Waterloo Region District School Board (English Public) - Waterloo/Wilmot

Results

• (Winner) Scott Piatkowski: 10030 votes.
• (Winner) Kathleen Woodcock: 9405 votes.
• (Winner) Marie Snyder: 8109 votes.
• Wendy Woodhall: 7104 votes.
• Cristina Bairos-Fernandes: 6188 votes.
• George Schmidt: 5330 votes.
• Martin Mirt: 4556 votes.
• Alisa McClurg: 1811 votes.
• Madan Dheer: 1141 votes.
• Franklin Ramsoomair: 1137 votes.

Candidates

(Elect 3; vote for up to 3)

• Cristina Bairos-Fernandes: Website, 519-571-4942, cristina.bf@pm.me, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
• Madan Dheer: 519-498-1311, mdheer4trustee@outlook.com
• Alisa McClurg: Website, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
• Martin Mirt: Website, 519-404-9185, martinmirt2022@gmail.com, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
• Scott Piatkowski: Website, 519-577-2554, scott@scottpiatkowski.ca, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn
• Franklin Ramsoomair: 519-500-3198, jayfr99@gmail.com, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
• George Schmidt: Website, 519-574-9903, george@georgeschmidt.ca, LinkedIn
• Marie Snyder: Website, 519-578-7981, marie4trustee@gmail.com, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
• Kathleen Woodcock: Website, 226-929-3101, kathleenwoodcock2022@gmail.com, Facebook, Twitter
• Wendy Woodhall: Website, 519-747-8191, denhalled@gmail.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.
• Waterloo Endorsements, Know your Waterloo Region school board trustees, September 13, 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.
• 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.
• WATERLOO REGION VOTES: Madan Dheer, Waterloo Region District School Board trustee candidate, New Hamburg Independent, September 23, 2022.
• WATERLOO REGION VOTES: Scott Piatkowski, Waterloo Region District School Board candidate, Waterloo Chronicle, September 23, 2022.
• WATERLOO REGION VOTES: Marie Snyder, Waterloo Region District School Board trustee candidate, New Hamburg Independent, September 23, 2022.
• WATERLOO REGION VOTES: Cristina Bairos Fernandes, Waterloo Region District School Board trustee candidate, New Hamburg Independent, September 23, 2022.
• WATERLOO REGION VOTES: Kathleen Woodcock, Waterloo Region District School Board trustee candidate, New Hamburg Independent, September 23, 2022.
• WATERLOO REGION VOTES: Martin Mirt, Waterloo Region District School Board trustee candidate, New Hamburg Independent, September 23, 2022.
• WATERLOO REGION VOTES: Waterloo Region District School Board trustee candidate, Wendy Woodhall, Waterloo Chronicle, September 23, 2022.
• WATERLOO REGION VOTES: George Schmidt, Waterloo Region District School Board trustee candidate, Waterloo Chronicle, September 23, 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.
• Waterloo Candidates, Citified, September 29, 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.