More than half of the eligible voters in Timmins cast a ballot in the municipal election.
This afternoon, Timmins clerk Steph Palmateer sent out the declaration of election, a list of the people elected for a four-year term starting Dec. 1. It also includes the voter turnout for the city.
Overall, 16,179 of 30,248 people on the voters’ list cast a ballot, putting the turnout at 53.49 per cent.
Broken down by ward, Ward 2 had the highest voter turnout at 59.33 per cent, meaning 1,380 of the 2,326 people on the voters’ list participated.
In the other wards: 3,198 (55.81 per cent) of 5,730 people on the list in Ward 1 voted; in Ward 3, 841 (53.67 per cent) of the 1,567 people on the list cast a ballot; 1,846 (53.99 per cent) of the 3,419 people on the list in Ward 4 participated; and in Ward 5, 8,914 (51.81 per cent) of the 17,206 people on the list voted.
The list of people elected are:
- Mayor – George Pirie, with 10,323 votes
- Ward 1 (Mountjoy) – Rock Whissell, with 2,316 votes
- Ward 2 (South Porcupine) – Mickey Auger, 526 votes
- Ward 3 (Schumacher) – Joe Campbell, 459 votes
- Ward 4 (Porcupine) – John Curley, 793 votes
- Ward 5 (Timmins) – Kristin Murray, 3,369 votes; Michelle Boileau, 3,280 votes; Noella Rinaldo, 3,253 votes; and Andrew Marks, 2,635 votes
- English public school board trustee - Bob Brush, 4,107 votes; Steve Meunier, 3,482 votes, Ken Steinbrunner, 2,978 votes
- French public school board trustee - Liliane Francis, 333 votes; Nicole Arcand, 295 votes
- English Catholic school board trustee - Glenn Sheculski, 1,305 votes; Colleen Landers, 1,222 votes; Fred Salvador, 1,065 votes; Ron MacInnis, 904 votes
- French Catholic school board - Denis Belanger, acclaimed; Langis Dion, acclaimed; Paul St-Jean, acclaimed.
On election day, there were technical difficulties with the online voting, which led to the polls being open for an additional hour.
In the Ward 5 race for council, there are only two votes separating Andrew Marks, who was elected, and Cory Robin, who wasn't elected. More details on a potential recount are expected tomorrow.
In the public school board trustee race, Steve Meunier was also elected even though he withdrew his name from the ballot. The school board has not released information on how that process will be handled yet.
