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Oct 30, 19 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
How did Dave Van Kesteren, now-retired local MP, spend the day after the first election in which he wasn’t a participant in 15 years? Doing something a candidate typically does – collecting election signs. The Chatham Voice caught up with Van Kesteren,...
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Oct 21, 19 •
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Canada is headed towards a Liberal minority government, while our region stayed blue tonight. While results are still coming in, Dave Epp had a comfortable lead with about half the polls reporting in for Chatham-Kent Leamington. The Conservative candidate...
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Oct 15, 19 •
0 Views • '19 ELECTION, Feature Story, Local News • Sarah Schofield • 1 Comment
Liberal Lambton-Kent-Middlesex (L-K-M) candidate Jesse McCormick, left; New Democrat L-K-M candidate Dylan McLay; Green Chatham-Kent Leamington (C-K L) candidate Mark Vercouteren, Liberal C-K L candidate Katie Omstead and New Democrat C-K L candidate Tony...
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Oct 2, 19 •
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Elections Canada is gearing up for the federal election set for Oct. 21 across Canada and asks you to do your part. Elections Canada is mailing a personalized voter information card to each registered elector that tells them when and where to vote and has...
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Jul 24, 19 •
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Disgruntled former mayoral candidate Robert Salvatore Powers is 0-for-11 and out of options. The municipality’s compliance audit committee met July 22 and rejected an election complaint against Mayor Darrin Canniff made by Powers. Chatham-Kent officials say...
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Jun 4, 19 •
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A familiar face will be on the federal campaign trail leading up to the Canadian federal election scheduled for Oct. 21. The Green Party of Canada announced Mark Vercouteren as its candidate for the federal riding of Chatham-Kent-Leamington. Vercouteren grew...
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May 28, 19 •
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It took four hours, but Chatham-Kent’s compliance audit committee rejected all 10 election finance complaints leveled recently by former mayoral candidate Robert Salvatore Powers. Powers filed applications for audits in late April against fellow mayoral...
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May 17, 19 •
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Nine candidates, third-party advertiser named in applications Chatham-Kent’s election compliance audit committee is to review 10 complaints stemming from the financial reports from eight municipal council candidates, one mayoral candidate and a third-party...
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Apr 10, 19 •
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The victor topped the spending list, while the defeated didn’t even report his spendings. That’s how it played out on municipal election night, according to municipal records, where Darrin Canniff became mayor after spending nearly $64,500 on his 2018...
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Jan 15, 19 •
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The court application brought by mayoral candidate Robert Powers for a recount of the 2018 Ward 1 municipal election has been dismissed by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. According to a release from the municipality, Justice Howard heard arguments from...
