Sep 11, 2014


Addington-Highlands

The northern most township in Lennox and Addington County, Addington Highlands is the amalgamation of two former townships, Denbigh and Kaladar. The township shares Highway 41 with Barrie ward of North Frontenac Township. It also shares a fire department and a major Provincial Park, Bon Echo Park. Most of Bon Echo is located in Addington Highlands, and the park the iconic Lake Mazinaw form the dividing line between the more populated Kaladar ward, with its four hamlets, Kaladar, Flinton, Northbrook, and Cloyne, and the spectacular landscape of Denbigh ward, with Mcchesney, Weslmkoon, Ashby and many other lakes. The mining, logging, and homesteading history of Addington Highlands is well documented in the Pioneer museum in Cloyne, which is located on the border with North Frontenac, as is North Addington Education Centre, which has a unique outdoor education centre on its 30 acre site.

The independent spirit of Addington Highlands has been the subject of academic research in recent years, headed by Robert Mclemon of the University of Ottawa, who has conducted a study of the impact of Climate Change on rural communities.

Henry Hogg was the first Reeve of Addington Highlands, serving from 1998 to 2003 before pulling back from municipal politics. Ken Hook, who had served as Deputy Reeve between 2001 and 2003, was then Reeve for the next three year term, ending in 2006. Hogg then returned to run successfully in 2006 and again in 2010. He is seeking a fifth term this time around and is being challenged by Gerald Brey. There will be no election in ward 2 (Kaladar), as Helen Yanch and Bill Cox, both incumbents, are the only candidates and have been acclaimed. There is a 4 way race for the two ward 1 (Denbigh) positions.

Addington Highlands Township will be using an electronic voting system for the third time during this election. Voting runs from October 20 until the 27th, when the votes will be tallied. Voters should be receiving a PIN number in the mail along with information about how to vote either by phone or computer. For further information contact the townwship at 613-336-2286 or go to Addingtonhighlands.ca and look for the Election 2014 tab at the far right hand side of the menu at the top of the page

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