Unofficial Election Results Mayor Results Mayor Candidates Votes Robert Dunfield 1882 Arie Hoogenboom 3184 Councillor Bastard & South Burgess Results BASTARD & SOUTH BURGESS Councillor Candidates Votes Paula Banks 228 Carolyn Bresee 620 Kimberley Dawn Brown 284 Marcia Cannon 479 Cathy Livingston 715 Kris Sheldon 152 Councillor South Elmsley Results SOUTH ELMSLEY Councillor Candidates Votes Jeff Banks […]
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Carolyn Bresee Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Carolyn Bresee Municipality: Township of Rideau Lakes Position Sought: Councillor for Ward 1 Bastard & South Burgess Currently Retired or Working (where?): Retired High School Teacher of Horticulture Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): – Editor and publisher of “Portland On The Rideau” community newsletter […]
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Ron Pollard Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Ron Pollard Municipality: Township of Rideau Lakes Position Sought: Councillor of Ward 4 North Crosby and Newborn Currently Retired or Working (where?): Self employed as a beef farmer and cottager. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I have served 34 years as councillor, reeve or deputy reeve. Community volunteer […]
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Ronald Holman Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Ronald Holman Municipality: Township of Rideau Lakes Position Sought: Councillor of Ward 2 South Elmsley Currently Retired or Working (where?): Currently I serve as mayor, chair of Rural Ontario Municipal Association and chair of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario rural caucus. I am vice chair of the […]
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Rob Dunfield Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Rob Dunfield Municipality: Township of Rideau Lakes Position Sought: Mayor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I am currently working at the Rideau Lakes Golf and Country Club as their manager. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I have served as a councilor for two consecutive terms from 2007-2014 and […]
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Marcia Cannon Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Marcia Cannon Municipality: Township of Rideau Lakes Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Lawyer – worked for legal aid assisting low income people with legal representation; taught constitutional and human rights law (in Toronto) Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: N/A Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local […]
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Keitha Burtch Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Keitha Burtch Municipality: Township of Rideau Lakes Position Sought: Councillor for ward 4 North Crosby/Newboro Currently Retired or Working (where?): Currently working in the financial industry Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: No former election positions or terms Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Active 12 year […]
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Joan Delaney Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Joan Delaney Municipality: Township of Rideau Lakes Position Sought: Councillor for South Crosby ward Currently Retired or Working (where?): Retired teacher Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: No elected positions yet. Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Past president of Chaffey’s and Area Lake Association, past volunteer […]
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Jeff Banks Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Jeff Banks Municipality: Township of Rideau Lakes Position Sought: Councillor Currently Retired or Working (where?): I am currently working in the dairy industry Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I am finishing up my second term as councillor of Ward 2 South Elmsley. Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local […]
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Claire Gunnewiek Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Claire Gunnewiek Municipality: Township of Rideau Lakes Position Sought: Councillor of South Crosby Ward Currently Retired or Working (where?): Dairy farming and mother. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: Currently serving my first term as councillor for South Crosby. Community volunteer experience (service clubs, local committees, fundraising, etc): Previous […]
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Cathy Livingston Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Cathy Livingston Municipality: Township of Rideau Lakes Position Sought: Councillor for Ward 1: Bastard & South Burgess Currently Retired or Working (where?): Semi-retired (municipal councillor). Before this, I worked at the Black & Decker Canada Inc Distribution Centre in Brockville for 39 years. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: […]
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Bob Lavoie Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Bob Lavoie Municipality: Township of Rideau Lakes Position Sought: Councillor of North Crosby/Newboro Ward Currently Retired or Working (where?): Retired from the federal public service. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I was first elected in North Crosby Ward in 2010 and reelected in 2014. I hope to represent […]
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Arie Hoogenboom Municipal Election Candidate Profile Name: Arie Hoogenboom Municipality: Township of Rideau Lakes Position Sought: Mayor Currently Retired or Working (where?): Early retiree, but do work part-time as a municipal consultant, work I will give up once elected. Former Elected Positions/Terms if applicable: I am finishing my first term as councillor South Elmsley Ward of […]
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This is the latest craze in the wine world. I will concentrate on just a few Orange wines from Ontario, B.C., France and Spain. We just returned from a long weekend in Niagara-on-the Lake staying at a beautiful and relaxing B&B. Our first stop was to say hello to the Winemaker, Ann Sperling, but we […]
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No matter how you get there, it’s worth the trip! We are undoubtedly blessed with a proliferation of quaint picturesque small towns and villages and especially fortunate to have the added benefit of those communities located on one of our region’s many breathtakingly beautiful waterways. One such location is Portland on the banks of the […]
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Building the future The year was 1883, and Benjamin Glover Byram (1862-1943) left his fiancée, Louisa Marion Dean (1861-1936) in England with a promise. He told her that he would establish himself in Canada, build a house there, and then invite her to join him. The twenty-one-year-old boarded a ship and left the country with nothing […]
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The spirit of the season is alive and well at North Folk Cafe & Gelato in Perth. This cafe is decked out for Christmas with festive decorations, a holiday drink menu, and an old-timey postbox for mailing letters to Santa. Owner Dasha Smolentseva writes, “[I’ve] been dreaming of this since the inception of North Folk […]
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