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Candidate endorsements for Ontario Municipal Election 2014

We have endorsed more than 170 candidates as supportable.
Part A: Catholic School Trustees,  Part B: Public School Trustees,  Part C:  Mayor,  Part D:  City/Town councillors.

If your school board, town or city is not listed, that means CLC was not able to identify a Supportable candidate in that particular electoral district.

Part A - Catholic School Trustees
School Board Ward / Electoral District Endorsed Candidates
Algonquin & Lakeshore City of Kingston  and the Islands                                                
(4 to elect)
Lindsay Reinelt
Prince Edward County Greg Speagle
Tweed, Marmora, Lake Delro, Hastings Highlands, Stirling-Rawdon Brian Kerby(1) - acclaimed
Brant Haldimand-Norfolk Brant County Dan Dignard(1) (incumbent)
City of Brantford June Szeman(1)  (incumbent)
Bruce-Grey Brockton Ward 34 (Brant) & 36 (Walkerton) Allan Kempert
Zone 6 Grey Highlands, Hanover, Southgate, West Grey Robyn Garvey  - acclaimed

Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud

 

Toronto Ouest Nathalie BEDROS
Dufferin-Peel Brampton 1, 3, 4 Jefferson Huang
Brampton 2, 5, 6 Frank Turner
Brampton Wards 7, 8, 9, 10                                    
(1 to elect)
Abraham Joseph or  Sean Xavier
Mississauga Wards 1 & 3 Antu Maprani Chakkunny (candidate), or Mario Pascucci(1) (incumbent)
Mississauga Wards 2 & 8 Corey Henderson
Mississauga 6 & 11 Brian Chiasson
Mississauga Ward 5 Helene Burrowes
Mississauga Ward 7 Leonard McCarthy
Mississauga 9 & 10 Esther O'Toole (incumbent)
Durham Brock, Scugog, Uxbridge Richard Damianopoulos
Pickering Joe Przybylo
Whitby Morgan Ste. Marie or Trevor Aitcheson
Eastern Ontario Prescott-Russell Rick Gervais
Halton Burlington Wards 1 & 2 Tim O'Brien
Burlington Wards 3 & 6 Javier Rubatto
Burlington Wards 4 & 5 Susan Trites
Halton Hills Ante Skoko
Oakville
(4 to elect)
Anthony Danko, Helena Karabela, Helen Orsanic, Darnell Vrban, Giuseppi Peritore, or Anthony Quinn
Hamilton-Wentworth Ward 6 Joseph Baiardo
Ward 7 Patrick Daly - acclaimed
Ward 8 Tad Brudzinski
Wards 12, 13, 14 and 15 Carolyn Cornale(1)  (incumbent)
Huron-Perth Perth South, St. Marys, West Perth Teresa Ann De Wetering
Huron-Superior Elliot Lake Kathleen Rosillius  -  acclaimed
Sault Ste. Marie                                                               
(6 to elect)
Bill Murphy, Grace Tridico
London City of London Wards 2,3 & 4                                   
(1 to elect)
Sandra Cruz (incumbent), or Betty Jean Wright (candidate)
City of London  Ward 11, 12 & 13 Roy Mantle
Middlesex County Mary Wolfs - acclaimed
Oxford County Marco D'Annibale
Niagara Catholic Grimsby, Lincoln, West Lincoln Paul MacNeil(1)  - acclaimed
Niagara Falls/Niagara-on-the-Lake                                                  
(2 to elect)
John Shalala,  Frank Fera(1) (incumbent)
St. Catherines Wards 2-6                                                                       (2 to elect) Lorna Constantini(1)
Welland Ted O'Leary(1) (incumbent)
Nipissing-Parry Sound North Bay Barbara McCool(1) (incumbent)
Northeastern Timmins Colleen Landers(1) (incumbent)
Ottawa Zone 1                                                                                          
(1 to elect)
Martin Tate, or Ken Gordon, or Christine Pastien
Zone 2 Tom Dewar
Zone 3 Ellen Faddoul
Zone 6 Knoxdale-Merivale/Baseline Julia Malleck-Muggeridge
Zone 10 Therese Maloney Cousineau(1) (incumbent)
Peterborough Victoria Northumberland & Clarington Peterborough                                                                         
(2 to elect)
Don Benninger
Renfrew Killaloe, Hagarty & Richards Township, Brudenell, Lyndoch & Raglan Township, Madawaska Valley Township Marlene Borutski(1)
Renfrew, Horton,Whitewater Region Ann Haley(1)  - acclaimed
Simcoe-Muskoka Barrie (Wards 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) Maria Hardie(1)  (incumbent)
Essa, Essa-CFB, Adjala-Tosorontio, etc. Janice Hutchison
Orillia/Ramara/Severn/Oro-Medonte Lydia Reekie
St. Clair West Chatham-Kent and South Catham-Kent Brenda Rumble(1)  - acclaimed
North Catham-Kent & Wallaceburg John Van Heck(1) - acclaimed
Sudbury Zone 1 (Ward 1 &2)

Estelle Scappatura

 

Toronto Ward  1  (City Wards 1,2,4)                                                                   (1 to elect) Robert Pella or  Wasyl Lucziw
Ward  2  (City Wards 3,5,6) Cely Silo
Ward  3  (City Wards 7,12) Frank Capisciolto
Ward 4  (City Wards 8,9,10) Patrizia Bottoni
Ward  5 (City Wards 15,16,23,25) Joey Abrenilla
Ward  6  (City Wards 11,17) Daniel Kim
Ward  7  (City Wards 24,37,39,40) Mike Del Grande
Ward  8  (City Wards 41,42,44) Gary Tanuan (incumbent)
Ward 9  (City Wards 19,20,21,22,27,28) Manuel Ching
Ward 11  (City Wards 26,29,30,31,32,33, 34) Angela Kennedy (incumbent)
Ward 12   (City Wards 35,36,38,43)
(1 to elect)

Ryan Nutter, or Paulina Corpuz, or Ace Alvarez

 

Waterloo Cambridge                                                                       
(3 to elect)
Camilla Gunnarson
Kitchener                                                                        
(4 to elect)
Greg Reitzel and Brian Schmalz
Waterloo, Wellesley, Woolwich                                      
(3 to elect)
Mary-Jo Shortreed
York East Gwillimbury/Georgina/Newmarket Theresa McNicol(1)
Markham Area 2 (Wards 4,5,7,8) Frank Alexander(1)
Richmond Hill                                                                
(2 to elect)
Dominic Mazotta
Vaughn Area 1  (ward 1) Teresa Ciaravella
Vaughan Area 4 (Wards 4, 5) Cathy Ferlisi, incumbent

If your Catholic school board, or your ward, is not listed above, you can check out the candidate comparison page on our website to see what information Campaign Life Coalition has on the candidates. 

 

 Part B - Public School Trustees
 School Board  Ward Endorsed Candidates
Algoma DSB Sault Ste. Marie, Ward 2 Graham Lidstone (incumbent)
District SB of Niagara Fort Erie/Port Colborne Dave Schaubel (incumbent)
Durham City of Oshawa Larry Jacula
City of Pickering Paul Crawford
Halton Burlington Ward 1 & 3 Richelle Papin
Oakville Ward 4 Kathryn Bateman-Omstead
Hamilton-Wentworth Ward 7 Lillian Orban
Ward 8 Al Pierce
Ward 11 & 12: East Stoney Creek-Ancaster-Glanbrook Serena Samuel
Ward 13 & 14: Dundas-West Flamborough Bob Maton
Ward 15: East  Flamborough Nick Lauwers
Kawartha Pine Ridge  Township of Asphodel-Norwood; Township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen; Municipality of Trent Hills Shirley Patterson
Limestone DSB Collins-Bayridged, Loyalist Cataraqui & Lakeside (Dist 2,3,4) Ralph Rushton
Ottawa-Carleton Zone 2- Kanata North/ Kanata South Christine Boothby
Peel Brampton Wards 2/6 Suzanne Nurse
Mississauga Ward 5 Jason Benoit
Mississauga Ward 9/10 Kathy Zao
Renfrew Town of Deep River; Town of Laurentian HillsHead, Clara & Maria Barbara Basso
Simcoe County Orillia Debra Edwards
Oro-Medonte & Springwater Peter Beacock
Toronto Ward 01, Etobicoke North  (City Wards 1&2) John Hastings
Ward 04, York West  (City Wards 7&8) Mirtha Coronel
Ward 10, Trinity-Spadina  (City Wards 19&20) Richard Klagsbrun
Ward 17, Don Valley East  (City Wards 33&34) Harout Manougian
Ward 18, Scarborough SW   (City Wards 35&36) Elizabeth Moyer
Ward 19, Scarborough Centre  (City Wards 37&38) David Smith
Ward 20, Scarborough-Agincourt  (City Wards 39 & 40) Sam Sotiropolous (incumbent)
Waterloo Cambridge Cindy Watson
Kitchener Matthew Ichim
Waterloo John Hendry
York Region Aurora and King Peter Luchowski
Markham Area 1, Vaughan Area 5 Alisa Boukine
Markham (Area 3 - Wards 4 & 5)  Allan Tam
Newmarket Martin Van Beek

If your public school board, or your ward, is not listed above, you can check out our candidate comparison page to see what information CLC has on the candidates. Or you can link to their contact info and ask the candidates where they stand on the issues of life, family values and parental rights.

 Part C - Mayoral Candidates

City, Municipality or Region  Office Endorsed Candidates
Cambridge Mayor Andrew Johnston
Hamilton Mayor Crystal Lavigne
Mississauga Mayor Derek Ramkissoon
Ottawa Mayor Mike McGuire or Michael St. Arnaud
Toronto Mayor Dewitt Lee, or Kevin Clarke
Waterloo Mayor David MacDonald

To view our our side-by-side mayoral candidate comparison, please check out this page on our website.

 

Part D - Councillor Candidates
City, Municipality or Region  Ward Endorsed Candidates
Barrie Ward 10 Paolo Fabrizio
Brampton Wards 2, 6 Ralph Irving Greene
Hamilton Ward 3 Victor Mejia or Ralph Agostino
Kitchener Ward 7 Harold Drewitz
Ward 9 Terry Ross
Ottawa Ward 07 - Bay 

George Guirguis

 

Toronto Ward 39 Jim Karygiannis or Jude Coutinho
Waterloo, Region of Kitchener                                                                                                                                               (4 to elect) Wayne Wettlauffer and Tom Galloway
Richmond Hill Ward 1 Trifon Haitas
Whitby East Ward 4 Steve Yamada

If your town/city or Ward is not listed above, you may check out our candidate comparison page to see what info CLC has obtained about that race. From that page, you can also obtain contact info for those candidates and attempt to find out where they stand on pro-life an family issues yourself. 

 

 

Footnotes:
(1) Indicates the person has been rated as "Supportable" based on their questionnaire response from past elections.