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: