Neepawa mayoral and council candidate list

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Published on Wednesday, September 19, 2018

By Eoin Devereux

Neepawa Banner & Press

There will be several new names alongside some of the more familiar ones on the voting ballot for Neepawa Town Council.

As of Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 4:00 p.m., there were 12 individuals who have stepped forward to run in the 2018 Neepawa mayoral and council races. Two will be vying for the top job of mayor, while 10 others will be looking to fill one of six council positions. Those individuals are, in alphabetical order:

Mayoral candidates

Adrian de Groot

Blake McCutcheon

Council candidates

Darren Cameron

Jim Cockburn

Dean Dietrich

Darryl Gerrard

Brian Hedley

Isobel Jarema

Marijka Kostenchuk

Jason Nadeau

Murray Parrott

Darin Pudlo

Bill Syrik

Murray Parrott had announced plans to seek the mayoral position, but confirmed before the deadline that he would instead seek re-election to council.

Several new candidates

In total, there are seven new candidates that can participate in the upcoming election, while six will be vying for re-election. One person will not be returning to the council table, as Bill Stilwell will not seek re-election.

After filing their papers on Tuesday, Sept. 18, these individuals have a 24 hour period to withdraw from the race. If they do not withdraw in that time period, their names will stand and appear on the ballot. The 24 hour withdrawal period ended after the Banner & Press publication deadline, so an updated list will appear in the Sept. 28 edition.

In the 2014 municipal election, only six candidates ran, so all six council seats were acclaimed.