Municipal elections 2017

The race is on

Candidates had until 4:30 p.m. on Friday Oct.6 to submit their nomination forms in the upcoming municipal elections.

The official voting day will take place on Sunday, November 5, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in municipalities across the Townships.

All inf ormation per taining t o t he election including voter eligibility and registration, polling stations, candidates in a giv en municipality or an y other questions can be found on the Director General of Elections website: electionsmunicipales.quebec. The information is available in F rench and Eng lish. The website can also refer citizens to t heir local returning officer for more precise details.

The Record did a survey of Townships municipalities to get an idea of t he political cli matefor the upcoming elections.

Municipalities where all positions were acclaimed

Hatley, Racine, Roxton, Frelighsburg, Barnston, Saint-isidore-de-clif ton, Stanstead East.

Municipalities where the mayor was acclaimed

Hatley T ownship-mayor Mar tin Primeau was elected by acclamation, as was one council seat; t he ot her f ive council seats have multiple candidates running.

Ascot C orner-mayor Nathale Bresseand and five of six councilors elected by acclamation.

Brome Lake-mayor Richard Burcombe elected by acclamation, three of six seats as well.

Melbourne-mayor James Johns ton was elected by acclamation as well as

four of six councilors. Two seats are being challenged.

North Hatley-mayor Michael Page was elected by acclamation; all six council seats have multiple candidates.

Sainte- Catherine- de- Hatley- Mayor Jacques Demers was acclaimed. Only one council had candidates vying.

Scotstown- looking for one new councilor. Mayor Dominique Boisvert and the other five councilors have been elected by acclamation.

Windsor-mayor Sylvie Bureau was acclaimed. Two council seats have multiple candidates, the other four were acclaimed.

Bedford- Mayor M. Yves Lévesque acclaimed. Five council seats are in the race

West-bolton-mayor Jacques Drolet and three councilors were acclaimed, three councilor seats are in the race.

Bury-mayor Walter Dougherty and four councilors have been acclaimed; two council seats have candidates.

Bedford- Mayor Yves Lévesque and one councilor have been acclaimed, all other positions have candidates.

Compton- one council seat is up for grabs, all other positions, including Mayor Bernard Vanasse, were acclaimed.

Municipalities with new mayoral candidates

Ogden-position of mayor and two council seats have multiple candidates; the other four were elected by acclamation.

Rawdon-all council seats were elected by acclamation, all of whom are members of Équipe Guilbault - Parti Rawdonnois. Outgoing Mayor Bruneau Guilbault is being challenged by Jean-yves St-denis

Richmond- After decades with the same mayor, three candidates are vying for the position. One council seat was elected by acclamation; all other positions have multiple candidates.

Roxton-four council seats were elected by acclamation; two seats and the mayor’s position have candidates in the running.

Roxton Pond-one councilor was acclaimed; all other positions have new candidates.

Saint-félix-de-kingsey- Outgoing Mayor Thérèse Francoeur is being challenged by Marc Leblanc; all other seats were elected by acclamation..

South Stukely- four councilors were elected by acclamation. The mayor’s position and two seats have new candidates.

Valcourt-outgoing Mayor Renald Chênevert is being challenged by Daniel Lacroix. All other six councilor seats were acclaimed.

Waterville-two candidates are going up against outgoing Mayor Nathalie Dupuis. Three council seats also up for grabs.

Abercorn-five councilor seats acclaimed. Guy Gravel, outgoing councilor, seat 4, is challenging outgoing Mayor Jean-charles Bissonnette.

Ayer’s Cliff-mayor Alec van Zuiden is not running for re-election. The position of mayor has new candidates, as do four council seats.

East-bolton - A single councilor was acclaimed. All other positions, including mayor, are in the running.

Coaticook-five councilors have been acclaimed. The position of mayor and council seat 6 have candidates in the running.

Cookshire-eaton- Two councilor seats were acclaimed. Four other seats and the mayor’s position up for grabs. Among the mayoral candidates are outgoing councilors Sylvie Lapointe and Yvon Roy.

Cowansville-three councilors were elected by acclamation. Three seats have new candidates, and four candidates are running for mayor, two of whom are outgoing councilors.

Dudswell-five mayoral candidates, including outgoing mayor. Council Seat 6 has two candidates, the other four were elected by acclamation.

Eastman-two councilors were acclaimed, all other positions, including the mayor’s position, have new candidates.

Farnham- two councilors acclaimed, all other positions have new candidates.

Brigham- one councilor acclaimed, all other positions have new candidates.

East Angus- Candidates running in all positions.

Potton- Candidates running in all positions.

Stanstead- Candidates running in all positions.

Sutton-louis Dandenault (Alliance Sutton) running for re-election, and all seats have an Alliance Sutton candidate, the majority running for re-election; all positions challenged by other candidates.

Stanstead Township- Candidates running in all positions.

Waterloo-two political parties, Avenir Waterloo and La Relève have candidates running in all positions. An additional independent mayoral candidate, Johanna Beaudoin, is also in the race.

Bromont- Candidates running in all positions. In the running are four outgoing councilors, two of whom are vying for the position of mayor.

Granby-candidates running in all positions.

Sherbrooke- No positions have been acclaimed in any of the city’s boroughs.

Political parties Équipe Bernard Sévigny - Renouveau sherbrookois and sherbrooke citoyen have a candidate running in virtually every riding.

There are five candidates running for mayor of Sherbrooke.

In the borough of Lennoxville, there are five candidates for borough president, including outgoing councilors Claude Charron and Linda Boulanger.

Magog-all positions have new candidates running.

Orford- Candidates running in all positions.

Missing a mayor?

Lingwick-all six councilors were elected by acclamation, but no mayoral candidates presented nomination forms.