Municipal Election 2022

Chris Kitchen will be joining the list of names on your ballot for October's municipal election.

Kitchen, who's the executive producer for the Prairie Drama Academy, says he wants to run for a seat on council so he can serve the city that's done so much for him. After moving to Portage from Winnipeg roughly 25 years ago, his goal is simple: to make Portage la Prairie a safer place to live.

Why would a stay-at-home mom put her name on the ballot for Niverville town council?

A candidate has stepped forward to run for reeve in the R.M. of Stanley in the October 26th municipal election. Current Deputy Reeve for the RM of Stanley Ike Friesen says he has collected the required signatures to run and is ready to submit his papers to run.
      
Friesen was first elected as a councillor in the RM of Stanley in 2018 and has served as Deputy Reeve for the last year and a half.

Scott Crick will be running for his second term as Mayor of the Town of Morris on October 26th. Crick says a list of unfinished projects played a big part in his decision to run again. 

When Council set out four years ago under his leadership, Crick says the plans they had, which included expanding the industrial park, were derailed in many ways by things that have happened in the past few years, like the pandemic and the flood this spring. 

Ste. Anne resident and real estate agent Jeremy Wiens is putting his name on the ballot for Ste. Anne council.  

Wiens has resided in Ste. Anne for 14 years and hopes to contribute to the growth and the future vision of the town beyond real estate.  

“I have a vision of my own and I think it aligns very well with the direction we're going,”  

Life-long Niverville resident Kevin Stott has many reasons why he'd like to continue on the Niverville town council, but feels seeing the town continue to grow has been his biggest motivation to run for re-election. 

Stott has been on council for 16 years and remembers well the first projects he was a part of. The building of the Heritage Life Personal Care Home and Personal Care Home next door were very rewarding for the town but also for himself personally.  

The 2022 Municipal election is approaching, and Kenora could see a complete transformation in leadership. 

The deadline for candidates to file their nominations has passed, which shows three residents up for Mayor, while 15 candidates will vie for City Council.

Kenora will have a new Mayor after Dan Reynard announced his decision to not run in this year's election. 

Current City Councillor Andrew Poirier enters the race for Mayor along with Kenora & District Chamber of Commerce President Andy Scribilo and David Byers-Kitt, a Kenora resident of 56 years.

A second candidate, Don Pelechaty, has put his name forward to run for the Mayor's seat of Portage la Prairie following Irvine Ferris' decision to not run. 

Pelechaty explains his interest that inspired him.

The Mayor of Carberry has announced he will be seeking a third term.

Stuart Olmstead served two terms as a councillor before becoming the Mayor back in 2014 before being re-elected in 2018. He says there is a lot he wants to accomplish.

Harv Schroeder feels he has what it takes to be the next Mayor of Altona. The one-term councillor has declared his intentions to run for the job in October's municipal election. 

"Initially, when Mayor (Al) Friesen stopped by to give me the heads up he would not be running this fall, I was not thinking I would put my name in as candidate," he admitted. However, upon further reflection and conversations with others, Schroeder says he decided to go for it.