🇨🇦 Canada Municipal Elections · 2026

City of Stratford

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

Separated · part of County of Perth

29,664
eligible voters 2026
43.9%
turnout in 2022
11
seats on the ballot
31
certified candidates
11
incumbents running
33,232
population
South Western km²
land area
Mayor 1 to be elected5 candidates
Andrew Rea 🔎
🔎 Mayoral hopeful Andrew Rea’s ‘not the typical political candidate’Rea ‘swinging for the fences’ in run for mayor
Jo-Dee Burbach Serving council — different office Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
🔎 Jo-Dee Burbach announces run for Stratford mayor
Mark Hunter Serving council — different office Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
🔎 Mark Hunter second city councillor to announce candidacy for Stratford mayorStratford councillor Mark Hunter announces run for mayor
Martin Ritsma Incumbent Elected 2022 · Mayor (37.8%) 🔎
🔎 Ritsma running for second term as Stratford mayorRitsma touts experience in seeking second term as mayor
Robert Ritz Ran 2022 · Mayor (34.8%) 🔎
🔎 Ritz says the mayor’s job is to listen first, not ‘strongarm’ councilRitz taking another run at Stratford mayor's seat
Councillor 10 to be elected26 candidates
Adrienne Johnson 🔎
Amber-Leah Margaret Timmons 🔎
Amy Brodhagen 🔎
Andrew Fraser 🔎
Anthony Kane 🔎
Bill Boon 🔎
Bonnie Henderson Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Brad Beatty Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Christopher Giannakopoulos 🔎
Cody Sebben Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Elaine Strawbridge 🔎
Gary Robinson 🔎
Geza Wordofa Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Harj Nijjar Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Ian Morton Ran 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Jason Davis Ran 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Jason Frey 🔎
Jefferson George Wright 🔎
Ken Wood Ran 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Larry McCabe Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Lesley Biehn Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Matthew Hartney 🔎
Naireta Chatterjee 🔎
Ryan Doyle Ran 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Sarah Merkel 🔎
Taylor Briscoe Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎

🗞 On the radar — local coverage

Headlines from the campaign period, via Google News — quoted, not paraphrased. Deeper analysis where we have it: in-depth guides.

📊 2022 in review

Turnout in 2022: 43.9% (11,661 of 26,554 eligible voters). Full certified results: AMO 2022 portal.

Mayor

✅ Martin Ritsma4,350 votes · 37.8%
Robert Ritz4,005 votes · 34.8%
Kathy Vassilakos3,166 votes · 27.5%

Councillor

✅ Cody Sebben5,979 votes ·
✅ Jo-Dee Burbach4,985 votes ·
✅ Mark Hunter4,676 votes ·
✅ Bonnie Henderson4,454 votes ·
✅ Larry McCabe4,340 votes ·
✅ Harj Nijjar4,335 votes ·
✅ Lesley Biehn4,159 votes ·
✅ Taylor Briscoe3,991 votes ·
✅ Brad Beatty3,514 votes ·
✅ Geza Wordofa3,357 votes ·
Dave Gaffney3,336 votes ·
Rob Russell3,296 votes ·
Sources: official candidate listing · 2022 certified results