2022 Municipal Election News

Mayor-elect Martin Ritsma sat down with StratfordToday at his farm to discuss the campaign, election night, and the road ahead

Stratford has a new mayor and six new city councillors. Geza Wordofa, born in Ethiopia and Harj Nijjar, who came to Stratford from India at the age of two, add diversity to the mix at Stratford city council

Martin Ritsma won the mayoral race with 4,350 votes on Monday night. He will lead the new council -- with six new faces -- into the next term

Some new faces will join some familiar ones at Stratford city council

In response to a closed door meeting investigation that found confusion among city council and city staff in respect to exceptions to open meeting rules, the City of Stratford's clerk told StratfordToday that the city continues to review the process for holding in-camera meetings and will make improvements to increase transparency

In his review, a closed-meeting investigator indicated confusion amongst both city council and city staff with respect to the exceptions to the open meeting rules

Stratford Police Service report a dozen instances of municipal election sign mischief. Local city council candidates are disappointed as they have spent money and invested their time getting the signs out in the city to raise awareness about their campaigns

Voting in the city of Stratford for the 2022 municipal election is underway, as of 10 a.m. this morning (Friday). We have written candidate profiles and roundtable discussion video productions to help educate about the candidates

Pascal D'Astous is running for a spot on Stratford city council. He is pledging to commit to communication, educatio and the community, if elected

An architect that has worked on many large-scale projects, Daniel Nedecki believes his skills are useful for the city and hopes to bring those skills, if elected to city council