Resort Village elections see some changes ahead

Ultimately, the three incumbents – James Glasrud, Dennis Schultz, and Willie Thompson – won the majority of the votes and retained their seats.

The results were Glasrud, 225; Schultz, 219; Thompson, 185; and Darlene Roth, 130.

This is the first time the brand new resort village had a election for four-year terms. The resort village was officially established in January of this year. It initially had an election in August 2019 to form a council.

The Resort Village of Turtle View’s mayor said it is exciting moving into the first four-year term for council.

“We have a lot of work to do, especially in the next two years to bring the resort village fully up to speed,” Johnson said. “We have been in the process of working with an official community planner to produce our own building standards and bylaws.”

For the Resort Village of Cochin there were some surprises in store when it held its municipal elections this year.

Two individuals running for one of the available councillor seats had a tie vote.

Returning officer Amber Loeppky said she and the deputy returning officer were able to resolve the issue by following the legislation in place.

“We had to bring up the Local [Government] Election Act and do a quick read on what to do, because we were worried we were going to have to do another election,” she said.

As part of the process, eventually one name was randomly drawn from a receptacle to determine the winner.

Five candidates competed for the four councillor seats available. Incumbents Marcel Caplette picked up 114 votes, David Stillar 117 votes, and Peter Wiesner garnered 111 votes.

Incumbent Ricky Young and new candidate Ken Hartman tied, with 96 votes each. Young’s name ended up being picked during the required random draw to determine a winner, and he was declared elected.

Incumbent Harvey Walker was previously acclaimed for the position of mayor.

Walker said he would have liked to have seen more people voting in the elections for the councillor positions.

“I was disappointed in the turn out,” he said.

Walker also noted the mail in ballot in particular saw only under 10 participants.

For the Resort Village of Aquadeo, incumbent candidate Peter Delainey was acclaimed as mayor.

A total of seven individuals vied for four councillor seats up for grabs.

Carla Budnick, Zane Delainey, Brenda Wouters and Tolanda Baker were elected after garnering the most votes.

Here are the results: Budnick, 162; Zane Delainey, 135; Brenda Wouters, 127; Tolanda Baker, 109; Jeremy Bru, 103; Larry Foster (incumbent), 68; and Jim McCaughney, 59.

The Resort Village of Metinota did not need to hold an election this year as its two councillor positions have been acclaimed by incumbents Dean Menssa and Marcel Bernier. The Mayor, Tim Lafreniere, did not seek re-election, leading Larry Doke to be acclaimed for the position, which he began on Aug. 30.

Doke, who resides in Metinota, sought election after some residents asked him if he would be interested in serving. He previously served on council for 16 years.

Doke is currently the outgoing MLA for Cut Knife-Turtleford. He will also continue in his position as MLA until the day before the provincial election, which is expected to take place Oct. 26. He served as MLA for nine years.

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by Angela Brown

Resort Village elections see some changes ahead

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