--- title: "Sergio DeFranco: candidate for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 9, Ottawa 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/sergio-defranco" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:05:33.351Z" meta: description: "Sergio DeFranco is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 9, which covers City Ward..." "og:description": "Sergio DeFranco is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 9, which covers City Ward..." "og:title": "Sergio DeFranco: candidate for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 9, Ottawa 2026" "twitter:description": "Sergio DeFranco is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 9, which covers City Ward..." "twitter:title": "Sergio DeFranco: candidate for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 9, Ottawa 2026" --- ** Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 9 · Ottawa 2026 # Sergio DeFranco Candidate for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 9, with a nomination dated August 21, 2026; no website or statement from him was found. Sergio DeFranco is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 9, which covers City Wards 17 and 18, with a nomination dated August 21, 2026. The City list gives him no website or social media account, and CTV News Ottawa lists him. voche.me found no statement from him, so his priorities and background are not known. The board has been under provincial supervision since June 27, 2025. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 Sergio DeFrancoOttawa municipal election *Sergio DeFrancoOttawa-Carleton District School Boardv.* 01 / Introduction ## About Sergio DeFranco The City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates shows Sergio DeFranco’s nomination for trustee of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 9 dated August 21, 2026. The City’s open data file shows no withdrawal. The other candidates in the zone are Scott Dutrisac and Hilary Clauson. The City list gives him no website or social media account. CTV News Ottawa lists him in its guide of September 9, 2026. VoteMate, a voter information site, lists him for Zone 9 with a note that he has not uploaded a profile. Neither source gives any statement, profession or background for him. The surname DeFranco is shared by other public figures, and voche.me did not link him to any of them. The board’s page says that since June 27, 2025 the board has been under supervision by the Minister of Education, and that decisions normally made by trustees are made by the appointed Supervisor, Robert Plamondon. He holds no public office on the record voche.me read. The sources read hold no complaint or allegation about him. Read the sources 02 / The issues ## Priorities & positions Campaign-source summary Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform. No platform positions have been supplied. Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 7, 2026: the City’s list of certified candidates for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (an Internet Archive copy) and its open data file of nominations, the CTV News Ottawa list of school board candidates of September 9, 2026, the VoteMate listing, and the board’s page on supervision. Gaps. No campaign website, social media account or statement from him was found, so his background and priorities are unknown. An empty section records only that nothing was found, and he may well have statements that voche.me has not seen. The voche.me questionnaire has not been sent. 03 / Background ## Experience & community ### Background not supplied Work, public service and community involvement will appear here when supplied. No experience has been added to this profile. 04 / Questions & answers ## Questions for the candidate Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied. No questions and answers have been supplied. ### Have your own question? Ask Sergio DeFranco directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one. 05 / About this page ## Questions about this page Facts voche.me can state about Sergio DeFranco's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
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How many sources does this Sergio DeFranco profile cite? This profile lists 6 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
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When is the election Sergio DeFranco is running in? The 2026 Ottawa municipal election, including the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions ## Space for campaign updates ### No campaign updates yet Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added. ## Sources & transparency - [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, Zone 9 (Wards 17, 18), list last updated September 29, 2026; Internet Archive copy ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates-school-board-trustees/certified-candidates-school-board-trustee-ottawa-carleton-district-school-board)Checked October 7, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · 2026 Municipal Elections, nominated candidates ](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/5b79177ae7524c9fa68f79e852527604)Checked October 7, 2026 - [CTV News Ottawa · Meet the candidates for Ottawa school board trustee, September 9, 2026 ](https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/meet-the-candidates-for-ottawa-school-board-trustee/)Checked October 7, 2026 - [VoteMate · Sergio Defranco, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Zone 9 (listing with no profile text) ](https://votemate.org/c/14648)Checked October 7, 2026 - [Ottawa-Carleton District School Board · Board of Trustees (statement on supervision) ](https://www.ocdsb.ca/about-us/board-of-trustees)Checked October 7, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Verified website, social and contact links will appear here when supplied. No campaign links supplied yet. ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates) [Ottawa-Carleton District School Board**Alan Riddell**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/alan-riddell) [Ottawa-Carleton District School Board**Alykhan Abdulla**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/alykhan-abdulla) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Sergio DeFranco a question. Give your name, email and question. We send it to the campaign, and publish their answer here if we get one. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/on/ottawa-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.