Westlock’s newest mayor is a familiar face in the community, but a new face to the political scene in town.
Ralph Leriger garnered 1,140 votes to win the mayoralty, defeating challengers Robin Brett and Marjorie Sterling Miller.
Brett finished a distant second with 414 votes, while Sterling Miller finished well back in third with 176 votes.
Both left their council seats to pursue the mayor’s chair.
Leriger will head up a town council consisting of Curtis Snell (1,050 votes), John Shoemaker (1,032), Wyatt Glebe (797), Clem Fagnan (721), Shelia Foley (665) and David Truckey (662).
Fagnan, Foley and Truckey are all returning to the council table after sitting as councillors for at least the past three years. Glebe, Shoemaker and Snell are all newcomers to town council.
In total, 1,755 people cast ballots in this year’s election, representing 46.1 per cent of the 3,810 eligible voters. Final vote totals were not available until 12:35 a.m., more than four and a half hours after polls closed.
