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Ward 10

Southwest London: Westmount · Bostwick

ALL-CANDIDATE MEETING
Thursday, September 10, 2026 · 7:00-8:00pm
Bostwick Library (501 Southdale Rd.)
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THE SHORT VERSION

Your ward at a glance

Ward 10 is a five-candidate race. Nominations closed August 21, 2026; the City certified the list on August 24. The live fight is Westmount, where Farhi Holdings bought the mall in 2025 and renamed it Westmount Commons: city staff recommended refusing a plan to more than double the office space allowed there, arguing it would undermine downtown as London's main office destination, and committee put the plan on hold rather than deciding it. Council also revived the six-lane Wonderland Road widening study in April 2025, and on August 11 the planning committee cleared the first hurdle for a 5,000-unit subdivision where Bostwick, Wharncliffe and Wonderland converge. New boundary lines weren't confirmed in this research.

One candidate carries a prior election record. Paul Van Meerbergen, the incumbent, was elected Ward 10 councillor in 2022 with 2,400 votes (41.93%) of five candidates, per the City's certified results.

The rest of the field, in alphabetical order: Juman Al-Jumaili, Steven Edwards, Alexander Moore, and Lois Margaret Ward.

THE FIELD

Who's running

Listed alphabetically. Identical treatment for every candidate. That's the deal.

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Juman Al-Jumaili

Our questionnaire ◌ GOES OUT AFTER AUG 24

Identical questions go to every declared candidate. Answers are published verbatim; “no response” is reported plainly.

Steven Edwards

Our questionnaire ◌ GOES OUT AFTER AUG 24

Identical questions go to every declared candidate. Answers are published verbatim; “no response” is reported plainly.

Paul Van Meerbergen

Incumbent Ward 10 councillor

Elected Ward 10 councillor in 2022: 2,400 votes (41.93%) of five candidates, per the City's certified results.

Council record →
Our questionnaire ◌ GOES OUT AFTER AUG 24

Identical questions go to every declared candidate. Answers are published verbatim; “no response” is reported plainly.

Alexander Moore

Our questionnaire ◌ GOES OUT AFTER AUG 24

Identical questions go to every declared candidate. Answers are published verbatim; “no response” is reported plainly.

Lois Margaret Ward

Our questionnaire ◌ GOES OUT AFTER AUG 24

Identical questions go to every declared candidate. Answers are published verbatim; “no response” is reported plainly.

No endorsements · Same rules for every candidate · Sources linked · Answers published word for word · How we research →

WHAT'S AT STAKE

What Ward 10 is wrestling with

Honestly told: the situation, the numbers, and what to ask the people who want your vote.

■ CITY DECIDES

When what's built isn't what was approved

Candidate Alexander Moore's platform explicitly opposes "post-approval (bait-and-switch) changes to developments," suggesting this has been a live local frustration, though no specific Ward 10 case was independently verified in this research.

Put them on the record

Name one change you'd make so what gets built matches what council approved.

■ CITY DECIDES

What's happening at Westmount Mall?

Development pace and quality in the Westmount area is a live local frustration. Farhi Holdings Corporation bought Westmount Mall in August 2025 with stated plans for mixed-use redevelopment including apartments on the site, and has since renamed the property Westmount Commons, the name the City's own 2026 documents now use. Candidate Lois Margaret Ward told CBC News she is unhappy with the pace of development at Westmount Mall, saying "there's been some unwise choices" and calling for development to be "managed a little more intelligently."

The honest numbers ▾

CBC News reported the acquisition on August 14, 2025. A London Free Press report put the purchase price at $40 million, but that outlet blocks automated reading and the figure could not be checked directly, so treat it as reported, not verified. No sale price appears in the sources we could read. CBC News ↗

Put them on the record

What would you support, and what would you block, in the next phase of development around Westmount Mall?

■ CITY DECIDES

More office space at Westmount, or a healthier downtown?

Westmount Development London Corporation has applied (city file OZ-26061) to raise the amount of office space allowed at 755-765, 785 and 815 Wonderland Road South. No new tower is involved: the plan reworks space inside the existing two-storey enclosed mall so it can land one large office tenant relocating from elsewhere in London. City staff recommended refusing it. Their reasoning is the reason this is more than a Ward 10 story: they argue pulling a large office tenant to Wonderland Road works against downtown, and downtown London still has one of the emptiest office markets in the country (see the Ward 13 file).

The honest numbers ▾

The application would lift the cap on office space at the site from 10,000 to 22,500 square metres, allowing up to 12,500 square metres for a single tenant. The July 14, 2026 report from Deputy City Manager Scott Mathers recommends the amendment "BE REFUSED" because "the increased amount of office space is significant and undermines the role and future health of the Downtown as the primary office destination in the City." City of London staff report, July 14, 2026 ↗

Put them on the record

Would you vote to allow more office space at Westmount if it pulls a large tenant out of downtown? Answer yes or no before you explain.

■ CITY DECIDES

The Westmount office plan was still undecided as of August 2

The application was not rejected. On July 14, 2026 the Planning and Environment Committee heard delegations and then referred it to a future committee meeting, expressly "for the reason of allowing the applicant and representatives additional time to obtain a suitable level of tenant commitment." Downtown London filed a written communication dated July 4, 2026. The City's own application page still shows no council resolution, so anyone who tells you this was approved or killed is ahead of the record.

The honest numbers ▾

The referral passed 5 to 0 at committee on July 14, 2026 (item 3.7). The City's application page for the site records "Council Resolution - not available at this time." City of London planning application, 755-765, 785 and 815 Wonderland Road South ↗

Put them on the record

Should the city decide this application on its merits, or keep holding it while the applicant hunts for a tenant?

■ CITY DECIDES

A tribunal, not council, approved the Westmount redevelopment

In February 2024 the Ontario Land Tribunal approved a settlement between the City and the site's then-owner permitting mixed-use redevelopment of the Westmount lands at up to three, eight and twelve storeys. Council never passed it. The owner appealed after council did not decide the application, the two sides settled, and the Tribunal changed the city's Official Plan and zoning by-law itself. The City was a consenting party to the settlement, but the approval itself was the Tribunal's, and any specific number of housing units for this site does not come from the Tribunal's order.

The honest numbers ▾

OLT-23-000367 and OLT-23-000368, 785 Wonderland Road Inc. v. London (City), city file OZ-9565, issued February 26, 2024. The order sets heights of three storeys, eight storeys and twelve storeys across three areas and adds some permitted uses. It states no number of housing units and no office floor area at all. Ontario Land Tribunal decision, February 26, 2024 ↗

Put them on the record

When a tribunal settles a file council never voted on, what would you change about how the city handles those appeals?

■ CITY DECIDES

Wonderland Road's future

Council halted a roughly $212-million plan to widen Wonderland Road to six lanes in September 2021 over climate and environmental concerns, and the road's role was folded into the city's long-range Mobility Master Plan. That halt did not settle the question: council reopened the widening in 2025, covered in the next card.

The honest numbers ▾

The "Discover Wonderland" environmental assessment carried a roughly $212-million price tag; council halted it on a 9–5 vote in September 2021. CBC News ↗

Put them on the record

Would you vote to fund widening Wonderland Road to six lanes?

■ CITY DECIDES

The widening is back on the table, not shelved

The 2021 halt is often described as the end of the story. It wasn't. On April 1, 2025 council directed staff to revisit widening Wonderland Road to six lanes and to open talks with neighbouring municipalities and the province about a ring road around London. As of this research those talks were still at an early stage and no further progress could be found, so there is no route, no cost and no timeline to point at yet.

The honest numbers ▾

Council's April 1, 2025 direction to revisit the Wonderland widening and pursue ring-road talks passed 12 to 3. CBC News ↗

Put them on the record

The widening study is alive again. Do you want six lanes built, redesigned, or stopped for good?

■ CITY DECIDES

A 5,000-unit subdivision cleared its first hurdle, in this ward

The biggest live growth file in Ward 10 after Westmount: a draft plan of subdivision at 3080 and 3514 Bostwick Road, 1875 Wharncliffe Road South and 3341 Wonderland Road South, where those three roads converge. The application (MHBC Planning, file 39T-25507/OZ-26066) proposes low-, medium- and high-density residential and mixed uses, open space along the Thornicroft Drain, parks, and seven new neighbourhood streets. The Planning and Environment Committee held its public meeting on August 11, 2026; CBC reports the committee cleared the proposal's first hurdle at more than 5,000 units. This is committee stage, not a built subdivision: the City's application page listed the council resolution as not yet available at our August 16 check, and draft-plan conditions and later approvals still follow.

The honest numbers ▾

Application received September 4, 2025; Planning and Environment Committee public meeting held August 11, 2026; council resolution not yet posted as of August 16, 2026. City of London — planning application 39T-25507/OZ-26066 ↗

Put them on the record

Whoever wins this seat will hold it while 5,000 units get their remaining approvals. What conditions would you push for on roads, transit and parks before the homes go in?

□ SHARED: CITY + PROVINCE

The big three: homelessness, safety, roads

A non-scientific CBC London reader survey of 330+ respondents ahead of the 2026 election found homelessness, open drug use and roads as the top-ranked concerns citywide, with affordability, crime and transit also ranking high. This is citywide data, not a Ward 10 measurement.

Put them on the record

Name one thing you'd fund on homelessness or open drug use that's actually council's to decide.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER

Change can start now, at any point

The ballot is one tool, not the only one. Between elections, the people who show up are the ones who get heard, and you can start today, not next fall.

  • Email or call your councillor. Every office lists a phone number and address, and a single resident's message still lands. City of London ↗
  • Speak at a committee. Any resident can register as a delegation and take five minutes to address a Standing Committee on an item that's on its agenda. City of London ↗
  • Read the record. Agendas, staff reports, and every recorded vote are posted publicly on the city's meeting portal. City meetings ↗

None of it waits four years. The people already in the room are the ones who asked to be.

DON'T STOP AT ONE RACE

Also on your ballot

Before you go

The rest is showing up

You’ve read the ward. Ward races here can come down to a few hundred ballots, sometimes fewer. In a race that close, your vote is one of the ones that decides it. You don’t need to know everything. You just need to show up, informed.

BEFORE OCT 26

How to vote in Ward 10

ADVANCE
Oct 1
ADVANCE
Oct 3
ADVANCE
Oct 5–10
ELECTION DAY
Oct 26 · 10 am – 8 pm

You’ll need ID with your name and address. Full voting guide: where, what to bring, who can vote →

WHAT WE COULDN’T CONFIRM YET ▾
  • August 8, 2026 region audit: Bostwick added — the planning district is 100% Ward 10 (checked with the City’s Planning Districts layer sampled against the official 2026 ward polygons (scripts/check-ward-regions.mjs)). The Westmount boundary caveat previously carried in the region line moves here: the district is 99% Ward 10.
  • Resolved August 17, 2026. Through the summer this page carried open notes about whether the sitting councillor would run: that he was absent from the July 31 candidate list, that a Wikipedia claim citing a May 8 London Free Press article could not be read to confirm his intentions, and that the seat label had been moved from "open seat" to "contested" because nothing supported either reading. Paul Van Meerbergen filed on August 16 and appears on the City's official list, so the question is settled and the seat label now reads incumbent. His voting record was added to the scorecard the following day; see the footnote there for how the roll calls were read.
  • A July 9, 2026 item from "Downstream News Media" (conceptclarity.ca) claiming staff opposed a 10-storey office building at Westmount and that it "has been rejected" was checked and discarded. Both load-bearing facts are false: the application is an interior reconfiguration of the existing two-storey mall, not a 10-storey building (the "10 storeys" looks like a garbling of "10,000 square metres"), and committee referred it rather than rejecting it. No mainstream outlet corroborates the item and the outlet appears to be an aggregator. It is not cited anywhere on this page.
  • Naming trap on the Westmount property: Farhi Holdings renamed the mall "Westmount Commons" and the City's 2026 documents use that name. Searching only for "Westmount Mall" will miss current coverage and city files. Search both.
  • No reliable count of housing units for the Westmount lands could be verified, and none is published here. Figures circulating online do not hold up: an "over 1,000 units" number traces to Farhi Holdings' own press release rather than a City document, and figures of about 900 units, 30,000 square metres of office space, 55 metres and 18 storeys appear on the site Propertied.ca while the primary Ontario Land Tribunal decision contradicts the heights (three, eight and twelve storeys) and contains no unit or floor-area figure at all. A "~900 units" figure appears in a 2023 decision only as a description of what the applicant applied for, which is a proposal, not an approval. A trustworthy number would have to come from the Tribunal's schedules or a london.ca staff report.
  • The Westmount office application (OZ-26061) had no council decision as of August 2, 2026. Watch for it returning to a Planning and Environment Committee agenda; the referral was open-ended, tied to the applicant securing tenant commitment, so there is no scheduled date to check against.
  • The Wonderland Road widening and ring-road direction of April 1, 2025 was verified through CBC and CTV coverage, but no route, cost, timeline or progress report on the intermunicipal and provincial talks could be found as of August 2, 2026. Treat it as revived and stalled, not as a project.
  • New Ward 10 boundaries were not independently confirmed at street/neighbourhood level; the official ward map PDF could not be rendered by the research tools. Verify against the City's interactive ward map before relying on the neighbourhood description. Ward 10 was not on the city's list of post-approval map amendments (only Wards 1, 4, 11, 13 were), so its shape is likely close to the adopted Final Option 1 map, but this is an inference, not a confirmed description.
  • Citywide issue-survey data (homelessness/drugs/roads) is not ward-specific and is included only as likely relevant context, not a measured Ward 10 finding.
  • Nominations closed August 21, 2026, and the City certified the final candidate list on August 24, 2026.
  • ADDED August 16, 2026: new issue card on the Bostwick/Wharncliffe/Wonderland subdivision (39T-25507/OZ-26066). Dates and status verified on the City's application page (PEC public meeting August 11, 2026; council resolution not yet posted). The 'more than 5,000 units' figure and the committee outcome come from CBC London's August 12 coverage ('Council committee clears first hurdle for 5,000-unit subdivision in southwest London'); the City page does not state a unit count and the CBC article body could not be fully retrieved in this pass. Re-check after the next full council meeting for the ratified outcome.