Essex, Town of

Provisional — data as of 2026-07-23; 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.

ON-essex-town

Municipality facts

Tier: lower
Upper tier: Essex, County of
Population (2021 Census): 21216

Official links

Clerk's election page: https://www.essex.ca/town-hall/municipal-elections/
Candidate list: none on file
2022 results: none on file
Coverage status (this dataset's own honesty flag): census, as of 2026-07-23

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 — Citywide

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Seats: 1
Incumbent: Sherry Bondy — running in 2026: yes
Open seat: no
Filed candidates on file below: 1 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 1)
2022 baseline: turnout 41.1% · margin 8.29 pts · acclaimed: no
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
Sherry Bondy	undated	https://sherrybondy.com/	bondy4essex@gmail.com; 226-724-2994; (226) 724-2994

Source: races.csv ON-essex-town-mayor, source https://www.essex.ca/town-hall/municipal-elections/uncertified-candidates/, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Ward 1

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Seats: 2
Incumbent: Katie McGuire-Blais; Joe Garon — running in 2026: yes
Open seat: no
Filed candidates on file below: 3 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 3)
2022 baseline: turnout 41.1% · margin not on file pts · acclaimed: no
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): U-unknown

Filed candidates (3, alphabetical by surname; identical fields for everyone):

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Joe Garon	undated	none on file	joegaron@hotmail.com; 519-980-8405; (519) 980-8405
Fred Groves	undated	none on file	vote4fred2026@gmail.com; 519-991-2184; (519) 991-2184
Katie McGuire-Blais	undated	none on file	katiemblais@gmail.com; 519-999-1858; (519) 999-1858

Source: races.csv ON-essex-town-council-w01, source https://www.essex.ca/town-hall/municipal-elections/uncertified-candidates/, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Ward 2

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Seats: 1
Incumbent: Kim Verbeek — running in 2026: yes
Open seat: no
Filed candidates on file below: 1 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 1)
2022 baseline: turnout 41.1% · margin not on file pts · acclaimed: yes
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
Kim Verbeek	undated	none on file	k3verbeek@hotmail.com; 519-971-1965; (519) 971-1965

Source: races.csv ON-essex-town-council-w02, source https://www.essex.ca/town-hall/municipal-elections/uncertified-candidates/, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Ward 3

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Seats: 2
Incumbent: Jason Matyi — running in 2026: yes
Open seat: no
Filed candidates on file below: 3 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 4)
2022 baseline: turnout 41.1% · margin not on file pts · acclaimed: no
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): U-unknown

Filed candidates (3, alphabetical by surname; identical fields for everyone):

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Bill Baker	undated	https://votebillbaker.com	ward3@votebillbaker.com; 519-996-0544; (519) 996-0544
Jason Matyi	undated	none on file	519-259-5401; (519) 259-5401
Corey St-Onge	undated	none on file	votecoreystonge@gmail.com; 519-819-0423; (519) 819-0423

Source: races.csv ON-essex-town-council-w03, source https://www.essex.ca/town-hall/municipal-elections/uncertified-candidates/, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Ward 4

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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)
2022 baseline: turnout 41.1% · margin not on file pts · acclaimed: no
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
Rachael Mills	undated	none on file	letsconnect.rach@gmail.com; (226) 215-5533

Source: races.csv ON-essex-town-council-w04, source https://www.essex.ca/town-hall/municipal-elections/uncertified-candidates/, as_of 2026-08-03.

Trustee — CSCPROVIDENCE — Essex

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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
Didier Marotte	undated	none on file	didier@cscprovidence.ca; 519-564-3945; (519) 564-3945

Source: races.csv ON-BD-cscprovidence-trustee-essex-town, source https://www.essex.ca/town-hall/municipal-elections/uncertified-candidates/, as_of 2026-08-03.

Trustee — WECDSB — Essex, Harrow, Kingsville, Leamington (WECDSB Area 2 trustee zone)

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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
Mary DiMenna	undated	none on file	(519) 990-1589; emma.richez@gmail.com

Source: races.csv ON-BD-wecdsb-trustee-essex-town, source https://www.essex.ca/town-hall/municipal-elections/uncertified-candidates/, as_of 2026-08-03.

Trustee — GECDSB — Essex, Kingsville (GECDSB trustee zone)

ON-BD-gecdsb-trustee-essex-town

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
David Keller	undated	none on file	none on file

Source: races.csv ON-BD-gecdsb-trustee-essex-town, source https://www.essex.ca/town-hall/municipal-elections/uncertified-candidates/, as_of 2026-08-03.

Deputy_mayor — Citywide

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Seats: 1
Incumbent: Rob Shepley — running in 2026: yes
Open seat: no
Filed candidates on file below: 1 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 1)
2022 baseline: turnout 41.1% · margin 1.84 pts · acclaimed: no
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
Rob Shepley	undated	none on file	shepley4deputymayor@gmail.com; 519-791-1999; (519) 791-1999

Source: races.csv ON-essex-town-deputy-mayor, source https://www.essex.ca/town-hall/municipal-elections/uncertified-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.