2010 Wood Buffalo municipal election

2010 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo municipal election
Mayor and 10 councilors to Wood Buffalo Council
	Wood Buffalo and surrounding wards (click to enlarge)
Mayor before election; Melissa Blake;	Elected mayor ; Melissa Blake;

The 2010 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo municipal election was held Monday, October 18, 2010. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. The citizens of Wood Buffalo, (this includes the Urban Service Area of Fort McMurray,) Alberta, elected one mayor, eight of their ten councillors, the five Fort McMurray Public School District trustees (in Fort McMurray), three of the Northland School Division No. 61's 23 school boards (outside Fort McMurray, three or five trustees each), and the five Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 32 trustees (in Fort McMurray). The two incumbent Ward 2 councillors had no challengers, and the school boards for Anzac and Janvier were acclaimed.

Results

Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.

Mayor

Mayor^[1]
Candidate	Votes	%
Melissa Blake	7,799	73.3
John Vyboh	2,394	22.5
Joe Nebesny	301	2.8
George A. Mercredi	146	1.4

Councillors

Council consists of ten members, six from Ward 1, two from Ward 2, one from Ward 3, and one from Ward 4.

Councillors^[1]
Ward 1			Ward 2			Ward 3			Ward 4
Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%
Sheldon Germain	6,340	81.2	David A. Blair	Acclaimed		Allan G. Vinni	168	58.3	Jane Stroud	127	33.7
Mike Allen	5,728	73.4	Sonny Flett	Acclaimed		Ed Tatum	120	41.7	Kevin Tremblay	107	28.4
Phil Meagher	5,614	71.9							Mickey Cadden	60	15.9
Dave Kirschner	4,976	63.7							Lorne (Chucks) Wilzen	60	15.9
Donald K. Scott	4,566	58.5							Gordon Janvier	23	6.1
Russell Thomas	3,952	50.6
Christine Burton	3,616	46.3
Mila Byron	2,820	36.1
Ross Jacobs	2,817	36.1
Mohammad Shafiq Doger	1,593	20.4
Byron Bailey	1,244	15.9
Rick Haney	1,178	15.1
Gareth Norris	936	12.0
Gregory Lucas	910	11.7
Travis Dawson	563	7.2

Public School Trustees

Fort McMurray Public School District^[2]
Candidate	Votes	%
Jeff Thompson	3,622	99.8
Angela Adams	3,323	91.5
Linda Mywaart	3,173	87.4
Glenn Cooper	2,819	77.6
Stephanie Blackler	2,718	74.9
Glenn Doonanco	2,502	68.9

Northland School Division No. 61^[2]
Fort Chipewyan			Fort MacKay			Anzac
Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%	Marc Cote	Acclaimed
Claris Voyageur	100	96.2	Janet Lynn McDonald	20	87.0	Dave Czibere	Acclaimed
Lorraine J Cardinal	98	84.2	Tina Lorraine Black	17	73.9	Nadine Catherine Finch	Acclaimed
Joseph Tuccaro	89	85.6	Shelly Lynn Harte	17	73.9	Dana Janvier	Acclaimed
Julia Cardinal	87	83.7	Janine E. McDonald	10	43.5	Cindy McIntosh	Acclaimed
Judy-Ann Cardinal	59	56.7	Doris Marlene Young	5	21.7	Janvier
John Chadi	49	47.1	Conklin			Dolores Cardinal-Galloway	Acclaimed
Paul Steven Tuccaro	37	35.6	Vern Quintal-Janvier	54	90.0	Herman Darrell	Acclaimed
			Dean Olson	51	85.0	Helen Lena Herman	Acclaimed
			Wendy Tremblay	51	85.0	Alice Lofstrom	Acclaimed
			Margaret A. Quintal	47	78.3	Bertha Anne Moir	Acclaimed
			Shirly A. Tremblay	41	68.3
			Agnes L. Novak	36	60.0
			Shawnene Lavallee	20	33.3

Separate School Trustees

Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 32^[2]
Candidate	Votes	%
Geraldine Carbery	1,911	76.6
Tracy McKinnon	1,786	71.6
Cherie Cormier	1,664	66.7
Nicholas Keith McGrath	1,568	62.9
Kirk Behrisch	1,323	53.0
Robert Yaro	1,183	47.4
Maria Salvo-Vyboh	1,041	41.7
Carrie Dirk	1,001	40.1
Luarelle Dutchyn-Bouchard	994	39.9

By-election

Following being elected as MLAs in the April 2012 provincial election, Ward 1 Councillors Mike Allen and Don Scott resigned their seats on council. A by-election was held on June 25, 2012, this time being contested by 14 Fort McMurray residents.

Councillor^[3]
Ward 1
Candidate	Votes	%
Colleen Tatum	1,301	29.1
Christie Burton	1,162	26.0
Keith McGrath	1,044	23.3
Tyran Ault	991	22.1
Robert Parmenter	753	16.8
Matt Youens	752	16.8
Shafique Khan	700	15.6
James Anthony	361	8.1
John Mulhall	361	8.1
Byron Bailey	173	3.9
Bill Nahirney	89	2.0
Joe the Plumber Nebesny	83	1.9
Chris Alton	79	1.8
Valance Howard	44	1.0

References

^ ^a ^b "Official Election Results" (PDF). Wood Buffalo. October 22, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Election Summary Report" (PDF). Fort McMurray Catholic School District. October 21, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
^ "Official Election Results" (PDF). June 25, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 26, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.

External links

Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo: Election 2010

[results-1] "Official Election Results" (PDF). Wood Buffalo. October 22, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.

[school_results-2] "Election Summary Report" (PDF). Fort McMurray Catholic School District. October 21, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.

[3] "Official Election Results" (PDF). June 25, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 26, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.

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