A byelection will be held in Saint Andrews on June 22 following the death of acting mayor Kate Akagi.
The current election for councillors in Ward 3, which included five candidates — among them Akagi — will be cancelled.
“Under the rules set out in subsections 17(5) and 17(6) of the Municipal Elections Act , I am required to countermand the election scheduled for Ward 3 and to order that a byelection be scheduled for that ward,” Chief Electoral Officer Kim Poffenroth said.
Those sections state that if a candidate dies after the nomination period but before the polls close, that election is cancelled.
Elections New Brunswick said it has already printed the ballots with the names of the five candidates who submitted on April 10, but voters in Ward 3 will not cast ballots for the four councillor seats until June. Ward 3 will still vote for mayor.
There is no election for Bayside and Chamcook due to Darrell Weare and Annette Harland’s acclamation. Voters in the rural wards — Ward 1 and 2 — will vote for mayor as planned.
The process will begin again, according to Poffenroth.
“As this will be a new election, all candidates wishing to run for the four vacancies in Ward 3 will be required to go through the standard nomination process,” she said.
The nomination deadline for the byelection is May 29 at 2 p.m.
