LISTOWEL – Matthew Duncan scored a definitive victory over Allan Rothwell for the deputy mayor position in the North Perth municipal election.
The unofficial results provided by North Perth don’t include total votes, but of the tallied votes, Duncan took 2,296, or 66.5 per cent of the 3,450 votes cast for the deputy mayor position. Rothwell took 1,154 votes, or 33.5 per cent.
Incumbent Deputy Mayor Doug Kellum was acclaimed earlier this year, as were Elma Ward councillors Randy Eby, Dave Johnston and David Ludington.
Incumbent Listowel Ward councillors Neil Anstett (1,318 of 5,645 votes or 23.3 per cent), Matt Richardson (1,283 votes, or 22.7 per cent) and Sarah Blazek (1,159 or 20.5 per cent) all defended their positions against Duane Duck (406 votes), Mike Hodgkinson (943 votes) and Teresa O’Reilly (534 votes).
Similarly, incumbent Wallace Ward Councillors Lee Anne Andriessen and Marc Noordam defended their positions. Noordam took 303 of 847 votes (35.8 per cent) while Andriessen took 277 (32.7 per cent). Challenger Matthew Gottfried took 267 votes (31.5 per cent).
