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At a special inaugural meeting of the 2022 to 2026 Frontenac County Council, two familiar faces were elected to the County’s highest leadership positions. Held at Frontenac County Courthouse on the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, the inaugural meeting of the new County Council saw Ron Vandewal, recently re-elected
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Election turnout, upcoming celebration dates, the big move of all town staff into one building on Advance Avenue, and many more topics were on the agenda in the Greater Napanee Council Chamber this week. Town Clerk Jessica Walters submitted a legislative services report looking at the results of the municipal
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Several days after confirming that she was “exploring options” regarding a potential recount, Loyalist-Cataraqui District candidate for City Council, Jacqui Collier, has stated that she will not be proceeding with an application to the Superior Court of Justice. “Following investigation of the process required for a recount, between potential legal
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Kingston’s municipal election on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 produced some close races throughout the city, however, no race was as tight as the one in Loyalist-Cataraqui District, which saw Paul Chaves defeat Jacqui Collier by just 35 votes. The closeness of that contest prompted Collier to issue a statement on
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This year’s Kingston municipal election saw 30.5 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot, down from the 41.3 per cent turnout that was recorded in the 2018 municipal election. These numbers are consistent with an ongoing trend in municipal elections across Ontario, with turnout often below the numbers observed
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Gananoque will have a new mayor, following the Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, municipal election. John Beddows won the mayor’s race with 940 votes, beating out incumbent Ted Lojko, who secured 721 votes. Greg Truesdell, the third and final mayoral candidate, received 381 votes. “I’m tired and exhilarated,” Beddows said Monday
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After the dust settled on the 2022 Municipal Election, the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) announced that three new trustees will join seven incumbents for the next four-year term, 2022-2026. This includes the first Indigenous Trustee, to be appointed by the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte. According to a
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Jim Hegadorn has been re-elected as Mayor of Loyalist Township. The incumbent candidate had previously been in that job for six months, initially filling for previous Mayor Ric Bresee when he was elected Member of Provincial Parliament, and then formally appointed to the role via acclamation. “I’m feeling very positive,”
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Across the province, Ontarians are getting ready to cast their ballots in every city, town, and county as the 2022 Municipal Election is fast approaching. With election day on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, Kingstonist has reached out to all candidates within the City of Kingston to create profiles allowing voters
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It was a tense but efficient election night in Greater Napanee where the next Mayor Terry Richardson had previously been acclaimed. Brian Calver won the Deputy Mayor seat with 2402 votes, 924 votes more than his next closest competitors, John McCormack, who had 1478, and Eric DePoe who had 813.
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As the results of the 2022 City of Kingston municipal election roll in, some districts have already been declared as of 9:10 p.m. Bryan Paterson will re-assume the seat of Mayor for a third term. District-by-district results are as follows and will be updated throughout the night: Bryan Paterson has
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Once again taking the seat at the head apex of the horseshoe in Kingston City Hall, Bryan Paterson has been re-elected as Mayor of Kingston in the 2022 municipal election. With 96,204 eligible voters in Kingston, according to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO), at least 28 per cent
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