Now that the deadline is over, residents have a clearer image of who may be running for what in the upcoming municipal elections within Wellington County.
Mayor: Joanne Ross-Zuj and Bob Foster.
Council Ward 1, Kelly Linton and Ian Rice;
Council Ward 2, Kirk McElwain and Eric VanGrootheest;
Council Ward 3, Frederick W. De Vries, Vinnie Green, Mary Lloyd, and Jeremy Vink;
Council Ward 4, Fred Morris and Jason A. Weeks;
Council Ward 5, John Ortt and Walt Visser; and
Council Ward 6, Steven VanLeeuwen and Mike Wisniewski.
Town of Erin
Mayor: Rod Finnie (incumbent) and Lou Maieron.
Councillors (elected at large): John Brennan, Deb Callaghan, Craig Porterfield, George Silva, Barb Tocher, Shawn Wilson and Josie Wintersinger.
Guelph-Eramosa
Mayor: Clint Martin and Chris White (incumbent) in 2006.
Council Ward 1: David Wolk
Council Ward 2 Nicholas Dalton, John Gough and Corey Woods
Council Ward 3:Doug Breen (incumbent) Teressa Gibson Smye.
Council Ward 4: Steven Liebig and John Scott.
Mapleton Township
Mayor: John Linde, Richard Molenaar and Bruce Whale.
Councillors (ffour at-large positions): Richard Brimblecombe, Wayne Burnett, Dennis Craven, Jim Curry, Mike Downey, Neil Driscoll, Andy Knetsch, Dan McIntyre, John Schnieders and John Slot.
Town of Minto
Mayor: David Anderson (incumbent) and George Bridge
Deputy-mayor: Judy Dirksen (incumbent), and Terrence Fisk.
Councillors (elected at large): Glenn Bell, John Brown, Mary-Lou Colwell, Ron Elliott, Ronald Faulkner, Rick Hembly (incumbent), Wayne Martin (incumbent), Dave Turton (incumbent) and Dana Williams.
Puslinch Twp.
Mayor: Dennis Lever, Dick Visser (current councillor) and Brad Whitcombe (incumbent).
Councillors (at large): Dave Billings, Matthew Bulmer, Susan Fielding, Manfred Ganning, Ken Roth, Gerald Schmidt and Wayne Stokley.
Mayor: Mike Broomhead (incumbent), Ross Chaulk, Janice Lewis, and Raymond Tout.
Council Ward 1: Derek Bridgwater, Shawn McLeod, and Dan Yake (incumbent).
Council Ward 2: Sherry Burke, Steven Leask, and Ron Forrest.
Council Ward 3: Kevin Bodz, Mark Goetz, and Lisa Hern.
Council Ward 4: Barry Dishart, George Johnstone, Andy Lennox, and John Matusinec (incumbent).
Wellington County council
Ward 1: Mark MacKenzie (incumbent)
Ward 3: David Kopp, Walter Trachsel (incumbent) and Gary Williamson.
Ward 4: Jim Heinbuch and Lynda White (incumbent).
Ward 5, Jean Innes and Bob Wilson.
Ward 6, Shawn Watters, acclaimed.
Upper Grand District School Board (Wellington County portion)
Trustee for Wellington North, Mapleton and Minto: Irma DeVries, Doris French, Tim Meyers and Bruce Schieck (incumbent).
Trustee for parts of Centre Wellington and Guelph-Eramosa: David Gohn, acclaimed.
Trustee for Guelph-Eramosa, Erin and East Garafraxa: Kathryn Cooper and Ralph Edwards.
Trustee for Guelph and Puslinch: Marty Fairbairn and James McClure.
Wellington Catholic District School Board
Trustee for Wellington North, Mapleton, Minto and Centre Wellington: Nancy Anderson, James D. Coffey and Stephen E Kitras.
Trustee for Guelph-Eramosa, Puslinch, Erin: Steven Redmond.
