Here's who's running in the municipal election in Windsor
Windsor residents, here are your options.
With a deadline Friday afternoon for municipal election candidates to file their nomination papers, we're a step closer to learning who will represent you at city council next term.
As you consider how to cast your ballot in the Oct. 24 vote, here's a look at who's running and how the race is shaping up so far.
Familiar faces
This municipal election features a lot of familiar faces — all council members but one are running for re-election and there are multiple candidates who have sought public office recently.
There are two wards without incumbent candidates: the downtown Ward 3, currently represented by Rino Bortolin, and the Walkerville and South Walkerville Ward 4, which is represented by Chris Holt.
Holt is running for mayor, a challenger to two-term mayor Drew Dilkens as he looks to clinch a third term in office.
So far in the campaign, Holt has told residents they don't need to settle for "adequate" services and released several topics in his platform including the fate of the shuttered Windsor Arena.
Dilkens has said he stands on his track record — he hosted a press conference at the future site of the electric vehicle battery plant project — and has characterized Holt's vision as radical and risky.
The races for the two open wards are among the hottest contested in the city.
There are eight people running in Ward 3 including Downtown Windsor BIA chair Brian Yeomans and business owner Renaldo Agostino.
In Ward 4, eight contenders have also come forward, including former Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce CEO Matt Marchand — who ran against Dilkens in the last election — former radio host Mark McKenzie and Kristen Siapas, a parent advocate within the public school board.
In Ward 7, the candidates include 22-year-old Sydney Brouillard-Coyle, who works for Trans Wellness Ontario. If elected, Brouillard-Coyle, whose pronouns are ney, nem and nir, would be the first transgender and openly LGBTQ councillor, as well as the youngest.
Ney is among four candidates running against Coun. Jeewen Gill, who was elected in a 2020 byelection.
In the east-end Ward 8, Coun. Gary Kaschak was about to be acclaimed until a well-known candidate emerged the day before the deadline.
Gemma Grey-Hall, who works at the University of Windsor, recently ran as the NDP candidate in Windsor-Tecumseh in the provincial election. Kaschak also competed in that race, under the Liberal banner, but both were bested by Progressive Conservative candidate Andrew Dowie.
Grey-Hall and Kaschak also faced off in the 2018 municipal vote in Ward 8.
Meanwhile, in Ward 10, a former councillor is looking to take back the riding he once represented. Coun. Jim Morrison defeated Paul Borrelli by 250 votes the last time around.
Candidates declared in Windsor
Note: The deadline to submit nomination papers is 2 p.m. Friday. The information below is based on what the City of Windsor shared on its website as of that time. This article may be updated to reflect any additional candidates.
Mayor
Benjamin Danyluk
Aaron Day
Drew Dilkens (incumbent)
Matthew Giancola
Chris Holt
Ernie Lamont
Louis Vaupotic
Ward 1
Fred Francis (incumbent)
Darcie Renaud
Ward 2
Fabio Costante (incumbent)
Myriam Faraj
Sam Romano
Chris Soda
Ward 3
Renaldo Agostino
Katherine Cameron
Helmi Charif
Angela Fitzpatrick
Nick Kolasky
Kennedy Mangera
James McCarte
Cynthia Van Vrouwerff
Brian Yeomans
Ward 4
Giovanni "John" Abati
Edy Haddad
Gregory Heil
Matt Marchand
Mark McKenzie
Jake Rondot
Kristen Siapas
Patrick Sutherland
Ward 5
Ken Acton
Alessandro Didone (Alex)
Caitlyn Desmarais
Ed Sleiman (incumbent)
Currie Soulliere
Richard St. Denis
Ward 6
Jo-Anne Gignac (incumbent)
Dylon Graves
Ashley Lafreniere
Brian D-H McCurdy
Jeremy Renaud
Beth St. Denis
Ward 7
Sydney Brouillard-Coyle
Jeewen Gill (incumbent)
Greg Lemay
Angelo Marignani
Sophia Sevo
Ward 8
Gemma Grey-Hall
Gary Kaschak (incumbent)
Ward 9
Harinder Cheema
Kieran McKenzie (incumbent)
Dan Mokrzycki
Ward 10
Paul Borrelli
Walid (Wally) Chafchak
Mark Masanovich
Jim Morrison (incumbent)
Trustee Greater Essex County District School Board
Wards 1, 2, 9
Fazle Baki
Maria Fernandes
Kim McKinley
Malek Mekawi
Linda Qin (incumbent)
Wards 3, 4, 10
Sarah Cipkar (incumbent)
Sushil Jain
Christie Nelson
Margaret A. Stanley
Wards 5, 6, 7, 8
Claudette Bernier-Schiller
Cathy Cooke (incumbent)
Genevieve Coritana
Gale Simko Hatfield (incumbent)
AnnMarie Simpson
Stephanie Slipiec
Trustee Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board
Wards 1, 10
Sanaa Boales
Fulvio Valentinis (incumbent)
Wards 2, 9
Joe Iacono
Shirley-Lyn Watson
Wards 3, 4
Rabia Kirma
Bernard Mastromattei (incumbent)
Eric Renaud
Wards 5,8
Jason Lazarus
Wards 6, 7
Kim Bouchard (incumbent)
Trustee Conseil Scolaire Catholique Providence
Windsor Ward 1, Town of LaSalle, Town of Tecumseh Ward 4,5
Jacques Kenny
Windsor Wards 2, 3, 4, 5, 10
Christine Brooks
Stephane Lucky
Windsor Wards 6, 7, 8, 9
Janine Brydges
Trustee Conseil Scolaire Viamonde
Serge Dignard
Owen Herold
Badrieh Kojok
Emmanuelle Richez