A list of official candidates acclaimed or running in the Oct. 22 elections in the municipalities of Essex County:
AMHERSTBURG
Mayor
Aldo DiCarlo (incumbent)
Glenn Swinton
Deputy Mayor
Rick Fryer
Leo Meloche
Diane Pouget
Bob Rozankovic
Council (five to be elected)
Frank Cleminson
Peter Courtney
Pauline Gemmell
Elizabeth (Libby) Keenan
Jason Lavigne (incumbent)
Lina Lazanja
Donald McArthur
John Menna
Gregory Moore
Michael Prue
Marc Renaud
Patricia Simone
Ron Sutherland
Lori Wightman
ESSEX
Mayor
Katie McGuire-Blais
Ron Rogers
Rob Shepley
Larry Snively
Deputy Mayor
Richard Meloche (incumbent)
Phil Pocock
Council
Ward 1 – two to be elected
Morley Bowman
Joe Garon
Fred Groves
Tom Holland
Randy Voakes (incumbent)
Ward 2 – one to be elected
Terry Brockman
Kim Verbeek
Mark Williams
Ward 3 – two to be elected
Steve Bjorkman (incumbent from Ward 1)
Rodney Hammond
Chris Vander Doelen
Ward 4 – one to be elected
Sherry Bondy (incumbent)
Paul Innes
KINGSVILLE
Mayor
Nelson Santos (acclaimed)
Deputy Mayor
Gord Queen (acclaimed)
There are 15 candidates for five council seats.
Two incumbents weren’t on the unofficial list Friday leaving room for new councillors.
Council voted last year to use vote by mail this election and voter kits will be mailed out near the end of September.
Council candidates (Five to be elected)
Kevin Black
Gloria Cavenago
Kim DeYong
Tony Gaffan (incumbent)
Kim Gilliland
Corey Gosselin
Jackie Kerr
Michael Laba
John Lein
Laura Lucier
Ted Mastronardi
Larry Patterson (incumbent)
Paul Lariviere
Thomas Neufeld (incumbent)
Barry Wilson
LAKESHORE
Mayor
Tom Bain (incumbent)
Deputy Mayor
Tracey Bailey
Al Fazio (incumbent)
Sean Gabriele
Council – one elected in each ward
Ward 1
John-Mark Jurak
Steven Wilder (incumbent)
Ward 2
Lana Drouillard
Len Janisse (incumbent)
Samantha Russell
Ward 3
Steve Colasanti
Ray Holland
Kelsey Santarossa
Kevin St. Pierre
Ward 4
Romeo Beaulieu
Steven Bezaire
Paddy Byrne
Susan Dozois
John Kerr
Jennifer-Jane Poisson
Ward 5
Dan Diemer (incumbent)
Rolf Keller
Tim McDermott
Wayne Rose
Kirk Walstedt
Ward 6
Linda McKinlay (incumbent)
LASALLE
Mayor
Gary Baxter
Marc Bondy
Deputy Mayor
Crystal Meloche
Council – Five councillors will be elected:
Michael Akpata (incumbent)
Adrien Bezaire
Terry Burns (incumbent)
Mark Carrick
Sue Desjarlais (incumbent)
Russ Hazael
Jeff Renaud (incumbent)
Anita Riccio-Spagnuolo
Sam Sleiman
LEAMINGTON
Mayor
Hilda MacDonald
Bruce Medcalf
John Paterson (incumbent)
Deputy Mayor
Dharmesh Patel
Larry Verbeke
Council candidates (five to be elected)
Bill Dunn (incumbent)
Derek Friesen
Donald W. Haggith
John Hammond (incumbent)
John Jacobs (incumbent)
Trevor Jones
Heather Latam
Marlon Ordonez
Oscar Ramirez
Brian Scott
Mark Simpson
Kyle Sousa
Paul Tiessen
Tim Wilkinson (incumbent)
PELEE ISLAND
Mayor
Ray Durocher
Four councillors to be elected:
David Dawson
David DeLellis (incumbent)
Bruno Friesen
Dayne Malloch (incumbent)
Sherri Smith-Ouellette
Christopher Watson
TECUMSEH
Tecumseh will use Internet and telephone voting.
Mayor
Gary McNamara (incumbent)
Deputy Mayor
Joe Bachetti (incumbent)
Leo Demarce
Rita Ossington
Council candidates:
Ward 1
Andrew Dowie (incumbent)
Ward 2
William Altenhof (incumbent)
Ward 3
Dwayne Ellis
Rick Tonial
Ward 4
Brian Houston (incumbent from old Ward 3)
Adam Ibrahim
Michael Ristovski
Ward 5
Tania Jobin (incumbent from old Ward 4)