Ballots are set for the upcoming fall municipal election in many local communities - but one won't be heading to the polls.
Chapleau has acclaimed the candidates for the new council term, as Ryan Bignucolo was the only one in the running for mayor - his third bid for the role - while only four filed for the four Council seats: current councillor Lisi Bernier, her husband Paul Bernier, Catherine Ansara, and Alex Lambruschini.
In Wawa, current councillor Melanie Pilon's been acclaimed as mayor, though there are nine people competing for four Council seats: current councillors Cathy Cannon and Mitch Hatfield, as well as Angela Calaiezzi, Mary Harbocian, Jim Hoffmann, Leah Isosaari, Joseph Opato, Robert Reeves, and Sue Smith.
Dubreuilville mayor Beverly Nantel has been acclaimed for a second time, with five people in the running for four Council seats: current councillors Gerard Lévesque, Luc Lévesque, and Hélène Perth, as well as new candidates Krystel Lévesque and Julila Hemphill.
All local school board trustee positions were acclaimed: longtime English Public trustee Russell Reid, longtime English Separate trustee Carol MacEachern, and longtime local French Public trustee Josée Bouchard, while Luc Tessier's been acclaimed as representative for Chapleau, Wawa, and White River on the local French Separate board, and longtime incumbent Roger Lemoyne's been acclaimed as representative for Dubreuilville and Hornepayne on the French Separate board.
White River's more complicated, as it saw two mayoral candidates: Tara Anderson Hart and current councillor Mark Hubbard, but only two candidates for four council seats: Dwijen Bharad and Rodney Swarek, both of whom are current councillors - those two were acclaimed, with nominations to be accepted from 9 am to 2 pm tomorrow for the remaining two seats.
If more than two candidates file tomorrow, then those two seats would be put to an election, along with the role of mayor.
Municipal elections across Ontario will be held October 24th.