Residents in eight hamlets across the NWT went to the polls to cast their ballots on Monday to elect mayors and councillors.
Shawn Van Loon will be Tsiigehtchic’s first mayor after the community completed its switch to hamlet status in July.
Brian Smith, Charlene Blake, Davina Benoit Cardinal, Dinah Blake, Georgie Niditchie, James Andre, Peter Ross and Shaylene Shae were all acclaimed as hamlet councillors.
In Fort Providence, Danny Beaulieu was re-elected as mayor, winning 170 votes over Ronald Bonnetrouge’s 71.
Those elected to council in Fort Providence are Alayna Krutko, Joyce McLeod, Louie Constant and Miranda Elleze.
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Mayor and council in the hamlet will serve a three-year term.
In Ulukhaktok, residents elected Pat Klengenberg as their new mayor in a tight race, earning 51 votes to Laverna Klengenberg’s 46.
The hamlet also elected councillors Margaret Kanayok, David Kuptana, Nicolas Kopot and Delma Klengenberg. Mayor and council in Ulukhaktok will serve a two-year term.
Donna Keogak will be Sachs Harbour’s new mayor after being elected with 21 votes. She defeated incumbent Kyle Wolki, who received four votes, and two other candidates.
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The hamlet also elected Wayne Gully, Pamela Kimiksana and Bernadette Nakimayak to council.
Sachs Harbour had 73-percent voter turnout.
Residents of Fort Liard elected Michelle Browning, Hillary Deneron, Mike Gonet, Shayla McLeod, Kristina Powder and Gregory Wilson to council.
Derwin Kotchea will be Fort Liard’s new mayor come January after being acclaimed.
In Tuktoyaktuk, where only a council election was held, Elizabeth Arey, Katrina Cockney, Joe Nasogaluak, Tyrone Raddi and Ryan Yakeleya were elected.
The community had 48-percent voter turnout with 234 residents casting ballots.
While Mike St Amour had already been acclaimed as the new mayor of Enterprise, Genevieve Clarke, Lawrence Poitras, Lyne Maisonneuve and Pat Coleman were elected to council. Thirty-eight of the 66 eligible voters in the hamlet cast a ballot.
Cabin Radio is still awaiting results from Paulatuk. (If you see ’em, feel free to send us a link.) In Aklavik and Fort McPherson, seats were filled by acclamation without the need for voting.
