Municipal Candidates Come Forward

Jeff Green | Mar 19, 2014

A number of people have come forward to seek office in the Frontenac townships over the last week or so.

Valentini running for mayor of North Frontenac

In North Frontenac, Claudio Valentini, a music teacher at Granite Ridge Education Centre and the president of Tomvale Airport on Road 506, is the only candidate who has come forward thus far for any position in North Frontenac. He is seeking the position of mayor. Mr. Valentini has not served on North Frontenac Council before.

Gutowski seeking a third term

Central Frontenac Mayor Janet Gutowski has decided to seek another term. She had indicated early in the year that she was leaning towards running and she made it official early this week. With Councilor Frances Smith already in the race, this ensures voters will have a choice for mayor in Central Frontenac this year.

Hinchinbrooke Councilor Heather Fox has also decided to run for re-election. She joins Brent Cameron in running for the two positions in Hinchinbrooke.

There are three candidates for the two Kennebec positions: incumbents Tom Dewey and Jeff Matson and former councilor Logan Murray.

Incumbent Wayne Millar is the only candidate so far in Oso ward.

South Frontenac

In South Frontenac, two candidates without council experience but with inside knowledge of municipal operations have come forward.

Alan Revill, the former chief building official in South Frontenac, is the first declared candidate in Bedford ward, and Mark Schjerning, the Chief of Paramedic Services in Lennox and Addington County, is the first candidate for Council in Loughborough ward.

(Clarification – in a previous article about candidates in the 2014 election, we reported that Bill Robinson is the longest serving councilor in Frontenac County. While Robinson is the longest serving active councilor and the longest serving in the post-amalgamation era, Thomas Martin Neal served six years as a councilor and 28 years as reeve of Barrie Township. He started his political career in 1953, and retired from municipal politics at the end of 1997.)