In addition to the City and RM of Estevan, there has, and will be, further civic electoral activity in the southeast, in the nearby RMs and the villages and towns within them.
In many cases, there won’t be elections because many representatives have been re-elected or elected by acclamation. For contested positions, the election will take place on Oct. 26. In the RM of Benson, there will be an election for the position of councillor for Division 5. The election which will be a contest between incumbent councillor Donald Van De Woestyne and new candidate Robbie Duke. The reeve and the rest of council for the RM of Benson were re-elected by acclamation.
There will be no election in the RM of Browning, since the reeve and council all received seats by acclamation. One new member of council for Division 4, Blaine Fornwald, was elected by acclamation.
For the RM of Coalfields, the upcoming election on Oct. 26 will be for the position of reeve and councillor for Division 3. The position of reeve is contested between Arnold Jahn, Richard Tessier, Paul Deren, and Barry Harris. Bruce Craig, Richard Farstad and Scott Zieglgansberger are running for councillor in Division 3. Ladan MacKenzie and Leonard Johnson have won seats as councillors for Division 1 and Division 5, respectively, by acclamation.
For the Town of Bienfait, there will only be an election for council after Mayor Paul Carroll won his seat by acclamation. Ivan Boyer, Daniyale Lalonde, Shirley Wheeler, Shannon Achter, Rob Forester, Steven Matthewson, Chris Dupuis and Hildor Peters are running for the six seats on council.
There will not be an election held in the Village of North Portal this year, because all seats on council were won by acclamation. The village sees a new mayor, Kaylah Turner elected, as well as two new councillors: Amy Belitski and Michael Yurkowski.
The Village of Frobisher will not be holding an election, due to the fact that the entirety of its council, including mayor Keith Newsham, and councillors Aaron Folkerts and Marieke De Roos, won their seats by acclamation.
In the RM of Cymri, there will be an election for the position of reeve, contested between Joe Vilcu and Peter Wiebe. There will also be an election held for the position of councillor for Division 1, contested between Harvey Shchindel and Donald Ereth, an election for councillor of Division 3, contested between Keith Eldstrom and Travis Stendall, and an election for councillor of Division 5 contested between Darrel Druck and Cornelius Fehr.
There will be no election for the Town of Midale, after incumbent mayor Allan Hauglum, and incumbent councillors Leonard Thompson, Armond Hauglum and Conrad Keturakis, and new councillors Dennis McIndoe and Gregg Prawdzik all won their seats by acclamation.
For the Town of Lampman, there will be an election for the position of mayor, contested between incumbent mayor Sean Paxman and current councillor, Ryan Fleck. There are also 11 people running for six council seats, including current councillors Janie Bernier, Dorie Greening, Jamie Taillon, Karla VanderSchaaf, and new candidates Desmond Bilsky, Colin Champagne, Duane Garton, Shawn Klassen, Richard Kochie, Damyen Seeman and Grant Sinkewicz.
In the RM of Cambria, there won’t be an election this year, since councillors Terrett Stephen, Robert Adams, Sabas Holzer, Pauline Ziehl-Grimsrud, Donald Hurren and Jeff Marcotte, and reeve Darwin Daae won their seats by acclamation.
There will be no election for the Village of Torquay, with mayor Michael Strachan winning his seat by acclamation, and current councillors Terry Malaryk and Bill Somerville also winning their seats by acclamation. New councillors Mark Mason and Daniel Daae also won their seats by acclamation.
Electoral information on the councils of the villages of Macoun and Roche Percee was not available before the Mercury’s press deadline.
