The nomination period for the 2026 municipal election in Thunder Bay has closed. Here's a list of who's filed their nomination papers.
Nominees still need to be certified by the city
Kris Ketonen · CBC News
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The nomination period has officially closed, and Thunder Bay has a full slate of candidates for the 2026 municipal election.
On Oct. 26, residents will elect a mayor, five at-large councillors, seven ward councillors and trustees for local school boards.
And the next council will include a number of new faces, given Mayor Ken Boshcoff, and councillors Shelby Ch’ng, Michael Zussino, Dominic Pasqualino, and Kristen Oliver have all announced they won’t be seeking re-election.
Here’s a list of those who have filed their nomination papers (* denotes an incumbent in that particular seat):
Mayor
- Trevor Giertuga (currently a councillor-at-large)
- Maureen (Moe) Comuzzi
- Volker Kromm
- Peter Mark John Diedrich
- Donald Baxter
- Shane Judge
- Aldo Ruberto
- Peter Panetta
- Wolfgang Schoor
- Doug Vincent
Councillor at large
- Kasey Taylor Etreni*
- Robert Trevisan
- Peng You
- Dino Menei
- Mark Bentz*
- Gary Christian (currently a Lakehead District School Board trustee)
- Jamie Nichols
- Patrick George Cully
- Rajni Agarwal*
- Tyler Goode
- Heather K. Dahlstrom
- Stephanie Danylko
- Julie Colquhoun
- Gene Capar
Current River
- Andrew Foulds*
- Stephane Leonard Kuziora
Red River
- Cory Bagdon
- Michael Giardetti
- Jamie Scrimger
- John Murray
- Dino Cicchitano
McIntyre
- Albert Aiello*
- Brian Phillips
McKellar
- Donna Lee Morettin
- Brian Hamilton*
- Marco Cupelli
- Tony DiPaolo
- Tracey MacKinnon
Northwood
- André Gagné
- Syed Kabir
- John Ongaro
Westfort
- Stephen Margarit
- Clinton Harris
- Angel Gamble
Neebing
- Greg Johnsen*
- John Warren Beals
Lakehead Public Schools trustee
- Vish Nayyar
- George Saarinen*
- Scotia-Leigh Kauppi
- Susan Frattaroli
- Trudy Tuchenhagen*
- Patricia Johansen*
- Lex MacArthur
- Ryan Sitch*
- CJ Goater
- Kathleen Heikkinen
- Ian Morgan
- Deborah Massaro
Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board trustee
- Olivia Kembel
- Tony Romeo*
- Lawrence Badanai*
- Leanne Fonso*
- Eleanor Ashe*
- Anthony Foglia
- Mike Bertoldo
- Matt Pearson
Conseil scolaire du Grand Nord trustee
- Anne-Marie Gelineault*
Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales trustee
- Claudette Gleeson*
- Victoria Mauro*
- Elodie Grunerud*
- Angele Desbiens*
The city still needs to certify all nominees before they're officially candidates in the upcoming election. That process is scheduled to take place on Monday.
For candidate contact information, visit the city's municipal election web page.
The next term of office will begin on November 15, 2026.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kris Ketonen is a reporter with CBC Thunder Bay. Send story ideas to kris.ketonen@cbc.ca.
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