City of Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay 2026 Municipal & School Board Election

Unofficial results Turnout 40.85% (37,539 of 91,888 electors) Online 24,482 · Tabulator 13,057 Ballots: Declined 91 · Blank 25 Updated October 26, 2026 · 10:21 PM

Mayor

1 Position 37,146 votes
  1. Maureen (Moe) Comuzzi Leading 8,888 23.9%
  2. Aldo Ruberto 7,942 21.4%
  3. Trevor Giertuga 7,106 19.1%
  4. Volker Kromm 6,145 16.5%
  5. Peter Mark John Diedrich 3,780 10.2%
  6. Doug Vincent 1,197 3.2%
  7. Peter Panetta 888 2.4%
  8. Shane Judge 489 1.3%
  9. Wolfgang Schoor 428 1.2%
  10. Donald Richard Baxter 283 0.8%

At-Large Councillor

5 Positions 136,511 votes
  1. Mark Bentz Leading 20,331 14.9%
  2. Peng You Leading 19,190 14.1%
  3. Kasey Taylor Etreni Leading 17,252 12.6%
  4. Julie-Ann Elizabeth Colquhoun Leading 12,069 8.8%
  5. Jamie Nichols Leading 11,767 8.6%
  6. Rajni Agarwal 10,728 7.9%
  7. Gary Christian 8,823 6.5%
  8. Robert Trevisan 8,008 5.9%
  9. Stephanie Danylko 7,619 5.6%
  10. Dino Menei 6,629 4.9%
  11. Tyler Goode 6,156 4.5%
  12. Heather K. Dahlstrom 3,752 2.7%
  13. Patrick George Cully 2,097 1.5%
  14. Gene Capar 2,090 1.5%

Current River Ward Councillor

1 Position 4,615 votes
  1. Andrew Foulds Leading 3,054 66.2%
  2. Stéphane Léonard Kuziora 1,561 33.8%

McIntyre Ward Councillor

1 Position 6,315 votes
  1. Albert Aiello Leading 3,816 60.4%
  2. Brian Phillips 2,499 39.6%

McKellar Ward Councillor

1 Position 4,564 votes
  1. Brian Hamilton Leading 2,199 48.2%
  2. Tony DiPaolo 851 18.6%
  3. Tracey MacKinnon 553 12.1%
  4. Donna Lee Morettin 550 12.1%
  5. Marco Cupelli 411 9.0%

Neebing Ward Councillor

1 Position 3,752 votes
  1. Greg Johnsen Leading 2,744 73.1%
  2. John Warren Beals 1,008 26.9%

Northwood Ward Councillor

1 Position 4,603 votes
  1. John Ongaro Leading 2,087 45.3%
  2. André Gagné 1,657 36.0%
  3. Syed Kabir 859 18.7%

Red River Ward Councillor

1 Position 6,731 votes
  1. Jamie Scrimger Leading 2,275 33.8%
  2. Michael Giardetti 1,985 29.5%
  3. Domenico (Dino) Cicchitano 1,051 15.6%
  4. John Murray 855 12.7%
  5. Cory Bagdon 565 8.4%

Westfort Ward Councillor

1 Position 5,025 votes
  1. Stephen Margarit Leading 2,978 59.3%
  2. Clinton Harris 1,254 25.0%
  3. Angel Gamble 793 15.8%

English Public School Board Trustee

8 Positions 99,086 votes
  1. Trudy Tuchenhagen Leading 11,236 11.3%
  2. Kathleen Heikkinen Leading 11,195 11.3%
  3. Deborah Massaro Leading 11,099 11.2%
  4. Susan Frattaroli Leading 10,339 10.4%
  5. George Saarinen Leading 9,636 9.7%
  6. Ian Morgan Leading 8,309 8.4%
  7. Patricia Johansen Leading 8,290 8.4%
  8. Lex MacArthur Leading 7,826 7.9%
  9. Ryan Sitch 7,075 7.1%
  10. Scotia-Leigh Kauppi 6,862 6.9%
  11. CJ Goater 4,660 4.7%
  12. Vish Nayyar 2,559 2.6%

English Separate School Board Trustee

6 Positions 29,882 votes
  1. Leanne Fonso Leading 5,220 17.5%
  2. Tony Romeo Leading 4,533 15.2%
  3. Lawrence Badanai Leading 4,362 14.6%
  4. Eleanor Ashe Leading 3,660 12.2%
  5. Anthony Foglia Leading 3,393 11.4%
  6. Olivia Kembel Leading 3,172 10.6%
  7. Mike Bertoldo 2,866 9.6%
  8. Matt Pearson 2,676 9.0%

French Public School Board Trustee

1 Position
  1. Anne-Marie Gélineault Acclaimed —

French Separate School Board Trustee

4 Positions
  1. Angèle Desbiens Acclaimed —
  2. Claudette Gleeson Acclaimed —
  3. Elodie Grunerud Acclaimed —
  4. Victoria Mauro Acclaimed —