School board
Trustee
- French: Conseillère ou conseiller scolaire
Waterloo Region District School Board · Waterloo Region District School Board area
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- Elected at the regular municipal and school board election (next on 26 October 2026; the new term starts 15 November 2026) by the board's electors in each of its geographic areas: 11 trustees for 2026-2030 (O. Reg. 412/00 s. 2.1: the lesser of 12 and the 2022 number). Student trustees and First Nation trustees appointed under s. 188 also sit on the board and are not counted here.
- Seats
- 11
Who holds these seats now
Bill Cody
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Carla Johnson
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checked (+1 more)- Cindy Watson Report Source: wrdsb.ca, checked (+1 more)
- Joanne Weston Report Source: wrdsb.ca, checked (+1 more)
Joe Meissner
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checked (+1 more)- Kathleen Woodcock Report Source: wrdsb.ca, checked (+1 more)
Maedith Radlein
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Meena Waseem
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Mike Ramsay
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Samantha Estoesta
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Scott Piatkowski
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Next vote
Sources
- wrdsb.ca · checked WRDSB Trustees page lists 11 trustees by municipality group (checked 2026-10-11) For: Trustee
- ontario.ca · checked Education Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.2 (consolidated from 2026-09-22): s. 58.1(10)-(11) a district school board has 5 to 12 members, not counting First Nation trustees under s. 188, student trustees or the director of education; ss. 58.7-58.9 elections; ss. 230.3 and 230.15(2) Minister's vesting order and appointment of a person to exercise the board's powers For: Trustee, Trustee in French
- ontario.ca · checked O. Reg. 412/00, Elections to and Representation on District School Boards (consolidated from 2026-04-13, last amended by O. Reg. 100/26): s. 2.1 number of members for a regular election is the lesser of 12 and the 2022 number; ss. 4-9 distribution of members to geographic areas by 31 March of the election year For: Trustee
- wrdsb.ca · checked Listed as trustee (Cambridge / North Dumfries) on the board's website, checked 2026-10-11 For: Bill Cody, current term, Carla Johnson, current term, Cindy Watson, current term
- ontario.ca · checked Municipal Elections Act, 1996 (consolidated from 2026-05-07): s. 4 regular elections on the fourth Monday of October every four years (26 October 2026); s. 6 four-year term beginning 15 November; district school boards elected the same way as councils (Education Act s. 58.7) For: Bill Cody, current term, Carla Johnson, current term, Cindy Watson, current term, Joanne Weston, current term, Joe Meissner, current term and 7 more
- wrdsb.ca · checked Listed as trustee (Kitchener) on the board's website, checked 2026-10-11 For: Joanne Weston, current term, Maedith Radlein, current term, Meena Waseem, current term, Mike Ramsay, current term
- wrdsb.ca · checked Listed as trustee (Woolwich / Wellesley) on the board's website, checked 2026-10-11 For: Joe Meissner, current term
- wrdsb.ca · checked Listed as trustee (Waterloo / Wilmot) on the board's website, checked 2026-10-11 For: Kathleen Woodcock, current term, Samantha Estoesta, current term, Scott Piatkowski, current term
- ovs.voterview.ca · checked contest.seats_up = 3 from the clerk's certified candidate list ("3 to elect"), migration 032 backfill For: General election, October 26, 2026
- ontario.ca · checked Municipal Elections Act, 1996: s. 4 (voting day 26 October 2026), s. 31 (nomination day, third Friday in August), s. 37(1) (acclamation at 4 p.m. on the Monday after nomination day), s. 6 (term from 15 November) For: General election, October 26, 2026
- ovs.voterview.ca · checked Certified candidates for the 2026 regular election published by the municipal clerk through VoterView (Dominion Voting), ballot heading 'Waterloo Region District School Board Trustee (Vote for no more than 3)', retrieved 2026-10-11; names converted from capitals to mixed case; number to elect from the ballot heading For: General election, October 26, 2026