🇨🇦 Canada Municipal Elections · 2026

Town of Petawawa

ON · election day Monday, October 26, 2026 · in 11 days

Lower · part of County of Renfrew

12,783
eligible voters 2026
27.1%
turnout in 2022
7
seats on the ballot
12
certified candidates
7
incumbents running
18,160
population
Eastern km²
land area
Mayor 1 to be elected2 candidates
Gary Serviss Incumbent Elected 2022 · Mayor (74.1%) 🔎
🔎 Petawawa mayoral candidate incumbent Gary Serviss
Wayne Bando 🔎
Councillor 6 to be elected10 candidates
Adam Driscoll Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Colton Kyle 🔎
James Carmody Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Jeff Clifford 🔎
Jody Anne McDonald Ran 2022 · Mayor (25.9%) 🔎
Karen Donovan Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Lisa Coutu Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Murray Rutz Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Randy Behnke 🔎
Theresa Sabourin Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎

🗞 On the radar — local coverage

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

📊 2022 in review

Turnout in 2022: 27.1% (3,366 of 12,440 eligible voters). Full certified results: AMO 2022 portal.

Mayor

✅ Gary Serviss2,446 votes · 74.1%
Jody Anne McDonald855 votes · 25.9%

Councillor

✅ Theresa Sabourin2,128 votes ·
✅ Murray Rutz1,773 votes ·
✅ James Carmody1,760 votes ·
✅ Adam Driscoll1,617 votes ·
✅ Karen Donovan1,565 votes ·
✅ Lisa Coutu1,497 votes ·
Matthew McLean1,213 votes ·
Cyndi Mills1,087 votes ·
Gerald Hoffman1,049 votes ·
Simon Brooks957 votes ·
Barry Schimmens805 votes ·
Sources: official candidate listing · 2022 certified results