Election

Call for Council Nominations for Municipal Election

RMWR had its first election after September 1, 2020 amalgamation. Congratulations to the Elected Mayor & Councillors:

Mayor - Helen Smith-MacPhail

Ward 1 - Councillors Aaron MacEachern 

Ward 2-  Councillors Ryan Roggeveen

Ward 3-  Councillors John Yeo 

Ward 4 - Councillors Lillian MacCannell

Ward 5 - Councillors Shaun MacArthur

Ward 6 - Councillors Steve Pollard

Nominations closed at 2 pm on Oct 21, 2022, for the municipal election for the Rural Municipality of West River, and there will be an election for Wards 1 and 6.

Mayor - Helen Smith-MacPhail - acclaimed

Ward 1- 2 candidates - Aaron MacEachern and Kris Currie

Ward 2- Ryan Roggeveen- acclaimed 

Ward 3- John Yeo - acclaimed

Ward 4 - Lillian MacCannell- acclaimed

Ward 5 - Shaun MacArthur - acclaimed

Ward 6 - 2 candidates - Stephen Gould and Steve Pollard

Rural Municipality of West River

Notice of Election Information

PURSUANT TO THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION REGULATIONS

Notice

Public notice is hereby given to the electors of the Rural Municipality of West River that a

Municipal Election will be held on November 7, 2022

to elect

a Councillor for Ward 1 and a Councillor for Ward 6 for

 the Rural Municipality of West River

 

An advance poll will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2022 between  10am – 2pm at Afton Community Centre, 1552 Route 19, New Dominion.

Voting will occur on November 7 from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm at Afton Community Centre, 1552 Route 19, New Dominion.

Electors must bring identification (ID) or documents with their name and address.  Electors can bring one piece of government ID with their name and address OR two pieces of ID or documents with their name on both and address on at least one.

Electors that can not prove their current address can bring two pieces of ID with their name and sign a declaration at the poll.     

The Municipal Election Officer, Bev McIsaac, can be contacted at bev@westriverpe.ca or 902 393 4166.

For more information about municipal elections https://peimunicipalelections.ca/

Call for Council Nominations for Municipal Election

NOTICE OF NOMINATION PROCEEDINGS

PURSUANT TO SECTION 42 OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT, AND SUBSECTION 25(1) OF THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION REGULATIONS

Public notice is hereby given to the electors of the Rural Municipality of West River that a Municipal Election will be held on Monday, November 7, 2022, to elect the mayor and 6 councillors for the Rural Municipality of West River for the term of office terminating on the 6th day of December 2026.

The nomination period for the council positions noted above commences on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, and closes at 2:00 pm on Nomination Day on Friday, October 21, 2022.

Nominations shall only be received during office hours at the election office, located at

Afton Community Centre, 1552 Rte 19, New Dominion, PEI by the Municipal Electoral Officer or Deputy Municipal Election Officer at the following times:

  • Thursdays – 3:00 pm – 6:00 PM
  • Friday, October 21, 2022, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm

 The deadline for correcting elector information shall be no later than 11:59 am on Tuesday, October 25, 2022.

For more information contact:

Candidate Nomination Form

Candidate Agent Form

Candidate Withdrawal Form

Voters' Info

Pursuant of EC2020-485 section (9), the Council of Rural Municipality of West River appointed Roy Main as Chairperson and Bev McIsaac, Eugene Murphy, and Willem Vanderleeuw as members of the Electoral Boundary Commission on February 11, 2021.

Council had accepted the submitted report on June 10, 2021. Changes to the areas, boundaries or names of the wards come into effect for the next scheduled election of 2022. RMWR is the first municipality to adopt both English and Mi’kmaq names for its wards.

The new Council is made up of a Mayor and six Councillors as there are six wards with one councillor to be elected from each, and the Mayor will be elected at large.

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Election