An increased number of citizens headed to the polls on October 26 to elect Rod Perkins as Kindersley’s next Mayor.
A total of 1182 votes were cast on Election Day. An additional 169 votes were cast during the October 13 Advance Poll, totalling 1351 overall. This represents an increase of 210 votes (18.4 percent) over the last municipal election in 2012.
Returning Officer Bernie Morton made the official public announcement of the newly elected Mayor and Council during a short ceremony held this morning at 9:30 a.m. in the Council Chambers of the Kindersley Administration Office. The announcement was also livestreamed on the Town of Kindersley website (www.kindersley.ca).
Mayor-Elect Rod Perkins received a total of 935 votes, succeeding challenger Tom Morris who received 413 votes. Neither candidates have previous experience on Council.
Successfully winning seats on Council are the following (in order of votes cast):
- Councillor-Elect Gary Becker (1174 votes)
- Councillor-Elect Randy Ervine (1065 votes)
- Councillor-Elect Ken Francis (917 votes)
- Councillor-Elect Dean Galbraith (860 votes)
- Councillor-Elect Shaun Henry (776 votes)
Two candidates – Rob Cote and Elyse Moss – tied for the sixth Councillor position with 598 votes each, and in accordance with the regulations set out in The Local Government Elections Act, a draw was taken to determine the winner. Councillor-Elect Elyse Moss was the successor in this draw, which was witnessed by both the candidates, in addition to the outgoing and incoming mayors.
Remaining candidates unsuccessful in their bid for a Council seat were (also in order of votes cast):
- Tammy Anderson-Jackson (475 votes)
- Rob Gilmour (306 votes)
- James Garland (274 votes)
- Chris Douglas (252 votes)
- Scott Faulds (193 votes)
Councillor-Elect Shaun Henry was the only incumbent candidate to run for re-election and had served the previous Council as Acting Mayor since January 2016.
Voter turnout was steady throughout Election Day. By 7:00 pm, 1123 votes had been cast, exceeding the 2012 voter turnout when added to the Advance Poll votes.
The 2016 Council will be officially sworn in for a 4-year term on Friday, October 28 at 9:00 a.m. in Council Chambers.
The first official meeting of the new Council will take place on Monday, November 14 beginning at 7:00 pm.
To view all results of the 2016 Kindersley Municipal Election, visit www.kindersley.ca/towncouncil/elections
The official declaration of results for the 2016 Kindersley Municipal Election were announced at 9:30 a.m. at the Kindersley Administration Office. This presentation was also streamed live here: https://kindersley.ca.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=1