🇨🇦 Canada Municipal Elections · 2026

Township of Woolwich

ON · election day Monday, October 26, 2026 · in 10 days

Lower · part of Region of Waterloo

22,632
eligible voters 2026
34.5%
turnout in 2022
6
seats on the ballot
15
certified candidates
4
incumbents running
26,999
population
South Western km²
land area
Mayor 1 to be elected4 candidates
Chane Ballantyne 🔎
🔎 Chane Ballantyne makes it a three-way race for mayor
Eric Schwindt Serving council — different office Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 2 🔎
Evan Burgess Serving council — different office Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 1 🔎
Glenn Fern 🔎
Councillor — Ward 1 2 to be elected5 candidates
Jason Godglick 🔎
Nathan Cadeau Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 1 🔎
Paula Ferguson 🔎
Tina Weltz 🔎
Tony Stevens 🔎
Councillor — Ward 2 1 to be elected2 candidates
Sheryl Tilley 🔎
Steven Haase 🔎
Councillor — Ward 3 2 to be elected4 candidates
Bonnie Bryant Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor, Ward 3 🔎
Eryn Koncir 🔎
Janet Cox 🔎
Jeff Carruthers 🔎

🗞 On the radar — local coverage

Headlines from the campaign period, via Google News — quoted, not paraphrased.

📊 2022 in review

Turnout in 2022: 34.5% (6,867 of 19,885 eligible voters). Full certified results: AMO 2022 portal.

Mayor

✅ Sandy Shantz3,929 votes · 57.9%
Patrick Merlihan2,857 votes · 42.1%

Councillor, Ward 1

✅ Evan Burgess2,055 votes ·
✅ Nathan Cadeau1,510 votes ·
Dan Holt1,304 votes ·
Cheryle Baker822 votes ·

Councillor, Ward 2

✅ Eric Schwindt618 votes ·
Fred Redekop483 votes ·

Councillor, Ward 3

✅ Bonnie Bryant1,223 votes ·
✅ Kayla Grant1,104 votes ·
Paul Bolger807 votes ·
Murray Martin631 votes ·
Sources: official candidate listing · 2022 certified results