Waterloo Region District School Board (English Public) - Cambridge/North Dumfries

Results

• (Winner) Cindy Watson: 10247 votes.
• (Winner) Bill Cody: 8222 votes.
• (Winner) Carla Johnson: 7564 votes.
• Linda Brooks: 7310 votes.
• Jayne Herring: 6466 votes.
• Courtney Waterfall: 4601 votes.
• Mandi Bond: 2832 votes.
• Luxon Burgess: 2347 votes.

Candidates

(Elect 3; vote for up to 3)

• Mandi Bond: Website, electmandibond@gmail.com, Facebook, Twitter
• Linda Brooks: Website, linda.brooks221@gmail.com, Facebook, LinkedIn
• Luxon Burgess: Website, lux4cambridge@gmail.com, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
• Bill Cody: Website, billcodycambridge@gmail.com, Facebook
• Jayne Herring: Website, electjayneherring@gmail.com, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
• Carla Johnson: Website, 519-623-3769, carla@carlajohnson.ca, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn
• Courtney Waterfall: 519-841-2574, courtneywaterfall@hotmail.com, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
• Cindy Watson: 519-654-8478, watsoncindy@hotmail.com, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram

Questionnaires, Surveys, and Endorsement Lists

• In their words: Candidates for Waterloo region public school board trustees give top reasons for running, CBC, October 23, 2022.
• GroundUpWR endorsement summary, GroundUpWR, October 14, 2022.
• Black Parent Council KW Endorsements, Black Parent Council KW, October 8, 2022.

• Vote Against Woke Endorsements (WRDSB), Vote Against Woke, October 4, 2022.
• Campaign for Life Coalition Endorsements, Campaign for Life Coalition, October 1, 2022.
• Results of 2SLGBTQIA+ Questionnaire for Waterloo Region Municipal Candidates, SPECTRUM and OK2BME, September 26, 2022.
• Know Your WRDSB Trustees website/candidate classification, Know your Waterloo Region school board trustees, September 23, 2022.
• Here are just a few of the candidates that we support., ReallocateWR, September 22, 2022.
• Cambridge/North Dumfries Endorsements, Know your Waterloo Region school board trustees, September 12, 2022.
• Waterloo Region Endorsements, Waterloo Regional Labour Council, September 6, 2022.

News Items

• ‘The culture wars will continue in the years to come’ at Waterloo Region’s public board, Waterloo Region Record, October 27, 2022.
• Fresh faces ready to join Waterloo Region District School Board, Cambridge Today, October 25, 2022.
• Voters elect six new faces to WRDSB trustee positions, CTV Kitchener, October 25, 2022.

• Public school board election results are in, and current chair is ready for productive ‘disagreements’, Waterloo Region Record, October 24, 2022.
• Waterloo Region District School Board chair Scott Piatkowski among re-elected trustees, CBC, October 24, 2022.
• Longtime school board trustee resigns ahead of election, calls out political division on Waterloo Region board, Waterloo Region Record, October 20, 2022.
• Local campaigns under investigation for violating Elections Act, Cambridge Today, October 20, 2022.
• 'The latest battleground in culture wars': School board trustee vote taking a political tone, CTV Kitchener, October 19, 2022.
• Website grouping school board trustee beliefs by political stances under investigation, Waterloo Region Record, October 17, 2022.
• Politics front and centre in contentious school board election, Cambridge Today, October 17, 2022.
• ‘The Waterloo public board is really at the centre of the current culture war in Canadian education systems’, Waterloo Region Record, October 15, 2022.
• Do your homework on who's running for school board trustees, say researchers and candidates, CBC, October 15, 2022.
• Complaint suggests website seeking to sway local trustee race, CityNews, October 14, 2022.
• Why a Waterloo, Ont., school board has emerged as a battleground for ideological politics, The Globe and Mail, October 14, 2022.
• MEET THE CANDIDATES: Jayne Herring, WRDSB trustee, Cambridge Today, October 13, 2022.
• MEET THE CANDIDATES: Carla Johnson, WRDSB trustee, Cambridge Today, October 13, 2022.
• MEET THE CANDIDATES: Linda Brooks, WRDSB trustee, Cambridge Today, October 13, 2022.
• MEET THE CANDIDATES: Bill Cody, WRDSB trustee, Cambridge Today, October 13, 2022.
• MEET THE CANDIDATES: Luxon Burgess, WRDSB trustee, Cambridge Today, October 13, 2022.
• MEET THE CANDIDATES: Courtney Waterfall, WRDSB trustee, Cambridge Today, October 13, 2022.
• WRDSB 'weaponizing' code of conduct to quiet criticism: Trustee, CTV Kitchener, October 4, 2022.
• 2SLGBTQ+ month a time for celebration and action in Cambridge, Cambridge Today, October 3, 2022.
• CAMBRIDGE VOTES: Courtney Waterfall, Waterloo Region District School Board candidate, Cambridge Times, September 23, 2022.
• CAMBRIDGE VOTES: Linda Brooks, Waterloo Region District School Board candidate, Cambridge Times, September 23, 2022.
• CAMBRIDGE VOTES: Mandi Bond, Waterloo Region District School Board candidate, Cambridge Times, September 23, 2022.
• CAMBRIDGE VOTES: Bill Cody, Waterloo Region District School Board candidate, Cambridge Times, September 23, 2022.
• CAMBRIDGE VOTES: Lux Burgess, Waterloo Region District School Board candidate, Cambridge Times, September 23, 2022.
• CAMBRIDGE VOTES: Carla Johnson, Waterloo Region District School Board candidate, Cambridge Times, September 23, 2022.
• CAMBRIDGE VOTES: Jayne Herring, Waterloo Region District School Board candidate, Cambridge Times, September 23, 2022.
• CAMBRIDGE VOTES: Cindy Watson, Waterloo Region District School Board candidate, Cambridge Times, September 23, 2022.
• Cambridge trustee proposes free public transit for students, Cambridge Today, September 21, 2022.

Opinion Pieces and Blog Posts

• WRDSB, Reddit, October 25, 2022.
• WRDSB candidates, Reddit, October 24, 2022.
• The far-right is trying to stack school boards. Vote for schools that are safe for all kids (/r/kitchener), Reddit, October 13, 2022.

• The far-right is trying to stack school boards. Vote for schools that are safe for all kids (/r/waterloo), Reddit, October 13, 2022.
• WRDS Trustees summary - those that support "parental values" are in green (ie, banning LGBT books, fighting against imaginary CRT in elementary school); those that support acknowledging LGBT people exist in yellow. Please vote, Reddit, October 11, 2022.
• If you're voting in the election, you should know why many School Board candidates are campaigning about "age-appropriate" content in schools (and what they mean by that), Reddit, September 16, 2022.
• Cambridge Candidates, Citified, September 16, 2022.