On the other hand, last time councillor Brenda Locke won the mayoral election by defeating other candidates, including then Mayor Doug McCallum and MP Sukh Dhaliwal.

Winning four councillors of his slate has also given him a majority. Sukh Dhaliwal came in fifth place.

Sukh Dhaliwal came in fifth place. Former MP Jini Sims (Joginder Kaur Hothi) finished fourth with double the votes of Sukh Dhaliwal while Amrit Biring and Kuldeep Pelia have also suffered humiliating defeats.

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In the last two federal elections, the Conservatives managed to overtake the Liberals in the popular vote but failed to win most seats.

This enabled Justin Trudeau to form a minority government. In the latest episode of Trend Line, Nick Nanos of Nanos Research said that last time too the Conservatives were running in front but in the end they failed to get many seats.

But this time the Conservatives are likely to win more seats than the Liberals, according to the seat-related speculations. This means that not only can the Conservatives curse the Liberals, but the Conservatives are also very likely to form a government.

However, federal elections are unlikely to be held in the near future and a major role in this is also the agreement between the Liberals and the NDP, due to which this government is expected to run until 2025.

However, according to seat estimates, if elections are held today, the Conservatives could win 108 seats, while the Liberals could get only 106 seats. According to these claims, the NDP can get 41 seats, the Block Quebecois 24 seats and the Greens two seats.

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One mayor, eight councillors and seven trustees are to be elected. Among those contesting for the mayoral post, four candidates are of Punjabi origin, while 21 candidates of Punjabi origin are contesting for the post of councillor and five candidates are in the fray for the post of school trustee.

In the race to grab the prestigious mayor’s chair, Member of Parliament of Punjabi origin Sukh Dhaliwal, Jinny Sims, Amrit Biring and Kuldeep Pelia, current mayors Doug McCallum, Gordy Hogg, Brenda Locke and John Wolansky are in the fray. Among them, Kuldeep Pelia and John Volansky are independent candidates.

Candidates of Punjabi origin who are in the fray for the councilor are sitting councillor Mandeep Nagra, Jasbir Sandhu, Harry Bains, Shweta Bassi, Tejnoor Singh Cheema, Sarghi Cheema, Nav Dhanoa, Andy Dhillon, Reena Gill, Kiran Hundal, Raman Jassar, Pardeep Kaur Kunar, Paramjit Singh Malhi, Arsh Mander, Ajit Mehta, Mandeep Nagra, Kam Pawar, Manjit Singh Sahota, Kulwinder Singh Sahota. Preet Sandhu, Kultar Singh and Jodi Toor.

Among the Punjabi candidates for the post of school trustee, Dr. Jasbir Narwal, Dr. Balbir Gurm, Sunny Mangat, Dupinder Kaur Saran and Gary Thind.

In the 2018 civic elections in Surrey City, 83 candidates had contested and even then there were eight candidates for the mayoral election, 48 for the election of councillors and 27 for the school trustee.

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Stephen Carter, campaign manager for Surrey Forward said this is completely unacceptable. As per the Election Campaign Financing, a third party advertiser such as Keep the RCMP in Surrey should function independently from the candidates or elector association.

They cannot spend money together and they are not allowed to co-ordinate. It is violation of the act. Whether it’s a third party advertiser or a electoral organization or a candidate, each one has to behave individually and for this there are clear norms, he said.

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According to the Canada Election, the filing of nomination began on May 2.

Now, for the mayor post Jennifer Pfenning (current Ward 4 councillor) and Natasha Salonen are in the direct contest.

COUNCILLOR WARD 1: incumbent councilor Angie Hallman and Stewart Cressman

WARD no. 2: incumbent Cheryl Gordijk, Reginald Simpson and Kris Wilkinson

WARD no. 3: Gary Mosburger and Harvir Sidhu

WARD no 4: Steven Martin, Ron Downs, Lillianne Dunstall, John Jordan, Steph Goertz and Steven Martin

Fo the post of Regional Chair: incumbent Karen Redman, Brendon John Da Costa and Narine Dat Sookram

Trustee, Waterloo Catholic District School Board: Julie Molenaar, Tracey Weiler, Wendy Ashby, Simone Beaucage, Hadembes Yebetit, Kathy Doherty-Masters, Reneé Kraft and Dariusz Grabka

Trustee, Waterloo Region District School Board: Martin Mirt, Cristina Bairos-Fernandes, George Schmidt, Franklin Ramsoomair, Marie Snyder, Scott Piatkowski, Madan Dheer and Kathleen Woodcock

Trustee, Conseil Scolaire Viamonde: Joseph Vandermeer

Trustee, Conseil Scolaire Catholique Monavenir: Gilles Roy, Dorothée Petit-Pas and Éric Sanderson

Meanwhile, the nomination deadline is on August 19 and it can be filed or withdrawn between 9 am and 2 pm with the final opportunity to file or withdraw at 2pm.

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She was the last candidate to file the nomination to run for elections in this fall’s municipal poll.

Likewise, Jacob Solomon has signed up to run for mayor and took the total tally of candidates to 14 for the competition.

City Election officials said that the long list of candidates will lead to print ballots legal-length paper for the first time.

Now, 210 people have registered to run in the October 24 election of which 14 for mayor, 106 for councillors and 90 for school board trustee positions. While, eight candidates for both French-language school boards have been acclaimed.

Meanwhile, it will be the first open mayoral race in decade in which Jim Watson is not contesting for election.

In this election, Ottawa voters for the first time can cast a ballot by mail. Voters will have to apply for a special ballot, which they will be able to between September 1 and 16 once the voters’ list is finalized by the city election office.

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On June 9, a media report accused Brown of using city staff for in his political campaign.

After this, an investigation was started by Brampton’s integrity commissioner. “We have not found any evidence to suggest that the mayor has breached the Code of Conduct,” the Brampton Integrity Commissioner said in a statement on Thursday.

In a statement, Brown said that after the Integrity Commissioner gave him a clean chit, it has been proved that he has done nothing wrong. Therefore, those who have made such baseless allegations against him and the city staff should apologize. All these fabricated stories were politically motivated and the entire investigation was nothing but a waste of taxpayers’ money.

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“Today is bittersweet. There is no doubt that it was one of the most difficult decisions that I have ever had to make,” Hall said in his voice choked up with emotion before council chambers.

Apart from Hall, other multi-term B.C. mayors including New Westminster’s Jonathan Coté, Abbotsford’s Henry Braun, Kamloops’ Ken Christian and Fort St. John’s Lori Ackerman have also announced earlier that they will not be running in municipal elections on October 15.

In his over two-decade long political career, Hall was the Prince George school board before joining city council for a single term in 2011. He later got elected mayor in 2014, and won re-election in 2018.

Hall’s term has been marked by new developments including development of major hotels and housing throughout the city due to rise in the population. Some controversies have marred these efforts as well including an independent review of how he managed funds for a major condo and parkade built adjacent to city hall ballooned with little oversight.

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Announcing his run for the third time in front of a future site of the $5-billion electric vehicle battery plant on Twin Oaks Drive, Dilkens said that he would be contesting for upcoming municipal election for Windsor’s mayor post.

He said that people know what they are going to get with him. He will run against Chris Holt, the central Windsor city councillor and against Ernie Lamont and Benjamin Danyluk.

He also distributed a list of priorities including a new regional acute care hospital, making the city more affordable and others while announcing his run.

Addressing the media, he said that Windsor is going through a time of significant challenge and change and it needs a decisive leader like him to handle the situation.

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She has become the first ever female to win the party’s leadership in the province.

She will now lead the party into the next election against the governing Progressive Conservatives now led by Premier Blaine Higgs.

Calling her victory a ‘Bold Change’, Holt said, “I am humbled to have earned your trust to lead the Liberal Party of New Brunswick. I’ve been loud and clear that I want to change the way we do politics. And I’m so grateful that you do too.”

She said that this campaign—and the last few months of travelling around the province—have affected me deeply. I love this province more than ever. I feel connected to our communities more than ever. I more proud of our people than ever before.

In New Brunswick, regardless of language, color, place of origin, we are friends and neighbours.

“I’m proud that our campaign brought people back into the Liberal fold. I’m proud that we’ve attracted new and enthusiastic members. The work doesn’t stop now. I’ll continue to reach out to people and meet them on their terms. With authenticity, an open heart, and curious mind, “she said.

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