College of Opticians Board Elections

 
This summer the College of Opticians opened calls for nominations in three districts, District 1 (Southern),  District 5 (Toronto) and District 8 (Central). The following candidates were acclaimed in each district:
  • District 1 (Southern): Paul Imola
  • District 5 (Toronto): Grazyna Sepczynska
  • District 8 (Central): Carlos Pacheco
Candidates will begin serving a three-year term of office starting Friday, January 1, 2024.
 
 

 


Electoral District Information

DISTRICT NAME DISTRICT
ENCOMPASSES
MEMBER TERM NEXT ELECTION

1

Southern

The County of Brant, the City of Hamilton, the regional municipalities of Halton and Niagara and the counties of Haldimand and Norfolk, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time.

E. Lee

2021-2023

2023
(for 2024 - 2026)

2

Eastern

The City of Kawartha Lakes, the counties of Peterborough, Northumberland, Haliburton, Hastings, Lennox and Addington, Prince Edward, Frontenac, Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell, Stormount, Dundas and Glengarry, the regional municipality of Durham and the City of Ottawa, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time.

D. Summers

2022 - 2024

2024
(for 2025 – 2027)

3

Northern

Territorial districts of Kenora, Rainy River, Thunder Bay, Cochrane, Temiskaming, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Algoma, Manitoulin, and Muskoka, and the District of Sudbury, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time.

Kevin Cloutier

2022-2024

2024
(for 2025 – 2027)

4

Western

Counties of Bruce, Grey, Huron, Perth, Lambton, Middlesex, Oxford, Elgin, Kent and Essex, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time.

T. Nahmabin

2023-2025

2025
(for 2026 - 2029)

5

Toronto

City of Toronto, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time.

D. Reiz

2021 - 2023

2023
(for 2024 - 2026)

6

Contact Lens Mentor

Whole province of Ontario

R. Vezina 2023-2025 2025
(for 2026 - 2029)

7

Central Western

The counties of Dufferin and Wellington and the regional municipalities of Peel and Waterloo, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time.

S. Modhera 2023-2025 2025
(for 2026 - 2029)

8

Central

County of Simcoe and the Regional Municipality of York or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time.

N. Mohammadzadeh

2021 - 2023 2023
(for 2024 - 2026)

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