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Monday, December 13, 2010

Byelections Decided With Low Voter Turnouts

Voter turnout for the Ward 3 byelection was low at under 16 and a half per cent which mean't lawyer Mel Norton was able to win the byelection with 516 votes.

He takes over the seat left vacant with Carl Killen's election as the M-L-A for Saint John Harbour. Norton tells CHSJ News he was told time and time again by people that they feel decisions made by Council did not reflect what their individual needs were and writing cheques that couldn't be cashed.

Mark Leger came in second with 392 votes followed by Anne Marie Mullen with 333, Jay Chang at 248, John Campbell with 241 and Dan Robichaud at 211.

In Grand Bay-Westfield, Mike Likely won Councillor-at-Large capturing 562 votes with Stephen Evans at 227 and Allen Titus with 132 votes. Voter turnout in the town exceeded 25 per cent.