It was a slow week in terms of new candidates coming forward for the fall municipal election here in Chatham-Kent.
As of press time, just one, Ryan Dustin, who is running in Ward 7, announced since our previous reporting.
Mayor: West Kent Coun. Lauren Anderson, Chatham Coun. Michael Bondy, Nelson Burm, incumbent mayor Darrin Canniff, Ryan Gow and Randy Hope.
Chatham Ward 6: Jeff Comiskey, Ben Labadie, Brian Machado, Sheila Moir-Martin, Karen Montgomery and incumbent Alysson Storey. (Two seats.)
Chatham Ward 7: Steve Adkins, Ryan Dustin, Michael Fife, incumbent Amy Finn, Dustin Gawne, Larry Hutchins, Steve Kenney, Marc King, Jason Reynolds and Doug Robbins. (Two seats.)
Chatham Ward 8: Sandra Dorner, Ryan Drouillard, John Duquette, Andy Fisher, Paul Graciano, Debbie Martin, 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; 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: Brendan Authier, Loree Bailey, Jim Blake, Steve Burritt, Mark Childs, Jay Debuck, Brent DeNure, Zac Nicholson, Dave Hyatt and Chris Young. (Two seats.)
LKDSB Wards 1-3: Randy Campbell. (Two seats.)
LKDSB Wards 4,5: Anna Cairns, Jason Nantais. (One seat.)
LKDSB Wards 6-8: Tracy Bernicky, Ellen Sinclair. (Two seats.)
SCCDSB Wards 1,2: Brenda Rumble. (One seat.)
SCCDSB Ward 3: None registered. (One seat.)
SCCDSB Wards 4,5: John Van Heck. (One seat.)
SCCDSB Wards 6-8: David Artenti. (One seat.)
French Public: David Paradis. (One seat.)
French Separate Ward 1: Doris Sauve. (One seat.)
French Separate Wards 2-8: Robert Demers. (One seat.)
Nominations are open until Aug. 21. Anyone interested in running can access the necessary information on the Municipality of Chatham-Kent’s webpage.
Editor’s note: This is the list of candidates available on the municipality’s webpage as of press time July 24.
