The following three candidates were officially nominated on Friday, November 6, for the School Trustee position for Zone No. 1 in the Eastern School District:
Chris Blaisdell, Fortune
Brian Deveau, Souris
Peter Llewellyn, Georgetown
The school trustee by-election will be held on Monday, November 23, 2009 with three polling locations open from 12 noon to 8 p.m. and located at: Souris Consolidated School, 33 Church Avenue, Souris; Eastern Kings Recreational Centre, 85 Munns Road - Rte 301, Kingsboro; and St. Margarets Parish Hall, 11394 Northside Road - Rte 301, St. Margarets.
The Zone Returning Officer for Zone 1 is Mr. Michael Clinton, at 50 Main Street, Souris, PE C0A 2B0 Ph.: (902) 687-2308. Information for the school trustee election will be published in the Guardian newspaper and the Eastern Graphic newspaper.
Review of qualifications for electors: (1) Canadian citizen; (2) eighteen years of age or more on election day and (3) shall have been ordinarily resident in the Eastern School District, Zone No. 1, for at least six months prior to the date of the election (November 23, 2009).
Under the Elections P.E.I. Website at www.electionspei.ca, an elector can find the Address Locator, a program which is designed to assist in determining whether he or she resides within the Eastern School District, Zone No. 1. Assistance will also be available from the Zone Returning Officer, Elections P.E.I. Office, the P.E.I. Home and School Association and schools.
Information concerning the Zone No. 1 election is available from the Zone Returning Officer.