Two more mayors have been acclaimed on the Highway 11 corridor ahead of the October municipal election. Luc Leonard begins his first full term as Mayor of Moonbeam, while former councillor Steve Lambert takes over the post in Val Rita-Harty replacing Johanne Baril who had been mayor for the past three terms. Moonbeam and Val Rita Harty do have races for seats at the council table. There are seven candidates, including two incumbents running for four spots in Moonbeam. Incumbents are Helene LeSaux-Neron, Matthew Pronovost, and Jacques Della-Pieta. Other candidates are Claude Bouchard, Jennifer Lynn Cutting, Gary Hebert and Kevin Robichaud.
In Val Rita there are six newcomers vying for four chairs. The candidates are: Regis Bergeron, Shannon L. Durand, Linda Marchand, Danny Meilleur, Marianne Lacroix and Gerard Levesque.
