Westport Select Board member Manuel Soares Jr., whose term expires next month, will not be on the ballot for the Tuesday, April 14 town election, after he failed to return and have his nomination papers certified by the registrars by the Tuesday, Feb. 24 deadline.

Soares, 63, who also pulled papers for town constable, also failed to return or have those papers certified by the deadline, leaving him out of the race.

Soares’ ineligibility for the April ballot leaves the select board race for two seats down to three candidates — incumbent freshman Jacob McGuigan and hopefuls Richard Mundy and Keith Dias. Dias ran unsuccessfully last year for the partial term McGuigan now holds.

Soares was not the only candidate to fail to return or have nomination papers certified in the select board race. Christopher Thrasher, who pulled his papers in mid-February, also missed the deadline.

Other races

Certified candidates for other races include:

• Assessors (one position): Pauline A. Sylvia;

• Board of Health (one position): Kerian Fennelly, Donna Amaral;

• Commissioner of Trust Funds (one position): No candidates

• Constable (two positions): Arthur G. Caesar, Joshua Caesar;

• Fish commissioner (one positon): Sean Leach

• Housing authority (one position): Paul M. Stein;

• Landing commissioner (one position): Sean Leach

•Library trustee (two positions): Paula A. Feitelberg, Carolyn M. Fontes

• Planning board (one position) Jared Potteiger, Roswell Underwood;

• Regional School Committee (one position): Paul Jennings

• School Committee (one position): Evan Gendreau, Kyle Stang

• Town clerk (one position): Krstin Stinson