Central Frontenac Municipal Election 2014

Sep 11, 2014

Dates for all candidates meetings in Central Frontenac, presented by the Frontenac News, have been confirmed. They are: Wednesday, October 1 – Kennebec Ward – Kennebec Hall, Arden 7:00 pm; Thursday October 9, Piccadilly Hall Hinchinbrooke ward 7:00 pm; Thursday October 16, Olden ward, Olden Hall – Mountain Grove; 7:00 pm; October 20, Oso Ward, Soldiers Memorial Hall (Oso Hall) – Sharbot Lake 7:00 pm

Central Frontenacs was created in 1998 with the amalgamation of Kennebec, Olden, Oso, and Hinchinbrooke townships. Always a hunting, fishing and cottaging destination, the communities that make up the township, centred in Arden, Mountain Grove, Sharbot Lake, Parham and Tichborne, faced a transition in the laer part of the 20th Century as the agricultural, mining and railroading economies faded.

Small scale food production, service industries and residential usage (lakefront and rural) have taken up the slack. It is the home to Sharbot Lake Provincial Park.

There have been two Mayors in the 14 year history of Central Frontenac, Bill MacDonald (1998-2006) and Janet Gutowski (2007- ). Janet Gutowski is seekeing re-election for a third term this time around, and she is being contested by long time Council member Frances Smith. There are also at least four candidates for the two council posirions in each of the four wards in hte township, which follow the boundaries from the founding townships.

Central Frontenac voters also participate in trustee elections for public and separate school boards.

Central Frontenac Township will be using an electronic voting system for the first 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 613-279-1935 or go to Centralfrontenac.com and look for the election tab on the left-hand side of the page.

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