Bluewater, Municipality of

Provisional — data as of 2026-08-02; nominations close August 21, 2026. This page is one entry in a mechanically generated 444-municipality index; it is not hand-edited — see “How to correct an error” below.

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Municipality facts

Tier: lower
Upper tier: Huron, County of
Population (2021 Census): 7540

Official links

Clerk's election page: https://municipalityofbluewater.ca/municipal-office/municipal-election/
Candidate list: https://municipalityofbluewater.ca/municipal-office/municipal-election/unofficial-list-of-candidates/
2022 results: none on file
Coverage status (this dataset's own honesty flag): census, as of 2026-08-02

Races on file (9)

This section informs; it does not rank, endorse, attack, or characterize any candidate — same posture as every other candidate-facing page in this kit.

Mayor — at-large

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Seats: 1
Incumbent: none on file (open seat or not researched)
Open seat: unknown
Filed candidates on file below: 2 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 2)
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): U-unknown

Filed candidates (2, alphabetical by surname; identical fields for everyone):

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Tyler Hessel	undated	none on file	519-955-1729; tylerhessel13@gmail.com; (519) 955-1729
Paul Klopp	undated	none on file	519-236-4291; klopps@hay.net; (519) 236-4291

Source: races.csv ON-bluewater-mayor, source https://municipalityofbluewater.ca/municipal-office/municipal-election/unofficial-list-of-candidates/, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Bayfield Ward

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Seats: not on file
Incumbent: none on file (open seat or not researched)
Open seat: unknown
Filed candidates on file below: 1 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 1)
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): U-unknown

Filed candidates (1, alphabetical by surname; identical fields for everyone):

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Michael DeCorte	undated	none on file	519-276-0306; mdecorte.bayfield@gmail.com; (519) 276-0306

Source: races.csv ON-bluewater-council-bayfield, source https://municipalityofbluewater.ca/municipal-office/municipal-election/unofficial-list-of-candidates/, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Hay East Ward

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Seats: not on file
Incumbent: none on file (open seat or not researched)
Open seat: unknown
Filed candidates on file below: 2 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 2)
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): U-unknown

Filed candidates (2, alphabetical by surname; identical fields for everyone):

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Megan Goss	undated	none on file	megangoss2771@gmail.com
Joey Groot	undated	none on file	519-949-2671; joeygroot9@gmail.com; (519) 949-2671

Source: races.csv ON-bluewater-council-hay-east, source https://municipalityofbluewater.ca/municipal-office/municipal-election/unofficial-list-of-candidates/, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Hay West Ward

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Seats: not on file
Incumbent: none on file (open seat or not researched)
Open seat: unknown
Filed candidates on file below: 1 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 1)
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): U-unknown

Filed candidates (1, alphabetical by surname; identical fields for everyone):

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Brian Heagle	undated	https://www.voteheagle.com/	905-638-4390; heaglebrian@gmail.com; (905) 638-4390

Source: races.csv ON-bluewater-council-hay-west, source https://municipalityofbluewater.ca/municipal-office/municipal-election/unofficial-list-of-candidates/, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Stanley East Ward

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Seats: not on file
Incumbent: none on file (open seat or not researched)
Open seat: unknown
Filed candidates on file below: 1 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 1)
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): U-unknown

Filed candidates (1, alphabetical by surname; identical fields for everyone):

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Peter Walden	undated	none on file	519-955-1457; Pg56walden@gmail.com; (519) 955-1457

Source: races.csv ON-bluewater-council-stanley-east, source https://municipalityofbluewater.ca/municipal-office/municipal-election/unofficial-list-of-candidates/, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Stanley West Ward

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Seats: not on file
Incumbent: none on file (open seat or not researched)
Open seat: unknown
Filed candidates on file below: 1 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 1)
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): U-unknown

Filed candidates (1, alphabetical by surname; identical fields for everyone):

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Greg Lamport	undated	none on file	519-588-4830; gklamport@gmail.com; (519) 588-4830

Source: races.csv ON-bluewater-council-stanley-west, source https://municipalityofbluewater.ca/municipal-office/municipal-election/unofficial-list-of-candidates/, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Zurich Ward

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Seats: not on file
Incumbent: none on file (open seat or not researched)
Open seat: unknown
Filed candidates on file below: 2 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 2)
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): U-unknown

Filed candidates (2, alphabetical by surname; identical fields for everyone):

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Jason Becker	undated	none on file	519-317-3769; beck-stone@hotmail.com; (519) 317-3769
Winona Sangster	undated	none on file	519-851-2056; winonasangster@gmail.com; (519) 851-2056

Source: races.csv ON-bluewater-council-zurich, source https://municipalityofbluewater.ca/municipal-office/municipal-election/unofficial-list-of-candidates/, as_of 2026-08-03.

Trustee — AMDSB — Southwest Huron -- Bluewater and South Huron municipalities (AMDSB trustee zone, Robert Hunking)

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Seats: 1
Incumbent: none on file (open seat or not researched)
Open seat: unknown
Filed candidates on file below: 1 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-04: 1)
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): U-unknown

Filed candidates (1, alphabetical by surname; identical fields for everyone):

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Marnie Van Esbroeck	undated	none on file	519-619-3995; hello@rdmarnie.ca; (519) 619-3995

Source: races.csv ON-BD-amdsb-trustee-bluewater, source https://municipalityofbluewater.ca/municipal-office/municipal-election/unofficial-list-of-candidates/, as_of 2026-08-04.

Deputy_mayor — at-large

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Seats: 1
Incumbent: none on file (open seat or not researched)
Open seat: unknown
Filed candidates on file below: 1 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 1)
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): U-unknown

Filed candidates (1, alphabetical by surname; identical fields for everyone):

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Bill Whetstone	undated	none on file	519-955-0682; hashtagskins@icloud.com; (519) 955-0682

Source: races.csv ON-bluewater-deputy-mayor, source https://municipalityofbluewater.ca/municipal-office/municipal-election/unofficial-list-of-candidates/, as_of 2026-08-03.

How to correct an error

This page is generated mechanically from municipalities.csv / races.csv / candidates.csv; it is not hand-edited. If anything above is wrong, out of date, or missing:

Check the candidate's own current public campaign site or social account, and the municipality's own live candidate list (linked above) — those are the primary sources this page draws from.
Corrections should point to a public, verifiable source (a candidate's own site, a clerk record, an official results document) — unsourced claims about any candidate are not taken.
This page should be regenerated from the source CSVs after any correction, not edited in place.

This page’s figures come from this project’s own published election dataset, regenerated from the source CSVs on each run.

Provisional — nominations close 2026-08-21.