The nomination period for the By-election in Chinook School Division is open as of yesterday.

Citizens will have the ability to submit nominations until the deadline of March 8th at 4:00pm.

The by-election itself will be held on April 12th to fill the vacancy in Sub-division 4, which sees its current term end in October 2020.

Sub-division 4 was formerly held by Bernie Ford, a 40-year Board Trustee, who passed away on December 26th, 2016.

The sub-division, which is located at the centre of the Chinook School Division, is home to public schools in Wymark, Gull Lake, and Tompkins.

As well, there are seven hutterian schools in zone 4, located in the colonies of Tompkins, Grassy Hill, Carmichael, Bone Creek, Earview, Webb, and McMahon.

Voter information and nomination forms can be found here.