Municipal Election: South Frontenac

Sep 25, 2014

This week is all about South Frontenac Township. The election section includes profiles of 15 candidates for three different offices: mayor, councilor, and school board trustee.

One of the unusual features of the election in South Frontenac this time around is the dearth of incumbents. No matter how the residents of South Frontenac vote between October 20 and 27, the majority of the people filling the comfortable council chamber chairs in Sydenham on December 2 will be sitting in them for the first time.

Of the four acclaimed candidates in Storrington and Bedford, three are new, with the only returning councilor being Pat Barr from Bedford. (Because of the acclamations, Bedford and Storrington candidates were not included in the profiles)

There will also be two new councilors representing Loughborough, and there is a diverse group of six candidates vying for those positions.

Portland is the only district where both incumbents are running, as well as a third candidate.

The mayor's race is also an interesting one, as two council colleagues are facing off, along with a third candidate who may shake up the battle. The profiles are on pages 9 and 10

Finally, the race for school board trustee is well worth paying attention to, for reasons that will be clear to those who read the profiles, or who attend the candidates' meetings that we have organized, which start in Verona next Monday.

The profiles are arranged in alphabetical order by last name. They were all written on the basis of telephone interviews, and the candidates were given the opportunity to read them and suggest changes for accuracy before publication.

We thank the candidates for their co-operation in this process and it is our hope that the material will be interesting and helpful to voters.

The decision to start with South Frontenac was made because this edition includes the quarterly newsletter of the Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation, and under an arrangement with the CFDC it is being distributed to all of South Frontenac.