2010 Strathcona County municipal election

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2010 Strathcona County municipal election
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 2007October 18, 2010 2013  

Mayor and 8 councilors to Strathcona County Council
  Linda Osinchuk.jpg No image.svg
CandidateLinda Osinchuk Cathy Olesen
Last electionRan as councillor8,056
Popular vote13,29910,115
Percentage56.8%43.2%

Strathcona County wards 2010.jpg
Strathcona County and surrounding wards

Mayor before election

Cathy Olesen

Elected Mayor

Linda Osinchuk

The 2010 Strathcona County municipal election was held Monday, October 18, 2010. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. The citizens of Strathcona County, (this includes the Urban Service Area of Sherwood Park,) Alberta, elected one mayor, five of their eight councillors (one from each of eight wards), four of the Elk Island Public Schools Regional Division No. 14's nine trustees (3 from subdivision #2, and 1 from subdivision #3), and four of the Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 41's seven trustees (supporters in Sherwood Park). Three incumbent councillors had no challengers, and the candidate for public school trustee Strathcona County south had no challengers.

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Results

Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.

Mayor

Mayor [1]
CandidateVotes %
Linda Osinchuk13,29956.8
Cathy Olesen 10,11543.2

Councillors

Councillors [1]
Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3
CandidateVotes %CandidateVotes %CandidateVotes %
Vic Bidzinski2,54067.2Roxanne Carr Acclaimed Brian Botterill1,84951.6
Murray Hutchinson1,23732.8Keith Paterson1,53242.7
Ward 4Ward 5Neal Sarnecki2055.7
Peter WlodarczakAcclaimed Jacquie Fenske Acclaimed
Ward 6Ward 7Ward 8
Linton Delainey1,30749.7Bonnie Riddell91543.8Jason Gariepy2,41264.0
Alan Dunn98237.4Don McPherson82639.5Dave Cherniawsky1,35636.0
Sharon Bishop34012.9Colin Bonneau34816.7

Public School Trustees

The Elk Island Public School Board consists of nine trustees, one from Lamont County, two from Fort Saskatchewan, three from Sherwood Park (subdivision 2), one from Strathcona County north (subdivision 3), one from Strathcona County south (subdivision 4), and one from the County of Minburn No. 27.

Elk Island Public Schools Regional Division No. 14 [1]
Subdivision 2Subdivision 3
CandidateVotes %CandidateVotes %
Lisa G. Brower7,51773.3W.H. (Skip) Gordon1,20261.2
Lynn Patterson6,79166.2Dean James Kakoschke76238.8
Barb McNeill4,82847.1Subdivision 4
Trina Boymook3,95138.5Lori Tootoosis-FriesenAcclaimed
Paul John Dolynny3,19531.2
Mick Shygera1,54115.0
Savi Rajan1,52114.8
Larry Maclise1,42413.9

Separate School Trustees

The Elk Island Catholic Separate School Board consists of seven trustees, four from Sherwood Park, one from Camrose, one from Vegreville, and one from Fort Saskatchewan.

Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 41 [1]
Sherwood Park
CandidateVotes %
Tony Sykora4,16490.7
Jean Boisvert3,78482.4
Ted Paszek3,77182.1
Joann Lloyd3,66579.8
John Convey2,98765.0

By-election

Following being elected as an MLA in the April 2012 provincial election, Ward 5 Councillor Jacquie Fenske resigned her seat on council. A by-election was held on June 25, 2012, this time being contested by four residents.

Councillor [2]
Ward 5
CandidateVotes %
Clinton Alexander30448.6
Jen Heaton18729.9
Bev Williamson9415.0
Alec Babich406.4

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Strathcona County Election Results". October 19, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  2. "Ward 5 By-election results". June 25, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2012.