Carlyle elects a new council
Carlyle residents have elected the six individuals who will be town councillors for the next four years.
Seven candidates were on the ballot for Monday night’s civic election. Hugh Hislop finished first with 204 votes, followed by Jared Riddell (195), Nicole Currie (194), John Brownlee (191), Gordon Paulley (178) and Kelly Lutz (163).
Brownlee and Lutz were the only incumbents in the councillor field.
Scott Kirkness finished seventh with 98 votes and was defeated.
A total of 245 ballots were submitted for the election in Carlyle. There were no spoiled, rejected or objected to ballots.
Jennifer Sedor, who had been part of council in the past term, was acclaimed as mayor when she was the only person to submit a nomination form to be at the helm of council.
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