OWENSOUND COUNCIL RESULTS

BOO my Brent Jeffries lost.

2006-2010 OWEN SOUND ELECTION RESULTS. (UNOFFICIAL RESULTS)

TOP 7 ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR 4 YEARS.

MAYOR - RUTH LOVELL ( ACCLAIMED )

Arlene Wright (acclaimed) but (LUKEWARM)

1-Jim Mcmanaman 4,633
2-Deborah Haswell 4,234 (LUKEWARM)
3-David Adair 3,593
4-Peter Lemon 3,434
5-Bill Twaddle 3,194
6-John Christie 3,190
7-Tom Pink 3,005

THE REMAINING MEMBERS INVOLVED

8-Gary Levine 2,767
9-Brent Jeffries 2,337
10-Kevin Dandeno 2,000

Name: Stan L Bowman
Comment: Mondays election.

On Monday, Owen Sound we need Godly Christian leaders on City Council, make your VOTE count and put GOD and state as one like we should. VOTE FOR GODLY LEADERS ON COUNCIL. E-mail: stan120032000@yahoo.ca, Date: 11/13/2006

No sexy issues to fuel Owen Sound campaigns; Polls open until 8 p.m. tonight JIM ALGIE Local News - Monday, November 13, 2006

Polls are open today until 8 p.m. at 29 locations in Owen Sound following a relatively quiet campaign for city council. Both Mayor Ruth Lovell and Grey County council representative Arlene Wright were acclaimed in late September, and they've both laid low during the campaign, avoiding clashes and alliances with the remaining candidates. All current members of city council are running again as part of a field that includes just three new challengers for the remaining seven council positions. Even those challengers have campaigned on staying the course. It's a sleepy election compared to 2003, which featured a hot, two-way, mayoral race fueled by a now-dead city plan to blend fire and ambulance services. The combination of familiar faces with limited dissent may mean relatively low voter turnout, although Lovell maintains that a traditional interest among city residents in municipal politics will keep voting active.

The fact that everyone is running is an indication that they're all finding satisfactions with the job, particularly when you look at other municipalities, for example in Meaford where no one (incumbents) is running, Lovell said in an interview. The last three years have been very fulfilling for the council, Lovell said. We have had our challenges along the way but when we leave council, we're friends at the end of the evening and that makes my job easy. Advance polls conducted Oct. 28 and Nov. 8 have essentially kept pace with 2003, city clerk Glen Henry said in an interview. The first advance poll attracted 223 voters, down from 2003 when 246 people voted.

The second poll drew 383 voters, up from 2003 when 346 people voted. However, that may reflect a decision by city electoral officials to encourage 150 election workers to vote in advance, Henry said. Including the advance polls, there are a total of 69 polls for eligible voters who should have been notified by mail about polling locations. Others may qualify by completing a revision form at the polls. Eligible voters must be Canadian citizens, at least 18 years old and a city resident or the owner of city property.