Six candidates already registered to run in race to become new Beaches-East York councillor
One week after registrations opened for candidates planning to run for positions in the 2026 Toronto municipal election, the race for councillor in Beaches-East York is drawing a lot of attention.
As of 10 a.m. on Friday, May 8, six candidates had registered to run for the council seat in Beaches-East York.
Those candidates are James Dann, Tycen Legg, Kevin Morrison, Adam Smith, Austin Vieira, and Jeff Wahl.
The race to be the Ward 19 Beaches-East York representative on Toronto Council is expected to have a large number of candidates since the seat will not be sought by the incumbent as current councillor Brad Bradford has registered to run for mayor in this year’s municipal election.
Registrations to run for elected positions in Toronto, including mayor, city councillor and school board trustee, opened on the morning of Friday, May 1.
Beach Metro Community News also covers Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth and Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest.
As of the morning of May 8, Scarborough Southwest has just two names registered at the moment: Rachel-Ariel Karokis, and Philip Mills. Parthi Kandavel serves the ward as the current councillor.
At this time, there are no candidates registered to run for city councillor in Toronto-Danforth, where Councillor Paula Fletcher currently serves.
Candidates have until Aug. 21 at 2 p.m. to register their papers to run for the positions of mayor, city councillor, or school trustee. This year’s municipal elections will take place on Monday, Oct. 26.
Please note that residents who wish to complete the candidate nomination process must do so in person at the Toronto Elections City Hall office at 100 Queen St. W. between Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Filings will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the last day of the nominations period (Aug. 21).
Beach Metro Community News will periodically update information on candidates registering to run in the wards of Beaches-East York, Scarborough Southwest and Toronto-Danforth. We will also let readers know about campaign launches as we receive information about them.
For more information about candidate registration, please go to https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/
