Caleb Nickerson
PONTIAC Oct. 6, 2017
With the municipal elections fast approaching on Nov. 5, the deadline for filing nomination papers passed last Friday, Oct. 6. Over 200 people put their names forward to seek municipal office in MRC Pontiac, all competing for 125 possible seats.
In a change from previous elections, all electors in the MRC can now vote for the position of warden, which was previously elected from among the council of mayors. Incumbent Warden and former Mayor of Fort Coulonge, Raymond Durocher, will face off against four other candidates: Linda Davis, Pierre Fréchette, Charlotte L’Écuyer and Jane Toller.
Six mayors were re-elected by acclamation after running unopposed: Brent Orr (Bristol), Alain Gagnon (Bryson), Donald Gagnon (Chichester), Kim Cartier-Villeneuve (Otter Lake), Doris Ranger (Sheenboro) and David Rochon (Waltham).
William Stewart of Campbell’s Bay is the only mayor currently on the council who is not seeking re-election.
Roughly 40 per cent of candidates were elected by acclamation, down from roughly 55 per cent last election cycle.
The most highly contested municipality in the MRC is L’Île du Grand Calumet with four candidates for mayor and 13 candidates for six council seats.
In stark contrast, the Mayor of Waltham (David Rochon) and all six councillors returned to their posts after running unopposed.
In the Municipality of Pontiac, current Mayor Roger Larose is running for re-election against local entrepreneur Joanne Labadie.
The full list of candidates is as follows:
(* = incumbent, + = outgoing from another position)
Warden of MRC Pontiac
Linda Davis, Raymond Durocher*+, Pierre Fréchette, Charlotte L’Écuyer, Jane Toller
Alleyn et Cawood
Mayor: Carl Mayer*, Karen (Kim) Montague Milford+, Joseph Squitti
Councillor (1): Susan Tanner* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (2): Jason Emery, Ricky Lafleur*
Councillor (3): Sidney Squitti* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (4): John Emery, Ronnie Lafleur *
Councillor (5): Mona Giroux-Woodstock, Christopher Salt *
Councillor (6): Grace Becky Early (Elected by acclamation)
Bristol
Mayor: Brent Orr* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (1): Phillip Holmes* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (2): Archie Greer (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (3): Colette O’Malley* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (4): Greg Graham* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (5): Brian Drummond* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (6): Kenneth Bernard, Debbie Kilgour*
Bryson
Mayor: Alain Gagnon* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (1): David Miljour* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (2): Pierre Graveline*, Diane Tourangeau Lance
Councillor (3): Joanne Ralston* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (4): Wayne Cameron*, Robert Germain
Councillor (5): Paul Gauthier*, Suzanne Romain
Councillor (6): Jian Zhang (Elected by acclamation)
Campbell’s Bay
Mayor: Maurice Beauregard+, Lisa Dagenais+
Councillor (1): Stéphane Barbarie, Raymond Pilon*
Councillor (2): Timothy Ferrigan* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (3): Jean-Pierre Landry, Scott Laporte
Councillor (4): Richard Gratton, Stéphanie Hébert-Shea
Councillor (5): Michel Dubeau, Lois Smith*
Councillor (6): Julie Anglehart, Suzanne Dubeau-Pilon*, Cletus Ferrigan
Chichester
Mayor: Donald Gagnon* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (1): Dustin Denault, Theresa Wynne Traill
Councillor (2): Louis Schryer* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (3): Jacques Fleury*, Janet Fleury
Councillor (4): Gail Gagnon Martin, Chrissy Ann Payne
Councillor (5): Corey Bissonnette, Melanie Jones
Councillor (6): Glen Gagnon, Neil Maloney*
Clarendon
Mayor: John Armstrong*, Gerald F. Dagg
Councillor (1): Rick Younge* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (2): Jonathan Dagg, James Howard*
Councillor (3): Phillip Elliott* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (4): Keven Knox*, Luc Lapointe, Edward Walsh
Councillor (5): Eric Smith* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (6): Mavis Hanna* (Elected by acclamation)
Fort Coulonge
Mayor: Gaston Allard, Jacques Masseau+
Councillor (1): Gilles Beaulieu*, Christine Francoeur
Councillor (2): Gaétan Graveline* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (3): Mélissa Lemay, Pierre Vaillancourt*
Councillor (4): Debbie Laporte* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (5): Nathalie Denault (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (6): Lise A. Romain* (Elected by acclamation)
L’Île du Grand Calumet
Mayor: Lina Lacroix-Ricard, Paul-Émile Maleau, Serge Newberry, Mario Tremblay+
Councillor (1): Martin Bertrand, Lyne Tremblay
Councillor (2): Mario Bérard
Councillor (3): Mona Donnelly, Marc Masseau
Councillor (4): Anik Boulanger, Patrice Dumouchel, Sylvain Tremblay
Councillor (5): Brian Duval, Jeneviève Lemaire, Réjean Meilleur*
Councillor (6): Elie James Azola Moankong, Richard LaSalle*
L’Isle aux Allumettes
Mayor: Geneviève O’Brien+, Winston Sunstrum*, Kevin Vickers
Councillor (1): Marc Deslauriers*, Mariette Sallafranque
Councillor (2): Louis Lair*, Edward Tierney
Councillor (3): Patrick Montgomery, André Vaillancourt*
Councillor (4): Eldon Adam, Nancy McGuire
Councillor (5): Roger Lavoie*, Philip Perry
Councillor (6): Robert Chafe, Patrick Tallon*
Litchfield
Mayor: Brian (Champ) Corriveau, Colleen Larivière*
Councillor (1): Terry Racine* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (2): Donald Graveline*, Charles Stephens
Councillor (3): Denis Dubeau* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (4): Joseph John Belanger* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (5): Emile Morin* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (6): Robert Brisebois, Richard Crawford, Guylaine Marcil, John Stitt
Mansfield et Pontefract
Mayor: Kathleen Belec*, Gilles Dionne+, Terence Levesque
Councillor (1): Leslie Bélair, Kim Laroche
Councillor (2): Brian Boisvert, Lise Rivet
Councillor (3): René Ladouceur, Luc Sicard
Councillor (4): Garry Ladouceur*, Richard Morrissette
Councillor (5): Claudette Béland*, Gaétan Fortin, Louis-Philippe Fortin
Councillor (6): Sandra Armstrong, Neil Gervais*
Otter Lake
Mayor: Kim Cartier-Villeneuve* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (1):Carlen Lafleur, Rachel Lapointe
Councillor (2): Desiree Tremblay (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (3): Kathleen Gauthier, Jennifer Vadneau*
Councillor (4): Vicky Dubeau* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (5): Ivan Leblanc* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (6): Jacques Gauthier*, Robin Zacharias
Portage du Fort
Mayor: Lynne Cameron*, Nicole Racine Thompson
Councillor (1): Debra Greenshields (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (2): Sharon Goodfellow Brinkworth (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (3): Gerald Manwell*, Edward Thompson
Councillor (4): Jacques Guerette* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (5): Cody Coughlin, Frank Sofalvi
Councillor (6): Alan Farrell* (Elected by acclamation)
Rapides des Joachims
Mayor: Marc Deschesnes, James Gibson*
Councillor (1): Anne Buttler*, Doris May Larochelle
Councillor (2): Noel Leclerc*, Annie Morin
Councillor (3): Dale Levesque*, Mareen Sarrazin
Councillor (4): Carole Desnoyers*, Paul-André Paquette
Shawville
Mayor: William McCleary+, Sandra Murray*
Councillor (1): Keith Harris* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (2): Denzil Yach (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (3): Peggie Sheppard* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (4): Donna Andrew, Jaime Christie
Councillor (5): Bill William Hobbs* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (6): Patti Moffatt* (Elected by acclamation)
Sheenboro
Mayor: Doris Ranger* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (1): Dick Edwards* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (2): John Brennan* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (3): Rick Bradshaw, Donald Krieger*
Councillor (4): Lorna Brennan Agnesi*, Nancy Gleason
Councillor (5): Lawrence Gleason*, Neil Meehan
Councillor (6): Karen Shea* (Elected by acclamation)
Thorne
Mayor: Karen Daly Kelly+, Terence Murdock*
Councillor (1): Robert Cyrus Black, Robert Wills
Councillor (2): Darren Knox, Marsha Steinke Bean
Councillor (3): Marguerite May Born*, Megane Bretzlaff
Councillor (4): Shawn Kluke, Deborah Stafford*
Councillor (5): Robert Charette, Daniel Soroka
Councillor (6): Robert B. Blaskie, Jammie-Lee Coursol (Thrun)
Waltham
Mayor: David Rochon* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (1): Brenda Landry* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (2): Gerard Pharand* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (3): Ramona Marion* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (4): Odette Godin* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (5): Elwood Allard* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (6): Pierre Gauthier* (Elected by acclamation)
Municipality of Pontiac (MRC des Collines de l’Outaouais)
Mayor: Joanne Labadie, Roger Larose*
Councillor (1): Jean Côté, Nancy Draper-Maxsom*
Councillor (2): Garry Dagenais, Susan McKay
Councillor (3): Thomas Howard* (Elected by acclamation)
Councillor (4): Josée Graveline-Davis, Susan Lamont, Scott McDonald
Councillor (5): Ricky Knox, Isabelle Patry
Councillor (6): Leslie-Anne Barber, Jean Paquin, William (Bill) Twolan
Polling dates:
Advance poll:
October 29, 2017
Election day:
November 5, 2017
