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Three women elected to council (results upate, 9:10)

Published on October 28th, 2009
Published on November 3rd, 2009
Staff ~ The Prince Albert Daily Herald

The Herald is declaring Mayor Jim Scarrow, Coun. Greg Dionne (Ward 1), Cheryl Ring (Ward 5) as elected. Also elected are Charlene Miller in Ward 1.

With the acclamation of Jayne Remenda, that means three women are now on council.

Here are the updated results.

The face of city council has changed tonight, with incumbents losing seats and three women now joining the nine-seat council.

Mayor Jim Scarrow won a commanding re-election, downing former mayor Jim Stiglitz by more than 1,250 votes.

Ward 1: Charlene Miller has claimed a nine-vote win over incumbent Darcy Gervais.

Ward 2: Greg Dionne has cruised to re-election over Brian Clavier.

Ward 3: Acclaimed, Lee Atkinson.

Ward 4: Acclaimed, Jayne Remenda.

Ward 5: Cheryl Ring has edged former councillor Frank Harris.

Ward 6: Acclaimed, Martin Ring

Ward 7: Newcomer Darren Whitehead has a commanding lead over incumbent John Swystun, with 10 of 13 polls reporting.

Ward 8: Acclaimed, Ted Zurakowski.

Mayor Votes
Jim Scarrow (I) 3902
Riley Simonite 1149
Jim Stiglitz 2632
Council
Ward 1
Dary Gervais (I) 253
Charlene Miller 262
Gloria Shmyr 68
Jim Tsannie 63
Ward 2
Brian Clavier 352
Greg Dionne (I) 682
Ward 5
Frank Harris 365
Cheryl Ring 585
Ward 7
John Swystun (I) 300
Darren Whitehead 428
Acclaimed
Ward 3: Lee Atkinson (I)
Ward 4: Jayne Remenda
Ward 6: Martin Ring (I)
Ward 8: Ted Zurakowski (I)
Public School Board
Andrea Custer 999
Grant Gustafson 1898
Barry Holick 2082
Arne Lindberg 2585
George McHenry 1903
Maurice Richards 958
Marvin Sanderson 840
Rod Thomson 1892
Mark Tweidt 922
Separate School Board (acclaimed)
George Bolduc
Bruce McKinnon
George Meyer
Bert Provost
Mike St. Amand
Suzanne Stubbs

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    Leanne
    - November 20th, 2009 at 08:46:44

    Congratulations Jayne we knew you could do it. Very proud of you.

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    Frankie
    - November 19th, 2009 at 22:16:08

    Congradulations kiddo! You did GREAT!

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    iloveit
    - November 19th, 2009 at 22:02:10

    I love it!!!! There are three women in what was an old boys club. Kick butt ladies....put the boys in their place. YIPPEE!!!!

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    Sarah
    - November 18th, 2009 at 19:55:02

    Congrats Charlene!! Glad you pulled out the upset in this one, ward 1 was in desperate need of CHANGE!!

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