Seven candidates now registered to run for Beaches-East York councillor position
Just over a 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 starting to heat up.
As of the morning of Monday, May 11, seven candidates had registered to run for the council seat in Beaches-East York.
Those candidates are James Dann, Natalie Johnson, 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 May 11 morning, 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.
As of May 11 morning, there were 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.
To that above point, Natalie Johnson will be hosting a campaign launch event at The Kingston House, 676 Kingston Rd. just east of Main Street, on Wednesday, May 13, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and everyone is welcome to attend.
For more information on candidates registered to run in this year’s municipal election in Toronto, please go to https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/
