Two vie for mayor's seat in Minto

With nominations set to close on July 27, a race is on for the mayor’s seat in Minto, but currently a shortage of council candidates.

Minto council consists of a mayor, deputy mayor and five councillors.

Nominations filed for mayor include incumbent George Bridge and former Minto deputy mayor Terry Fisk, who also ran for mayor in 2014.

Incumbent councillor David Turton is running for deputy mayor. Incumbent deputy mayor Ron Faulkner has announced he will not be a candidate in 2018.

Candidates for the five council positions include incumbents Judy Dirksen, Jean Anderson and Ron Elliott and challengers Geoff Gunson and Glen Hall.

Incumbent Dave Anderson is currently the only registered candidate for the Ward 1 Wellington County council position.

Shawn McLeod of Mount Forest and Robin Ross of Palmerston are running for the position of Upper Grand District School Board Trustee for the district including Mapleton, Minto and Wellington North.

Genevieve Grenier is running for the seat on the Conseil Scolaire Catholique MonAvenir (French Catholic) board.

Denis Trudel is running for Conseil Scolaire Viamonde (French language  board).