Espanola has a new mayor.
Aidan Kallioinen has been elected as Espanola’s new mayor with almost double the votes to the incumbent, Douglas Gervais.
The unofficial votes are 1,480 to 745 for Kallioinen, who has one term as councillor under his belt.
The three incumbent councillors who ran have all been re-elected with Angela Kelly once again receiving the highest number of votes at 1,541, so she will once again be deputy mayor.
Gerry Massicotte followed with 1,494 and Lora Wahamaa with 1,299 votes.
Our new councillors are Trevor Tilson with 1095, Michael Pichor with 1046 and Bemjamin Shipton with 925.
These are unofficial results, which will be verified tomorrow. Unofficial Results (1)
Blind River also has a new mayor.
The town’s new mayor will be Jim Dunbar with 60 % of the vote.
All of Blind River Councilors’ were acclaimed.
Meanwhile, Andrew Wannan in Elliot Lake has been elected to a second term.
Councilors are Rick Bull, Luc Cyr, Charles Flintoff, Helen Lefebvre, Jacqueline MacKnight and Karla Mills.
