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Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province of Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

 held municipal elections in its municipalities on September 29, 2009.

Listed are the results of selected municipal mayoral races in the province.

Bay Roberts

Bay Roberts

Bay Roberts is located on the north shore of Conception Bay on the Bay de Verde Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada...

Candidate	Vote	%
Glen Littlejohn (X)	Acclaimed

Clarenville

Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador

Clarenville is a Canadian town on the east coast of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Clarenville was incorporated in 1951 and is located in the Shoal Harbour valley fronting an arm of the Atlantic Ocean called Random Sound....

Candidate	Vote	%
Fred Best (X)	1,224	51.41
Lisa Browne	1,157	48.59

Mayoral

Candidate	Vote	%
Woodrow French (X)	Acclaimed

City council

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Paul Davis (X)	Acclaimed
Ward 2
Stephen Tessier	319	51.12
Gerald Dawe (X)	305	48.88
Ward 3
Ken McDonald	528	50.97
Gerard Tilley (X)	508	49.03
Ward 4
Kirk Youden (X)	521	58.61
Ernest Morgan	368	41.39
At large (4 to be elected)
John Hicks (X)	1,854	17.16
Ken George (X)	1,821	16.85
Beverley Rowe (X)	1,809	16.74
Sandra Baggs	1,541	14.26
Marie Deacy	1,496	13.85
John French	1,410	13.05
Connie Scott	873	8.08

Mayoral

Candidate	Vote	%
Neville Greeley	3,120	51.36
Charles Pender (X)	2,955	48.64

City Council

(6 to be elected)

Candidate	Vote	%
Donna Luther (X)	4,039	13.32
Leo Bruce (X)	3,716	12.25
Charlie Renouf (X)	3,223	10.63
Priscilla Boutcher	3,106	10.24
Donna Francis	2,777	9.16
Linda Chaisson	2,419	7.98
Tarragh Shanahan	2,172	7.16
Paul Quigley	2,154	7.10
Dennis Basha	1,690	5.57
Dan Park	1,537	5.07
Tom Stewart	1,404	4.63
Jerry Gregory	1,168	3.85
Julie Crouse	924	3.05

Mayoral

Candidate
Stephen Carey
Ross Humber (Elec.)

Elected City Council

Elected Council
Jim Bennett Jim Bennett (politician) Jim Bennett is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election. He ran in St. Barbe during the 2007 general election but lost to Wallace Young. Bennett previously served as leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and...
Leslie Brophy
Daniel House
Harvey House Jr.
Roger House
Shawn Perry

Gander

Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador

Gander is a Canadian town located in the northeastern part of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, approximately south of Gander Bay, south of Twillingate and east of Grand Falls-Windsor...

Candidate	Vote	%
Claude Elliott (X)	Acclaimed

Grand Falls-Windsor

Candidate	Vote	%
Al Hawkins	1,991	36.10
Beve Butler	1,488	26.98
Jim Courtney	1,381	25.04
Don Pelley	655	11.88

Mayoral

Candidate	Vote	%
Leo Abbass (X)	Acclaimed

City Council

Candidate	Vote	%
Stanley Oliver (X)	930
George Andrews (X)	893
Arlene Michelin (X)	862
Bill MacKey (X)	841
Brenda Way (X)	822
Lidija Chubbs (X)	720
Jennifer Hefler-Elson	589
Joe Tremblett	584
Shannon Tobin	581
Carl Cull	554
Carson Swain	529
Madelyn Kelly	509
Paul Tsibidis	472
Jackie Compton Hobbs	450
James Saunders	364
Dion O'Dell	343
Craig Paul Saunders	272
Hubert Loder	240
Leo Hanrahan	210

Labrador City

Candidate	Vote	%
Janice Barnes	Acclaimed

Marystown

Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador

Marystown is a Canadian town in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador with a population of 5,436 . Situated 306 km from the province's capital, St. John's, it is on the Burin Peninsula. Up until the early 1990s, its economy was largely based on shipbuilding, and it is due in part to this...

Candidate	Vote	%
Sam Synard (X)	Acclaimed

Mayoral

Candidate	Vote	%
Randy Simms Randy Simms Randy Simms is the current mayor of Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. Simms is also host of Open Line, a call-in radio talk show that airs weekday mornings on the VOCM/CFCB radio network, and a political commentator for The Telegram and CBC News....  (X)	Acclaimed

City council

(6 to be elected)

Candidate	Vote	%
Jim Locke (X)	4,265	16.59
Paul Lane (X)	4,205	16.35
Paula Tessier (X)	4,051	15.75
Lucy Stoyles (X)	3,936	15.31
John Walsh (X)	3,635	14.14
Dave Aker	2,966	11.54
Rose Clarke	2,655	10.33

Paradise

Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador

Paradise is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The town is a part of the St. John's Metropolitan Area. The town borders the City of St. John's, the City of Mount Pearl, the Town of Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, and the town of Conception Bay South...

• A subsequent recount (exact tally unknown) showed both candidates tied. Pursuant to the province's Municipal Elections Act, this resulted in a random draw, which resulted in Wiseman being chosen as the winner. However, Coombs made a request for a judicial recount. The judicial recount confirmed that it was indeed a tie; this led the first random draw to stand and Ralph Wiseman to stay Mayor.

Initial count:

Candidate	Vote	%
Ralph Wiseman Ralph Wiseman Ralph Wiseman is a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1996 to 2003, representing the electoral district of Topsail....  (X)	1,821	50.00
Kurtis Coombs	1,821	50.00

Pasadena

Pasadena, Newfoundland and Labrador

Pasadena is an incorporated town located in census division 5 which is in the western portion of Newfoundland, Canada and it is a picturesque community on the shores of Deer Lake at the junction of the North Arm Valley and the Humber Valley....

Candidate	Vote	%
Gary Bishop	903	65.06
Jan Stephen	485	34.94

Portugal Cove-St. Philip's

Candidate	Vote	%
Bill Fagan	1,052	40.03
Norm Collins (X)	1,042	39.65
Stephen Andrews	534	20.32

Mayoral

Candidate	Vote	%
Dennis O'Keefe Dennis O'Keefe (politician) Dennis O'Keefe is the 14th and current mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.O'Keefe was elected to municipal politics in 1997 as a councillor at large and was subsequently re-elected to the position in 2001. In 2005 he was elected Deputy Mayor of the city and held that position...  (X)	20,944	57.44
Ron Ellsworth	13,427	36.73
Mark Wilson	2,130	5.83

Deputy Mayor

Candidate	Vote	%
Shannie Duff Shannie Duff Suzanne "Shannie" Duff, CM is the Deputy Mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, former Member of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the 12th mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She also served as acting mayor of St. John's from April to June...	19,091	54.22
Keith Coombs	16,117	45.78

City Council

Candidate	Vote	%
Ward 1
Danny Breen	3,402	41.09
Art Puddister (X)	3,184	38.46
Dave Lee	1,693	20.45
Ward 2
Frank Galgay (X)	3,652	56.37
Scott Fitzgerald	1,465	22.61
Andrew Harvey	511	7.89
Bill Maddigan	477	7.36
Todd Perrin	374	5.77
Ward 3
Bruce Tilley	3,635	52.07
Terry Bennett	1,866	26.73
Lionel West	744	10.66
Ted Warren	736	10.54
Ward 4
Debbie Hanlon (X)	4,268	61.38
Sheilagh Guy-Murphy	2,685	38.62
Ward 5
Wally Collins (X)	2,565	37.29
Steve Manuel	1,686	24.51
David Ryan	1,384	20.12
Perry Howlett	1,243	18.07
At large (4 to be elected)
Sheilagh O'Leary	24,056	19.82
Sandy Hickman (X)	17,562	14.47
Tom Hann (X)	17,079	14.07
Gerry Colbert (X)	16,183	13.34
Bernard Davis	15,078	12.43
Simon Lono	14,705	12.12
Tom Badcock	8,650	7.13
Barry Buckle	4,352	3.59
Stephen Nolan	3,684	3.04

Stephenville

Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador

Stephenville is a Canadian town in Newfoundland and Labrador on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland....

Candidate	Vote	%
Tom O'Brien (X)	1,188	57.20
Tom Rose	889	42.80

Torbay

Torbay, Newfoundland and Labrador

Torbay is a town located on the eastern side of the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.The town is located north of the capital city of St. John's and is part of the St. John's Metropolitan Area. Due to the Torbay's close proximity with St. John's, the town's population is...

Candidate	Vote	%
Bob Codner (X)	1,300	56.67
Mary Thorne-Gosee	994	43.33

External links

• CBC - Newfoundland and Labrador municipal elections - 2009