Voters will receive a Voter Information Letter in the mail the week of September 28, which will provide them with:
- Instructions on how to access online voting
- Their designated polling location on Election Day

2026 Key Dates

  • October 26 - Election Day
  • November 15 - Term of Office begins
  • March 26, 2027 - Deadline for filing financial statement & auditor’s report

Election Procedures

The City Clerk's Administrative Procedures for the 2026 Election are subject to change.  Please check regularly for updates. 

Principles of the Municipal Elections Act 

  • The secrecy and confidentiality of the individual votes is paramount;
  • The election should be fair and non-biased;
  • The election should be accessible to the voters;
  • The integrity of the process should be maintained throughout the election;
  • There be certainty that the election results reflect the votes cast;
  • Voters and candidates should be treated fairly & consistently;
  • The proper majority vote governs by ensuring the valid votes be counted, and
  • invalid votes be rejected so far as reasonably possible. 

2022 Municipal Election

The 2022 Municipal Election took place on October 24, 2022.

2022 Official Results
 Statement of Official Results - October 25, 2022
2022 Candidate Financial Statements
 

After the end of the campaign period, candidates must file a financial statement and auditor’s report (if required) disclosing all contributions and expenses for their campaigns. The deadline to file financial statements was March 31, 2023 at 2 p.m.

As per the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 s.88.23(2), any candidate who does not file a financial statement by the March 31, 2023 deadline is in default and subject to the following penalties: 
(a) the candidate forfeits any office to which he or she was elected and the office is deemed to be vacant; and
(b) until the next regular election has taken place, the candidate is ineligible to be elected or appointed to any office to which this Act applies. 

The following financial statements were prepared by candidates, themselves. Municipal staff have not verified or amended the information contained in the statements.

All nominated candidates are listed. Only those who have submitted financial statements will appear linked.

 * Candidates marked with an asterisk (*) did not file and are in default.  

The financial statements were prepared in hard copy and filed in person, therefore the scanned PDF documents on the links, below, might not be fully accessible to screen readers. If you require documents in another format, please email OfficeoftheCityClerk@thunderbay.ca.

Mayor

Kenneth Boshcoff

Clinton Harris

*Gary Mack - did not file as March 31, 2023 and is in default.

Robert Szczepanski

Peng You


Councillor At Large

Rajni Agarwal

Rob Barrett

Mark Bentz

Shelby Ch’ng

*Dan Courtney - did not file as March 31, 2023 and is in default.

Marilyn Jane Cully

Kasey (Taylor) Etreni

Trevor Giertuga

Robert Girardin

*James Glavish - did not file as March 31, 2023 and is in default.

Bob Hupka

Shane Judge

*Iqbal Khan - did not file as March 31, 2023 and is in default.

Tracey MacKinnon

Stephen Margarit

Jim Mauro

Dino Menei

Allan Mihalcin

Donnalee Morettin

Adetunde (Ade) Ogunberu

Adelina Pecchia

Brian Joseph Phillips

Brian Tsubouchi

Matthew Villella

 

Current River Ward

Andrew Foulds

Duff Stewart

Andy Wolff

McIntyre Ward

Albert Aiello

Brent A. Boyko

 

McKellar Ward

Cory Bagdon

Stephanie Danylko

Brian Hamilton

Lori Paras


Neebing Ward

Brad DesRochers

Debra Halvorsen

Greg Johnsen

Shaun Kennedy

Basil Lychowyd

Yuk-Sem Won

 

Northwood Ward

Bill Dell

Syed Kabir

Chris Krumpholz

Mike Maher

Dominic Pasqualino


Red River Ward

Brad Ford

*James Dean Marsh - did not file as March 31, 2023 and is in default.

Martin Rukavina

Katherine Suutari

Jason Veltri

Michael Zussino

Westfort Ward

John Collins

Alan D. Corbett

Kristen Oliver

David Tommasini 


School Board Trustee - English Public - Lakehead District School Board

Ellen Chambers

Gary Christian

Kelly Fettes

*Ahsanul Habib - did not file as March 31, 2023 and is in default.

Pat Johansen

Gary Johnson

Donica LeBlanc

Ron Oikonen

George Saarinen

Paul David Sequeira

Ryan Sitch

Trudy Tuchenhagen

Leah Vanderwey 

 

School Board Trustee - English Separate - Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board

Eleanor Ashe

Lawrence Badanai

Anthony Foglia

Leanne Fonso

Gloria Gabrijelcic

Dina McFarlane

Matt Pearson

Tony Pucci

Tony Romeo

Adam Shaen

Francis Veneruz


School Board Trustee - French Separate - Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales

Angèle Desbiens - Acclaimed

Claudette Gleeson - Acclaimed

Elodie Grunerud - Acclaimed

Victoria Mauro - Acclaimed

Donald Pelletier - Acclaimed


School Board Trustee - French Public - Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l’Ontario

Anne-Marie Gélineault - Acclaimed 

 

Withdrawn Candidates or Ineligible Candidates

Iain MacCrae

Mark Thibert

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