Community where no one wanted to be mayor gets a mayor, but only reluctantly
WELLINGTON, P.E.I. — Nobody wanted to be mayor, but Wellington, P.E.I., got one anyway.
There were no mayoral candidates in Monday’s province-wide municipal elections, so the provincial government simply appointed the outgoing mayor, Alcide Bernard, to a four-year term.
Bernard had not run for re-election — he decided he had done his time, and he “wanted to leave the opportunity for others this time.”
The job pays $1,600 a year.