Elections will be held in the Regional Municipality of Durham in Ontario, on October 26, 2026, in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.
Candidates marked with an (X) indicates they are the incumbent for that position.
Durham Regional Council
Position Elected Chair Appointed by provincial government Ajax Mayor Regional Councillor, Ward 1 Regional Councillor, Ward 2 Regional Councillor, Ward 3 Brock Mayor Regional Councillor Clarington Mayor Regional Councillor, Wards 1 & 2 Regional Councillor, Wards 3 & 4 Oshawa Mayor Regional Councillor, Ward 1 Regional Councillor, Ward 2 Regional Councillor, Ward 3 Regional Councillor, Ward 4 Regional Councillor, Ward 5 Pickering Mayor Regional Councillor, Ward 1 Regional Councillor, Ward 2 Regional Councillor, Ward 3 Scugog Mayor Regional Councillor Uxbridge Mayor Regional Councillor Whitby Mayor Regional Councillor, Ward 1 Regional Councillor, Ward 2 Regional Councillor, Ward 3 Regional Councillor. Ward 4
Durham Regional Chair Following the passage of the "Better Regional Governance Act", the provincial government will appoint the chair of the Region. The position had previously been elected by popular vote.
Ajax Ajax will elect 1 mayor, 3 regional councillors in 1 of 3 wards, and 3 local councillors in 1 of 3 wards.
List of candidates: Mayor
Mayor Shaun Collier will not be running for re-election. Regional councillor Marilyn Crawford and former councillor Ashmeed Khan have announced they are running to replace him, alongside Carion Fenn, Richard Hinds and Vian Persad.
Candidate Vote %Marilyn Crawford Carion Fenn Richard Hinds Ashmeed Khan Vian Persad
Regional Councillors
Candidate Vote % Ward 1Aqsa Asif Malik Stephen SullivanRob Tyler-Morin Ward 2Sterling Lee (X) Asad Ali Arthur AugustineDoug GlassMuhammad Asif Malik Ranjith Paranivasagam Ward 3Stephanie Ashton Rob Chopowick Donna EdwardsLynn MacDonald Errol Massiah Angie Papas
Local Councillors
Candidate Vote % Ward 1 Malcolm Andre Barrington Nabeel Ilyas Choudhry Rob Ford Kelly Miller Kristy McDonald Jai Shahak Ward 2Nancy Henry (X) Andras Adaikkalam Jay Hayles Azhar Khan Ward 3Bosh Bope Santosh GaddamNick Papalambropoulos Lisa Patel Bhanuteja SomarouthuMuzammil Yazdani
Brock Brock will elect 1 mayor, 1 regional councillor, and 5 local councillors in 1 of 5 wards.
List of candidates:
Mayor
Mayor Michael Jubb, who was acclaimed in a 2025 mayoral by-election, is facing Brenda Thyne.
Candidate Vote %Michael Jubb (X) Brenda Thyne
Regional Councillor
Candidate Vote %Cria Pettingill (X) Peter Frank
Local Councillors
Candidate Vote % Ward 1Claire DobleBeth JosephsonPeter Teolis John Rush Ward 2Ron Den Braasem Diana Vessel Ward 3Glenda NicholsonMike Samis Chris Shier Ward 4Ronald Hodgson (X) Sally Morgan Ward 5Anthony Macoretta Ted Smith
Clarington Clarington will elect 1 mayor, 2 regional councillors in 1 of 2 wards, and 4 local councillors in 1 of 4 wards.
List of candidates: Mayor
Mayor Adrian Foster is facing retired police officer and 2022 mayoral candidate Tom Dingwall.
Candidate Vote %Adrian Foster (X) Tom Dingwall
Regional Councillors
Candidate Vote % Wards 1 & 2Granville Anderson (X) Melissa Whitefield Wards 3 & 4Kannan Nair Kevin Taylor Willie Woo
Local Councillors
Candidate Vote % Ward 1Sami Elhajjeh (X) Joe Neal Ward 2Chris Aucoin Kathleen FlynnJoshua GloverJason Kay Bernard Sanchez Ward 3Corinna Traill (X) Mike Mokhtar Kyle TempletonThomas Zekveld Ward 4Margaret Zwart (X)Denise Robinson Andrew McVey
Oshawa Oshawa will elect 1 mayor, and two city councillors in each of the city's five wards, with one of the two ward councillors also serving on regional council.
List of candidates:
Mayor
Oshawa mayor Dan Carter will not be running for re-election. Running to replace him is Ward 2 city and regional councillor Tito-Dante Marimpietri, Ward 2 city councillor Jim Lee, Ward 4 city councillor Derek Giberson, and construction management businessperson Henry Onwuachu.
Candidate Vote %Sherland Chhangur Michael CoonsDerek Giberson Jeremy Large Jim Lee Tito-Dante Marimpietri Henry Onwuachu Joseph TomlinsDave Westlake
Regional & City Councillors
Candidate Vote % Ward 1Christopher Biancaniello Nadea CalrkeMartin FranssenSelvan Sinnadurai Ward 2 Cameron Anderson Bradley Marks Ward 3 Bob Chapman (X) Timothy DobsonRizwan JavedKatherine Pollard Ward 4 Rick Kerr (X) Jeff Davis Jack O'Donnell Doug Sanders Ward 5 Brian Charles Nicholson (X) Kristen McKinnon
City Councillors
Candidate Vote % Ward 1 Rosemary McConkey (X) Danjeza Danglli Olaleye Afolabi Oluwaolorunlanke Abdus Salam Shinwary Omar Wisdom Ward 2Avik Bannerjee Sarah Chiapparro Liam Fraser Jane Hurst John R. E. Sturdy Ward 3Miguel AraujoRoger Bouma Sam HowesSylwia Lesner Shailene PanyloMatthew Schaffer Rahul Padmini Soumian Ward 4Domenic AlbisLisa FreemanTheresa Grant Eric Guernsey Edouard Nwaha GwetJose Morales Pauline MwangiDeb Oldfield Don Rockbrune Dave Thompson Ward 5John Gray (X) Todd Forbes Sid Goyal Adedeji Ibinayo Scheshawna LemaireChristeen Elizabeth Thornton
Pickering Pickering will elect 1 mayor, 3 regional councillors in 1 of 3 wards, and 3 city councillors in 1 of 3 wards.
List of candidates:
Mayor
Mayor Kevin Ashe is facing Ward 1 City Councillor Lisa Robinson, Doug Cornell, runner-up in the 2022 election Janice Frampton, Zargham Rasool, Shaun Rickard, and Andrea Wood.
Candidate Vote % Kevin Ashe (X) Doug CornellJanice FramptonZargham RasoolShaun RickardLisa RobinsonAndrea Wood
Regional Councillors
Candidate Vote % Ward 1Maurice Brenner (X) Acclaimed Ward 2Linda Cook (X) Bushra RasoolNancy van Rooy Ward 3David Pickles (X) Azmat Mujeeb
City Councillors
Candidate Vote % Ward 1James Blair Abdullah Mir Zubahir MohamedJamie Nye Michael Samlalsingh Jeremy SteinhausenPriya Vadivel Ward 2Mara Nagy (X) Stacey Lepine-FisherJohn MelocheSam Snyders Vince Viapiana Ward 3Shaheen Butt (X) Rajkumar Nada
Scugog Scugog will elect 1 mayor, 1 regional councillor, and 5 local councillors in 1 of 5 wards.
List of candidates:
Mayor
Mayor Wilma Wotten is facing Regional Councillor Ian McDougall, Charles Deane, Jack Doak, Mike Coll, and David Whitfield.
Candidate Vote %Wilma Wotten (X) Mike Coll Charles DeaneJack DoakIan McDougall David Whitfield
Regional Councillor
Candidate Vote %Terry Coyne Patricia Conlin Allan HoneyRichard Park
Local Councillors
Candidate Vote % Ward 1David Le Roy (X) Scott Blachar Ward 2Alisa Cole Richard Hinton Ward 3Rosario Greco Don KettSean Taylor Ward 4Harold Wright (X) Brad Martyn Ward 5Stephen Kotyk Janna Guido Marion Meyers
Uxbridge Uxbridge will elect 1 mayor, 1 regional councillor, and 5 local councillors in 1 of 5 wards.
List of candidates: Mayor
Mayor Dave Barton is facing Ian Giffin and Ted Eng.
Candidate Vote %Dave Barton (X) Ian Giffin Ted Eng
Regional Councillor
Candidate Vote %Bruce Garrod (X) Jeff Mittman
Local Councillors
Candidate Vote % Ward 1Pamela Beach (X) Victoria DevenportLori KennedyKaren Kenyon Colin Thacker Ward 2Gordon Shreeve (X) Janet Betts Ward 3Craig Marlatt Jacquie Hermans Ward 4Willie Popp (X) Alex Orr Ward 5Christine McKenzie W. David Ward
Whitby Whitby will elect 1 mayor, and two councillors in each of the town's four wards, with one of the two ward councillors also serving on regional council.
List of candidates:
Mayor
On April 20, both mayor Elizabeth Roy and regional councillor Chris Leahy announced they were running for the city's top position.
Candidate Vote %Elizabeth Roy (X) Chris Leahy Harshini Rajmohan
Regional Councillors Following a 2025 council vote, Whitby's regional councillors will now be elected by ward, rather than at-large as had been the case in the previous election. Candidate Vote % Ward 1 North Rhonda Mulcahy (X) Tracy Borwn Ikramah Mohhy-Ud-din Christine Thatcher Ward 2 WestDebbie Lewis Deirdre Newman Ward 3 CentreMelissa Heckbert Niki Lundquist Ward 4 EastSteve Yamada (X) Maleeha Shahid (X) Zartasha Zainab Chaudhry
Town Councillors Candidate Vote % Ward 1 NorthSteve Lee (X) Anastasia Brown Jay White Ward 2 WestMatt Cardwell (X) Michelle ArseneaultMehmood KohistaniLori Lopes Yar.M Naeme Judith Tait Ward 3 CentreBob Baker Akuah FrempongLaura McCarneyJohn RinellaDave Sansom Scott Templeton Ward 4 EastVictoria Bozinovski (X) Saima HammadShah HoseinWalter Perdigao
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