Tay, Township of

Provisional — data as of 2026-08-01; 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-tay

Municipality facts

Tier: lower
Upper tier: Simcoe, County of
Population (2021 Census): 11091

Official links

Clerk's election page: https://www.tay.ca/municipal-government/elections/
Candidate list: https://www.tay.ca/media/13tboidg/unofficial-candidate-listing-municipal-and-school-board-elections2026.pdf
2022 results: none on file
Coverage status (this dataset's own honesty flag): census, as of 2026-08-01

Races on file (5)

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

ON-tay-mayor

Seats: 1
Incumbent: Ted Walker — 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 not on file% · 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
Ted Walker	2026-05-04	none on file	705-333-1122; tedderwoods@gmail.com

Source: races.csv ON-tay-mayor, source https://www.tay.ca/media/13tboidg/unofficial-candidate-listing-municipal-and-school-board-elections2026.pdf, as_of 2026-08-03.

Councillor — At-large

ON-tay-council-at-large

Seats: 5
Incumbent: Paul Raymond, Judy Larmand, Sylvia Bumstead, Gerard LaChapelle — running in 2026: yes
Open seat: unknown
Filed candidates on file below: 8 (races.csv's own registrant count as of 2026-08-03: 8)
2022 baseline: turnout not on file% · margin not on file pts · acclaimed: yes
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): U-unknown

Filed candidates (8, alphabetical by surname; identical fields for everyone):

Name	Registered	Website	Public contact
Brian Blanks	2026-06-08	none on file	705-528-1682; blanksie4tay.ca@outlook.com
Sylvia Bumstead	2026-06-19	none on file	705-534-7024; sylviab@xplore.net
Tom Gostick	2026-06-03	none on file	705-816-1563; tom@gostick.ca
Gerard LaChapelle	2026-06-30	none on file	705-534-0712; lachapelle_g@yahoo.ca
Jason Lamont	2026-05-06	none on file	705-309-1398; lamontjj@gmail.com
Judy Larmand	2026-05-06	none on file	705-627-8895; jlarmand@rogers.com
Paul Raymond	2026-05-04	none on file	705-543-9858; paulrayfortay@gmail.com
Bernie Uhlich	2026-07-23	none on file	416-417-8242; bernie@uhlichassociates.com

Source: races.csv ON-tay-council-at-large, source https://www.tay.ca/media/13tboidg/unofficial-candidate-listing-municipal-and-school-board-elections2026.pdf, as_of 2026-08-03.

Trustee — SCDSB — Midland, Penetanguishene, Tay, Tiny

ON-BD-scdsb-trustee-tay

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 7.15% · margin not on file pts · acclaimed: n/a
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-scdsb-trustee-tay, source https://www.tay.ca/media/13tboidg/unofficial-candidate-listing-municipal-and-school-board-elections2026.pdf, as_of 2026-08-03.

Trustee — SMCDSB — Midland, Penetanguishene, Tay, Tiny

ON-BD-smcdsb-trustee-tay

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 7.15% · margin not on file pts · acclaimed: n/a
Competitiveness tier (provisional, this dataset's own label): U-unknown

Source: races.csv ON-BD-smcdsb-trustee-tay, source https://www.tay.ca/media/13tboidg/unofficial-candidate-listing-municipal-and-school-board-elections2026.pdf, as_of 2026-08-03.

Deputy_mayor — at-large

ON-tay-deputy-mayor

Seats: 1
Incumbent: Barry Norris — 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 not on file% · 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
Barry Norris	2026-05-01	none on file	705-538-1560; barryjohnnorris@gmail.com

Source: races.csv ON-tay-deputy-mayor, source https://www.tay.ca/media/13tboidg/unofficial-candidate-listing-municipal-and-school-board-elections2026.pdf, 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.