Markham, City 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.

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Municipality facts

Tier: lower
Upper tier: York, Regional Municipality of
Population (2021 Census): 338503

Official links

Clerk's election page: https://www.markham.ca/elections
Candidate list: https://www.markham.ca/elections/candidates-and-third-party-advertisers/whos-running
2022 results: none on file
Coverage status (this dataset's own honesty flag): census, as of 2026-07-23

Races on file (16)

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: Frank Scarpitti — running in 2026: unknown
Open seat: unknown
Filed candidates on file below: 1 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 1)
2022 baseline: turnout 32.2% · margin 28.2 pts · acclaimed: no
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): T3-open-seat

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

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Martin Ross	undated	https://martinross4mayor.ca	martinross4mayor@gmail.com; (416) 989-7459

Source: races.csv ON-markham-mayor, source https://www.markham.ca/elections/candidates-and-third-party-advertisers/whos-running, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Ward 1

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Seats: 1
Incumbent: Keith Irish — running in 2026: yes
Open seat: no
Filed candidates on file below: 2 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 2)
2022 baseline: turnout 32.15% · margin 48.7 pts · acclaimed: no
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): T1-safe-incumbent

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

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Christina Cadorin	undated	https://voteforchristina.ca	christina@voteforchristina.ca; 416-550-9893
Keith Irish	undated	https://keithirish.ca	keith@keithirish.ca

Source: races.csv ON-markham-council-w01, source https://www.markham.ca/elections/candidates-and-third-party-advertisers/whos-running, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Ward 2

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Seats: 1
Incumbent: Ritch Lau — running in 2026: yes
Open seat: no
Filed candidates on file below: 2 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 2)
2022 baseline: turnout 32.15% · margin 17.4 pts · acclaimed: no
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): T2-competitive

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

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Ritch Lau	undated	https://ritchlau.ca	ward2@ritchlau.ca
Mark Lin	undated	https://votemarklin.ca	votemarklin@gmail.com; 289-818-9238; (289) 818-9238

Source: races.csv ON-markham-council-w02, source https://www.markham.ca/elections/candidates-and-third-party-advertisers/whos-running, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Ward 3

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Seats: 1
Incumbent: Reid McAlpine — running in 2026: unknown
Open seat: unknown
Filed candidates on file below: 5 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 5)
2022 baseline: turnout 32.1% · margin 45.2 pts · acclaimed: no
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): U-unknown

Filed candidates (5, alphabetical by surname; identical fields for everyone):

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Marina Antonoglou	undated	https://marina4unionville.ca	none on file
Larry Lau	undated	none on file	votelarrylau@gmail.com
Ron Lynn	undated	https://ronlynn.ca	ron@ronlynn.ca; (437) 500-0801
Jack Ng	undated	https://jackng.ca	jacktkng2026@gmail.com
Thomas Psarianos	undated	https://www.thomaspsarianos.ca	info@psarianos4ward3.com; 647-367-4539

Source: races.csv ON-markham-council-w03, source https://www.markham.ca/elections/candidates-and-third-party-advertisers/whos-running, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Ward 4

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Seats: 1
Incumbent: Karen Rea — 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 32.15% · margin 84.4 pts · acclaimed: no
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): T1-safe-incumbent

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

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Karen Rea	undated	https://www.karenrea.ca/	karen4markham@gmail.com; (416) 702-6286

Source: races.csv ON-markham-council-w04, source https://www.markham.ca/elections/candidates-and-third-party-advertisers/whos-running, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Ward 5

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Seats: 1
Incumbent: Andrew Keyes — 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 32.15% · margin 53.4 pts · acclaimed: no
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): T1-safe-incumbent

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

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Andrew Keyes	undated	https://www.keyes.ca	andrew@keyes.ca; 416-509-7496; (416) 509-7496
Laurence Liang	undated	https://www.laurenceliang.ca	705-825-5264; (705) 825-5264
Thamiraa Ragikaran	undated	none on file	voteforthamiraa@gmail.com; 647-936-8742; (647) 936-8742

Source: races.csv ON-markham-council-w05, source https://www.markham.ca/elections/candidates-and-third-party-advertisers/whos-running, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Ward 6

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Seats: 1
Incumbent: Amanda Yeung Collucci — running in 2026: unknown
Open seat: unknown
Filed candidates on file below: 1 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 1)
2022 baseline: turnout 32.1% · margin 57.4 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
Jude Ahiaegbe	undated	https://judeahiaegbe.com	none on file

Source: races.csv ON-markham-council-w06, source https://www.markham.ca/elections/candidates-and-third-party-advertisers/whos-running, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Ward 7

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Seats: 1
Incumbent: Nimisha Patel — running in 2026: yes
Open seat: no
Filed candidates on file below: 4 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 4)
2022 baseline: turnout 32.15% · margin 30.4 pts · acclaimed: no
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): T1-safe-incumbent

Filed candidates (4, alphabetical by surname; identical fields for everyone):

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Killi Chelliah	undated	none on file	killi7@gmail.com; 416-624-7562; (416) 624-7562
Nimisha Patel	undated	https://www.nimishapatel.ca	nimisha@nimishapatel.ca; 416-671-6464; (416) 671-6464
Sameer Qureshi	undated	none on file	sameerformarkham@gmail.com; 647-995-9360
Stanley Sam	undated	none on file	(416) 844-4396; emailstanley77@gmail.com

Source: races.csv ON-markham-council-w07, source https://www.markham.ca/elections/candidates-and-third-party-advertisers/whos-running, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — Ward 8

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Seats: 1
Incumbent: Isa Lee — running in 2026: yes
Open seat: no
Filed candidates on file below: 2 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 2)
2022 baseline: turnout 32.15% · margin 74.8 pts · acclaimed: no
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): T1-safe-incumbent

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

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Jenny Chen	undated	https://www.jennychen.org	votejennychen@gmail.com
Isa Lee	undated	none on file	none on file

Source: races.csv ON-markham-council-w08, source https://www.markham.ca/elections/candidates-and-third-party-advertisers/whos-running, as_of 2026-08-03.

Trustee — YRDSB — Markham Wards 1 and 8

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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 32.15% · margin 23.3 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
Wen Liu	undated	https://votewenliu.ca	support@votewenliu.ca

Source: races.csv ON-BD-yrdsb-trustee-markham-w01-w08, source https://www.markham.ca/elections/candidates-and-third-party-advertisers/whos-running, as_of 2026-08-03.

Trustee — YCDSB — Markham Wards 1, 2, 3 and 6

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Seats: 1
Incumbent: none on file (open seat or not researched)
Open seat: unknown
Filed candidates on file below: 0 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 0)
2022 baseline: turnout 32.15% · margin 23.5 pts · acclaimed: no
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): U-unknown

No candidates on file for this race yet. (races.csv lists 0 registrant(s) as of 2026-08-03; candidates.csv has no matching rows — check the clerk link above directly, this dataset may simply not have caught up.)

Source: races.csv ON-BD-ycdsb-trustee-markham-w01-w02-w03-w06, source https://www.markham.ca/elections/candidates-and-third-party-advertisers/whos-running, as_of 2026-08-03.

Trustee — YRDSB — Markham Wards 2 and 6

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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 32.15% · margin 18.8 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
Joyce Chen	undated	https://joycechen.ca	joycechen.chl@gmail.com; 647-821-5233; (647) 821-5233

Source: races.csv ON-BD-yrdsb-trustee-markham-w02-w06, source https://www.markham.ca/elections/candidates-and-third-party-advertisers/whos-running, as_of 2026-08-03.

Trustee — YRDSB — Markham Wards 3 and 4

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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)
2022 baseline: turnout 32.15% · margin 2.6 pts · acclaimed: no
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
Ed Law	undated	https://www.trusteelaw.ca/	(416) 717-2351
Frances Yau	undated	none on file	contact@votemichaelchen.ca

Source: races.csv ON-BD-yrdsb-trustee-markham-w03-w04, source https://www.markham.ca/elections/candidates-and-third-party-advertisers/whos-running, as_of 2026-08-03.

Trustee — YCDSB — Markham Wards 4, 5, 7 and 8

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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 32.15% · margin 35.7 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
Yan Zhou	undated	https://yanzhoueducation.ca	yanz1982@gmail.com; 416-999-9889

Source: races.csv ON-BD-ycdsb-trustee-markham-w04-w05-w07-w08, source https://www.markham.ca/elections/candidates-and-third-party-advertisers/whos-running, as_of 2026-08-03.

Trustee — YRDSB — Markham Wards 5 and 7

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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 32.15% · margin 2.0 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
Michael Chen	undated	https://www.votemichaelchen.ca	contact@votemichaelchen.ca

Source: races.csv ON-BD-yrdsb-trustee-markham-w05-w07, source https://www.markham.ca/elections/candidates-and-third-party-advertisers/whos-running, as_of 2026-08-03.

Regional_councillor — Citywide (York Region)

ON-markham-regional-councillor-at-large

Seats: 4
Incumbent: Michael Chan (Deputy Mayor); Jim Jones; Joe Li; Alan Ho — running in 2026: unknown
Open seat: unknown
Filed candidates on file below: 6 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 6)
2022 baseline: turnout 32.1% · margin 0.7 pts · acclaimed: no
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): U-unknown

Filed candidates (6, alphabetical by surname; identical fields for everyone):

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Kristian Chan	undated	none on file	none on file
Paul Chiang	undated	https://paulchiang.ca	paul@paulchiang.ca
Alan Ho	undated	https://www.re-elect-alanho.ca	alan@re-elect-alanho.ca; 289-577-3303
Jim Jones	undated	https://www.jimjones.ca/home/	jjonesmlive@gmail.com; 416-725-5930
Joe Li	undated	https://www.joeli.ca	joeli@joeli.ca; 416-200-9792; (416) 200-9792
Joe Tay	undated	https://www.joetay.ca	joe@joetay.ca; 647-888-1810; (647) 888-1810

Source: races.csv ON-markham-regional-councillor-at-large, source https://www.markham.ca/elections/candidates-and-third-party-advertisers/whos-running, 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.