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Barb Fisher (above left, with Kincardine deputy mayor-elect Rory Cavanagh) is the new mayor of Kincardine after winning the race against incumbent Kenneth Craig and Ward 2 councillor Bill Stewart, in the municipal election, Monday night.
The unofficial results came in around 8:30 p.m., with Fisher taking the win with 2,283 votes (42.7%), ahead of Craig with 2,001 votes (37.4%), followed by Stewart with 1,068 votes (20%).
For councillor-at-large, Michael McKechnie led the race with 4,366 votes (33.2%), followed by Ali Shah with 3,140 votes (23.9%), incumbent Mike Hinchberger with 2,851 votes (21.7%), and Darrel Perry with 2,777 votes (21.1%). The top three were elected.
Kincardine deputy mayor-elect Rory Cavanagh (centre) stands with newly-elected councillors-at-large, Ali Shah (left) and Mike McKechnie, Monday night, at the Kincardine municipal administration centre
In Ward 2, Kyle McKay won with 797 votes (60.4%), with Michael Ferrier receiving 522 votes (39.6%).
Voter turn-out was 49.5 per cent, with 5,450 of 11,013 electors voting in the election. Of those, 33 electors declined their ballot.
The official results will be released tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 27.
Meanwhile, in Huron-Kinloss, unofficial results saw incumbent Don Murray (right) re-elected with 2,175 votes (70.5%), ahead of his competitor, Shawn Plante, with 909 votes (29.5%).
Topping the polls for councillor, was newcomer Tracy Irwin with 2,334 votes (19.3%), followed by fellow newcomer Kirk Livingston with 2,189 votes (18.1%), and incumbents Scott Gibson with 2,132 votes (17.6%), Ed McGugan with 1,894 votes (15.6%), Carl Sloetjes with 1,809 votes (14.9%), and Shari Flett with 1,760 votes (14.5%). The top five were elected.
Voter turn-out was 40.6 per cent with 3,164 of 7,801 electors casting a ballot. Of those, 27 electors declined their ballot.
The official results will be released tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 27.
For both Kincardine and Huron-Kinloss, the new council's term begins Nov. 16.
Regarding the only school board trustee race, for Conseil Scolaire Viamonde, Rachel Golem won over Eric Lapointe.
Written ByLiz Dadson is the founder and editor of the Kincardine Record and has been in the news business since 1986.
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