Toronto Votes 2026: Number of candidates registered to run for council seats in Beaches-East York, Scarborough Southwest and Toronto-Danforth

As June comes to a close, the number of candidates registered to run for Toronto Council in the three local wards covered by Beach Metro Community News is holding unchanged from earlier this month.

Toronto’s municipal election will take place on Monday, Oct. 26 and candidates have until the afternoon of Aug. 21 to register to run.

As of 9 a.m. on June 29, there are six candidates registered to run for the position of councillor in Scarborough Southwest. They 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, as of 9 a.m. on June 29, 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 as of 9 a.m. on June 29 for the council seat.

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 council candidate Adam Smith will be hosting his campaign launch party on Saturday, July 4, at Poured Coffee, 2165 Danforth Ave., from 6 to 9 p.m.

Candidates have until Aug. 21 at 2 p.m. to register to run for the positions of mayor, city councillor, or school trustee.

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/