Your 2026 candidates

Jerry Acchione

Woodstock’s mayor and County councillor.

Aaron Gorlick

Corporate executive with software-delivery experience, and a local performer running for mayor.

Asjad Hussain

Mayoral candidate focused on public service, community involvement and stronger city services.

Anthony Scalisi

Woodstock’s Water Shop owner and lifelong resident making a second mayoral bid.

Woodstock

Deputy Mayor-County Councillor

1 seat

Deputy Mayor-County Councillor

Jarrod Erb

Local business owner and longtime Woodstock resident running for deputy mayor.

Deputy Mayor-County Councillor

Bernia Martin

Woodstock City–County councillor and 2026 Deputy Warden.

Deputy Mayor-County Councillor

Deb Tait

Woodstock City–County councillor.

Woodstock

City-County Councillor

1 seat

City-County Councillor

Kelly Gilson

Community-organization leader seeking a Woodstock City–County Council seat.

City-County Councillor

Mark Schadenberg

Woodstock councillor with a real-estate, recreation and volunteer-service background.

Woodstock

City Councillor

4 seats

Dave Bloxsidge

Business owner with international trade and logistics experience running for City Council.

Joe Brown

Former local television manager, youth-football leader and community volunteer.

Connie Lauder

Long-serving Woodstock councillor and former City tax collector.

Kate Leatherbarrow

Woodstock councillor with hospitality experience and an emphasis on families and youth.

Daniel Leduc

South-West Oxford building official and lifelong Woodstock resident running for City Council.

Wes Mazur

Downtown business owner, occupational-safety professional and community volunteer.

Maureen Ralph

Retired mental-health nurse and active recreation participant running for City Council.

Sandeep Sidhu

Local business owner and youth-sports organizer running for City Council.

Kurt Sutherland

Telecommunications quality-assurance specialist and local sports volunteer.

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Start with what they would actually do.

Taxes & spending

What are residents getting for the tax increase?

Woodstock approved an $88.14 million operating budget in March. Its 6.99% budget increase and 4.11% residential City tax-rate increase measure different things.

Roads & infrastructure

A $12.35 million annual renewal gap

The June 2026 asset-management progress report estimates an annual infrastructure funding gap of $12.35 million, compared with $10.88 million in the prior model.

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Downtown & business

What did the streetscape buy—and what comes next?

The City identifies downtown streetscape phases one and two as complete, at an approximate combined cost of $5.7 million.

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School representation

Find your school-board choices

Your school support and electoral area determine the applicable board. Acclaimed trustees remain visible; no poll is held for an acclaimed office.

Thames Valley District School Board

Oxford County · 2 seats · All acclaimed

Benjamin Lampkin

Acclaimed to represent eligible English public school electors on Thames Valley District School Board for the next term.

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William McKinnon

The former TVDSB trustee and board chair is returning through acclamation.

Area and voting eligibility

Canadian citizen, aged 18 or older, with the required geographic and school-support qualification. A person may vote only once in the same board election.

English-public support is the default unless changed to a different eligible board. A child’s school attendance alone does not determine voting entitlement.

London District Catholic School Board

Oxford County · 1 seat · All acclaimed

Mary Holmes

A former teacher and board coordinator, Holmes has represented Oxford on the London District Catholic School Board since 2015.

Area and voting eligibility

Canadian citizen, aged 18 or older, with the required geographic and school-support qualification. A person may vote only once in the same board election.

Must be Roman Catholic; the elector or spouse must support an English-language separate board.

Conseil scolaire catholique Providence

Oxford, Elgin and Middlesex counties · 1 seat · All acclaimed

Joseph-Guy Bourbeau

Acclaimed to represent eligible French separate school electors on Conseil scolaire catholique Providence for the next term.

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Area and voting eligibility

Canadian citizen, aged 18 or older, with the required geographic and school-support qualification. A person may vote only once in the same board election.

Must be Roman Catholic and a French-language rights holder; the elector or spouse must support a French-language separate board.

Conseil scolaire Viamonde

Haldimand-Norfolk, Oxford, Elgin and Lambton counties, and Chatham-Kent · 1 seat · All acclaimed

David Paradis

A serving Viamonde trustee, Paradis is acclaimed for another term representing the French public school electoral area that includes Oxford.

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