2007 Wood Buffalo municipal election

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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]
Candidate Votes %
Melissa Blake 5,115 64.6%
David W. Kirschner 2,431 30.7%
George A. Mercredi 263 3.3%
David W. Rowbottom 110 1.4%

Councillors[]

Councillors[2][3][4][5]
Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4
Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes %
Sheldon Germain 4,828 14.38% David A. Blair 261 30.3% Renee Rebus Acclaimed Gordon S. Janvier 133 39.5%
John Vyboh 4,493 13.38% John H. Chadi 191 22.2% Mickey Cadden 129 38.3%
Mike Allen 4,375 13.03% John Rigney 160 18.6% Elmer Herman 75 22.3%
Phillip J. Meagher 4,312 12.84% Lloyd (Sonny) Flett 141 16.4%
Sharon Clarkson 3,847 11.46% Lily Elsie Marchel 107 12.4%
Mila Byron 3,148 9.38%
Jim Carbery 2,571 7.66%
Ross Jacobs 1,879 5.60%
Robynn Pavia 1,371 4.08%
Trevor Mulligan 848 2.53%
John Ridley 848 2.53%
Gregory J. Lucas 571 1.70%
Wasim S. Bhatti 479 1.43%

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
Candidate Votes %
Lloyd (Sonny) Flett 119 35.6%
Archie Cyprien 90 26.9%
Arsene (Adam) Bernaille 81 24.3%
John Rigney 44 13.2%

Public School Trustees[]

Fort McMurray Public School District[7]
Candidate Votes %
Jeff Thompson 2,901 21.03%
Angela Adams 2,510 18.20%
Glenn Cooper 2,094 15.18%
Glen Doonanco 2,073 15.03%
Elizabeth Eenkooren 1,624 11.77%
Munira Manji 1,308 9.48%
Joel Lipman 1,282 9.30%
Northland School Division No. 61[8][9][10][11][12]
Fort Chipewyan Anzac Janvier Conklin
Candidate Votes % Ward 1 Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes %
Claris Voyageur 261 15.97 Shirley Klassen Acclaimed Rose Marie Herman 52 15.2% Wendy Tremblay 56 17.7%
Blue-Eyes Simpson 221 13.53 Ward 2 Darrell Herman 47 13.8% Margaret A. Quintal 55 17.4%
Dana Wylie 183 11.20 Candidate Votes % Gordon S. Janvier 47 13.8% Shirley A. Tremblay 49 15.5%
Julia Cardinal 178 10.89 Nadine C. Finch 139 22.9% Jules M. Nokohoo 47 13.8% Shawnene Lavallee 44 13.9%
B. Joyce Smorong 159 9.73 Tammy Huska 121 19.9% Alice Lofstrom 36 10.6% Pamela G. Tremblay 32 10.1%
Alice Rigney 156 9.55 Yvette Simon 99 16.3% Shirley D. Montgrand 35 10.3% Sherry Y. Quintal 27 8.5%
Lorraine Cardinal 141 8.63 Darrol C. Carelse 93 15.3% Daniel H. Herman 31 9.1% Deloris B. Pruden 23 7.3%
Darlene E. Voyageur 129 7.89 Joyce K. Quintal 81 13.3% Lena Herman 15 4.4% Linda Ward 19 6.0%
Leona (Cowie) Lepine 121 7.41 Lori Ann Fedechko 75 12.3% Bertha Anne Moir 14 4.1% Walter (Wally) Kaziuk 12 3.8%
Sean Sommerfield 85 5.20 David Janvier 12 3.5%
Ron Eldridge 5 1.5%

Separate School Trustees[]

Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 32[13]
Candidate Votes %
Laurelee Bouchard-Dutchyn Acclaimed
Geraldine Carbery Acclaimed
Terry Langis Acclaimed
Keith McGrath Acclaimed
Maria Salvo-Vyboh Acclaimed

References[]

  1. ^ Wood Buffalo: Election Results - Mayor
  2. ^ Wood Buffalo: Election Results - Ward 1
  3. ^ Wood Buffalo: Election Results - Ward 2
  4. ^ Wood Buffalo: Election Results - Ward 3
  5. ^ Wood Buffalo: Election Results - Ward 4
  6. ^ a b Wood Buffalo: Media Release 2008-06-09
  7. ^ Wood Buffalo: Election Results - Public Trustees
  8. ^ Wood Buffalo: Election Results - Northland Trustees Ft. Chip
  9. ^ Wood Buffalo: Election Results - Northland Trustees Anzac 1
  10. ^ Wood Buffalo: Election Results - Northland Trustees Anzac 2
  11. ^ Wood Buffalo: Election Results - Northland Trustees Janvier
  12. ^ Wood Buffalo: Election Results - Northland Trustees Conklin
  13. ^ Wood Buffalo: Election Results - Catholic Trustees
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