Unofficial Election Results Mayor Results Mayor Candidates Votes Louis Antonakos 363 Douglas Black 160 Ralph Lee 672 Ronald Wutherich 25 Deputy Mayor Results Deputy Mayor Candidates Votes Rae Dulmage 861 Sean Redmond 1020 Craig T. Rogers 746 Councillor Results Councillor Candidates Votes Jeff Atknson 1034 Jamie DeBaie 658 Theresa Fritz 1524 Carolyn Gerbac 612 Tracey Kwissa 881 […]
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Wesley Parsons Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Wesley Parsons Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Business Development Coach – Shopify Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: N/A Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Freedom Ride (Animal Rescue), Kanata Food Cupboard Top 3 issues facing your municipality and its […]
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Tracy Kwissa Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Tracy Kwissa Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Employed at Lanark County Community and Restorative Justice in Perth as Coordinator of the VIVA Lanark County project (Volunteers Initiating Vitality Across Lanark County), employed at PLEO (Parent’s Lifeline of Eastern Ontario) as a peer […]
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Theresa Fritz Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Theresa Fritz Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I am a journalist with 29 years of experience in the industry and until January 2018 was a Managing Editor with Metroland Media. I am now employed as a Senior Business Analyst with Immigration, Refugees and […]
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Sean Redmond Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Sean Redmond Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Deputy Mayor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Working full time at Bytown lumber in Carleton Place Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Councillor 2014-2018 Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Municipal heritage committee; Victoria museum board; Hospital board 2015 to […]
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Ralph Lee Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Ralph Lee Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Mayor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I own Ralph A Lee Law Office which is a General Practice law firm in Carleton Place. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: N/A Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): I was elected Vice President […]
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Paolo Villa Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Paolo Villa Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Currently working as a local small business owner of a commercial painting company. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: N/A Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): No answer Top 3 issues facing your municipality and […]
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Mark Piper Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Mark Piper Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Retired Civil Servant (Mathematical Economist) Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: N/A Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Longtime member and current Treasurer of the Mississippi Mudds of Carleton Place; Founder and Director of Mudds […]
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Louis Antonakos Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Louis Antonakos Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Mayor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Mayor of Carleton Place County Councillor 4 years Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Three Terms / Mayor/Councillor/12 years Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Vice-President of the Mississippi Valley Conservation Foundation; Mississippi Valley Conservation […]
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Linda Seccaspina Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Linda Seccaspina Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Retired, Author-published 6 books and writer for Eastern Townships Sun magazine and the Sherbrooke Record Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: N/A Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): While most do not consider […]
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Kyle McCulloch Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Kyle McCulloch Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Occasional Teacher with Upper Canada District School Board Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: N/A Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Beckwith Irish Football-Coach and Executive Member since 2010, Ontario Educators Leadership Camp […]
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Jennifer Rogers Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Jennifer Rogers Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I am currently working at Scotiabank Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: N/A Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Local Childcare Committee for 5 years. Election worker in the 2014 municipal election. Volunteered […]
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Jeff Atkinson Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Jeff Atkinson Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Canadian Labour Congress (full time). Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: N/A Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): I’m relatively new to Carleton Place, but have a long history of community involvement and volunteerism. […]
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Jamie DeBaie Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Jamie DeBaie Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Senior Financial Advisor at Scotiabank Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: N/A Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Carleton Place Police service board 2009-2017, Monthly Church breakfast for Charity fundraiser hosted by the […]
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Rae Dulmage Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Rae Dulmage Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Deputy Mayor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Semi-retired. I do contract work in the area of codes, standards and regulations. This is done from my house and also out of town meetings if required. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I have […]
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Edward Toby Randell Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Edward Toby Randell Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I own Blade Sports at the Carleton Place arena. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: N/A Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): I have always volunteered my time and efforts through […]
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Doug Black Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Doug Black Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Mayor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Retired Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Four terms as a Carleton Place Councilor – two terms in the 1980s and two terms since 2010 Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Coached minor hockey […]
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Craig Rogers Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Craig Rogers Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Deputy Mayor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Working indefinitely as a lawyer in Carleton Place (Rogers Law Firm) Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Municipal Council – Carleton Place, 3 years; School Board Trustee – Carleton Place, 3 years; County of Lanark […]
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Carolyn Gerbac Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Carolyn Gerbac Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I have been a practicing lawyer in the town of Carleton Place for more than 7 years and I moved my residence to Carleton Place 3 three years ago from Ottawa. I love living and […]
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Andrew Roy Tennant Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Andrew Roy Tennant Municipality: Carleton Place Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Working. Stonemason. Owner of Castle Masonry and Construction Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: None Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Member of Carleton Place Municipal Heritage Committee for 7 years. […]
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It had been a long road, fraught with sorrow and hardship, for many of the Eastern European Jewish people who began arriving in Perth and Ottawa area during the second decade of the twentieth century. They had suffered persecution in Russia, Ukraine, and other countries, only to find they would be met with the same […]
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Long before the Toronto Raptors captured the attention of Canadians on the way to a 2019 NBA championship, Perth and District Collegiate Institute teacher-coach Kevin Bellamy was already focused on the sport of basketball. He was coaching and working at camps by the age of 15, and knew by then he wanted to teach Physical […]
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In the August 8, 2019 edition of the Recorder and Times and in your letter addressed to me of August 7, 2019, I note your concern about the impact of the Board’s recent budget cuts. It is good that you are finally concerned. Yet it is immediately clear to us that your recommendation for addressing […]
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Zens Inn, Prescott’s newest accommodation provider, celebrated its grand opening with a special ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday, May 25th. Town of Prescott Mayor & members of Council, business and community representatives and other invited guests were in attendance, to welcome owners Ashley & Josee Davies and their exciting new business to Downtown Prescott. Located […]
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