Municipal
Councillor
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Town Council · Portugal Cove-St. Philip's
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected by everyone in Portugal Cove-St. Philip's
- Exact method
- Elected at large for a four-year term (Municipal Elections Act, s. 5); council of 7 including the mayor, who is elected separately (town website: "a ballot for Mayor, and up to six Councillors"). 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
- Erin Gallant Report Source: pcsp.ca, checked
- Gavin Will Report Source: pcsp.ca, checked
- Keith Culleton Report Source: pcsp.ca, checked
- Kim Churchill Report Source: pcsp.ca, checked
- Robert Stapleton Report Source: pcsp.ca, checked
- Wendy Squires-Ennis Report Source: pcsp.ca, checked
Next vote
Sources
- pcsp.ca · checked Town elections page: "A ballot for Mayor, and up to six Councillors"; Deputy Mayor "is selected by the newly elected Councillors at their first Council meeting" (checked 2026-10-11). For: Councillor
- assembly.nl.ca · checked municipal: Towns and Local Service Districts Act, SNL 2023 c. T-6.2: s. 24 (council of an odd number of councillors, 5 to 9), s. 25 (wards), ss. 27-28 (mayor and deputy mayor); Municipal Elections Act, SNL 2001 c. M-20.2, s. 5 (general elections every four years). For: Councillor
- pcsp.ca · checked Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philip's newsletter July to September 2026, "Contact Council": Mayor Dave Bartlett, Deputy-Mayor Kim Churchill, Councillors Gavin Will, Keith Culleton, Erin Gallant, Wendy Squires-Ennis, Robert Stapleton (checked 2026-10-11). For: Erin Gallant, current term, Gavin Will, current term, Keith Culleton, current term, Kim Churchill, current term, Robert Stapleton, current term, Wendy Squires-Ennis, 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