Seven seeking St. Vital council seat
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This article was published 14/10/2011 (5492 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Seven candidates are now vying for the St. Vital council seat left vacant by former councillor Gord Steeves.
This week, Harry Wolbert and Hammad Khan registered to run in the upcoming byelection.
Wolbert, a member of the provincial Liberal party and longtime social activist, recently ran for the Liberals in the provincial election and lost to education minister Nancy Allan in St. Vital. He caused a stir when he expressed concern that the provincial Liberals could be wiped out in the election and said the “writing may be on the wall” for leader Jon Gerrard.
Wolbert ran and lost against Steeves in last year’s municipal election.
Khan is a former federal public servant and current president of the Association of Pakistani Canadians. He has worked for multiple non-profit and cultural organizations, and recently worked on PC candidate Dr. Naseer Warriach’s provincial election campaign in Concordia.
Brian Mayes, Greg Nordman, Mike Ducharme, Steven Hennessey and Carl Osato have also registered to run in the byelection.
The St. Vital byelection is slated for Nov. 26 and potential candidates can start filing their nomination papers tomorrow.
Another byelection will be held Nov. 26 for school trustee. Ducharme, a Louis Riel school trustee, resigned his school board seat to register as a council candidate.
Council and trustee candidates have until Oct. 21 to file their nomination papers.