The Municipality of Chester’s newly elected council will be sworn in tonight at 7 p.m. in council chambers.
Following the ceremony, council members will hold an internal vote to determine the municipality’s warden and deputy warden.
Longtime Councillor Allen Webber, who has represented District 4 since 1982, is among those set to take the oath. Webber has previously held the warden position eight times over his tenure. This year, he joins a mix of returning and newly elected council members as they prepare to tackle community priorities and issues facing Chester.
The new council members and their respective districts are as follows:
- District 1: Andre Veinotte
- District 2: Clarissa (Issie) Coolen
- District 3: Tom Bremner
- District 4: Allen Webber
- District 5: Abdella Assaff (acclaimed)
- District 6: Tina Connors (acclaimed)
- District 7: Sharon Church
