Candidates

Announcing Your Candidates for the 2026 OAA Council Elections

Ballots Coming November 9

For the 2027–2029 term, the following are candidates for eligible voters to consider as members of the OAA’s governing Council.

City of Toronto (two seats)

• Hugo Arriojas;
  
• Loghman Azar;
• Michael Cogan;
  
• Jonathan King;
  
• Clifford Korman;
  
• Anna Richter;
  
• Mustak Sarwer; and
  
• Richard Henry Shaw.
  

Eastern Ontario (one seat)

• Julien Hebert;
  
• Lara McKendrick; and
  
• Kunal Rakshit.

Province of Ontario (two seats)

• Mohammed Ashjaei;
• Rafid Kustou;
• Yew-Thong Leong;
  
• Chris A. Montgomery;
• Ishan Patel;
• Maha Safar;
• Muhammad Arshad Siddiqui; and
• Magid Youssef.
  
  Each electoral district is assigned a specific number of seats within Council, and there is also a seat for holders of a limited licence, which is not vacant for the coming term. This year, Architects with an address of record within the electoral district can vote for candidates running for those seats. All Architects can also vote for the Province of Ontario seat.
  
  If you are unsure of the electoral district to which you belong, please verify your address of record and consult the OAA’s electoral district map.
  
  
  Filter by Electoral District below to view the seats available and read more information about the candidates through their responses to governance questions posed to them by the OAA.
  
  Until November 9, you can also Ask the Candidates your questions!