Tie votes overturn pay suspensions against Councillors Shirton, Lawrence

HALDIMAND—A pair of 3-3 votes recorded at a Council meeting on Monday, April 13, 2026 have overturned the one-month suspension in pay levied against Haldimand councillors Rob Shirton and Dan Lawrence. As reported in last week’s Press, Integrity Commissioner David Boghosian determined that both Shirton and Lawrence breached Haldimand’s code of conduct gifts and benefits section when they allowed Steven…