SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN - Elections were held in a number of urban municipalities in southeast Saskatchewan during the Nov. 13 civic election.
The two largest fields were in Lampman and Oxbow. Lampman had two candidates for mayor and 13 for councillor.
Scott Greening was elected as the new mayor, finishing with 153 votes, compared to 92 for John Jones.
In the councillor race, the six elected candidates were Dena Scott, who had 165 votes, followed by Kelly Storlie (148), Roy (RJ) Raynard (123), Ryan Saxon (117), Daryl Runge (116) and Jadon Carnduff (114). The other candidates were Randy Fleck (111), Garrett Woodley (99), Twyla Quantrill (94), Ian Stewart (92), Tanner Frycz (80), Steven Massel (71) and Mark Morrissette (38).
Oxbow had 17 candidates battling for six councillor seats. Elected were James Fonstad (236), Derrick Menzies (224), Sylvia Mohrbutter (200), Philip Amosah (191), Starr Mercer (193) and Brad Mayer (145).
The defeated council hopefuls were Allison Nicholls (143), Derek Adams (141), Calvin Rosenthal (114), Kim Friesen (113), Rodrigo Rabanal (86), Ken Swanson (80), John Hutfloetz (78), Orlando Vistal (65), Mark Barnes (27) and Amy Backstrom (17).
Carievale, Macoun and Kisbey had elections for mayor and councillor. In Carievale, Gregory Martin defeated George Kerr 48-18 to be the next mayor. The four councillors will be Ken Grobbink (61), Shawn Gallant (55), Kassandra McNamara (51) and Gary Annetts (42). Scherise Thompson (36) was defeated.
In Kisbey, Elisa Jackson was elected as the new mayor, defeating Kevin St. John 45-24. Elected as councillors were Sheldon Wyatt with 60 votes, Brody Singleton and Kelvin Nankivell with 57 each, and John Dayman with 56. Garth Randy Graham (23) was defeated.
In Macoun, Frank Schaefer defeated Suzanne Kuchinka 70-33 in the mayoral race. The four councillors will be David Schindel (90), Vanessa Taylor (85), Judith Sovdi (81) and Juergen Hauck (68). Kelly Foord (44) was the other candidate.
There were seven candidates for six councillor seats in Bienfait. Elected were Bill Mann (123), Dennis Gonas (117), David Johnson (107), Paul Carroll (98), Melissa Rensby (97) and Daniyale Woolsey (88). Deidra Maurer (83) was defeated.
Six councillors were elected from an eight-candidate field in Midale, with Gregg Prawdzik and Ryan Thompson each getting 101 votes, followed by Clinton Lund (97), Melissa Brady (90), Armond Hauglum (74) and Willy Wieler (73). Mona Gange (59) and Sylvia Teichgraber (52) were the other candidates.
Stefan Clark will be the mayor in Stoughton, finishing with 174 votes, well ahead of Tyson Slater's 74.
Elections were needed in Carlyle and Gainsborough, after a second call for nominations to fill a vacant seat yielded more than one candidate. In Carlyle, Tracy Van Dresar defeated Mary Moffat 119-48 to join that town's council.
Four candidates were vying for a vacant seat in Gainsborough. Nicole Jedel won with 28 votes to join three other candidates, ahead of Thomas Rawn with 25, while Kevin Stanley and Teresa Thoring each had 10.
In Alida, Sheri-Lee Patton (45), Darryl Dubuc (44), Jason Purves (43) and Dale Jones (41) were elected to council. Kevin Bensette (nine) was defeated.
Roche Percee had three candidates vying for two spots. Bill Campbell (37) and Corey Mack (27) were elected, and Joan Selk (19) was defeated.
