Current Guelph-Eramosa councillor John Scott will challenge Mayor Chris White for the municipality’s top political seat this fall.
Scott officially filed his nomination papers on June 23. He and White are the only two candidates to date to file for the mayoral race.
Incumbent councillors David Wolk and Corey Woods are the only two candidates to file thus far in Wards one and two, respectively.
In Ward 4, the seat currently held by Scott, Mark Bouwmeester is the only candidate to file.
In Ward 3, J. Robbin Wood and Louise Marshall have filed their nomination papers.
The Ward 3 seat is currently held by councillor Doug Breen, who is seeking the county council Ward 8 seat now held by Gord Tosh.
Incumbent Don McKay and Kevin Johnson are seeking election in Ward 7 for county council.
Kathryn Cooper, the current Upper Grand District School Board trustee for the local ward, which also includes portions of the Town of Erin and Township of East Garafraxa, is the only trustee candidate to file as of June 24.
The municipal election is scheduled for Oct. 27.
