Byelection set for vacant Summerside council seat

Nominations are in and a date has been selected for abyelection in Summerside.

Elections P.E.I. says thevote to fill the vacant council seat in Ward 5, Hillcrest-Platte River, willhappenMonday, Oct. 7.

Six candidates are on the ballot: Gerard Deveau, Ginny Kennedy, Patrick McMahon, Pete Peters, Basil Stewart and Ken Trenholm.

"It is encouraging to see so many candidates register for this byelection, and now I would like to encourage all eligible residents of Ward 5 to vote," Tim Garrity, municipal election officer with Elections P.E.I., said in a news release.

Stewart served asmayor of Summerside from 1985 to 2014, and again from 2018 to 2022.

• P.E.I.'s Municipal Government Act

The byelection comes after Barb Gallant was voted out ofcouncil back in Juneon the grounds she had missed three consecutive council meetings after being charged with a criminal offence in April.

Voting will beat Credit Union Place, with advanced polls on Sept. 28, Oct. 1 and Oct. 4. Polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day.