Municipal Election 2022

The Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie will not be holding an election for its council on October 26th. Every councillor has been acclaimed, along with only one candidate stepping forward to replace Councillor Dale Wood in Ward 6. 

Adam Carpenter is the new councillor for that ward.

Deputy Reeve Garth Asham says they do, however, have an election for a school trustee. 

CFAM Radio 950 Morning Show Co-Host Chris Sumner and R.M. of Morris Reeve Ralph Groening chatted one final time Thursday morning for Reeve on the Radio. The long-time councillor and reeve announced several weeks ago he would not be running in the upcoming municipal election set for October 26th.

With that in mind, the two chatted about his time on council. you can have a listen to the conversation below.

Civic elections will be held October 26th and a number of communities will see voters heading to the polls.

Here's a list of what's happening in several Westman municipalities:

Municipality of Grassland:

BY ACCLAMATION

Reeve

Bruce Evans

Ward 2

Kevin Mantell

Coral Millar

Ward 3

Brooks Woods

Vacant

LUD Elgin

Jordan Turnbull

Vacant

Vacant

LUD Minto

Terry Campbell (I)

The Mayor for Ritchot is back for another four year term. Chris Ewen has won by acclamation.

"Although we had a bit of an indication that it would be an acclamation, I'm still very, very excited and I'm very passionate about my municipality and I continue to look forward to serve them," notes Ewen. "I'm humbled by the faith that the municipality and residents have in me."

In reflecting on the fact that no one chose to challenge him in his bid for another term, Ewen admits that he does not enjoy winning by acclamation. He says he does not like apathy.

Teary eyes filled Kenora’s council chambers on Monday as this group of Council held their last meeting together ahead of the 2022 municipal election.

The celebration began as councillors came together at the end of September 20’s Council meeting to honour Chris Van Walleghem and Rory McMillan, who have both decided to step away and retire from municipal politics after this term.

Earl Funk will be Mayor of Steinbach for another four years. 

The nomination deadline for the upcoming municipal election was 4 P.M. on Tuesday, and with no other candidates stepping forward to challenge Funk, he is in by acclamation. 

Funk says he is honoured. 

The City of Portage la Prairie has announced the list of candidates for city council, mayor, and school board trustee

The Mayoral candidates for this year's council includes:

• Bryon Hamilton
• Sharilyn Knox
• John Donald Pelechaty
• Mohammad Tahir Khan

The list of candidates running for city councillor includes:

A veteran Trustee of the Hanover School Division would like to extend her stay on the board by another four years.  

Lynn Barkman has given 22 years to improving education in Hanover. Having been a Trustee in Ward 2, for the Mitchell, Blumenort and Landmark area for the past number of years, Barkman says now that they've moved to Steinbach, she'd like to represent a new group of students, in Ward 3.  

After wrestling with the idea for a few years, a longtime resident of Blumenort has announced his decision to run for Hanover Council.

Louis Courcelles is running for another term on council for the RM of De Salaberry.  

As he nears the end of his first term representing the Otterburne ward, Courcelles is most proud of the work he has done as a member of the fire department committee.