Election results - New Mayor in NF - Vandewal re-elected in SF, Henry Hogg to serve 7th term as AH Reeve

Jeff Green | Oct 26, 2022

Lichty defeats Higgins in North Frontenac.

Gerry Lichty will be the new Mayor of North Frontenac. The first-time candidate, who has never sat on municipal council although he worked in the municipal sector for part of his career, received 1211 votes, to 871 for Mayor Ron Higgins. Higgins has been the Mayor of North Frontenac since 2014.

In ward elections, newcomer Stephanie Regent received the most votes, 486, in Ward `1 (Barrie) and long-time incumbent Wayne Good was also re-elected with 430 votes. Mike Hage finished 3rd with 390 votes.

In Ward 2, (Clarendon Miller) newcomer Roy Huetl received the most votes in any ward, 530, followed closely by returning incumbent, Gerry Martin, 430, and Vernon Hermer, 364 votes, finished in third place.

Ward 3 (Palmerston) favoured the incumbents. Fred Fowler was re-elected with 335 votes, as was John Inglis with 283, and Kevin McCann received 181 votes.

The voter turnout was 34% in North Frontenac

Continuity rules the day in South Frontenac

The idea that two candidates challenging an incumbent is good for the incumbent seems to have played out in the South Frontenac election this time around

Mayor Ron Vandewal will serve a third time after receiving 3090 votes (47%). Councillor Alan Revill finished second with 1843 votes (28.5%) , and former Councillor Mark Schjerning received 1501 votes (23%)

In the races for council, there were all new candidates in Bedford District, and Steve Pegrum received the most votes, 622, and will be joined on Council by Charlene Godfrey, 497 votes. Adam Turcotte, 371 votes, and Nathan Hannah, 202 votes, were the other candidates.

In Portland, Ray Leonard (1136) and Dough Morey (700) were both returned to Council. Gary McColman (548) finished third, and Shane Peters (361) finished fourth.

In Loughborough, incumbent Randy Ruttan received the most votes (1225), narrowly ahead of newcomer Scott Trueman (1197) will replace Ross Sutherland, who did not seek re-election. Mark Segsworth (1092) finished a close third.

In Storrington, incumbent Ron Sleeth was easily returned with 1006 votes. Norm Roberts (650) faced a stiffer challenge, but hung on over Suzanne Quenneville (604). Phil Archambault finished just behind Quenneville with 556 votes, and Mark Erdman finished in fifth place with 251 votes.

The voter turnout was 35.7% in South Frontenac

Reeve Hogg returned in Addington Highlands

Henry Hogg will serve a 7^th term as Reeve of Addington Highlands. He was re-elected with 980 votes, over Marlene Mclean’s total of 522.

In Ward 1 (Denbigh) Tony Fritsch led all candidates with 464 votes, and Kirby Thompson was returned with 377 votes, only 9 votes more than Royce Rosenblath’s total of 368

In Ward 2 (Kaladar) Ken Hook is returning to council 16 years after stepping down as Reeve in 2006, with 563 votes. Helen Yanch was returned with 366 votes. Former Councillor Bill Cox finished 3^rd with 289 votes, and incumbent David Miles went down to defeat with 253 votes.

The voter turnout was 33.8 % in Addington Highlands.

Incumbents struggle in Central Frontenac

Mayor Frances Smith was acclaimed to her third term on Council, but she will be greeted by a lot of new faces around the council table as voters were looking for change in several of the wards.

In Ward 1, (Kennebec) Lynn Klages received the most votes, 384, and Cindy Kelsey was re-elected with 357 votes, and. Incumbent Tom Dewey did not seek re-election. Isaac Hale finished a close 3^rd with 311 votes.  Logan Murray, 161 votes, and Jordan Chatwin, 62 votes, rounded out the voting.

In Ward 2, (Olden) Dan Meeks led the race, with 384 votes, Bill Everett was also elected with 296 votes, and incumbent Victor Heese finished third with 225 votes.

In Ward 3, (Oso) Susan Irwin received, 413 votes, and Craig Middleton, 400 votes, were both elected. . Duncan McGregor finished 3^rd with 268 votes, and incumbent Bill MacDonald received 239 votes.

In Ward 4 (Hinchinbrooke) incumbent Nicki Gowdy was re-elected with 429. but Philip Smith, who was appointed as Olden Councillor upon the death of Elwyn Burke last year, received enough votes, 280 to defeated incumbent Brent Cameron, 260 votes, for the second spot. Bob Brooks finished in 4th place with 114 votes.

In a plebiscite regarding a proposal to reduce the council from 9 members to 5 members, remaining at 9 was more popular with 1532 votes, to 983 for a reduction of size.

In terms of gender parity, Central Frontenac will be the first majority female council in Frontenac County history, with 5 of the members, including Mayor Smith, being women.

The turnout in Central Frontenac was 33.3%