Kay Sayer
Candidate for Mayor in the 2026 Barrie municipal election.
- 1 time on the record
- 0 times elected
Campaign contact
Contact details as published by the candidate on the City's candidates list. We do not reproduce the home addresses the City also publishes.
In their own words
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Compiled in a research batch dated September 11, 2026, reviewed by hand before publication on September 11, 2026. Passages are capped at 60 words. Campaign pages are undated, so only the retrieval date is shown for them. A candidate with nothing located on an issue is listed as such, with the date their sources were checked; a race is shown only once every candidate in it has been checked. See methodology.
Transportation
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Don’t ban tools, ban ignorance
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: Candidates spin what to do about e-bikes, e-scooters, September 7, 2026 (paragraph 12). Read September 11, 2026. news
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Sayer says the solution isn’t a ban of e-bike and e-scooters, but to regulate use with data.
Source: As reported by barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: Candidates spin what to do about e-bikes, e-scooters, September 7, 2026 (paragraph 13). Read September 11, 2026. news reported
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Council’s job isn’t to parent. Council’s job is to get the data out and get out of the way.
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: Candidates spin what to do about e-bikes, e-scooters, September 7, 2026 (paragraph 16). Read September 11, 2026. news
Taxes
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Taxpayers fund everything and see nothing.
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: Mayoral candidates asked about top issues facing city, August 31, 2026 (paragraph 13, second quotation). Read September 11, 2026. news
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Sayer wants to launch a “taxes tab” to measure in real-time every dollar in, every dollar out for hospitals, fire and police protection, and schools.
Source: As reported by barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: Mayoral candidates asked about top issues facing city, August 31, 2026 (paragraph 14). Read September 11, 2026. news reported
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If it’s not in the tab, it didn’t happen,
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: Mayoral candidates asked about top issues facing city, August 31, 2026 (paragraph 15, first quotation). Read September 11, 2026. news
Encampments
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The emergency isn’t tents. The emergency is secrecy
Source: As quoted in CompassNews, Mayoral candidates’ visions for homelessness & affordability, August 28, 2026 (paragraph 25). Read September 11, 2026. news
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Keep the emergency only if we use it to force transparency. Cancel the hiding.
Source: As quoted in CompassNews, Mayoral candidates’ visions for homelessness & affordability, August 28, 2026 (paragraph 26, last two sentences). Read September 11, 2026. news
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I do not support Mayor Nuttall's petition as a solution — not because I don't care about encampments, but because it is another Band-Aid on an open wound we can avoid altogether,
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, Mayoral candidates divided as Nuttall floats 'compassionate intervention team', September 11, 2026 (paragraph 11). Read September 11, 2026. news
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Sayer says there needs to be more transparency.
Source: As reported by barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: State of emergency debated after full year in effect, September 10, 2026 (paragraph 20). Read September 11, 2026. news reported
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The emergency isn’t tents; the emergency is secrecy
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: State of emergency debated after full year in effect, September 10, 2026 (paragraph 21). Read September 11, 2026. news
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You end the emergency by ending the hiding
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: State of emergency debated after full year in effect, September 10, 2026 (paragraph 22). Read September 11, 2026. news
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A state of emergency without transparency is just a state of control. End it
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: State of emergency debated after full year in effect, September 10, 2026 (paragraph 23). Read September 11, 2026. news
Safety & policing
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I thank our fire, police, nurses and medics — they run into overdoses and burning tents every night in Barrie and they are exhausted.
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, Mayoral candidates divided as Nuttall floats 'compassionate intervention team', September 11, 2026 (paragraph 11). Read September 11, 2026. news
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Truth is, police, fire and paramedics already have tools under the Mental Health Act,
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, Mayoral candidates divided as Nuttall floats 'compassionate intervention team', September 11, 2026 (paragraph 12). Read September 11, 2026. news
Major investments
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We don’t have a money problem. We have a receipt problem,
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: How do mayoral candidates weigh high project costs with affordability?, September 5, 2026 (paragraph 8). Read September 11, 2026. news
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The solution, Sayer says, is to put every project to a 24-hour public vote on individual cellphones.
Source: As reported by barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: How do mayoral candidates weigh high project costs with affordability?, September 5, 2026 (paragraph 9). Read September 11, 2026. news reported
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Defund politicians and businessmen. Defund $800 hammers,
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: How do mayoral candidates weigh high project costs with affordability?, September 5, 2026 (paragraph 10, first quotation). Read September 11, 2026. news
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If the 99 per cent vote yes, we build it. If not, we don’t.
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: How do mayoral candidates weigh high project costs with affordability?, September 5, 2026 (paragraph 10, second quotation, first two sentences). Read September 11, 2026. news
Education
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We also need an overhaul in our school system,
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: Mayoral candidates asked about top issues facing city, August 31, 2026 (paragraph 16, first quotation). Read September 11, 2026. news
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With transparency, parents, nurses, teachers and kids vote on what our children learn. They are the future taxpayers.
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: Mayoral candidates asked about top issues facing city, August 31, 2026 (paragraph 16, second quotation, first two sentences). Read September 11, 2026. news
Health care
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Sayer also supports additional measures such as defunding consultants and funding community, a daily Sacred Circle and recovery meetings run by women in recovery.
Source: As reported by barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: How would mayoral candidates manage poverty, addiction?, September 2, 2026 (paragraph 10). Read September 11, 2026. news reported
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We fund sickness, not healing,
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: How would mayoral candidates manage poverty, addiction?, September 2, 2026 (paragraph 9, first quotation). Read September 11, 2026. news
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Millions come in from Correctional Services Canada, Reaching Home Ontario to shelters like Elizabeth Fry and women are still hungry.
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: How would mayoral candidates manage poverty, addiction?, September 2, 2026 (paragraph 9, second quotation). Read September 11, 2026. news
General
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Sayer, who has been a Barrie resident since May 2026, focused her campaign responses on government transparency, taxation and what she described as provincial responsibility for municipal pressures.
Source: As reported by CompassNews, Mayoral candidates’ visions for homelessness & affordability, August 28, 2026 (paragraph 23 (under subhead 'The emergency is secrecy')). Read September 11, 2026. news context
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Sayer also called for greater transparency across municipal spending, a stronger focus on community organizations and a more unified approach from Ontario mayors in dealing with the provincial government.
Source: As reported by CompassNews, Mayoral candidates’ visions for homelessness & affordability, August 28, 2026 (paragraph 27). Read September 11, 2026. news reported
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‘I just want to be a squeaky wheel, whether I’m the mayor…something has to be said,’ says candidate Kay Sayer
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, Race for Barrie mayor has one more candidate signed up, August 11, 2026 (Feed summary (article page not archived)). Read September 11, 2026. news
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Since the convoy, the government froze bank accounts paid for with our taxes because people disagreed. That must be addressed by (Ontario Premier Doug) Ford and every mayor.
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: State of emergency debated after full year in effect, September 10, 2026 (paragraph 21). Read September 11, 2026. news
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Publish the shelter budget. Publish the police budget. Publish the outreach budget. Let residents and front-line staff — nurses, medics, fire, police — vote in 24 hours on how to spend it
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: State of emergency debated after full year in effect, September 10, 2026 (paragraph 22). Read September 11, 2026. news
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Publish the shelter budget. Publish the police budget. Publish the outreach budget.
Source: As quoted in barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: State of emergency debated after full year in effect, September 10, 2026 (paragraph 22). Read September 11, 2026. news
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Sayer said the most important issues are transparency, the Province of Ontario and the schools.
Source: As reported by barrietoday.com, BARRIE ELECTION: Mayoral candidates asked about top issues facing city, August 31, 2026 (paragraph 12). Read September 11, 2026. news reported
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Questionnaire
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Electoral record
Kay Sayer has not appeared on a Barrie ballot at any level before 2026, on the records we hold. Municipal records begin in 2003.
Compiled from the public electoral record. If anything here is wrong, please tell us on the corrections page. Names are linked across elections only where we have confirmed by hand that the records refer to the same person; where we are unsure, they are kept separate.
Common questions
Who is Kay Sayer?
Kay Sayer is a candidate for Mayor in the 2026 Barrie municipal election. This is their first Barrie municipal candidacy in the records this site holds, which run from 2003.
What is Kay Sayer running for in Barrie?
Mayor, on the ballot in the 2026 Barrie municipal election. Election day is October 26, 2026; internet and telephone voting opens October 16. See everyone running in this race.
Is Kay Sayer an incumbent?
No. Kay Sayer does not currently hold the seat being contested. The sitting members are listed at incumbents.
Has Kay Sayer run for office before?
Not in the records this site holds, which cover every Barrie municipal election since 2003 and federal and provincial races for Barrie-area ridings.
How do I contact Kay Sayer's campaign?
The campaign published an email address on the City of Barrie's certified candidates list; they are shown under campaign contact above. This site does not reproduce home addresses.
Who can vote for Kay Sayer?
Every eligible Barrie voter: the mayor is elected city-wide. See how to vote.