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7 Friday , Septem ber 10, 2010 O A KVILLE BEA V ER w w w .o akvillebeaver .co m With the Ontario-wide 2010 municipal election set for Oct. 25, hopeful candidates have until 2 p.m. today (Friday) to file their nomination forms. Oakville residents will be able to elect officials to represent them at the Town and Regional councils and at their school boards. The cost to run for mayor is $200 and all other offices are $100. Likewise, a person has until 2 p.m. today to withdraw his or her nom- ination by submitting a written withdrawal to the Town Clerk. The fee money will be returned to the candidate if he or she withdraws. A person wishing to run for the Chair of the Region of Halton must file his or her nomination form with Halton Region. Those wish- ing to run as a trustee at the Halton District French Public School Board must file their forms with the City of Hamilton. The Town Clerk will certify valid- ly filed nomination forms before 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 13. Immediately after 4 p.m., the Town Clerk will declare any acclaimed eli- gible candidate(s) to be duly elected. As of press time on Thursday the following candidates have reg- istered to run for office. Oakville Mayor Rob Burton (incumbent) Ann Mulvale Raymond Ray Town Councillor Ward 1 Ralph Robinson (incumbent) Michael Loomans John McMullen Town/Regional Ward 1 Alan Johnston (incumbent) Linda Oliver Town Councillor Ward 2 Joe Giraldi Cheryle McCullagh Bruce Grant Stephan Bobesich Pam Damoff John C. Pilcher Town/Regional Ward 2 Cathy Duddeck (incumbent) Stephen Sparling John Hogg Town Councillor Ward 3 Mary Chapin (incumbent) Dave Gittings Nick Hutchins Town/Regional Ward 3 F. Keith Bird (incumbent) Town Councillor Ward 4 Roger Lapworth (incumbent) Susan Sheppard Brian Burton Town/Regional Ward 4 Allan Elgar (incumbent) Bhupinder Singh Sandhawalia Town Councillor Ward 5 Marc Grant (incumbent) Mark Straub Town/Regional Ward 5 Jeff Knoll (incumbent) Bruce Jones Town Councillor Ward 6 Max Khan (incumbent) Janice Wright Jim Smith Tom Altobello Ross Bragdon Town/Regional Ward 6 Tom Adams (incumbent) Doug MacKenzie Halton Regional Chair Gary Carr (incumbent) Joseph Kus Halton District School Board Wards 1 and 2 Don Vrooman (incumbent) Halton District School Board Ward 3 Georgette Bolger Jeffrey Percival Sherif Guorgui Halton District School Board Ward 4 Kathryn Bateman-Olmstead (incumbent) Aman Jaspal Jennifer Poirier Halton District School Board Wards 5 and 6 Debbie Renkema Kelly Amos Halton Catholic District School Board at large (four to be elected) Anthony Danko (incumbent) Pauline Houlahan (incumbent) Alice Anne LeMay (incumbent) Ed Viana (incumbent) Andrew Cudowski Paul Marai Giuseppe Peritore Conseil scolaire de district du Centre-Sud-Ouest Micheline Wylde Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud Dominique Janssens Deadline today to run for municipal office See the Town of Oakvilles election pages at www.oakville.ca or visit www.insidehalton.com for election coverage