Local candidates in the Ontario election across Waterloo Region, Guelph

It is week three of the snap provincial election, and the whirlwind campaign has many candidates vying for the vote in Waterloo Region.

With topics like housing, the economy, health care and poverty top of mind for many people, MPP hopefuls are focused on getting their message out before voters head to the polls on Feb. 27. It is the first time the province is seeing a winter election in more than a century.

With a number of seats up for grabs, all four main party leaders have already made stops in the region.

Here are the candidates running in the area:

Kitchener—Conestoga

• Mike Harris Jr. – Incumbent (PC)
• Joe Gowing – Liberal
• Jodi Szimanski – NDP
• Brayden Wagenaar – Green 
• Jim Karahalios – New Blue Party

Kitchener Centre

• Aislinn Clancy – Incumbent (Green)
• Rob Elliott – PC
• Brooklin Walls – NDP
• Colleen James – Liberals
• Paul Simoes – New Blue Party

Kitchener South—Hespeler

• Jess Dixon – Incumbent (PC)
• Jeff Donkersgoed – NDP
• Ismail Mohamed – Liberals

Waterloo

• Catherine Fife – Incumbent (NDP)
• Clayton Moore – Liberals
• Peter Turkington – PC
• Shefaza Esmail – Green
• Suja Biber – New Blue Party

Cambridge

• Brian Riddell – Incumbent (PC)
• Rob Deutschmann – Liberals
• Marjorie Knight – NDP
• Carla Johnson – Green
• Belinda Karahalios – New Blue Party

Guelph

• Mike Schreiner – Incumbent (Green)
• Cameron Spence – NDP
• Mustafa Zuberi – Liberal
• Robert Coole – PC

Wellington—Halton Hills

• Alex Hilson – Liberals
• Stephen Kitras – New Blue Party
• Ron Patava – Consensus Ontario Party
• Joseph Racinsky – PC
• Bronwynne Wilton – Green
• Former Incumbent (Ted Arnott) not running