5 people running for mayor in Whitehorse, 18 for council

Whitehorse will have a new mayor, and a mostly or even entirely new set of councillors after next month's municipal election.

The nomination period forthe Oct. 17election closed Thursday at noon and the city released the list of candidates shortly after.

Five menare running to be the city's next mayor, including one who is now a city councillor. The current mayor, Laura Cabott, announced earlier that she would not seek re-election this fall. She served one term as mayor.

Eighteen people are running to fill the six councillor positions, and only one of them is a current councillor seeking re-election. Four current councillors Jocelyn Curteanu, Michelle Friesen, Ted Laking and Mellisa Murray are not running in this election.

The candidates for mayor, listed alphabetically, are:

• Jack Bogaard
• Dan Bushnell
• Kirk Cameron (currently a city councillor)
• Stephen Kwok
• Dino Rudinski

The candidates for councillor, listed alphabetically,are:

• Jean-Sbastien Blais
• Dan Boyd (seeking re-election)
• Norma Felker
• Paolo Gallina
• Jenny Hamilton
• Tony Lundgaard
• Eileen Melnychuk
• Anne Middler
• Lenore Morris
• Sarah Newton
• Nesty Paron
• Andrew Robulack
• Marta Rogers
• Ken Schick
• Daniel Schneider
• Michelle Stimson
• Gary Smith
• Jay Wilneff

Voters must be Canadian citizens, aged 18 or older on election day, and have lived in Whitehorse for at least one year before election day.

Residents are advised to register to vote, or confirm they'realready registered by visiting the city's election website.

Municipal election day isThursday, Oct. 17.