Here’s who is running to be your mayor and councillor
Posted Aug 27, 2026 12:39:25 PM.
With municipal nominations closed and those seeking election now officially on the ballot box, candidates are now pitching why they’re best suited as your city council member.
Two councillors were automatically re-elected — Riley Brockington, Ward 16 River and David Brown, Ward 21 Rideau-Jock — because they faced no opponents after the nomination period closed.
There are 14 people vying for the mayoral position in the nation’s capital, including incumbent Mark Sutcliffe, who is seeking his second term as council’s leader.
In the last municipal election in 2022, there were well over 100 people who placed their names on the ballot; this year there are fewer.
On the surface, with two councillors unopposed and fewer people registered, this could look like less civic engagement: Not necessarily, Brigitte Pellerin, a political commentator says.
She’s been following candidates around while they canvass for votes, and was surprised by how eager people were to speak to the nominees.
“These conversations we haven’t really had as much in the few years since the pandemic,” Pellerin explains. “It’s really coming back and I’m really seeing this as something that is hopeful and that may lead in four years, to more people, through this engagement with their neighbours being willing to step up and throw their hat in the ring.”
Policing, firefighters and infrastructure and affordability are top of mind for Ottawa voters.
Here’s the full list of who is running in the Oct. 26 municipal election:
Mayor
- Mark Sutcliffe
- Jeff Leiper
- Alex Lawson
- Neil Saravanamuttoo
- Zed Chebib
- Peter Westaway
- Suraj Harish
- Queen Divine Priya Amber Bakshi
- Bernard Couchman
- Ali Shayvard
- Jacob Solomon
- Amjad Ali Syed
- Josh Rachlis
- Geoff Nicholas
Ward 1 Orléans East-Cumberland
- Matt Luloff
- Barbara Daniela Gandolfo
- Sherif Rizk
- Bob Bell
- Tammie Trellert
- Mazhar Choudhry
- Yvette Ashiri
Ward 2 Orléans West-Innes
- Laura Dudas
- Jenna Jessop
- David Purchase
Ward 3 Barrhaven West
- David Hill
- Donna Blackburn
- Jeff Balys
Ward 4 Kanata North
- Cathy Curry
- James Murchison
- Rob Millan
Ward 5 West Carleton
- Clarke Kelly
- Christine Harrison
- Dylan Nose
Ward 6 Stittsville
- Chelsea Walton
- Mani Sharma
- Sheetal Narwal
- Tanya Hein
- Theresa Qadri
- Kevin Hua
- Marie-Ange Yindaki Ahinful
- Paul Meek
- Devin Michael Fitzgerald O’Brien
Ward 7 Bay
- Theresa Kavanagh
- Spencer Radford
- Butch Moore
Ward 8 College
- Laine Johnson
- Malloum Abakar
Ward 9 Knoxdale-Merivale
- Sean Devine
- Cole Fraser Jones
- Brandon Ly
- Anna Ielo-Tal
Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate
- Jessica Bradley
- John Redins
- Donna Dickson
- Ahmed Rashid
- Ayub Omar
Ward 11 Beacon Hill-Cyrville
- Tim Tierney
- Cathryne Milburn
- Coreen Corcoran
Ward 12 Rideau-Vanier
- Stéphanie Plante
- Lyra Evans
- Eric Smith
- Brian Paquette
- Michael Karl Sewanaku
- Julie Fiala Chartrand
Ward 13 Rideau-Rockcliffe
- Rawlson King
- Peter J. Karwacki
Ward 14 Somerset
- Ariel Troster
- Robert Dekker
- Dillon Anderson
- Michael Tay
- Nicholas Gollé
Ward 15 Kitchissippi
- Joanne Chianello
- Subhir Uppal
- Brian Innes
- Xavier Commerford
Ward 16 River
Ward 17 Capital
- Shawn Menard
- Farah Gulzar
- Jaac Doduck
Ward 18 Alta Vista
- Marty Carr
- Tressy El-Hawi
- Derek McSweeney
- Muhyadin Omar Barkhat
- Elsa Niyongabo
Ward 19 Orléans South-Navan
- Catherine Kitts
- Jason Wing
Ward 20 Osgoode
- Isabelle Skalski
- Bruce Anthony Faulkner
Ward 21 Rideau-Jock
Ward 22 Riverside South-Findlay Creek
- Steve Desroches
- Muyiwa Ojo
Ward 23 Kanata South
- Allan Hubley
- Erin Coffin
- Megan Strazds-Esenbergs
- Sam Bhalesar
Ward 24 Barrhaven East
- Wilson Lo
- Zahy A Adam
- Jules Ruhinda
- Yoosaf Melparamba
- Ahmed Alsabaawi
