Ward 1 Council Race: Incumbent Hadleigh McAlister and Challenger Roger Caranci join us to share their visions for London

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Matt Brown interviews Ward 1 candidates Hadleigh McAlister and Roger Caranci about their visions for London ahead of the municipal election.

Between now and election day, I hope to have many candidates join the show to give us a sense of why they’re running, and what their vision for London is. Today, we’re speaking with the candidates from Ward 1. Today, it's Ward 1 Incument, Hadleigh McAlister during the second segment of this episode. First up is challenger, Roger Caranci. London’s municipal election is underway. We’re still in the early days with the vote scheduled for October 26th. At the time of recording, there are 5 candidates running for mayor and 33 candidates running for one Ward seat or another. Based on these numbers, and considering that the 2022 election had a record setting low voter turnout, at just over 25 percent, there is a sense that the field of candidates running for office might be larger this time around, which could translate into greater interest and possibly higher voter turnout too. Naturally, a good deal of attention is directed to the City Wide Race which means it can be more difficult to find out about any given Ward Race. Here on Newsmakers, between now and election day, we’re going to take a look at as many of those Ward Races as possible, with specific attention given to the most…

People in this episode

Host: Matt Brown

Guests: Hadleigh McAlister, Roger Caranci

Topics covered

• Ward 1 Council Race
• municipal election
• candidate interviews
• local politics
• voter turnout

Keywords

• Ward 1
• London election
• Hadleigh McAlister
• Roger Caranci
• voter turnout

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Places: London

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