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Richmond Hill Votes 2026
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Richmond Hill votes on Monday 26 October.

See who is running for your council seat, what they say, and how the current council voted.

Find your wardAll races

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Key dates

Election day is .

Online voting

Opens
10:00
Closes
20:00

In-person voting

Advance voting
10:00 to 18:00
Election day
10:00 to 20:00

Official voting information from the City (opens in a new tab) · How to vote

Find your ward

Richmond Hill has six wards. Choose your ward on the map or from the list.

Richmond Hill ward map with major streetsSix wards drawn over the main streets. Ward 1 is the north. Wards 4, 2 and 3 run west to east across the middle, split by Yonge Street and Bayview Avenue. Wards 5 and 6 are in the south, either side of Yonge. Each ward is a link.
Reference: City of Richmond Hill ward and vote-centre map (PDF) (opens in a new tab)Streets © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Choose a ward to see who is running there.

Where the wards are

  • Ward 1North, around Oak Ridges and Lake Wilcox: Bathurst to Hwy 404, from Jefferson Sideroad and Stouffville Road up to Bloomington Road.
  • Ward 2Centre: Yonge to Bayview, from Major Mackenzie up to Stouffville Road.
  • Ward 3East: Bayview to Hwy 404, from 16th Avenue up to Stouffville Road.
  • Ward 4West: Bathurst to Yonge, from Major Mackenzie up to Jefferson Sideroad.
  • Ward 5South-west: Bathurst to Yonge, Hwy 7 to Major Mackenzie, plus Yonge to Bayview between Weldrick Road and Major Mackenzie.
  • Ward 6South-east: Yonge to Hwy 404 north of Hwy 7, up to Weldrick Road west of Bayview and 16th Avenue east of it.

Roughly. Streets on a boundary can split; the City's map decides.

Races

City Council

  • Mayor

    3 candidates1 seat

    David West, current mayor

    Candidates: David West, Domenic Bardari, Holo Devnani.

  • Regional and Local Councillor

    3 candidates2 seats

    Godwin Chan and Joe DiPaola, current regional councillors

    Candidates: Godwin Chan, Joe DiPaola, Marco Coletta.

  • Ward 1 Councillor

    4 candidates1 seat

    Carol Davidson, current councillor

    Candidates: Carol Davidson, Catherine Dell'Erba, Raymond Dodaro, Giovanni Nardone.

  • Ward 2 Councillor

    5 candidates1 seat

    Scott Thompson, current councillor

    Candidates: Scott Thompson, Muhammad Kermalli, Hamidreza Kheirkhah Ghehi, Sigmund Lee, Tom Muench.

  • Ward 3 Councillor

    2 candidates1 seat

    Castro Liu, current councillor

    Candidates: Castro Liu, Juni Yeung.

  • Ward 4 Councillor

    5 candidates1 seat

    Simon Cui, current councillor

    Candidates: Simon Cui, Ahmad Amanullah, Sharon Chisholm, Rose Weinberg, Danny Yoon.

  • Ward 5 Councillor

    8 candidates1 seat

    Karen Cilevitz, current councillor

    Candidates: Karen Cilevitz, Ray Behroozian, Yuliya Benedziktavich, Alex Jafari, Ali Mahboub-Shadkhou, Vera Murano, Marty Paulin, Richard Rupp.

  • Ward 6 Councillor

    3 candidates1 seat

    Michael Shiu, current councillor

    Candidates: Michael Shiu, Hasti Anasory, Andrew Mendonca.

School boards

School-board races depend on your school support designation, not your ward. Check with the board before you vote.

How this guide works

We list every candidate on the City's official list with the same information for each: the current office holder first, then everyone else by surname.

What a candidate says comes from their own campaign site. How a councillor voted comes from the City's minutes, and each one links to the page.

Where we have not finished looking, we say so.

How we built this

Candidate list checked 24 August 2026. Content last reviewed 6 October 2026.