward 4
Brian Houston (incumbent)
Ward 5
Tania Jobin (incumbent)
Michael Strong
