NWT - Residents of six NWT municipalities – those covered by the Cities, Towns and Villages Act – will be going to the polls on Oct. 19.

Dozens of Northerners will be candidates in the upcoming municipal elections in six communities, including in Hay River where this sign stands outside the town hall. - Paul Bickford/NNSL photo

Nominations closed on Sept. 14 in five of those communities – Hay River, Fort Smith, Yellowknife, Norman Wells and Inuvik.

In Fort Simpson, nominations for village council have been extended to Sept. 21 since too few candidates stepped forward, although two people have been nominated for mayor.

David Kravitz of the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA) said it appears the number of candidates is above average this year based on lists the department received as of last week from Inuvik, Norman Wells and Yellowknife.

"It looks to me there is a lot of interest," said Kravitz, the chief municipal electoral officer and the manager of community governance.

There will be no acclamations for mayor. In all, 15 candidates are running for the top post in the six communities.

Incumbent mayors are running in Yellowknife, Inuvik and Fort Simpson, while new mayors will be elected in Hay River, Fort Smith and Norman Wells since the incumbents are not seeking re-election.

In all, there are 75 candidates running to become councillors, and that number will grow when nominations close in Fort Simpson.

The candidates are…

The following are candidates for mayor and council, along with district education authorities, for Oct. 19 elections in six NWT communities. (In Fort Simpson, the nomination date for councillors has been extended to Sept. 21.) Incumbent mayors and councillors are indicated by (I) following names.

Hay River

Mayor:
* Sandra Lynn Lester
* Peter Maher
* Kelly James Schofield

Council (eight seats):
* Rashna Bundan
* Andrew Cassidy
* Bernard Dueck
* Warren Douglas Gibb
* Jason Hunter
* Reiss Kruger
* Bernard William Langille
* Ken E.L. Latour (I)
* Michael John Maher (I)
* Roman Moizis
* Kevin M.W. Mulligan
* Dawna O'Brien (I)
* Allyn Rohatyn
* Robert Dean Steel
* Kevin David Wallington (I)

Hay River District Education Authority (seven seats):
* Colleen Burrows
* Kirk Carston
* Melanie Carter
* Terence Courtoreille
* Kandis Jameson
* Melvin Larocque
* Louise Schumann
* Kathleen Sperry

Fort Smith

Mayor:
* B.G. (Brad) Brake
* Janie E.T. Hobart

Council (eight seats):
* Arliss Arbeau
* Pat Burke (I)
* Sheila Sauteur-Chadwick
* Fred Daniels (I)
* Simon Haaima
* Toni Heron
* Ron Holtorf
* Claudette James
* Brenda Johnson (I)
* Beckie Linaker (I)
* Brad A. Marta
* Don Matthews Jr.
* Tim McDonald (I)
* Bernie Minute
* Grant Paziuk
* Kevin Smith
* Christian Westwell

Fort Smith District Education Authority:
*Members appointed by town council, Salt River First Nation and Fort Smith Metis Council

Inuvik

Mayor:
* Derek Lindsay (I)
* Denny Rodgers

Council (eight seats):
* Donovan Arey
* Vince Brown (I)
* Ethel-Jean Gruben
* Terry Halifax (I)
* Jesse Harder
* Lionel Harder
* Chris Larocque (I)
* Grace Loreen (I)
* James McDonald (I)
* Alana Mero
* Nick Saturnino
* Vince Sharpe
* Amier Suliman
* Kurt Wainman
* Clarence Wood (I)

Inuvik District Education Authority (members acclaimed):
* Christine Allen
* Tony Devlin
* Gayle Gruben
* Judy Harder
* Rachel Kasook
* Bryce O'Connor
* Paul Watters

Norman Wells

Mayor:
* Dudley C. Johnson
* Timothy Melnyk
* Sarranda (Sam) Kivi

Council (five seats):
* Andrew Bailes
* Bob Greek
* Sherry Hodgson
* Laurel McDonald
* Mandi McDonald
* Darrell McGregor
* Mop Miller
* Billy Ozolins
* Frank Pope (I)
* Donna Schear
* Craig Scott (I)
* Edward Sheppard (I)

Norman Wells District Education Authority (members acclaimed):
* C. Stewart Beckingham
* C. Nicole Dickens
* Lisa Duncan
* Heidi Hodgson-Deschene
* Pamela J. Gray
* Andy Short

Fort Simpson

Mayor:
* Duncan Canvin (I)
* Sean Whelly

Council:
Nominations extended to Sept. 21.

Fort Simpson District Education Authority (all acclaimed):
* Tanya Hardisty
* Elizabeth Hardisty
* Crystal Menicoche
* Lorna Beaulieu
* Emma Amundson
* Martina Norwegian

Yellowknife

Mayor:
* Bryan Sutherland
* Gordon Van Tighem (I)
* John Westergreen

Council (eight seats): * Lydia Bardak (I)
* Bob Brooks (I)
* Francis Chang
* Jeffery Corradetti
* John Dalton
* Paul Falvo (I)
* Mark Heyck (I)
* Tara Kearsey
* Amanda Mallon
* David T. McCann (I)
* Shelagh Montgomery (I)
* Varick Ollerhead
* Rick Poltaruk
* David Prichard
* Cory Vanthuyne
* David Wind (I)

Yellowknife Education District #1 (seven seats):
* Joe Acorn
* Terry Brookes
* Jay Butler
* Reanna Erasmus
* Mira Hall
* Blake Lyons
* Tatiana Rutherford
* Allan Shortt
* Duff Spence
* John Stephenson
* John Westergreen
* Mildred Wilke

Yellowknife Catholic Schools (seven seats):
* Francis Chang
* Jennifer Debogorski
* Gerda Hazenberg
* Rose-Marie Jackson
* Barb McDonald
* Marta Simek de Jorge
* Lee Stroman
* Simon Taylor
* Mary Vane