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2026 London, Ontario, municipal election

Municipal elections are scheduled to be held on October 26, 2026, to elect the mayor and 14 city councillors in London, Ontario, Canada. In addition, school trustees will be elected to the Thames Valley District School Board, London District Catholic School Board, and Conseil scolaire catholique Providence. The election will be held in conjunction with those held in other municipalities in the province of Ontario.

In this election, many ward boundaries were adjusted, especially wards 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12 and 14. Nominations open on May 1 and end on August 21. The new London City Council will be sworn in on November 15.

Mayoral election

Incumbent mayor Josh Morgan, elected in 2022, announced in October 2025 that he would seek re-election to a second term. He is the first London mayor to seek re-election since Anne Marie DeCicco-Best in 2010, and if successful, he will be the first mayor to be re-elected since DeCicco-Best in 2006.

City council elections

Ward 1

Incumbent councillor Hadleigh McAlister, elected in 2022, will seek re-election.

Ward 2

Incumbent councillor and deputy mayor Shawn Lewis, elected in 2018, will seek re-election.

Ward 3

Incumbent councillor Peter Cuddy, elected in 2022, will seek re-election.

Ward 4

Incumbent councillor Susan Stevenson, elected in 2022, will seek re-election in a different ward.

Ward 5

Incumbent councillor Jerry Pribil, elected in 2022, will not seek re-election.

Candidates
  • Corrine Rahman, councillor for ward 7 since 2022

Ward 6

Incumbent councillor Sam Trosow, elected in 2022, will seek re-election.

Ward 7

Incumbent councillor Corrine Rahman, elected in 2022, will seek re-election in ward 5.

Ward 8

Incumbent councillor Steve Lehman, elected in 2018, will seek re-election.

Ward 9

Incumbent councillor Anna Hopkins, elected in 2014, has not yet said if she will seek re-election.

Ward 10

Incumbent councillor Paul Van Meerbergen, elected in 2018, will seek re-election.

Ward 11

Incumbent councillor Skylar Franke, elected in 2022, will seek re-election.

Ward 12

Incumbent councillor Elizabeth Peloza, elected in 2018, will seek re-election.

Ward 13

Incumbent councillor David Ferreira, elected in 2022, will seek re-election.

Ward 14

Incumbent councillor Steven Hillier, elected in 2018, will not seek re-election.

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