Comox Valley election candidates declared

The nomination period for October’s municipal election has ended, with local chief election officers declaring candidates as of Sept. 11.

In Comox, Nicole Minions has been acclaimed mayor after no other candidates were nominated.

Vickey Brown is the only candidate for mayor in Cumberland.

Courtenay voters will have three choices for mayor: Bob Wells, Manno Theos and Trish McPhail.

There are 20 candidates running for six seats on Courtenay council:

Phil Adams, Vasil Beaton, Guan-Carlo (Benny) Benvenuti, Rosanna Chamberlin, Dick Clancy, Will Cole-Hamilton, John Dacombe, Erik Eriksson, David Frisch, Evan Jolicoeur, Jessie Lightburn, Jin Lin, Kelly Matthews, Thomas McDevitt, David Mellin, Wendy Morin, Kitty Pitt, Davina Singh, Kam Singhania and Darin Tufts.

Cumberland has seven candidates running for four council seats: Zanoni Agnew, Neil Borecky, Ellian Bell, Kevin Snaden, Sean Sullivan, Troy Therrien and Nick Ward.

Comox has 11 candidates running for six council seats: Steve Blacklock, Ruby Sidhu, Vivian Chislett, Jenn Meilleur, Maureen Swift, Ken Grant, Neil Ladell, Chris Haslett, Jonathan Kerr, Jessica Wegg and Lisa Bourgeois.

Candidates have until 4 p.m. Sept. 18 to withdraw their nominations.

General voting day is Oct. 17.

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