Saint John 2008 Municipal Election Results
The results are in for the Saint John 2008 Municipal Election!
Overall, the turnout was lower then I was expecting at 50.58%; however, 24,078 people did vote, and they did make major changes to Council.
I believe the big winners were Ivan Court and Stephen Chase. Court was elected as the new Mayor of Saint John with 8850 votes, and Stephen Chase was re-elected at large with 9926 votes.
Below is our new Council:
- Ivan Court - Mayor (8850 votes)
- Stephen Chase - Deputy Mayor (9926 votes)
- Chris Titus - Councillor ‘At-Large’ (8486 votes)
- Peter McGuire - Ward 1 Councillor (3577 votes)
- Bill Farren - Ward 1 Councillor (2763 votes)
- Gary Sullivan - Ward 2 Councillor (2764 votes)
- Carl White - Ward 2 Councillor (2363 votes)
- Patty Higgins - Ward 2 Councillor (2364 votes)
- Donnie Snook - Ward 3 Councillor (1874 votes)
- Carl Killen - Ward 3 Councillor (1550 votes)
- Bruce Court - Ward 4 Councillor (2309 votes)
- Joe Mott - Ward 4 Councillor (1987 votes)
Note that there will likely be a recount in Ward 2 because Carl White only beat Patty Higgins by 1 vote. I guess we will find out how accurate the voting machines are after all!
Update: Patty Higgins had two previously rejected ballots counted in her name. This puts her one vote ahead of Carl White.
Find out the full results here!
Posted in Saint John Politics |
May 13th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
As I said in a previous comment,people do not like to be told how to vote. The newspaper’s endorsment of Michelle Hooton,both in this election and the provincial byelection in which she ran,ruined her chances.Also,the constant pounding of the Court brothers,helped get them elected.It looks good on the editorial board.The negative ads by the unions against Stephen Chase also backfired. It looks good on them too.