Elmslie Runs for Mayor

EXCERPT FROM THE LINDSAY ADVOCATE ARTICLE BY KIRK WINTER

Councillor Doug Elmslie will be giving up his council seat to run for the position of mayor in the October 2022 municipal election making this at least a two-person race of declared candidates.

Elmslie, a former corporate executive with Domtar and CIL Industries, has spent the last 16 years on council representing the people of Fenelon Falls. He originally got involved in local politics after he and his first wife permanently relocated to Kawartha Lakes in 2001. Elmslie has served as deputy-mayor, and sat on more than 40 of the various committees responsible to council.

Elmslie will campaign on a platform that aims “to improve the service in public service.” He promises to focus his campaign on ensuring the city has the appropriate resources to deal with a post-pandemic world, that roads and infrastructure repair and renewal will be prioritized, that the hiring and maintaining of city staff will be approached in new and innovative ways and that the turnaround times on planning decisions and building permits will be sped up.