Some wards hotly contested in the Upper River Valley
Nominations have closed for New Brunswick Municipal and District Education Council elections, scheduled for May 11.
Two Upper River Valley mayors have been acclaimed – Hartland Mayor Tracey DeMerchant and Nackawic-Millville Mayor Tim Fox.
Candidates who have changed their minds have until 5 p.m. on Monday, April 13, to withdraw their names.
Voter information cards are scheduled to be mailed on Monday, April 27.
Advance polls will be Saturday, May 2, and Monday, May 4. Polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. both days.
Election Day is Monday, May 11, and winners will be formally declared on Wednesday, May 13. If there are recounts in any district, the deadline to apply is May 21.
Here is a list of candidates and acclimations for the River Valley Sun coverage area:
Woodstock
Mayor:
Trina Jones (inc.)
Noah Walton
Jeff Wright
Ward 1 (one to elect):
May Atkinson
Michael Martin (inc.)
Ward 2 (one to elect):
Will Belyea (inc.)
Marlene Hassard
Ward 3 (one to elect):
Catherine Anne Davies
Scott Dunlop
Ward 4 (four to elect):
Ken Anthony
Jeff Bradbury (inc.)
Norm Brown (inc.)
John Dolimount
Laura Gaddas
Leslie Ann Hawkes
Christa McCartney (inc.)
Mark Rogers (inc.)
Susan L. Ryan
Arthur Slipp
Hartland
Mayor:
Tracy DeMerchant (inc.) has been acclaimed as Hartland’s mayor.
Councillor at Large (three to elect):
Stewart Fairgrieve (inc.)
Tanya Hawkes
Emily Nigro
Lee Patterson (inc.)
Ward 1 (one to elect):
Jason Smith (inc.) has been acclaimed as councillor in Ward 1.
Ward 2 (one to elect):
George Boone (inc.)
Greg Crouse
Ward 3 (one to elect):
Samuel Walton (inc.)
Charlie Webber
District of Carleton North
Mayor:
Andrew Harvey (inc.)
Charles MacDonald
Councillor at Large (two to elect):
Laurel R. Bradstreet (inc.)
Jayne Geddes
Karen Hargrove (inc)
Kirby Lee Jensen
David Trafford
Ward 1 (one to elect):
Nick Anderson
Lottie Nye
Michael Stewart (inc.)
Ward 2 (one to elect):
Tammy Nicholson-Kirkland
Chris O’Donnell
Connie Smith
Chala Watson (inc.)
Ward 3 (one to elect):
Stephen Armour
Ed Boyd
Scott Oakes (inc.)
Ward 4 (one to elect):
Jillienne Denny
Ryan Dickinson (inc.)
Ward 5 (one to elect):
Gailen Allan
Angel Connor (inc.)
Southern Victoria
Mayor:
Cindy McLaughlin (inc.)
Tamara Titus McPhail
Councillor at Large (one to elect):
Rodney L. Brayall
Jason Martin
Ward 1 (one to elect):
Joe Gee
Todd McGuire (inc.)
Ward 2 (three to elect):
Sheila E. Cummings (inc.)
Tommy Tixon
Paul Legace (inc.)
Ethan Shaw
Daniel S. Sooley
Ward 3 (one to elect):
Miranda L. Francis-Perley
Sara Plant (inc.)
Nackawic-Millville
Mayor:
Tim Fox (inc.) has been acclaimed as the mayor of Nackawic-Millville.
Ward 1 (one to elect):
Anthony Moorcroft
Stephen Ouellet
Ward 2 (one to elect):
Jeff Clark (inc.) has been acclaimed as councillor for Ward 2.
Ward 3 (two to elect):
Floyd D’entremont and Greg MacFarlane (inc.) have both been acclaimed to the positions of councillor in Ward 3.
Ward 4 (one to elect):
Beverly H. Forbes
Colin Trail (inc.)
Ward 5 (one to elect):
Stephen Meldrum (inc.) has been acclaimed as councillor in Ward 5.
Ward 6 (one to elect):
Errol Graham (inc.) has been acclaimed as councillor for Ward 6.
Lakeland Ridges
Mayor:
Leonard Foster (inc.)
Greg Grant
Ward 1 (two to elect):
Elizabeth Luimes and Hans Stevens have both been acclaimed as councillors in Ward 1.
Ward 2 (two to elect):
Lisa Antworth
Judy Ann Cole
Linda Porter (inc.)
Ward 3 (two to elect):
Rhonda Alward
Stephen Manuel
Karen Patterson
Randy Stairs (inc.)
Sterling Wright
Chris Yerxa (inc.)
Ward 4 (two to elect):
J.J. (Governor) Carrier
Tanya Marie Cloutier
Barb Glanville (inc.)
Heather A. Neilson
Shawn Oldenburg
District Education Council
For the Anglophone School District-West District Education Council seats for the region:
Subdistrict 1 (includes Perth-Andover and Plaster Rock):
Harmien Dionne has been acclaimed to the position.
Subdistrict 2 (includes Bath, Centreville, Florenceville-Bristol):
Katelyn McGrath has been acclaimed to the position.
Subdistrict 3 (includes Hartland and Woodstock):
Candice Browse (inc.)
James Chisholm
Subdistrict 4 (includes Canterbury and Nackawic-Millville):
Tanya Marie Cloutier has been acclaimed to the position.
