BY JAY STRUTH
Mayor Janice Smith was re-elected on Wednesday in Killarney, with nearly 80 percent of the vote (1,053 votes), beating out challenger Merv Tweed (265 votes) for the mayor’s chair.
“I am truly honoured and grateful to have been given another opportunity to represent Killarney-Turtle Mountain as mayor,” said Janice Smith, who has held the mayoral position for the past four years. “This incredible community is very important to me. I would like to congratulate our newly elected council, and thank each and every candidate who put their name forward. It takes courage and a willingness to do so.”
Elected councillors for the Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain are: Aaron King with 962 votes (13.89%), Gwen Tripp with 895 votes (12.93%), Jaret Box with 854 votes (12.33%), Matthew Nichol with 778 votes (11.24%), Laurie Campbell with 750 votes (10.83%), and Rick Pauls with 687 votes (9.92%).
Unelected Killarney-Turtle Mountain councillor candidates were: Kyle Neufeld, Julie Dyck, Tim Freeman, Phil Neufeld, and Katherine Carlisle.
Voter turnout for the municipality was 49 percent.
The election for Turtle Mountain School Division (TMSD) trustees in Killarney’s Ward 2 saw both veteran trustees Garth Nichol (720 votes) and Rob MacTavish (597 votes) re-elected. They’ll be joined in Ward 2 by newly elected Scott Klassen (323 votes).
In TMSD’s Ward 1 (Boissevain and area) Rodney Hintz and Nanette Glover were acclaimed, and in Ward 3 (Minto and area) Karen Wear was acclaimed.
In the Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes: Armand Vallotton beat out Kevin Cameron for reeve with 61.38 percent of the vote. Councillors for Prairie Lakes are now: Ward 1 – Rebecca Labossiere (acclaimed), Ward 2 – Doug Jansen (elected with 54.05%), Ward 3 – Trent Cuvelier (acclaimed), Ward 4 – Michael MacKay (acclaimed), Ward 5 – Andrew Gillingham (elected with 76.54%), Ward 6 – Tim Hiebert (elected with 54.49%), and the LUD of Ninette’s Daniel Simpson and Leanne Treloar both acclaimed.
Terry Lucier (69.49%) defeated Rob Adams to become Boissevain-Morton’s new mayor. Also elected, and joining him on council at large, are: Craig Barwick (13.31%), Laurie Nestibo (12.08%), Mike McCallum (11.90%), Duane Latimer (10.12%), Lonnie Graham (10.10%), and Rhonda Coupland (9.83%).
Shayne Kinley was acclaimed as head of council for the Municipality of Cartwright-Roblin, along with acclaimed councillors Tim Bridges, Penny Burton, Renae Maxwell, Brent Pawich, and Robert Sveinson. In the LUD of Mather there are two vacant seats, with Kevin Kielhorn being the only acclaimed candidate.
Mayor Janice Smith has been re-elected with nearly 80 percent of the vote in Killarney-Turtle Mountain.
Councillors elected for Killarney-Turtle Mountain are (above, from left): Jaret Box (re-elected), Laurie Campbell, Aaron King, and (below) Matt Nichol, Rick Pauls (re-elected), and Gwen Tripp.
