Burlington for Accessible Sustainable Transit
Burlington for Accessible Sustainable Transit

Candidates respond to BFAST transit survey

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Latest update: October 13, 2026, 7:30 PM

BFAST has sent a survey on transit issues to all Mayoral and Council candidates in the upcoming Burlington civic election.

Below are links to the responses we have received to date. This page will be updated regularly, so if you don’t see the candidates from your ward, please check back before you vote. If you want to send your candidate a friendly reminder to complete the survey, you can download a copy as a text file here. For information on how to contact your candidates, polling locations, eligibility and other details, please visit the city’s election website at myvote.burlington.ca.

Voting dates

Above all, we encourage all transit riders and supporters to vote in this election. There are four ways you can vote:

• Online, using internet voting, from Oct. 14 at 10 a.m. to Oct. 23 at 8 p.m.
• In person at advance polls, on Oct. 17 (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Oct. 20 (10 a.m. to 8 p.m.)
• In person on Voting Day, Oct. 26 (10 a.m. to 8 p.m.)
• By proxy – visit myvote.burlington.ca for details

The responses

Below is a list of links to the responses we have received to date. Please check back if you don’t see your candidate, as this page will be updated regularly.

Mayor

Lisa Kearns
Marianne Meed Ward
Rory Nisan
Yugalkeesor Ramdhonee

Ward 1

Kelvin Galbraith
Cheryl Hurst

Ward 2

Masha Brar
Gary Carr

Ward 3

Tony Brecknock
Mark Carr
Kyle Hutton
Katy Moore

Ward 4

Chris Carter
Olivia Duke

Ward 5

Kristy Dickinson
Brian Machan
Paul Sharman

Ward 6

Angelo Bentivegna
Bianca Bielski
Chris Bouchard
Frank Domenic
Rowen Fraser
Edmond Jodhi