It is election day across Ontario.
Voters will be casting ballots in municipal and school board elections.
Fort Frances voters have been casting their ballots since last Monday through Internet and telephone.
Voter turnout is 36.4 per cent heading into today.
That would put it on pace for one of the lowest voter turnouts in history.
93.1 The Border will have results on our web page tonight.
Fort Frances and Atikokan are both using the Internet and telephone this election.
The township of Alberton is voting by mail, but for reeve only.
The four candidates for councillor have been acclaimed.
All other communities in the Rainy River District are using traditional paper ballots.
There is no election in Lake of the Woods. All of council has been acclaimed.
Mayor Deb Ewald in Rainy River and Harold McQuaker in Emo are also back in office after facing no opposition.
James Gibson in Chapple and Douglas Hartnell in Dawson township have also been acclaimed as reeve in their communities.
All trustees for the Rainy River District School Board and the trustees representing Atikokan, the Fort Frances area and the west end of the district that will sit on the Northwest Catholic District School for the next four years have also been acclaimed.
Here is the list of all candidates seeking office in the Rainy River District.
2022 Municipal Election
Township of Alberton
743 eligible voters
Reeve
Mike Ford (incumbent)
Michael Hammond
Council (four to be elected)
Peter Spuzak (acclaimed)
Shawn Spence (acclaimed) (incumbent)
Diane Glowasky (acclaimed) (incumbent)
Tyson Dennis (acclaimed) (incumbent)
Town of Atikokan
2,174 eligible voters
Mayor
Rob Ferguson
New Position
Robbin Harper
Council (six to be elected)
Corrine Colvin
Alacia Henderson
Jim Johnson (incumbent)
Gord Knowles
Kristi-Lynn McQuay
Gordon Martin
Elizabeth (Liz) Shine (incumbent)
Brian Stimson (incumbent)
Janelle Zacharias
Township of Chapple
780 eligible voters
Reeve
James Gibson (acclaimed) (incumbent)
Council (four to be elected)
Robert Barron
Rick Neilson (incumbent)
Trish Neilson
Philip Schram (incumbent)
Ken Wilson (incumbent)
Township of Dawson
618 eligible workers
Reeve
Douglas Hartnell (acclaimed)
Council (four to be elected)
Timo Brielmann
Bennett Drennan
Lewis Kempf
Bill Langner
Cory Larocque (incumbent)
Brent Sands (incumbent)
Township of Emo
1,029 eligible voters
Mayor
Harold McQuaker (acclaimed) (incumbent)
Council (four to be elected)
Harrold Boven (incumbent)
Russ Fortier
Geoffrey Pearce
Lori-Ann Shortreed (incumbent)
Frank (Jr) Szeder
Lisa Teeple
Gerald Weiringa
Phil Whatley
Town of Fort Frances
5,474 eligible voters
Mayor
Andrew Hallikas
Ken Perry
Councillor (six to be elected)
Mike Behan (incumbent)
Wendy Brunetta (incumbent)
Kaleb Firth
David Kircher
Steven Maki
John McTaggart (incumbent)
Mandi Olson
Township of LaVallee
735 eligible voters
Reeve
Kenneth Hyatt
Lucille MacDonald
Emily Watson
Council (four to be elected)
Kenneth Badiuk
James Belluz (incumbent)
Elaine Hughes (incumbent)
Brendan Hyatt
Michael Hyatt
Stephen Loshaw
Daniel Rea (incumbent)
Brian Trimble
Lake of the Woods township
Reeve
Colleen Fadden (acclaimed) (incumbent)
Council (four to be elected)
April Chojko-Bolec (acclaimed) (incumbent)
Kaitlyn Cottam (acclaimed)
Nancy Gate (acclaimed) (incumbent)
Bill Lundgren (acclaimed) (incumbent)
Township of Morley
582 eligible voters
Reeve
George Heyens (incumbent)
Telford Advent
Council (four to be elected)
Anthony Armstrong (incumbent)
Jamie Beal
Paul Brown
Wade Desserre
Ray Hackett
Gary Jolicouer (incumbent)
David Larocque
Andrew McCormick
Ashley Morrison
Zachery Sopotiuck
Maria Vandenbrand (incumbent)
Town of Rainy River
670 eligible voters
Mayor
Deborah Ewald (acclaimed) (incumbent)
Council
Daniel G. Armstrong
Greg Brown
Robert Richard Yuri Ewald
Joel Hagarty
Robert Brent Helgeson (incumbent)
Neil Ivall (incumbent)
Martin Kreger (incumbent)
Marlene McNally
Florence Newman
Gordon Prost
Rainy River District School Board
Town of Atikokan
Jeff Lehman (acclaimed) (incumbent)
Fort Frances, unorganized areas east of Fort Frances
Michael Graham (acclaimed)
Mike Walchuk (acclaimed)
Township of Emo, Kingsford, Fleming, Senn, McLarty, Nestor Falls, Township of Chapple, Unorganized area north of Chapple, excepting Lake of the Woods
John Fuhrer (acclaimed) (incumbent)
Township of Alberton, Township of La Vallee, Miscampbell, Dance, Lake Despair, Griesinger
Kathryn Pierroz (acclaimed) (incumbent)
Township of Morley, Township of Morson, Lake of the Woods, Township of McCrosson & Tovell, Town of Rainy River, Township of Dawson, Unorganized area adjacent to Dawson
Sarah Creed (acclaimed)
Northwest Catholic District School Board
Town of Fort Frances, Township of Alberton, Township of LaVallee (two to be elected)
Cathy Piotrowski (acclaimed) (incumbent)
Joelle Blanc-Paull (acclaimed)
Townships of Emo, Chapple, Morley, Dawson, Rainy River, Lake of the Wood, Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls
David Sharp (acclaimed) (incumbent)
Atikokan
Andrea Maggrah (acclaimed)
