Toronto Votes 2026: Six candidates now registered to run for council seat in Scarborough Southwest
There are now six candidates registered to run for the position of councillor in Scarborough Southwest in this fall’s municipal election.
As of 9 a.m. on June 19, the races for councillor in Beaches-East York, Scarborough Southwest and Toronto-Danforth all had candidates registered to run.
In Scarborough Southwest, candidates registered to run are Malik Ahmed, Rachel-Ariel Karokis, Philip Mills, Sharmina Nasrin, Mohammad Ali Reza and Kevin Rupasinghe. Parthi Kandavel serves the ward as the current councillor.
In Toronto-Danforth, Susan Chapelle and Jason Stevens have registered for the council race. Paula Fletcher currently serves as the councillor for Toronto-Danforth.
In Beaches-East York, nine candidates have so far registered to run for the council seat in this fall’s Toronto municipal election.
They are: James Dann, Natalie Johnson, Tycen Legg, Kevin Morrison, Adam Smith, Austin Vieira, Jeff Wahl, Devin Wilkins, and Jennie Worden.
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.
Beach Metro Community News will update information on candidates registering in Beaches-East York, Scarborough Southwest and Toronto-Danforth in the lead up to this fall’s municipal election. We will also let our readers know about campaign launches as we receive information about them.
To that end, Beaches-East York councillor candidate Jennie Worden will officially launch her campaign with an event set for Saturday, June 20, from 2 to 5 p.m. at Flycatcher Press, 1931 Gerrard St. E.
Candidates have until Aug. 21 at 2 p.m. to register to run for the positions of mayor, city councillor, or school trustee. This year’s municipal elections will take place on Monday, Oct. 26.
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/
