To add a little levity to the current municipal election campaign, and as one more chance to once again reminder voters that election day is imminent (ie. tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 15), the 91原创 Advance Times asked each candidate a whimsical but telling question.
Leading up to the election, we put 10 鈥渉ot topic鈥 questions to each of the candidates.
By asking them to share their views on these issues, we hoped it would help local voters narrow in on who they were going to vote for in this year鈥檚 municipal election.
While gathering their answers and a brief bio on each, we also put a fun question to each person running for mayor, councillor, and school trustee. Most chose to participate:
QUESTION
鈥淚f a movie was made of your life what genre would it be, and who would play you?鈥
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ANSWERS
鈥 91原创 Township mayoralty candidates
Rich Coleman: 鈥淲estern. Matthew McConaughey.鈥
Michelle Sparrow: 鈥淩omcom starring Julia Roberts.鈥
Blair Whitmarsh: 鈥淎ction movie played by The Rock (haha)鈥
Eric Woodward: Chose not to answer.
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鈥 91原创 Township council candidates
Petrina Arnason: 鈥淐laymation (Wallace and Grommitt). Character would be based on Scarlett Johansson.鈥
Tim Baillie: 鈥淎 movie of me would be a comedy/tragedy and Liam Neeson would play me.鈥
Scott Cameron: 鈥淩omantic comedy played by Chris Evans.鈥
Michael Chang: Chose not to answer.
A.J. Cheema: Chose not to answer.
Rebecca Darnell: 鈥淭he genre would be action comedy, and Kathy Bates would play me.鈥
James Delorme: Chose not to answer.
Stephen Dinesen: Chose not to answer.
Steve Ferguson: 鈥淢y character would be Goofy. Goofy the councillor running around in police cars, and fire trucks鈥 doing silly Goofy things鈥 falling into piles and piles of permits and paperwork鈥 running around the sports fields and ice surfaces with boys and girls and of course being chased by a group of seniors鈥 That would be a hilarious Goofy episode.鈥
Brit Gardner: 鈥淚鈥檇 want it to be an animated Disney musical like Lion King or Encanto, for sure! 鈥
Sukhman Gill: 鈥淭he genre it would be is adventure, and most likely, Denzel Washington would play me.鈥
Alex Joehl: 鈥淥bviously it would be a comedy-drama, because you can鈥檛 take yourself too seriously or you鈥檒l go insane. I鈥檓 pretty certain that I鈥檇 be played by Ryan Reynolds or Hugh Grant (if he were willing to nail-down a Canadian accent).鈥
Margaret Kunst: 鈥淚t would have to be action/adventure, and Melissa Gilbert because she played Laura Ingalls, which was one of my all-time favourite TV series and novels as a young girl.鈥
Cathy MacDonald: Chose not to answer.
Barb Martens: Chose not to answer.
Karen Moraes: 鈥淎ction/adventure, and Jennifer Lopez to play me as I love her rom/com movies.鈥
Sierra Pilcher: 鈥淔unnily enough, my favourite show is a political sitcom about a woman who runs for city council (Parks and Recreation). That said, I believe my life would be best captured as an adventure-comedy film starring Natalie Portman.鈥
Carey Poitras: 鈥淭he genre would be comedy, and Sandra Bullock would play me.鈥
Michael Pratt: 鈥淚t would be a comedy, and I鈥檇 hope they could get Ryan Gosling.鈥
Kam Respondek: 鈥淐omedy/Tom Hardy.鈥
Kim Richter: 鈥淕enre: adventure; actress: Judy Garland from The Wizard of Oz because politics is like a 鈥榶ellow brick road鈥. You just never know who or what you鈥檙e going to meet along the way!鈥
Robert Rindt: Chose not to answer.
Carlos Suarez Rubio: 鈥淭he movie, I will call it same as the book I am working on: A journey of Love, Faith and Trust. It will be in the genre of faith and based on a real story; may be with a bit of comedy. By Carlos Suarez Rubio. And my actor would be played by Aidan Gallagher; the same actor that played number 5 in the Umbrella Academy.鈥
Navin Takhar: 鈥淪ports, Sylvester Stallone.鈥
Teresa Townsley: 鈥淚t would be a docudrama where the little guy stands against all odds for what is right and changes people鈥檚 lives for the better. I would have to play myself.鈥
Misty Van Popta: 鈥淎 dramedy featuring Elyse Myers.鈥
Tony Ward: 鈥淛ames Dean would play my younger years, Bill Murray at middle age.鈥
Gerald Wartak: 鈥淎ction-comedy. Played by Ryan Reynolds.鈥
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鈥 91原创 Township school trustee candidates
Holly Dickinson: 鈥淚 think my life would be a dark comedy, and I would be played by Emma Stone.鈥
Charlie Fox: 鈥淭he movie I would choose is The Bucket List with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. I would be Jack Nicholson, the person who just wants to check off as many sites, sounds and experiences they can from their 鈥榖ucket list鈥, before they pass on!鈥
Gareth Lockhart: 鈥淚t would be a romantic comedy, and it would probably be Steve Carell.鈥
Joel Neufeld: 鈥淩omCom played by Bradley Cooper.鈥
Suzanne Perreault: 鈥淢ystery movie: Alanis Morisette鈥 isn鈥檛 it ironic.鈥
Sarb Rai: 鈥淎ction is the genre I would choose as there is never a dull moment in my life. Sandra Bullock is my choice as she often plays a strong determined character and represents a positive role model for women.鈥
Rod Ross: 鈥淭om Cruise as I see myself as a person who lives a life of adventure that challenges the status quo鈥 a Maverick!鈥
Neil Turner: 鈥淚nspirational sport drama 鈥 Kevin Costner (apparently I look a bit like him).鈥
Stacey Wakelin: 鈥淚t would be a road trip adventure movie (lots of beautiful sights, great conversations and a few twists along the way), and I would love to have Kate Winslet play me in the film.鈥
Marnie Wilson: 鈥淎ction adventure, Jennifer Lawrence (Hunger Games).鈥
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鈥 91原创 City mayoralty candidates
Nathan Pachal: 鈥淚t would be sci-fi. Justice Smith.鈥
鈥 91原创 City council candidates
Paul Albrecht: 鈥淎ction. My wife says the actor has to be Billy Bob Thornton.鈥
Shelley Coburn: 鈥淪cience fiction 鈥 specifically dystopian, and I would be played by Robert Williams.鈥
Gurjit Dhillon: Chose not to answer.
Jennifer Elderkin: 鈥淎dventure 鈥 Meryl Streep.鈥
Jeff Jacobs: 鈥渄rama/comedy, Bill Murray.鈥
Teri James: 鈥淚t would be a sitcom played by Helen Hunt.鈥
Delaney Mack: 鈥淚 would like to think that Jennifer Lawrence would play me, just simply because I like her acting.鈥
Gayle Martin: Chose not to answer.
Cherise Okeymow: 鈥淧arody comedy/Jennifer Lawrence.鈥
Mike Solyom: 鈥淎 thriller with a twist, like Momento? I used to get some 鈥楯ack鈥 from Lost comparisons, so Matthew Fox.鈥
David Stingl: 鈥淚t would be a comedy for sure, and I wish it could have been Norm MacDonald just telling his Dad jokes. I miss Norm.鈥
Rudy Storteboom: 鈥淚f my life were a film, it would be a low-budget independent film, with Jerry Seinfeld in the lead roll. The movie would be about a large man who finds himself by giving himself away. Between get-togethers, socials and community events, our protagonist struggles to develop a stand-up comedy routine by peppering his conversations with one-liners that seem to be mildly entertaining and are often misunderstood. In the end, he wins the lottery but gives most of it away because the windfall interferes with his quality of life.鈥
Rosemary Wallace: 鈥淚f a movie was made of my life I would like it to be a musical and have my eldest daughter play me.鈥
Leith White: 鈥淕enre: biographical. Played by my identical twin brother, Miles.鈥
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鈥 91原创 City school trustees candidates (both acclaimed)
Candy Ashdown: 鈥淎 romantic comedy, and I would be played by Laura Linney.鈥
Tony Ward: 鈥淚f a movie was made of my life, it would be a romantic comedy, where Kermit the Frog would play me, and Julie Andrews would play my love interest.鈥
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ON A MORE SERIOUS NOTE:
鈥 GRID: 91原创 Township candidates answer series of questions
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