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Monday, May 9, 2011

Municipal Byelections Being Held Around Province

A byelection being held in Quispamsis today to fill one empty town council seat. Mayor Murray Driscoll tells CHSJ News a new candidate always has some catching up to do but it's not a monumental task.

The vacancy occurred after Gerry Maher stepped down late last year.

 He had been a vocal advocate for the towns of Quispamsis and Rothesay to amalgamate.
The polling station for the Quispamsis by-election is at St. Mark's Church on the Pettingill Road and will be open from 10 this morning until 8 tonight. You can also vote at the returning office in the former Lane Home Furnishing building on Millenium Drive until 4:30 this afternoon.
 
The four candidates running in Quispamsis are Michael Cole, Barry Farnsworth, Libby O'Hara and Kirk Miller.
 
Byelections are also scheduled in Norton and Blacks Harbour. There are three candidates running for council in Norton......Juliana Catherine Booth, Trevor Carson and Lawrence Dykeman. In Black's Harbour, Natalie Harris will join council by acclamation being the only person offering to run.