2010 Wood Buffalo municipal election
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.
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Mayor and 10 councilors to Wood Buffalo Council | ||||||||||||||||
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 Wood Buffalo and surrounding wards (click to enlarge) | ||||||||||||||||
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Results
Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.
Mayor
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| 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.
| Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | ||||||||
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| 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
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| 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 |
| Fort Chipewyan | Fort MacKay | Anzac | |||||
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| 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
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| 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.
| Ward 1 | ||
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| 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
- "Official Election Results" (PDF). Wood Buffalo. October 22, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- "Election Summary Report" (PDF). Fort McMurray Catholic School District. October 21, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
- "Official Election Results" (PDF). June 25, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012.