Nominations open for local Greens in 2018 provincial election

Sep 27, 2017

The local Greens are getting ready for next year’s provincial election, and are seeking potential candidates for the riding of Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston.
A candidate nomination meeting has been set for Thursday, October 26 at McMartin House in Perth, starting at 7 p.m. (McMartin House is on the north-east corner of Gore and Harvey streets, Perth.)

Potential candidates must be at least 18 years old, a Canadian citizen and a resident in Ontario for at least 6 months prior to the election. More information of the candidate process is available by emailing the local constituency association at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The deadline for applications is October 12, 2017.

At the nomination meeting on October 26, each potential candidate will have the opportunity to speak to the members present prior to the vote taking place.

The local riding has been changed by Elections Ontario since the 2014 provincial election, losing Napanee and area and adding the Mississippi Mills area. The riding of Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, now comprises the towns of Carleton Place, Mississippi Mills, Perth, and Smiths Falls, and the townships of Beckwith, Central Frontenac, Drummond-North Elmsley, Lanark Highlands, Montague, North Frontenac, South Frontenac and Tay Valley, as well as the northern part of the City Of Kingston.

The next Ontario election is scheduled for June 7, 2018.