Who’s running for mayor and council in Carleton Place’s 2026 municipal election? Here’s what you need to know
Municipal elections will be held on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, in communities across Ontario, including Carleton Place.
At the Friday, Aug. 21, 2 p.m. nomination deadline, 13 candidates had put their names forward for mayor, deputy mayor and council.
The positions of mayor and deputy mayor are both acclaimed.
Incumbent Toby Randell was the only candidate to file for mayor and has been acclaimed. Andrew Roy Tennant, the sole candidate for deputy mayor, has also been acclaimed.
Another 11 candidates are competing for five councillor positions. Carleton Place elects its councillors at large, meaning voters across the town choose from the same list of council candidates.
Each councillor candidate will be posed the same five questions, and their answers will be linked here as we receive them.
When available, candidates’ contact details and links to campaign websites and social media pages have also been included.
Carleton Place mayoral candidates
Edward Patrick ‘Toby’ Randell – Email: tobyrandell88@gmail.com; Facebook;
Carleton Place deputy mayoral candidates
Andrew Roy Tennant – Email: andrewtennantcp@gmail.com;
Carleton Place council candidates
Jeff Atkinson – Lanarkist profile: Five questions with Jeff Atkinson, candidate for Carleton Place council in the 2026 municipal election; Website: https://www.jeffatkinson.ca/; Email: Jeff@jeffatkinson.ca; Facebook
Sarah Cavanagh – Lanarkist profile: Five questions with Sarah Cavanagh, candidate for Carleton Place council in the 2026 municipal election; Email: arizaconsulting1@gmail.com; Facebook
Dena Comley – Lanarkist profile: Five questions with Dena Comley, candidate for Carleton Place council in the 2026 municipal election Email: denacomley@gmail.com; Facebook
Bryant Cougle – brylinhomes@gmail.com. Lanarkist will post Cougle’s answers to the five questions when we receive them.
Ian Dorward – Lanarkist profile: Five questions with Ian Doward, candidate for Carleton Place council in the 2026 municipal election Email: ian.dorward@rogers.com; Facebook
Kory Earle – Lanarkist profile: Five questions with Kory Earle, candidate for Carleton Place council in the 2026 municipal election; Email: koryearle@hotmail.com; Facebook
Paul Frangione – Lanarkist profile: Five questions with Paul Frangione, candidate for Carleton Place council in the 2026 municipal election; Email: CPpaulfrangione@gmail.com
Lori Goulding – Lanarkist profile: Five questions with Lori Goulding, candidate for Carleton Place council in the 2026 municipal election; Email: Lmarie_32@hotmail.com.
Mark Hinton – Lanarkist profile: Five questions with Mark Hinton, candidate for Carleton Place council in the 2026 municipal election; Email: markhinton@360plusmedia.ca; Facebook
Shane O’Neill – Lanarkist profile: Five questions with Shane O’Neill, candidate for Carleton Place council in the 2026 municipal election; Website: www.shane.vote,
Linda Seccaspina – Lanarkist profile: Five questions with Linda Seccaspina, candidate for Carleton Place council in the 2026 municipal election; Email: sav_77@yahoo.com; Facebook