Candidate record
Offices held or sought
- Ran in Thornhill in the 2025 Ontario election; his candidate-submitted profile identifies his affiliation as New Blue.
- New Blue candidate in Vaughan–Woodbridge in 2022; identified himself as a New Blue candidate in Thornhill in 2025.
Prior election results
- Placed fifth of six candidates in Thornhill in 2025, with 523 votes — 1.47% of valid votes.
Background and community work
Work and leadership experience
- Entrepreneur.
- More than 15 years of community organizing, including food and clothing drives, shelter support and charity fundraising tours across Canada.
Municipal and public-service record
- Luca Mele filed in the 2026 Welland Ward 5 race and appeared before Council in late March regarding governance review.
Committee and community service
- Coordinates community round tables and outreach for unhoused people.
Campaign priorities
- He proposes more efficient transit routes and improved public-safety measures.
- He proposes updating parking, property-standards and zoning bylaws.
- He advocates expanded healthcare and diagnostic services in Welland.
- He commits to monthly community meetings shaped by residents’ ideas.
- He proposes balancing compassion, safety and neighbourhood concerns in responses to homelessness.
- Supports preserving farmland in Cooks Mills.
Other positions
Reasons for running and priorities
- Stated approach to leadership: showing up, listening and working with residents.
- His campaign describes a platform built with community input.
- Raises concern about locating a homeless shelter in a school zone.
Budget and financial experience
- Property-tax relief and affordability measures, including rebate programs, tax cuts, tax-deferral and relief/rebate programs, and utility-support programs.
Public political affiliations and candidacies
- New Blue candidate in Vaughan–Woodbridge in 2022; his candidate-submitted 2025 Thornhill profile also identifies New Blue affiliation.
Campaign contact details
- Campaign: lucamele.ca · votemele@gmail.com · 289-943-1770.