Jennifer Quaile was acclaimed to the position of mayor of Otter Lake last month after nobody else entered their name in the race for the municipality’s top seat.

The news came late in the afternoon of Dec. 20, the last day of the candidate nomination period.

“I’m thrilled. I think that it’s a real privilege to have the opportunity to be a mayor of Otter Lake,” Quaile said.

“I really care a lot about Otter Lake, having been born and raised here. I know I’ve been away a long time but I care about the village and I care about the community, so it really does mean a lot to me.”

Quaile was elected councillor of the municipality in 2021, and appointed pro-mayor in June 2022.

Last fall she assumed mayoral duties when Terry Lafleur resigned from the position to take a job as assistant director general for MRC Pontiac.

To learn more about Quaile’s ambitions as mayor, see THE EQUITY’s interview with her on page five, the final piece in our Who’s Running this Town? series of conversations with mayors across the Pontiac.