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Maple Ridge candidates begin filing for municipal election
Two mayoral candidates, eight council candidates and eight school trustee candidates had filed as of the report, with nominations open until Sept. 11.
Maple Ridge voters will elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees on Oct. 17. While nominations remain open, Jerry Kok and incumbent Dan Ruimy have filed nomination papers for mayor.
Eight people had put their names forward for council: Korleen Carreras, Bob D'Eith, Judy Dueck, Ken Holland, Bhupinder Johar, Leanne Koehn, Andrew Laity and Inya Mitrovic.
Eight candidates had also filed to run for school board: Kourosh Ahmadian, Aidan Allenbuckle, Deepa Bissessur, Emily Haugen, Mike Murray, Pascale Shaw, Jeff Stromgren and Crystal Warner.
Local government elections in B.C. are held every four years on the third Saturday in October. Nominations opened Sept. 1 and close Sept. 11. Vote-by-mail applications become available Sept. 17, while advance voting is scheduled for Oct. 7, 10, 14 and 15.
The city webpage for voters last updated its candidate list on Aug. 31.