Municipal
Councillor
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected by everyone in Gander
- Exact method
- Elected at large for a four-year term (Municipal Elections Act, s. 5); council of 7 including the mayor (town website). A town council has an odd number of members, 5 to 9 (Towns and Local Service Districts Act, s. 24).
- Seats
- 6
Who holds these seats now
- Jim Lidstone Report Source: gandercanada.com, checked
- Krystle West Report Source: gandercanada.com, checked
- Patrick Woodford Report Source: gandercanada.com, checked
- Samantha Abbott Report Source: gandercanada.com, checked
- Sheldon Handcock Report Source: gandercanada.com, checked
- Tara Pollett Report Source: gandercanada.com, checked
Next vote
Sources
- gandercanada.com · checked municipal: Council membership as listed on the council website (checked 2026-10-11); Towns and Local Service Districts Act, ss. 24-28. For: Councillor
- gandercanada.com · checked municipal: Council website lists Jim Lidstone as Councillor, checked 2026-10-11. For: Jim Lidstone, current term
- gandercanada.com · checked municipal: Council website lists Krystle West as Councillor, checked 2026-10-11. For: Krystle West, current term
- gandercanada.com · checked municipal: Council website lists Patrick Woodford as Councillor, checked 2026-10-11. For: Patrick Woodford, current term
- gandercanada.com · checked municipal: Council website lists Samantha Abbott as Councillor, checked 2026-10-11. For: Samantha Abbott, current term
- gandercanada.com · checked municipal: Council website lists Sheldon Handcock as Councillor, checked 2026-10-11. For: Sheldon Handcock, current term
- gandercanada.com · checked municipal: Council website lists Tara Pollett as Councillor, checked 2026-10-11. For: Tara Pollett, current term
- gov.nl.ca · checked date_confirmed set false: 2029-09-25 is the statutory last Tuesday in September; the Province moved the 2025 general election from 30 Sep to 2 Oct 2025 (release 2024-11-01), so the 2029 date is not confirmed until the Province announces it. Checked 2026-10-12. For: General election, September 25, 2029
- assembly.nl.ca · checked municipal: Municipal Elections Act, s. 5(1)-(2): general elections in 2001 and every 4 years after, on the last Tuesday in September (2029: 25 Sep). The 2025 election was moved to 2 Oct 2025 (https://www.gov.nl.ca/releases/2024/mpa/1101n05/). For: General election, September 25, 2029