🇨🇦 Canada Municipal Elections · 2026

Township of Madawaska Valley

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

Lower · part of County of Renfrew

5,877
eligible voters 2026
52.1%
turnout in 2022
5
seats on the ballot
12
certified candidates
3
incumbents running
3,927
population
Eastern km²
land area
Mayor 1 to be elected2 candidates
Mary Blank Serving council — different office Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Roger Prince Ran 2022 · Mayor (39.9%) 🔎
🔎 Mayoral candidate Roger Prince responds to The Current’s invitation
Councillor 4 to be elected10 candidates
Alia Bayat 🔎
David Shulist Incumbent Elected 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Fatimah Bint Abdul-Muqit 🔎
Helen Benn Ran 2022 · Councillor 🔎
Leigh Meadows 🔎
Lisa Hildebrandt 🔎
Noel Fenech 🔎
Patrick Zelney 🔎
Robert David Faulkner 🔎
Shelley Maika 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: 52.1% (3,064 of 5,878 eligible voters). Full certified results: AMO 2022 portal.

Mayor

✅ Mark Willmer1,801 votes · 60.1%
Roger Prince1,194 votes · 39.9%

Councillor

✅ Mary Blank2,012 votes ·
✅ David Shulist1,513 votes ·
✅ Joseph Olsheski1,240 votes ·
✅ Shelley Maika1,101 votes ·
Ernie Peplinski1,044 votes ·
Carl Bromwich1,005 votes ·
Hannah Domagala881 votes ·
Helen Benn661 votes ·
Liz Woosey654 votes ·
Andrey Kaminski275 votes ·
Sources: official candidate listing · 2022 certified results