All names are in. And out.
The deadline for municipal and school board candidates to file their nomination papers for this fall’s municipal election has passed.
The final day was a whirlwind, according to municipal officials, as three candidates withdrew, while five ‘new’ ones came forward.
All told, we have 104 candidates signed up. Of that tally, 18 are running for various school board seats. The remainder, 86, are battling for 15 seats at the Chatham-Kent council table, including seven signed up to run for mayor.
Coming in just under the wire are a number of candidates.
Included in the mix is April Colby, who announced she is running for mayor.
Dave Palmer, Bonny Pigeon and Marc Westerman joined the race in Chatham Ward 6.
Penelope Duschesne, Rick Hottot and Jonathan Meriano filed their papers to run in Chatham Ward 7. They are among 17 people vying for two seats.
Bruce Caldwell is running in Chatham Ward 8, while Debbie Martin withdrew.
Four years after incumbents Carmen McGregor and Aaron Hall were acclaimed in Wallaceburg, there are now 14 candidates running, after Hall and McGregor announced they would not seek re-election. The latest to join the fray are Victoria Stewart and Bill Wolsing.
Allen Sparks signed up to run for the Lambton Kent District School Board Aug. 19, but withdrew two days later.
Jacqueline Sparks put her name to run for a trustee spot on the St. Clair board, representing Ward 3.
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Mayor: West Kent Coun. Lauren Anderson, Chatham Coun. Michael Bondy, Nelson Burm, incumbent mayor Darrin Canniff, April Colby, Ryan Gow and Randy Hope.
Chatham Ward 6: Jeff Comiskey, Ben Labadie, Brian Machado, Sheila Moir-Martin, Karen Montgomery, Bonnie Pigeon, incumbent Alysson Storey, and Marc Westerman. (Two seats.)
Chatham Ward 7: Steve Adkins, incumbent Marjorie Crew, Penelope Duschesne, Michael Fife, incumbent Amy Finn, Dustin Gawne, Michael Gibbons, Rick Hottot, Larry Hutchins, Steve Kenney, Marc King, Jonathan Meriano, Jason Reynolds, Doug Robbins, Karen Robinet, Dustin Ryan and Dale VanDusen. (Two seats.)
Chatham Ward 8: Conor Allin, Bruce Caldwell, Cynthia Cote, Sandra Dorner, Ryan Drouillard, John Duquette, Andy Fisher, Paulo Graciano, incumbent Brock McGregor, Rick Nicholls, Stephani Shill, Scott Thompson and Luke Van Der Vliet. (Two seats.)
South West Kent Ward 1: Tom Askew, Mark Authier, Michael Bond, incumbent Melissa Harrigan, Andrea Palmer and Gerhard Taves. (Two seats.)
South East Kent Ward 2: Chad Carnie; incumbent Anthony Ceccacci, Matthew Giffin, Fred Hooper, Matt Lamarche, Denise Maynard, Albert Pilbeam, Brad Snobelen, Spencer Stinson and Hassan Tariq. (Two seats.)
North East Kent Ward 3: Lauren Aziz, Kyle Carter, Cory Couture, Mark Huston, Emery Huszka, Matthew Pietens and James Plunkett. (One seat.)
North West Kent Ward 4: John Cummings, Kirk Hooker and incumbent Rhonda Jubenville. (One seat.)
Wallaceburg Ward 5: Bill Arends, Brendan Authier, Loree Bailey, Jim Blake, Dave Brundritt, Steve Burritt, Mark Childs, Jay Debuck, Brent DeNure, Dave Hyatt, Zac Nicholson, Victoria Stewart, Bill Wolsing, and Chris Young. (Two seats.)
LKDSB Wards 1-3: Randy Campbell, David Pelgrims, Chris White and Jocelyn Young Cromier. (Two seats.)
LKDSB Wards 4,5: Anna Cairns, Jason Nantais. (One seat.)
LKDSB Wards 6-8: Tracy Bernicky, Barb Pelgrims, David Pierce, and Ellen Sinclair. (Two seats.)
SCCDSB Wards 1,2: Brenda Rumble. (One seat.)
SCCDSB Ward 3: Jacqueline Row. (One seat.)
SCCDSB Wards 4,5: John Van Heck. (One seat.)
SCCDSB Wards 6-8: David Argenti. (One seat.)
French Public: David Paradis. (One seat.)
French Separate Ward 1: Doris Sauve and David Tremblay. (One seat.)
French Separate Wards 2-8: Robert Demers. (One seat.)
