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There will be seven candidates on the ballot for the Gatineau mayoral byelection in June.
Submitting their candidacies by the deadline on Friday afternoon, according to an online post by the City of Gatineau, were Rémi Bergeron, Stéphane Bisson, Yves Ducharme, Daniel Feeny, Olive Kamanyana, Maude Marquis-Bissonnette and Mathieu St-Jean.
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Election day is Sunday, June 9, although there will also be advance voting on June 2.
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The winner will take the place of France Bélisle, the Outaouais city’s first female mayor, who resigned in February. Councillor Daniel Champagne is serving as interim mayor.
Elected in 2021, Bélisle told a news conference she was stepping down to preserve her health, adding she had received death threats after becoming mayor.
Ducharme previously served as Gatineau mayor in 2002-05 and before municipal amalgamation was mayor of Hull in 1992-2001.
Kamanyana resigned as councillor of the Carrefour-de-l’Hôpital district to run for mayor.
A byelection for a new councillor for that ward will also be held June 9. The list of declared candidates includes Frédérick Castonguay, Catharine Craig-St-Louis, Marie-Pier Lacroix and Kethlande Pierre.
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