Cornwall citizens committee to host meet-and-greet

Meet Your Candidate Night takes place tonight at Civic Centre

Cornwall residents are getting a chance to meet the mayoral and council candidates for the Nov. 5 municipal election.

A Meet Your Candidate Night will be held today, 7:30-9:30 p.m., in the Cornwall Civic Centre, 29 Cornwall Rd.

Bill Hogg, spokesman for the non-partisan citizens committee organizing the public meeting, said each candidate for mayor will be given five minutes to speak, while each candidate for council will be given four minutes.

A meet-and-greet will follow the speeches to offer the public an opportunity to speak to each candidate personally.

Hogg says Cornwall can be a challenging municipality to campaign in since there is no ward

“All our committee is doing is facilitating this event to try to help the residents of Cornwall in making a decision.” Bill Hogg

system and the town is made up of clusters of urban density separated by fields.

The town uses an at-large voting system that sees residents elect a mayor and six councillors. The top six names in the list of candidates for councillor will form the new town council, along with the mayor.

“All our committee is doing is facilitating this event to try to help the residents of Cornwall in making a decision,” says Hogg.

Light refreshments will be available at the meeting. For more information, Hogg can be reached at 902-566-2307.