While many municipalities and school boards may have a full slate of candidates ready to contest all positions in Alberta’s Oct 20 municipal elections, there are still some openings for areas just west of Lloydminster.
Kitscoty
The Village of Kitscoty has four candidates listed but five councillor positions are available. The returning officer has indicated that the nomination period will go until Monday, Sep. 29 from 10: a.m. to noon each day.
The candidates so far are:
- Geoffrey Barr
- Ida Earl-Grocock
- Daryl Frank
- Heather Perryman
The position of mayor is not elected during the elections, but “is determined at the Organizational meeting in October each year.”
Town of Wainwright
The Town of Wainwright has 11 candidates contesting five seats, and two people in the race for mayor.
For mayor:
- Leo Elrick
- Bruce Pugh (incumbent)
Candidates for councillor positions:
- Will Challenger
- Josh Copeland
- Greg Curtis
- Rick Fountain
- Ariel Haubrich
- Hailey Jones
- Joe Kurian
- Patrick Moroz
- Carl Nemyo
- Vince Saretsky
- Randy Tizzard
Municipal District of Wainwright
- Division 1: Buck, Oscar – Incumbent/Acclaimed
- Division 2: Wildeboer, Michael – Incumbent/Acclaimed
- Division 3: Waddell, Richard (Bill) – Incumbent/Acclaimed
- Division 4: Leighton, Robin – Incumbent/Acclaimed
- Division 5:
- Copeland, Clay
- Cummins, Bruce – Incumbent
- Division 6:
- Lawson, Charles
- MacKay, Garnet
- Oracheski, Sharon
- Division 7:
- Archibald, Sheldon
- Rue, Shaun
Buffalo Trail Public Schools
- Ward 1 – North-West (Minburn/Innisfree/Mannville and area)
Kara Jackson (acclaimed) - Ward 2 – Town of Vermilion and Area
Jim King
Darla Yonkman - Ward 3: North-East – County Vermilion River (CRV), Village of Kitscoty, Village of Marwayne and the Hamlets of Blackfoot, Dewberry, Streamstown and Tulliby Lake and the O’Brian Hutterite Colony
Arthur Block
Cameron Stevenson - Ward 4: Central-West and South-West – MD of Provost, the MD of Wainwright; and the Villages of Amisk, Czar, Hughenden Irma and the Hamlet of Fabyan and the Rosewood Hutterite Colony excluding CFB Wainwright
Tanya Ford
Jodie Laing - Ward 5: Town of Wainwright and Area including CFB Wainwright
Stephanie Cooper
Tom Koskie - Ward 6: Central-East – in CRV, MD of Wainwright and the Villages of Chauvin, Edgerton, Paradise Valley; and the Hamlets of Greenshields, McLaughlin, Rivercourse and the Ribstone Hutterite Colony
Duane Skinner (Acclaimed) - Ward 7: South-East – areas in the MD of Provost and the Town of Provost and the Hamlets of Bodo, Cadogan, Hayter and Metiskow and the Hughenden Hutterite Colony
Vacant. Since no one has come forward as yet, the nomination period for Ward 7 is extended to Sep. 29 from 10:00 a.m.- noon.
- Division 1: Marty Baker (acclaimed)
- Division 2:
- Vanessa Pare
- Dale Swyripa
- Division 3:
- Darin Beckett
- Stacey Hryciuk
- Division 4: George Kuneff (acclaimed)
- Division 5: Jason Stelmaschuk (acclaimed)
- Division 6: Clinton Murray (acclaimed)
- Division 7:
- Leslie Cusack
- Grant West
Mayoral candidates:
- Robert Pulyk
- Robert Snow
- Richard Yaceyko
Council candidates for six seats:
- Justin Clark
- Paul Conlon
- Richard Lavoie
- Bruce MacDuff
- Kevin Martin
- Sherry Martin
- Kellen Snelgrove
- Erwin Warkentin
- Kirby Whitlock
- Darla Yonkman
Village of Edgerton:
- Fithen, Sherry
- Herbert, Wanda
- Hughes, Della
- Merrill, Brett
- Waddell, Leonard (Lenny)
- White, Kaylan
Village of Irma has six candidates running for council:
- Firkus, Mervin (incumbent)
- Langley, Richard
- Nissen, Eric (incumbent)
- Pauls, Kelly
- Schubada, James (incumbent)
- Soucy, Michael (incumbent)
Village of Marwayne will not have an election as only three people have submitted their names and this fulfils the seat requirement for council. The returning trio is Christopher Neureuter, Roger Parkyn, and Ashley Rainey.
Voters in that area will still have to cast a vote for a Buffalo Trail Public School board trustee.
Town of Viking has seven candidates running for five council seats:
- Judy Acres
- James Michael Buttner
- Dana Ewashko
- Timothy Goodison
- Cole Harasyn-O’Neill
- Paul King
- Cindy Lou Lefsrud
Viking will also elect its mayor or chief elected official in a vote from among the elected councillors.
Town of Elk Point has two people seeking the office of mayor:
- Wanda Lynn Cochrane
- Terri Hampson
Five candidates are listed for council positions:
- Jason Boorse
- Tammy Goddu
- Shaun Schaffrick
- Tim Smereka
- Dwayne Yaremkevich
Town of Hardisty will not have an election as all five positions have been acclaimed. The incoming councillors will elect the chief elected official at the first organizational meeting of the new council.
The councillors are:
- Brett William Baumgartner
- Kevin Allan Buelow
- Wade Kroening
- Julianne Dawn Pasztor
- Christine Ruzicka-Drager
Town of Provost will see Dirk Brouwer acclaimed as mayor. Eleven people will seek the voters nod for the six remaining council seats:
- Michael Angeltvedt
- Corina Ens
- Richard Lovell
- Tadd Lyth
- Caelan Mansfield
- Jeremy Rehman
- Duane Richmond
- Alvin Schultz
- Barry Scott
- Christopher Tuckey
- Gillian White
- Div. 1: Lonnie Kozlinski
- Div. 2: Allan Greenwood
- Div. 3: Melvin Angeltvedt
- Div. 4: Bryce Olson
- Div. 5: Lyanne Almberg
- Div. 6: Darryl Motley
- Div. 7: Gina Vetter
Village of Hughenden has four people running for three council seats:
- Kathleen (Kathy) Hall
- Terry Laing
- Jessica Manser
- David Willan
Lloydminster is not involved in this election process as it follows the Saskatchewan schedule, which had elections last November.
