Tonight, two urban areas in Durham will welcome new mayors as the voting wraps up. Oshawa and Ajax both have open seats, while incumbents in Whitby and Pickering are facing challengers in tightly contested races. Additionally, all city councils might undergo changes as a significant number of candidates seek to gain positions of power.
Live Election Results for Oshawa:
Live Election Results for Whitby:
Live Election Results for Pickering:
Live Election Results for Ajax:
Oshawa
Mayor
The political scene in Oshawa is always lively, especially now that Mayor Dan Carter is stepping down. The competition to succeed him includes at least three current councillors and six other hopefuls eager to take the helm.
Councillors Tito-Dante Marimpietri, Derek Giberson, and Jim Lee are all running for mayor alongside Michael Coons, Dave Westlake, Joseph Tomlins, Henry Onwuachu, Sherland Chhangur, and Jeremy Large.
Council
The city has five wards; each one elects a city councillor along with a regional council representative.
This election features some intriguing races. In Ward 4’s regional council seat, three-term incumbent Rick Kerr is challenged by former officeholder Doug Sanders along with long-time City Hall observer Jeff Davis and newcomer Jack O’Donnell. The Ward 1 regional/city seat is open with Christopher Biancaniello, Nadea Clarke, Martin Franssen, and Selvan Sinnaduri vying for it. In Ward 2, incumbent Bradley Marks aims to keep his regional councillor position but faces opposition from Cameron Anderson. Bob Chapman seeks to retain his Ward 3 regional/city seat against Timothy Dobson, Katherine Pollard, and Rizwan Javed. Meanwhile in Ward 5 either incumbent Brian Nicholson or Kristen Mc Kinnon will take the spot.
For local seats in Oshawa’s north end region voters hope to send back Rosemary Mc Conkey who’s up against Danjeza Dangli and Omar Wisdom. In Ward 2 former councillor Jane Hurst competes against Avik Banerjee, Sarah Chiapparo, Liam Fraser and John Sturdy while Shailene Panylo challenges Roger Bouma along with Miguel Araujo among others in an open contest for Ward 3. The race is similarly competitive in Ward 4 with Domenic Albis taking on Deb Oldfield along with Don Rockbrune and several others. Lastly in Ward 5 long-time councillor John Gray faces Todd Forbes among others.
Whitby
Mayor
This term has been quite eventful for Whitby Mayor Elizabeth Roy who now confronts rival Chris Leahy as well as Harshini Rajmohan.
Council
The four regional councillors of Whitby are elected from various wards. With Leahy running for mayor his vacant Ward 2 seat creates an opening filled by Deirdrie Newman and Debbie Lewis competing to replace him. Maleeha Shahid shifts from her role in Ward 4 to challenge Steve Yamada (also joined by Zartusha Zainab Chaudrey). Rhonda Mulcahey representing Ward 1 faces off against Tracy Brown and Christine Thatcher while Niki Lundquist looks to be reelected in Ward 3 battling Melissa Heckbert.
A look at local races shows Steve Lee going up against Anastasia Brown and Jay White in Ward 1; meanwhile Matt Cardwell-an incumbent known for playing hockey-will compete against Lori Lopes among others within Council of ward two where he currently serves as well; finally there are multiple candidates including Bob Baker aiming at winning over voters within the tight competition occurring locally during this year’s election cycle within the same locality represented by various other participants here too!
Ajax
The current mayor Shaun Collier steps down leading Regional Councillor Marilyn Crawford likely favored ahead of contenders Carion Fenn plus Vian Persaud amid Richard Hinds joining also fellow ex-councillor Ashmeed Khan determined on occupying this important leadership role!
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