BLACK RIVER-MATHESON - The official candidate list is in.
With the deadline to register for the byelection passing, the township has posted its list of candidates. There are races in all of the wards.
The slate of candidates is:
- Mayor
- Dave Dyment
- Paul Fortin
- Murray Horan
- John MacKenzie
- Linda Mercier
- Chris Riach
- Albert Royer
- Ward 1
- Bree Allen
- Tracy Procop
- Martin Zandbergen
- Ward 2
- Daniel Charbonneau
- Diane Pearson
- Steve Wilson
- Ward 3
- Norman Bilodeau
- Steven Campsall (incumbent)
- Ward 4
- Jason Edwards
- Dan DeMarchi
- Leslie Lantz
- Scott McCutcheon
- Rob Pranger
- Ward 5
- Louise Gadoury (incumbent)
- Francis Lambert
- Pauline Short-Francis
- Ward 6
- Alain Bouchard
- Tony Hansen
- Wendy Morrish
Advance voting for the byelection is Aug. 1-11, with election day on Aug. 12.
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Seven council members will be elected — one councillor in each of the six wards, and the mayor who is elected at large.
The byelection is in light of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing’s decision to declare all of the Matheson council seats vacant after council failed to meet quorum at meetings for 60 days. The little-used section of the Municipal Act hasn't been exercised since it took effect in the early 2000s.
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In the 2022 election, all but one of the council positions were acclaimed. With people only voting for one ward councillor, the voter turnout was 5.95 per cent — with 150 of the eligible 2,605 voters casting a ballot.
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