Eleven candidates sought the mayor’s office in Regina’s November 13, 2024 municipal election. The field ranged from incumbent Sandra Masters and councillor Lori Bresciani to community advocates and first-time contenders. Their campaigns emphasized infrastructure, affordability, downtown activity, public safety, reconciliation and the conduct of city council.
Bevann Fox and Bill Pratt
Bevann Fox, a member of Pasqua First Nation and University of Regina graduate, brought an education and leadership background. Bill Pratt had led Eden Care Homes, a nonprofit involved in low-income housing and senior care. Pratt campaigned on restoring direction at city hall, strengthening business and attracting people downtown.
Bob Pearce, Chad Bachynski and Kevin Kardash
Bob “Dancing Bob” Pearce focused on access to clean drinking water. Chad Bachynski, a SaskEnergy manager, argued for a more cohesive council, infrastructure investment and fiscal responsibility. Regina Lions Club president Kevin Kardash emphasized transparency, accountability and dignity.
Experienced and community-based contenders
Lori Bresciani had represented Ward 4 for eight years and questioned city spending priorities around the central library and a new aquatic centre. Melina Bushenlonga promoted public safety and infrastructure. Nathaniel Hewton, an advocate for unhoused people, said he would direct the mayoral salary to his Soup After Dark meal initiative.
Rod Williams, a longtime Ipsco and Evraz worker and former Regina Pats player, centred affordability. Incumbent Sandra Masters sought another term on infrastructure, community safety and the aquatic-centre project. Shawn Sparvier, a member of Cowessess First Nation, said truth and reconciliation should inform every city decision.
What a candidate list cannot decide
Short profiles help voters find names, but slogans do not establish whether a promise is legal, costed or within municipal authority. Voters needed to examine full platforms, financial disclosures, debates and the official city election site. Claims about taxes or capital projects should identify the budget effect and what would be delayed or replaced.
Municipal government controls services that shape daily life—roads, transit, water, land use, recreation and policing oversight—but works within provincial law and limited revenue sources. A mayor has influence and a public mandate but normally needs council support to implement a programme.
The result provides necessary historical context
Because this preview remains online after polling day, readers should not be left wondering whether Masters retained office. Chad Bachynski won the 2024 election and became Regina’s next mayor. That later result should be separated from the neutral description of choices available before the vote.
The election was also an opportunity to select councillors and school-board trustees. Participation below the mayoral level affects budgets and policy just as directly, and official results—not campaign claims or social-media projections—are the authoritative outcome.
A diverse field, one accountable office
The eleven candidates offered markedly different experience and priorities. Diversity of choice can strengthen a local election, while a crowded ballot places more responsibility on voters and newsrooms to distinguish people accurately.
The fair record lists each contender without implying equal support, explains what the mayor can do and updates the eventual winner. Regina voters chose Bachynski. The promises made across the field still provide a useful measure of which concerns residents expected the new council to address.
