Wood Buffalo municipal election, 2007

The 2007 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. The citizens of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, (this includes the Urban Service Area of Fort McMurray,) Alberta, elected one mayor, nine of their ten councillors, the five Fort McMurray Public School District trustees (in Fort McMurray), and four of the Northland School Division No. 61's 23 school boards (outside Fort McMurray, five trustees each). The incumbent Ward 3 Councillor had no challengers, and the five trustee candidates for the Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 32 (in Fort McMurray) were unchallenged.

Results

Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.

Mayor

Mayor[1]
CandidateVotes%
Melissa Blake5,11564.6%
David W. Kirschner2,43130.7%
George A. Mercredi2633.3%
David W. Rowbottom1101.4%

Councillors

Councillors[2][3][4][5]
Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4
CandidateVotes%CandidateVotes%CandidateVotes%CandidateVotes%
Sheldon Germain4,82814.38%David A. Blair26130.3%Renee RebusAcclaimedGordon S. Janvier13339.5%
John Vyboh4,49313.38%John H. Chadi19122.2%Mickey Cadden12938.3%
Mike Allen4,37513.03%John Rigney16018.6%Elmer Herman7522.3%
Phillip J. Meagher4,31212.84%Lloyd (Sonny) Flett14116.4%
Sharon Clarkson3,84711.46%Lily Elsie Marchel10712.4%
Mila Byron3,1489.38%
Jim Carbery2,5717.66%
Ross Jacobs1,8795.60%
Robynn Pavia1,3714.08%
Trevor Mulligan8482.53%
John Ridley8482.53%
Gregory J. Lucas5711.70%
Wasim S. Bhatti4791.43%

By-Election

On March 11, 2008, Ward 2 Councillor John Chadi resigned from council.[6] A by-election was held on June 9 to fill the empty seat, former Councillor, and 2007 candidate, Sonny Flett was elected. He was official sworn in on June 24, 2008.

Wood Buffalo By-election[6]
Ward 3
CandidateVotes%
Lloyd (Sonny) Flett11935.6%
Archie Cyprien9026.9%
Arsene (Adam) Bernaille8124.3%
John Rigney4413.2%

Public School Trustees

Fort McMurray Public School District[7]
CandidateVotes%
Jeff Thompson2,90121.03%
Angela Adams2,51018.20%
Glenn Cooper2,09415.18%
Glen Doonanco2,07315.03%
Elizabeth Eenkooren1,62411.77%
Munira Manji1,3089.48%
Joel Lipman1,2829.30%
Northland School Division No. 61[8][9][10][11][12]
Fort ChipewyanAnzacJanvierConklin
CandidateVotes%Ward 1CandidateVotes%CandidateVotes%
Claris Voyageur26115.97Shirley KlassenAcclaimedRose Marie Herman5215.2%Wendy Tremblay5617.7%
Blue-Eyes Simpson22113.53 Ward 2 Darrell Herman4713.8%Margaret A. Quintal5517.4%
Dana Wylie18311.20 CandidateVotes% Gordon S. Janvier4713.8%Shirley A. Tremblay4915.5%
Julia Cardinal17810.89Nadine C. Finch13922.9%Jules M. Nokohoo4713.8%Shawnene Lavallee4413.9%
B. Joyce Smorong1599.73Tammy Huska12119.9%Alice Lofstrom3610.6%Pamela G. Tremblay3210.1%
Alice Rigney1569.55Yvette Simon9916.3%Shirley D. Montgrand3510.3%Sherry Y. Quintal278.5%
Lorraine Cardinal1418.63Darrol C. Carelse9315.3%Daniel H. Herman319.1%Deloris B. Pruden237.3%
Darlene E. Voyageur1297.89Joyce K. Quintal8113.3%Lena Herman154.4%Linda Ward196.0%
Leona (Cowie) Lepine1217.41Lori Ann Fedechko7512.3%Bertha Anne Moir144.1%Walter (Wally) Kaziuk123.8%
Sean Sommerfield855.20David Janvier123.5%
Ron Eldridge51.5%

Separate School Trustees

Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 32[13]
CandidateVotes%
Laurelee Bouchard-DutchynAcclaimed
Geraldine CarberyAcclaimed
Terry LangisAcclaimed
Keith McGrathAcclaimed
Maria Salvo-VybohAcclaimed

References

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