Election races begin

Ken Johnston
Editor

Editor©ˆs Note: The candidate information below was as of Monday morning at 9:30 a.m. Candidates had until 5 p.m. Monday to withdraw their names. If any did the information was unavailable at press time.

Election fever has arrived!

Friday was the deadline to file nominations for municipal office across Ontario and with the exception of one seat for Reeve in Morley, all the positions from Rainy River to Barwick have people interested in them.

Rainy River

* indicates incumbent

Mayor

(One to be elected)

Debbie Ewald

Ed Tymkin

(Both are incumbent councillors)

Council

(Four to be elected)

*Brent Anderson

Heather Anderson

Gord Armstrong

*Dennis Ewald

*Gerry Marchuk

Marilyn McAlister

*Dean Wiersema

Public School Board

Ron McAlister(*) was acclaimed.

Dawson

Reeve

John Amundsen (*) was acclaimed

Council

(Four to be elected)

*Linda Armstrong

Amie Desaulniers

Ben Drennan

*Archie Wiersema

(All were acclaimed)

Lake of the Woods

Reeve (One to be elected)

*Val Pizey

Bill Lundgren (incumbent councillor)

Council

Ward 1 (Two to be elected)

Nancy Gate

Jody Gouliquer

Elizabeth Mitchell

*Tony Sepers

Ward 2 (Two to be elected)

*Colleen Fadden

*Joann Moen

(Both were acclaimed).

Morley

Reeve

(One to be elected)

No one had filed a nomination by Friday at 5 p.m. Town Clerk Anna Boily said nominations for Reeve will reopen Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Council

(Four to be elected)

*Ken Haw

*George Heyens

*Gary Jolicouer

Maury Nielson

Chris Pollard

*Bill Romyn

Separate School Board

Mark Chojko-Bolec

Kim Desserre

Don Marquis

Chapple

Reeve

Peter VanHeyst was acclaimed.

Council

Ward 1(One to be elected)

*Mark Hyatt was acclaimed.

Ward 2

*Rilla Race

George Siemans

Ward 3 (One to be elected)

James Gibson

Stefan Szeder

Ward 4

*Rick Neilson was acclaimed.

Elections will be on November 13, 2006.