Victoria elects new council

Voters in the Town of Victoria elected seven new councillors during the municipal election held on May 14.

In total, 837 ballots were cast out of 1,409 eligible voters, resulting in a voter turnout of 59.4 percent.

The elected councillors, listed by number of votes received, were:

Sharon Penney — 564 votes

Kelly Loch — 478 votes

David Doran — 457 votes

Wade Baldwin — 453 votes

Lynette Ross (Clarke) — 425 votes

Irene Stevenson — 402 votes

Anneliese Snook — 375 votes

Defeated candidates for councillor included:

David Clarke — 374 votes

Jim Layden — 329 votes

Jerry J. Burden — 312 votes

Freeman Parsons — 268 votes

S. Shelley Dawe — 243 votes

Dion Penney — 205 votes

Paul Snow — 82 votes

Janice Slade — 66 votes

Paul Hanlon — 47 votes

Back in December, the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs fired the town council in Victoria.

The council, including the mayor, was removed from office, and a temporary administrator from the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs was appointed to provide local governance to the town.