As Canadians prepare to vote in the federal election on April 28, Elections Canada has released a full list of the candidates running in each riding.
Interested candidates had to submit their paperwork by Monday to be considered eligible for the election. The full list was released on Tuesday.
Below is a list of confirmed candidates in the running and their websites.
Brantford-Brant South-Six Nations
- Leslie Bory (Independent)
- Larry Brock (Conservative Party of Canada)
- Mike Clancy (Independent)
- Karleigh Csordas (Green Party of Canada)
- Anne Gajerski-Cauley (New Democratic Party)
- Clo Marie (Independent)
- Joy O’Donnell (Liberal Party of Canada)
- Nicholas Xenos (People’s Party of Canada)
Cambridge
- Lux Burgess (Green Party of Canada)
- Connie Cody (Conservative Party of Canada)
- Manuel Couto (Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada)
- José de Lima (New Democratic Party)
- Bryan May (Liberal Party of Canada)
Guelph
- Elaine Baetz (Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada)
- Janice Folk-Dawson (New Democratic Party)
- Gurvir Khaira (Conservative Party of Canada)
- Dominique O’Rourke (Liberal Party of Canada)
- Jeffery Swackhammer (People’s Party of Canada)
- Michael Wassilyn (Independent)
- Yurii Yavorskyi (Canadian Future Party)
- Anne-Marie Zajdlik (Green Party of Canada)
Haldimand-Norfolk
- Lily Eggink (Christian Heritage Party of Canada)
- Henry Geissler (People’s Party of Canada)
- Nathan Hawkins (Green Party of Canada)
- Shannon Horner-Shepherd (New Democratic Party)
- Leslyn Lewis (Conservative Party of Canada)
- Colin Walsh (Liberal Party of Canada)
Kitchener Centre
- Brian Adeba (Liberal Party of Canada)
- Kelly DeRidder (Conservative Party of Canada)
- Margaretha Dyck (United Party of Canada)
- Mike Morrice (Green Party of Canada)
- Ellen Papenburg (Animal Protection Party of Canada)
- Wasai Rahimi (People’s Party of Canada)
- Heather Zaleski (New Democratic Party)
Kitchener-Conestoga
- Maya Bozorgzad (New Democratic Party)
- Kevin Dupuis (People’s Party of Canada)
- Tim Louis (Liberal Party of Canada)
- Doug Treleaven (Conservative Party of Canada)
Kitchener South-Hespeler
- Valerie Bradford (Liberal Party of Canada)
- Lorne Bruce (New Democratic Party)
- Kathleen Dueck (United Party of Canada)
- Matt Strauss (Conservative Party of Canada)
- Randall Williams (People’s Party of Canada)
Milton East-Halton Hills South
- Susan Doyle (Green Party of Canada)
- Parm Gill (Conservative Party of Canada)
- Walter J. Hofman (People’s Party of Canada)
- Shahbaz Mahmood Khan (Independent)
- Muhammad Riaz Sahi (New Democratic Party)
- Kristina Tesser Derksen (Liberal Party of Canada)
Oxford
- Cheryle Baker (Green Party of Canada)
- Steven Beausoleil (People’s Party of Canada)
- Matthew Chambers (New Democratic Party)
- David Hilderley (Liberal Party of Canada)
- Arpan Khanna (Conservative Party of Canada)
- Melanie Van Brugge (United Party of Canada)
- Jacob Watson (Christian Heritage Party of Canada)
Perth-Wellington
- Wayne Baker (People’s Party of Canada)
- Kevin Kruchkywich (New Democratic Party)
- David Mackey (Liberal Party of Canada)
- John Nater (Conservative Party of Canada)
Waterloo
- Waseen Botros (Conservative Party of Canada)
- Bardish Chagger (Liberal Party of Canada)
- Santa Claus Chatham (Parti Rhinoceros Party)
- Héline Chow (New Democratic Party)
- Simon Ian Guthrie (Green Party of Canada)
- Jamie Hari (Independent)
- Val Neekman (Independent)
- Hans Roach (Independent))
- Douglas Ross (People’s Party of Canada)
Wellington-Halton Hills North
- Andrew Bascombe (New Democratic Party)
- Syl Carle (People’s Party of Canada)
- Sean Carscadden (Liberal Party of Canada)
- Michael Chong (Conservative Party of Canada)
- Liam Stiles (Green Party of Canada)
How do I vote?
There are several ways to vote.
On election day, anyone who is eligible can cast their ballot at a polling station. Polls will be open for 12 hours. Information about where and when Canadians can vote can be found on their voter information card, which should arrive in the mail by April 11.
Voters also have options ahead of election day.
They can cast a ballot on advance polling days, scheduled for April 18, April 19, April 20 and April 21, from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Details about advance polling locations can be found on voter information cards.
Voters can also head to any Elections Canada office by April 22 at 6 p.m. to cast a vote using the special ballot process. Elections Canada offices are open seven days a week.
Another option is to vote by mail. Applications can be completed online, or at any Elections Canada office, by April 22 at 6 p.m.
