Local candidates running in federal election in Waterloo Region, Guelph

Voters in Waterloo Region and across the country could be going to the polls federally sooner than expected.

Sources say that Prime Minister Mark Carney could call for parliament to be dissolved as early as Sunday.

Several incumbent members of parliament across the region will be looking for votes if an election is called. In Guelph, voters will be looking for a new MP as Liberal incumbent Lloyd Longfield announced two years ago he would not seek re-election.

The riding of Wellington-Halton Hills has also been broken up into two ridings at the federal level, following an electoral redistribution in 2022. Now called the ridings of Wellington-Halton Hills North and Milton East-Halton Hills South. Michael Chong, the incumbent MP for the riding, will run in Wellington-Halton Hills North.

Here is a list of (very) early candidates running in each riding across the region:

Kitchener Conestoga

• Tim Louis, Federal Liberal Party (Incumbent)
• Maya Bozorgzad, NDP
• Doug Treleaven, Federal Conservative Party
• Kevin Dupuis, People’s Party of Canada (PPC)

Kitchener Centre

• Mike Morrice, Green Party (Incumbent)
• Brian Adeba, Federal Liberal Party
• Kelly Deridder, Federal Conservative Party
• Wasai Rahimi, People’s Party of Canada (PPC)

Kitchener South-Hespeler

• Valerie Bradford, Federal Liberal Party (Incumbent)
• Matt Strauss, Federal Conservative Party
• Randy Williams, People’s Party of Canada (PPC)

Waterloo

• Bardish Chaggar, Federal Liberal Party (Incumbent)
• Simon Guthrie, Green Party
• Douglas Ross, People’s Party of Canada (PPC)

Cambridge

• Brian May, Federal Liberal Party (Incumbent)
• Connie Cody, Federal Conservative Party
• Jose De Lima, NDP
• Luxon Burgess, Green Party

Guelph

• Dominique O’Rourke, Federal Liberal Party
• Gurvir Khaira, Federal Conservative Party
• Janice Folk-Dawson, NDP
• Jeffrey Swackhammer, People’s Party of Canada (PPC)
• Anne-Marie Zajdlik, Green Party

Wellington-Halton Hills North (New Riding)

• Michael Chong, Federal Conservative Party (Incumbent)

Milton East-Halton Hills South (New Riding)

• Parm Gill, Conservative Party
• Walter Hofman, People’s Party of Canada (PPC)