Windsor's school trustees: the official results

Windsor's school trustee results are now official, certified by the City Clerk. Public board: Chittle, Gervais, Nelson, Lockhart, Cooke and Simko Hatfield. Catholic board: all five Windsor trustees return. Four French-language seats were acclaimed.

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Windsor voters chose school trustees for the public and Catholic boards on Oct. 26. These are the official results, as certified by the City Clerk on Oct. 28. Four French-language seats were acclaimed. All vote counts below come from the City Clerk's Certificate of Election Results.

Greater Essex County District School Board (public, English)

Wards 1, 2, 9 (2 seats): Tina Chittle (5,202 votes) and Todd Gervais (4,266) were elected. Also ran: Sandra Kirma 2,498, Malini Ondrovcik 1,667, Affan Shahid 1,517 and Fazle Baki 1,299.

Wards 3, 4, 10 (2 seats): Christie Nelson (5,113) and Daniel Lockhart (3,545) were elected. Also ran: Beth St Denis 3,372, Malek Mekawi 2,001, Malak Bakhash 1,929 and Mohamad Alawie 1,792.

Wards 5, 6, 7, 8 (2 seats): Cathy Cooke (8,926) and Gale Simko Hatfield (4,806) were elected. Also ran: Salena Hamilton 2,821, Michael Serdan 2,231, Luca Lazarus 1,998 and May Lyman 1,596.

Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board (English Catholic)

Wards 1 and 10: Fulvio Valentinis was acclaimed.

Wards 2 and 9: Joe Iacono was elected with 2,108 votes. Salam Esho had 628.

Wards 3 and 4: Bernard Mastromattei was elected with 1,107 votes. Juliet Bushi had 822.

Wards 5 and 8: Jason Lazarus was elected with 1,588 votes. Igor Dzaic had 416 and Loona Al-Nodro 314.

Wards 6 and 7: Kim Bouchard was elected with 3,459 votes. Ron Dunn had 1,415.

French-language boards

Conseil scolaire Viamonde: Emmanuelle Richez was acclaimed.

Conseil scolaire catholique Providence, Ward 1, Tecumseh Wards 4 and 5, and LaSalle: Jacques Kenny was acclaimed.

Providence, Wards 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10: Christine Brooks was acclaimed.

Providence, Wards 6, 7, 8 and 9: Émilie Dunnigan was elected with 455 votes. Janine Brydges had 324 and Nadine Lubamba Mungu Kiezila 177.

Returning and new trustees

Public board: Cathy Cooke, Gale Simko Hatfield and Christie Nelson return. Tina Chittle, Todd Gervais and Daniel Lockhart are new. In Wards 1, 2, 9, neither trustee from the outgoing term ran: Linda Qin ran for council and Kim McKinley did not run again. In Wards 3, 4, 10, appointed trustee Malek Mekawi was not re-elected.

Catholic board: all five Windsor trustees return: Fulvio Valentinis, Joe Iacono, Bernard Mastromattei, Jason Lazarus and Kim Bouchard.

Providence: Jacques Kenny and Christine Brooks return. In Wards 6 to 9, Émilie Dunnigan defeated sitting trustee Janine Brydges.

What's next

Trustees start their four-year term on Nov. 15, the same day as council.

The public board's inaugural meeting is Tuesday, Nov. 17, according to the board.

The Catholic board's 2026-27 schedule lists its organizational meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m.