Residents of Renfrew County have chosen trustees to represent the area’s four school boards, which include both Catholic and public boards in English and French.
Similar to the mayor and council members, trustees will hold their positions for four years.
Let’s look at those who were recently elected or, in many cases, acclaimed to serve as trustees for the upcoming term.
Renfrew County District School Board
The Renfrew County District School Board consists of eight trustees representing various geographical areas. These areas include the City of Pembroke; Town of Petawawa and Garrison Petawawa; Laurentian Valley and North Algona Wilberforce; Deep River, Laurentian Hills, and Head Clara Maria; Whitewater Region and Admaston Bromely; Bonnechere Valley, Killaloe Hagarty Richards, Madawaska Valley, Brudenell Lyndoch and Raglan, South Algonquin; Renfrew, Greater Madawaska, and Horton; Arnprior, and Mc Nab-Braeside.
In the elections set for 2026, all eight regional trustee positions were acclaimed.
Here’s the full list of trustees:
City of Pembroke – Leo Boland (incumbent, acclaimed) Town of Petawawa and Garrison Petawawa – Aidan Leach (acclaimed) Laurentian Valley and North Algona Wilberforce – Roger Clarke (new jurisdiction, acclaimed) Deep River, Laurentian Hills, and Head Clara Maria – Marjorie Adam (acclaimed) Whitewater Region and Admaston Bromely – Laurie Patterson (acclaimed) Bonnechere Valley, Killaloe Hagarty Richards, Madawaska Valley, Brudenell Lyndoch and Raglan , South Algonquin – Jackie Agnew (acclaimed) Renfrew , Greater Madawaska , Horton – Jeffrey Barber (acclaimed) Arnprior , Mc Nab-Braeside – Will Roffey (acclaimed)
Renfrew County Catholic District School Board
The Renfrew County Catholic District School Board features six trustees representing six different geographical areas. These include the City of Pembroke; Petawawa , Deep River , Laurentian Hills , Head Clara Maria ; Laurentian Valley , North Algona Wilberforce , Admaston Bromley , Bonnechere Valley ; Killaloe Hagarty Richards , Brudenell Lyndoch , Raglan , Madawaska Valley ; Whitewater Region , Renfrew , Horton ; Arnprior , Mc Nab/Braeside, and Greater Madawaska.
In 2026 elections all six regions had their trustees acclaimed.
Here’s the full list of trustees:
City of Pembroke – Robert Michaud (incumbent, acclaimed) Petawawa , Deep River , Laurentian Hills & Head Clara Maria – David Howard (incumbent acclaimned) Laurentian Valley & North Algona Wilberforce & Admaston Bromley & Bonnechere Valley – Pat O’Grady(incumbent acclaimned) Killaloe Hagarty Richards & Brudenell Lyndoch & Raglan & Madawaska Valley- David Giroux(acclaimed) Whitewater Region& Renfrewn& Horton- Anne Haley(incumbent acclaimned) Arnprior& Mc Nab/Braeside&Greater Madwask- Jeannie Ivory(incumbant acclaimed)
Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE)
Daniel Levasseur was unopposed in his bid to represent this region on the French Catholic school board. He was acclaimed.
Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (CEPEO)
The only contested race for a school board trustee in Renfrew County took place for the French public school board. Patrick Robert won against Anab Yussuf Mohamed with a total score of 342 votes to 205 votes.
Anthony Dixon is an award-winning journalist and photographer. He serves as editor for the Pembroke Observer and News while covering significant stories from Upper Ottawa Valley. adixon
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