Individuals interested in running for one of the four vacancies on the MountainView School Division's board of trustees can start picking up their nomination packages as of today (Tuesday).
The packages are available at the school division office west of Dauphin between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm.
Prospective candidates must be at least 18 years of age, a Canadian citizen, and must live within the ward that they are looking to be elected in.
Once they pick up their nomination package, they must get signatures from a minimum of one per cent of eligible voters in the ward that they are running in.
Completed nomination packages are to be turned back into the division office between 8:30 am 4:30 pm between September 18th and 20th and September 23rd or 24th.
The by-election is scheduled to take place on October 30th.
Two new trustee representatives from the Roblin area are needed, as are one from the city of Dauphin, and one from the Ethelbert-Gilbert Plains-Grandview area.