24 Applicants to be considered for Vacant Collingwood Council Seat

Collingwood, ON [18 March 2025] – The Town of Collingwood is pleased to announce that there has been great interest in the community to fill the vacant councillor seat for the remaining 2022-2026 term of Council. 27 applications were received by the deadline of March 12th. As of the time of publishing of this release three applicants have withdrawn their application.

The 24 certified candidates are:

1. Allen, Garion
2. Bettam, Michael
3. Chambers, John
4. Colquhoun, Allan
5. Conning, David
6. Diamond, Kimberley
7. Greco, Sal
8. Holroyd, Robert
9. Hunt, David
10. Johns, Stephen
11. Kemp, Heather
12. Lessels, Alistair (Stuart)
13. Levitt, Jade
14. MacCulloch, Ian
15. Mouti, Scott
16. Munro, Kadri
17. Ormston-Holloway, Michael
18. Patterson, Lynne
19. Sandberg, Norman
20. Schaper, Wayne
21. Watt, Douglas
22. Weston, Kyle
23. White, Michelle
24. Yott, James

The applicants were invited to provide an optional ‘Personal Statement of Qualifications and Interest’, which are available for viewing at https://www.collingwood.ca/election.

A special meeting of Council will be held Thursday March 20, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. for the purpose of selecting a candidate to fill the current vacancy. Each candidate will be provided up to five (5) minutes to address Council, after which Council will proceed with the election method described in Staff Report C2025-03. The agenda for the special council meeting is posted on the Town’s Council Agendas page of the website.

Background
This vacancy was created due to the resignation of a Councillor for the Town of Collingwood. At the January 27, 2025, Council meeting, Council declared one (1) Councillor position vacant as required by the Municipal Act, 2001. Further to Staff Report C2025-03, considered by Council at its regular meetings held on February 10 and February 24, 2025, Council opted to proceed with the option to fill the vacancy by inviting applications from interested qualified electors and further approved the procedure contained within the staff report on how the candidates will be interviewed and successful candidate appointed.