Chatham-Kent · Mayor · 2026
Experienceto buildwhat comes next.
Practical leadership for the challenges people face today—and the opportunities ahead.
Jobs & investment✦Affordability & safety✦Every community✦
Why now
Chatham-Kent needs experience—without old thinking.
The next mayor must understand today's pressure on households, businesses and communities while building a municipality ready for the next decade. Randy Hope brings twelve years of mayoral experience, a record of working across governments and a clear-eyed focus on what comes next.
Three priorities. One standard.
A plan people can hold to account.
Clear choices, practical partnerships and visible progress across the whole municipality.
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Build the next economy
Chatham-Kent cannot rebuild the economy of 1980. It can lead the next rural economy.
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Make housing happen
Move land, approvals and support faster—then measure whether people stay housed.
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Make every community visible
Residents should be able to see what is planned, what is delayed and what happens next.
Read the priorityThe governing standard
Show the plan. Report the progress. Own the results.
Open. Transparent.
Every priority should come with a clear public case, measurable milestones and honest reporting when circumstances change.
Randy, On the Record
The record, in Randy’s own words.
“Your Vote. Your Choice. Make it an informed one.”
Read More“What’s important is the result people experience, not an announcement that we introduced a new tool.”
Read More“A project of this size could have a meaningful impact on local businesses, workers and the broader community. It is also the kind of opportunity residents should be excited about.”
Read More“We have an opportunity to grow more than what we produce. We can grow the value of our agricultural economy and create the jobs that come with it. That is the practical, responsible economic development I want to pursue as Mayor of Chatham-Kent.”
Read More“That is what leadership should look like: get the facts, identify the need, bring the right partners together and act early enough to make a difference.”
Read More“We should publicly track how many people move into stable housing, how many remain housed after six and twelve months, how many return to homelessness, how long people wait for services and what each durable outcome costs.”
Read More“If the municipality is rebuilding a road, replacing a watermain, working on a wastewater project, addressing drainage or undertaking a major capital project, residents should be able to easily find out what is happening, why it is happening, what it will cost and when it is expected to be completed.”
Read More“We need to use those advantages more strategically and make sure that when major investments happen across Canada, Chatham-Kent businesses are positioned to participate.”
Read More“There are important challenges in front of us. We need to create more opportunities for good local jobs and economic growth, address homelessness in a meaningful way that actually has a noticeable, measurable effect, and make sure the smaller communities across Chatham-Kent are not overlooked.”
Read More“I’m not running to take Chatham-Kent back to 2018. I’m running because twelve years as Mayor taught me how government works, and eight years away taught me what needs to change.”
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One municipality. Every community.
Experience, put to work
Leadership that knows how government functions.
12years as Mayor
30years in industry
3levels of leadership
Labour, provincial government, municipal leadership and business experience give Randy a practical understanding of how to build partnerships, navigate decisions and move an idea toward a result.
Explore the experience and recordIt's your community
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