Four incumbents are back and one longtime former councillor is also back on following the council election in the town of Battleford on Monday.
According to the results from town hall, councillors Kevin Russell, Judy Pruden, Shelley Boutin-Gervais and Doug Laing all retained their seats in Monday's election. They will be joined by newcomer Alexis Christensen, as well as former longtime councillor David George who has 16 years of experience on council.
George made it onto council by a 13-vote margin over Ken Chartier, who was the first candidate out. Among the losers on Monday was 27-year councillor Gordon Yarde who finished ninth with 192 votes.
The winners join Mayor Ames Leslie on the next council; Leslie was acclaimed to a second term when nominations closed in October.
With no mayor's race and with snowy conditions throughout the area, turnout was low compared to last election. A total of 693 people voted and there were two spoiled ballots. Results in alphabetical order are as follows.
MAYOR:
LESLIE, Ames (Acclaimed) ELECTED
COUNCIL:
BOUTIN-GERVAIS, Shelley 476 ELECTED
CHARTIER, Ken 224
CHRISTENSEN, Alexis 384 ELECTED
COLEMAN, Mark 209
GEORGE, David 237 ELECTED
LAING, Doug 387 ELECTED
PRUDEN, Judy 479 ELECTED
RUSSELL, Kevin 483 ELECTED
SCHAFFER, Cory 106
YARDE, Gordon F. 192
ZAROWNY, Richard (Rick) 114
Total votes 693, 2 spoiled votes.
