With a month left until nominations for this fall’s municipal election close, there remain three candidates for mayor in Prince Edward County.
Incumbent Steve Ferguson is seeking a second term.
His competition is Dianne O’Brien, who he defeated in 2018, and Kyle Mayne who unsuccessfully ran for a seat on council in 2014.
Six councillors have filed papers to run for reelection.
In Ward 1 (Picton), the only two candidates so far are Kate MacNaughton and Phil St-Jean who are both looking to be reelected.
Brad Nieman and Phil Prinzen have each filed papers in Ward 2 (Bloomfield/Hallowell).
They’ll be running against Sarah Moffatt who is looking to earn one of the ward’s two seats.
There are three candidates so far in Ward 3 (Wellington) where Heather Norlock, Corey Engelsdorfer and Jennifer Cobb are each hoping to earn that ward’s only seat on council.
Wellington incumbent Mike Harper is not running again.
There will be three seats to fill in Ward 4 (Ameliasburgh) where only one person, Bill Tkach, has filed papers.
Over in Ward 5 (Athol), there are three candidates at this point, Sam Branderhorst, Tom Harrison and Elis Ziegler.
Incumbent Bill Roberts is running for reelection in Ward 6 (Sophiasburgh) which has one seat.
No one has filed papers to run in Ward 7 (Hillier) where there is also one seat.
David Harrison and Ben Thornton are running for the sole seat in Ward 8 (North Marysburgh).
In Ward 9 (South Marysburgh) John Hirsch, the incumbent, is running to retain his ward’s only seat.
The municipal election is October 24, 2022.
