Ward 9 Councillor, City of Kitchener
I'm Tim Willcox. I've lived on Park Street in the Victoria Park Heritage District for 22 years. I'm running to help build a city for the future, while honouring and protecting the Kitchener that you and I both love.
Heritage conservation
Once a heritage building comes down, we lose part of our history. These buildings are our streetscape, our culture and our story. I will support the City's Official Plan and advocate to protect the heritage stock we have left.
Cleaner, greener parks and trails
Downtown Kitchener has little room for new parks and trails, so the ones we have need to work. That means keeping them green, well lit, clean and safe. I will work with the Waterloo Regional Police Service and City Bylaw staff to coordinate more frequent patrols, improve lighting on our existing trails, protect existing greenspace, and add more waste receptacles in our parks and especially along our trails.
Property standards enforcement
Neglected property drags down a whole block. It lowers values, it discourages investment, and it lands hardest on the neighbours next door. I will push for stricter enforcement, real fines for negligent owners, and scheduled bylaw blitzes targeting overgrowth, debris, scrap and derelict vehicles.
The greenest building is one that is already built.
Carl Elefante, architect
I was born and raised in Kitchener. For 22 years I have lived in the Victoria Park Heritage District, on Park Street, where my neighbours gave me a nickname I have never tried to shake.
I learned this from my parents. Non profits, service clubs, the festivals that make a city feel like a city. They showed me you do not wait to be asked.
So I have not waited. Heritage Kitchener Committee. Vice President of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, North Waterloo Branch. Jane's Walk guide and docent, leading people through the history of downtown on foot. Neighbours Day ambassador. Musicians on my porch every summer. The Grand River Blues Society. And at the Kitchener Blues Festival: stagehand, assistant stage manager, main stage manager, and assistant to the president.
Twenty years of doing the work without the title. I am asking for the title so I can do more of it.
Not sure if you're in Ward 9?
Election day
Monday, October 26, 2026. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Ward 9 voters can vote at any of:
Vote early, any ward
Oct 13, 14, 15 — 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Kitchener City Hall, 200 King Street West · Breithaupt Community Centre, 350 Margaret Avenue · plus four other locations across Kitchener, all listed on the City's site
Oct 16 — 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Kitchener City Hall · Fairview Park Mall (entrance 2) · Sunrise Shopping Centre (drive-thru)
Oct 17 — 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Fairview Park Mall · Sunrise Shopping Centre (drive-thru) · Kitchener Market, 300 King Street East (9 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
Can't get there?
Voters who cannot leave home due to illness, injury or disability can request a home visit from an election worker. Requests open September 28. Call the City at 519-741-2345.
Bring ID that confirms your name and address.
Official City of Kitchener voter information