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Robin Brett wishes new town council well

After nine years on Westlock town council, Robin Brett saw his political career come to an end with a second-place finish in the mayoral race on Oct. 21.
Robin Brett’s nine-run on Westlock town council came to an end Oct. 21.
Robin Brett’s nine-run on Westlock town council came to an end Oct. 21.

After nine years on Westlock town council, Robin Brett saw his political career come to an end with a second-place finish in the mayoral race on Oct. 21.

Brett received 414 votes in the race to succeed retiring mayor Bruce Lennon, but it wasn’t enough to defeat mayor-elect Ralph Leriger, who garnered 1,140 votes to win Westlock’s top job.

“It’s unfortunate,” Brett said. “You don’t like to lose.”

Despite being disappointed with the result, he said looking at the full slate of candidates, he ultimately can’t complain about how things ended.

“I don’t think there was a wrong choice,” he said. “There were so many good candidates, both for mayor and for council. I think one way or another we were going to have a good council.”

Looking at the mayoral race in particular, he said it was clear what the voters wanted.

“It’s the people’s choice and they chose resoundingly for someone other than me,” he said.

Over his nine years on council, Brett was involved with a lot of major initiatives that have moved Westlock forward.

Chief among those was his spearheading of a smoke-free Westlock, a move that preceded the province bringing in similar legislation.

“That’s something that was near and dear to me and I was really proud to have been a part of it,” he said.

Of course, he said he would be remiss not to mention the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre.

Brett said that was great “to just experience seeing something that was just a bare piece of ground and then a year later there was a huge building there, a brand new fully functional building, that was going to stay there and be one of the hubs for the community for the next 50 years.”

Looking at the new members of Westlock’s town council, Brett said he feels the town is in good hands, and he has a simple message for all of them.

“I wish everyone well,” he said.

Attempts to reach former Marjorie Sterling Miller following the election were unsuccessful.

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