Local 2002 Elections at Convention Results

June 2, 2026 at 9:57 AM

We are pleased to announce the official election results  from the 8th Unifor Local 2002 Triennial Convention. held in Port Elgin Ontario (May 25 to 29, 2026). See below for the results.

Elections at Convention May 2026 Results:

Board of Trustees Chairperson (1)
 

Candidates	Votes
Astraea Sam	90	ELECTED
Yolanda Cornwall	32
Wade Ireland	24
Sonia Torres	4
Cecilia Yoli	2
Ada Zampini	1
Ray O'Donohue	1
Voted Total	154

Board of Trustees (2) 
 

Candidates	Votes
Ralph Asswad	77	ELECTED
Katie Makhlouf	58	ELECTED
Wade Ireland	30
Gaetano Amodeo	27
Flavia Andreatta	22
Marcel Rondeau	20
Alex Popa	19
Sheila Fardy	14
Samira Rezgui	12
Sonia Torres	12
Ashlyn Sanojca	7
Cecilia Yoli	4
Ada Zampini	1
Voted Total	154

 
 Constitution & Bylaws Committee (3)
 

Candidate	Votes
Ky Rees	135	ELECTED
Dietrich Hoefer	112	ELECTED
Michael Loewen	80	ELECTED
Desdemona Lunz	50
Aviva Atlani	35
Cecilia Yoli	13
Richelle Panuncio	13
Marcel Rondeau	12
Sonia Torres	10
Voted Total	154

Local 2002 Elections Committee (3)
 

Candidate	Votes
Idiris Ibrahim Bihi	103	ELECTED
Natalie Hjelsvold	93	ELECTED
Sumit Kapoor	87	ELECTED
Amir Fouad	35
Alex Popa	30
Richelle Panuncio	29
Jasimine Boudreau	26
Sonia Torres	22
Cecilia Yoli	18
Marcel Rondeau	9
Ashlyn Sanojca	6
Voted Total	154

BC Regional Council / Other Units
 

Candidate	Votes
Christina Sahota	3	ELECTED
Rosalina Sally Sandy	1
Voted Total	4

 

Suzanne Fairley	AC	ACCLAIMED
Trish Levesque	AC	ACCLAIMED
Margarita Cordero	AC	ACCLAIMED
Bobby Sandeep Nayyar	CLS	ACCLAIMED
Christine Bower	Jazz	ACCLAIMED

Prairie Regional Council/Other Units 
 

Candidate	Votes
Astraea Sam	3
Chad McNeil	3	ELECTED by Draw
Voted Total	6

 
Air Canada - 2
 

Candidate	Votes
Natalie Hjelsvold	11	ELECTED
Leanne Sookram	9	ELECTED
Sandra Mcfarlane	3
Bibiane LaFleche	2
Voted Total	13

 
PALADIN (PASS) (3)
 

Candidate	Votes
Alex Popa	8	ELECTED
Laurel Mitchell	8	ELECTED
Kelly Wilson	8	ELECTED
Riyaz Khawaja	6
Harbans Minhas	6
Desdemona Lunz	6
Voted Total	15

Quebec Council (AC 5) 
 

Candidate	Votes
Gaetano Amodeo	17	ELECTED
Michael Loewen	16	ELECTED
Amir Fouad	16	ELECTED
Yves Côte	14	ELECTED
Carmen Franco	14	ELECTED
Marcel Rondeau	6
Ada Zampini	1
Long Pham	1
Voted Total	17

Ontario Regional Council / Other Units (3)
 

Candidate	Votes
Ramon Ramirez	9	ELECTED
Suzie Breton	8	ELECTED
Mary Singson	7
Adam Blake Bellaire	7
Nadim Tahir	4
Voted Total	13

Ontario Regional Council/Other Units Runoff Election
 

Candidate	Votes
Adam Blake Bellaire	10	ELECTED
Mary Singson	2
Voted Total	12

Ontario Regional Council - AGI (1) 
 

Candidate	Votes
Richelle Panuncio	2	ELECTED
David Olawale	0
Voted Total	2

Ontario Regional Council (AC 8)
 

Candidate	Votes
Jody Roche	14	ELECTED
Darsane Obas	14	ELECTED
Dien Nguyen	14	ELECTED
Jennifer Budaya-Cardoso	14	ELECTED
Sue Harris	13	ELECTED
Samira Rezgui	12	ELECTED
Sheila Fardy	11
Saúl Santiago Nolasco	11
Wade Ireland	11
Kim Salerno	11
Soheil Shoeibi	10
Tracy Nickel	10
Brett Grassam	9
Maria Amelia Novello	9
Satya Singh	9
Aviva Atlani	6
Paula Carvajal	6
Caroline Haddad	4
Cecilia Yoli	4
Chantal Guillot	1
Voted Total	26

Ontario Regional Council Runoff Election (AC 2)
 

Candidate	Votes
Sheila Fardy	14	ELECTED
Kim Salerno	14	ELECTED
Wade Ireland	12
Saúl Santiago Nolasco	11
Voted Total	26

Atlantic Regional Council (AC 2)
 

Candidate	Votes
Ky Rees	10	ELECTED
Morgan Palmer	8	ELECTED
Cheri Lynn Cromwell	2
Voted Total	10