Municipal and School Board elections will be held throughout the province next month. CKBW/HANK FM is putting a concentrated focus and effort on bringing its listeners local coverage from their communities around the South Shore. Advance polling days vary between each municipal unit. Polling day is October 20th. Voting will open at 8AM and close at 7PM. We will have live election night coverage on CKBW beginning when the polls close.
The following have filed for School Board: The top vote getters in each district will become board members.
Electoral District 1 - The entire Region of Queens Municipality (including the Maitland Bridge area of the County of Annapolis in polling District 8.)
Allan Foster
Clifford 'Butch' MacLeod
Karen Ohrt
Elliott Payzant
Courtney Wentzell
Electoral District 2 - Municipality of the District of Lunenburg Polling Districts 5, 6, 7,and 9.
Wallace Rex Cross
Elizabeth Crossland
Bob Mertens
Dan Thimot
Electoral District 3 - Town of Bridgewater
Cheryl Fougere
Jerome Tanner
Electoral District 4 - Municipality of the District of Lunenburg Polling Districts 2, 8, 10, 11, and 12.
Fred Daugherty
Brian Eisener
Jennifer Naugler
Karen Reinhardt
Electoral District 5 - Municipality of the District of Lunenburg Polling Districts 1, 3, 4 along with the Town of Mahone Bay and Town of Lunenburg.
Rick Carey
Elmer Garber
Electoral District 6 - All polling districts in the Municipality of the District of Chester.
Theresa Griffin
Warren Laws
Maxwell Rafuse
Member of Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial - Hank Middleton (acclaimed)
African Nova Scotian Member of the South Shore Regional School Board - Vernon Simms (acclaimed)