2010 Strathcona County municipal election

The 2010 Strathcona County municipal election was held Monday, October 18, 2010. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. The citizens of Strathcona County, (this includes the Urban Service Area of Sherwood Park,) Alberta, elected one mayor, five of their eight councillors (one from each of eight wards), four of the Elk Island Public Schools Regional Division No. 14's nine trustees (3 from subdivision #2, and 1 from subdivision #3), and four of the Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 41's seven trustees (supporters in Sherwood Park). Three incumbent councillors had no challengers, and the candidate for public school trustee Strathcona County south had no challengers.

2010 Strathcona County municipal election

← 2007 October 18, 2010 2013 →
Mayor and 8 councilors to Strathcona County Council
Candidate Linda Osinchuk Cathy Olesen Last election Ran as councillor 8,056 Popular vote 13,299 10,115 Percentage 56.8% 43.2%
Strathcona County and surrounding wards
Mayor before election Cathy Olesen Elected mayor Linda Osinchuk

Results

Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.

Mayor

Mayor^[1]

Candidate	Votes	%
Linda Osinchuk	13,299	56.8
Cathy Olesen	10,115	43.2

Councillors

Councillors^[1]

Ward 1			Ward 2			Ward 3
Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%
Vic Bidzinski	2,540	67.2	Roxanne Carr	Acclaimed		Brian Botterill	1,849	51.6
Murray Hutchinson	1,237	32.8				Keith Paterson	1,532	42.7
Ward 4			Ward 5			Neal Sarnecki	205	5.7
Peter Wlodarczak	Acclaimed		Jacquie Fenske	Acclaimed
Ward 6			Ward 7			Ward 8
Linton Delainey	1,307	49.7	Bonnie Riddell	915	43.8	Jason Gariepy	2,412	64.0
Alan Dunn	982	37.4	Don McPherson	826	39.5	Dave Cherniawsky	1,356	36.0
Sharon Bishop	340	12.9	Colin Bonneau	348	16.7

Public School Trustees

The Elk Island Public School Board consists of nine trustees, one from Lamont County, two from Fort Saskatchewan, three from Sherwood Park (subdivision 2), one from Strathcona County north (subdivision 3), one from Strathcona County south (subdivision 4), and one from the County of Minburn No. 27.

Elk Island Public Schools Regional Division No. 14^[1]

Subdivision 2			Subdivision 3
Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%
Lisa G. Brower	7,517	73.3	W.H. (Skip) Gordon	1,202	61.2
Lynn Patterson	6,791	66.2	Dean James Kakoschke	762	38.8
Barb McNeill	4,828	47.1	Subdivision 4
Trina Boymook	3,951	38.5	Lori Tootoosis-Friesen	Acclaimed
Paul John Dolynny	3,195	31.2
Mick Shygera	1,541	15.0
Savi Rajan	1,521	14.8
Larry Maclise	1,424	13.9

Separate School Trustees

The Elk Island Catholic Separate School Board consists of seven trustees, four from Sherwood Park, one from Camrose, one from Vegreville, and one from Fort Saskatchewan.

Elk Island Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 41^[1]

Sherwood Park
Candidate	Votes	%
Tony Sykora	4,164	90.7
Jean Boisvert	3,784	82.4
Ted Paszek	3,771	82.1
Joann Lloyd	3,665	79.8
John Convey	2,987	65.0

By-election

Following being elected as an MLA in the April 2012 provincial election, Ward 5 Councillor Jacquie Fenske resigned her seat on council. A by-election was held on June 25, 2012, this time being contested by four residents.

Councillor^[2]

Ward 5
Candidate	Votes	%
Clinton Alexander	304	48.6
Jen Heaton	187	29.9
Bev Williamson	94	15.0
Alec Babich	40	6.4

References

1. "Strathcona County Election Results". October 19, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
2. "Ward 5 By-election results". June 25, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2012.

External links

• Strathcona County Election 2010