{"id":101951,"date":"2021-08-18T14:23:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T18:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=101951"},"modified":"2021-08-23T18:46:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T22:46:56","slug":"who-are-the-parry-sound-muskoka-candidates-for-the-upcoming-federal-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/who-are-the-parry-sound-muskoka-candidates-for-the-upcoming-federal-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are the Parry Sound-Muskoka candidates for the upcoming federal election?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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This post was updated August 20 with the NDP candidate, and August 23 with the Liberal candidate.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With campaigning underway for the September 20, 2021 federal election, all of the major parties have now declared candidates for Parry Sound-Muskoka.<\/p>\n\n\n

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As of August 23, the following Parry Sound-Muskoka candidates will be on the federal ballot next month:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conservative: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott Aitchison (incumbent) was elected Member of Parliament for Parry Sound-Muskoka in 2019. He served as mayor of Huntsville from 2014 to 2019. Read more here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Green: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marc Mantha is a business development consultant with a green conscience. Raised as a northern boy, he spent years in Toronto building his career before moving to Muskoka to build a tiny home and right-size his life. Marc ran for Gravenhurst Town Council in 2018. Read more here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liberal:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jovanie Nicoyishakiye is, according to her Twitter feed, an educator, philanthropist, and social activist. She is a mother of two girls, and a French teacher who graduated from Ottawa U and McMaster. Watch for more information here<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NDP:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heather Hay (she\/her) is a human rights activist who has built strong networks and communities locally and nationally. As the coordinator for Elder Abuse Prevention Muskoka, she is committed to creating a poverty-free and age-friendly Muskoka. Read more here<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People’s Party of Canada<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jim Tole is a retired (2017) Secondary School Science Teacher for the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board and most recently (January-June 2019) part-time, contract Professor of Math for Canadore College in Parry Sound. Read more here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch for more information on candidates in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Election day is Monday, September 20, 2021. Advance polls will be open on September 10, 11, 12, and 13. Learn more about where and how to vote at elections.ca<\/a><\/span>. (Note that some voting information is not yet available.)<\/p>\n\n\n

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