The Dauphin and District Chamber of Commerce is hosting an election forum at the Dauphin Multi-Purpose Senior Centre tonight from 7:30-9.

Stephen Chychota says the forum is open to everyone and goes over the format.

“We’re going to have all the candidates up at the front. We’re going to have them do some opening introductions for themselves, we will have publically submitted questions that they’ll go ahead and answer. Each candidate is going to get a chance to answer so we can hear from all of them on each topic and subject. Then they’ll have an opportunity to ask each other some questions, so we can hear another level of insight from these candidates.”

Chychota says leading up to the event they’re focusing on getting questions for the candidates.

There won’t be an open mic at the event, all questions will be written down so the Chamber can weed out the questions that are duplicates, are aimed at one or two people, or include harassment. If you have a question, drop it off at the chamber office at Dauphin City Hall, email it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or give them a phone call for them to mark down the question for you.

Chychota’s goal from the forum is to make sure everyone has enough information to make a sound decision on election day, the candidates know what they’re getting into and what the public wants to know.

For those that are too far to make it to the forum, Chychota says they’ll be live-streaming the forum on the Chamber Facebook page and it will stay up afterwards if the timing doesn’t work well for you.