Past Election Results | Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo

Stella Lavallee was officially elected as Ward 4 Councillor, to represent the communities of Anzac, Conklin, Gregoire Lake Estates and Janvier until the Municipal election set for October 2025.

Official Ward 4 Byelection Results

*Councillor-Elect

No. of official votes
Caines	Nina	66
Lavallee*	Stella	93
Shkopich	Chad	62

Mayor

Candidates	Votes (#)
Allen, Mike	2,879
Bowman, Sandy*	5,690
Murphy, Verna	4,119

Ward 1 - Councillor

Candidates	Votes (#)
Ball, Ken*	3,636
Banjoko, Funky*	4,788
Bendfeld, Dale Leo	1098
Bussieres, Lance*	4,361
Dogar, M. Shafiq*	4,379
Grandison, Allan*	3,040
Hewitt, Garth	1,582
Higdon, Jonathan Gregory	1232
King, Jason	3,036
Landsiedel, Michelle	2,491
McGrath, Keith*	3,999
McKenzie, Alex	2,168
Mugodo, Joseph	1,526
Norris, Gareth	1,663
Parlee, Matty	838
Peddle, Jeffrey	2,948
Powlesland, Mike	763
Sulaiman, Zaid	1,339
Tupper, Tal	761
Uche-Ezeala, IJ	2,625
Vardy, Jennifer (Vandervoort)	2,110
Wells, Rene	2,769
Wilson, Charles	1,394
Wilson, Scott	1,176

Ward 2 - Councillor

Candidates	Votes (#)
Cardinal, Kendrick*	243
Voyageur, Claris	206
Waquan, Loretta Eva*	208

Ward 3 - Councillor

Candidates	Votes (#)
Lalonde, Sheila	131
Wigle, Stu*	233*

Ward 4 - Councillor

Candidates	Votes
Stroud, Jane*	N/A (Acclaimed)

Public School Board Trustee

Candidates	Votes (#)
Adams, Angela*	4,246
Fourny, Freya	1,709
Lambert, Jonathan*	3,389
Mehta, Taral	1,672
Monofi, Uno	1,122
Mywaart, Linda*	3,243
Nazir, Imam	1,491
O'Hara, Tim*	2,901
Osborne, Philip	1,797
Schulz, Jason*	2,363
Setter, Malcolm*	2,357
Spargo, Lorna*	2,506
Syed, Dur-E-Najaf	1,534

Roman Catholic Separate School Trustee

Candidates	Votes (#)
Galenzoski, Paula*	2,048
Higdon, Jonathan*	2,102
Hoffman, Anthony*	1,739
Janvier, Kelsey*	1,833
Langmead, Cathie*	1,766
Penney, Gregory	1,432
Samson, Janeen	1,364

Below are the OFFICIAL results of the 2017 Election held on Oct. 16.
Elected candidates are bolded.
Estimated voter turnout: 13,212 ballots cast by voters in Wood Buffalo (22.4% of eligible voters)

Mayor

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Grandison, Allan	3,160 (24.34%)
Needham, Anthony (Tony)	652 (5.02%)
Scott, Don	8,911 (68.64%)
Vinni, Allan Glenn	259 (2%)

Councillor (Ward 1 - Fort McMurray)

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Allen, Mike	5,577 (9.64%)
Balsom, Krista	6,138 (10.61%)
Bussieres, Lance	5,016 (8.67%)
Campbell, Adem	4,005 (6.92%)
Dogar, M. Shafiq	3,276 (5.66%)
Hurur, Hukun	981 (1.70%)
Johnson, Arianna	4,648 (8.04%)
McGrath, Keith	5,720 (9.89%)
McLeod, J. Paul	2,492 (4.31%)
Meagher, Phil	6,508 (11.25%)
Murphy, Verna	5,236 (9.05%)
Peddle, Jeff	6,385 (11.04%)
Syed, Ali	1,859 (3.21%)

Councillor (Ward 2 - Fort Chipewyan, Fort Fitzgerald and Fort McKay)

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Blair, David	32 (4.33%)
Cardinal, Julia	150 (20.30%)
Flett, Scott Clayton	122 (16.51%)
Inglis, John Bruce	183 (24.76%)
Mercredi, Dan	27 (3.65%)
Voyageur, Claris	225 (30.45%)

Councillor (Ward 3 - Draper and Saprae Creek Estates)

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Lalonde, Sheila	181 (52.77%)
Lucier, Brad	162 (47.23%)

Councillor (Ward 4 - Anzac, Conklin, Gregoire Lake Estates and Janvier)

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Stroud, Jane	238 (72.12%)
Tremblay, Kevin	92 (27.88%)

Fort McMurray Catholic School District Board of Trustees

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Behrisch, Kirk	1,287 (8.46%)
Galenzoski, Paula Janine	2,027 (13.32%)
Harrison, Matthew	1,738 (11.42%)
Hoffman, Anthony	2,012 (13.22%)
Langmead, Cathie	1,955 (12.84%)
McGrath, Keith	2,543 (16.71%)
Tran, Christine Hernani	1,609 (10.57%)
Yaro, Robert	2,050 (13.47%)

Fort McMurray Public School District Board of Trustees

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Adams, Angela	4,587 (15.27%)
Dogar, M. Shafiq	2,797 (9.31%)
Drover, Stephen	3,965 (13.20%)
Lambert, Jonathan	4,060 (13.52%)
Maher, Solange	2,822 (9.40%)
Mywaart, Linda	4,185 (13.93%)
O'Hara, Tim	3,870 (12.89%)
Rizzuto, Dan	3,748 (12.48%)

Total	Election Day	Advance Polls
Total Ballots Cast	255	140	115
Spoiled Ballots	1	0	1
COUNCILLOR WARD 2
Scott Flett	97	46	51
Claris Voyageur	157	94	63

Note: Turnout was approximately 33 per cent of Ward 2's 773 voters.

All polls reporting. Winners are bolded.

Mayor Results:

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Blake, Melissa	6,987 (60.32%)
Ouellette, Gene	3,477 (30.02%)
Rogers, Jim	1,120 (9.76%)

Ward 1 Councillor Results:

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Abbas, Abbas	1,428 (2.73%)
Ault, Tyran	4,106 (7.85%)
Boutilier, Guy C.	6,649 (12.71%)
Burton, Christine	3,193 (6.11%)
Bussieres, Lance E.	4,349 (8.32%)
Doleman, Veronica	3,276 (6.26%)
Germain, Sheldon	6,037 (11.54%)
Kelly, Steve	2,216 (4.24%)
Manyevere, Andrew	589 (1.13%)
McGrath, Keith	3,874 (7.41%)
Meagher, Phil	5,642 (10.79%)
Ramstead-Royer, Carmen	1,723 (3.29%)
Tatum, Colleen	3,770 (7.21%)
Thomas, Russell Vincent	2,910 (5.56%)
Tupper, Jon	2,534 (4.85%)

Ward 2 Councillor Results:

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Blair, David	101 (18.43%)
Cardinal, Julia	130 (23.72%)
Chadi, John H. (H.J.)	119 (21.72%)
Flett, Lloyd (Sonny)	108 (19.71%)
Fraser, Edith	90 (16.42%)

Ward 3 Councillor Results:

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Friesen, Bradley	137 (39.94%)
Vinni, Allan Glenn	206 (60.06%)

Ward 4 Councillor Results:

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Galbraith, Bob	56 (15.05%)
Janvier, Gordon S.	48 (12.90%)
Stroud, Jane	268 (72.04%)

Fort McMurray Public School Board Trustee Results

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Adams, Angela	4,249 (19.65%)
Drover, Stephen	3,478 (16.08%)
Farhat, Mohamed (Moe)	2,595 (12.00%)
Mywaart, Linda	3,711 (17.16%)
OHara, Tim	3,475 (16.07%)
Thompson, Jeff	4,115 (19.03%)

Northland School Division No. 61 Local School Board Committee Members, Anzac Results

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Cant, Alan Richard	86 (11.48%)
Cote, Marc	112 (14.95%)
Czibere, David Louis	154 (20.56%)
Farnham, Julie	132 (17.62%)
Knutson, Bryan	122 (16.29%)
McIntosh, Cynthia	143 (19.09%)

Northland School Division No. 61 Local School Board Committee Members, Athabasca-Delta Results

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Antoine, Myrna	118 (9.86%)
Cardinal, Judy Ann	94 (7.85%)
Cardinal, Julia	148 (12.36%)
Cardinal, Lorraine Jean	130 (10.86%)
Dashcavich, Tania	198 (16.54%)
Mercredi, Danny	143 (11.95%)
Tuccaro, Bunny	119 (9.94%)
Tuccaro, Paul	57 (4.76%)
Voyageur, Claris	190 (15.87%)

Northland School Division No. 61 Local School Board Committee Members, Conklin Results

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Atkinson, Stacey	30 (13.27%)
Novak, Linda Agnes	37 (16.37%)
Powder, Edward	18 (7.96%)
Quintal, Kathryn (Kathy)	31 (13.72%)
Quintal, Margaret A.	33 (14.60%)
Quintal-Janvier, Verna	35 (15.49%)
Tremblay, Shirley Ann	27 (11.95%)
Ward, Terrence Leonard	15 (6.64%)

Northland School Division No. 61 Local School Board Committee Members, Janvier Results

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Black, Candace	40 (9.11%)
Fontaine, Alice Marie	74 (16.86%)
Herman, Laurette	56 (12.76%)
Janvier, Allen John	30 (6.83%)
Janvier, Gordon	44 (10.02%)
Nokohoo, Jules	46 (10.48%)
Nokohoo, Martha	53 (12.07%)
Piché, Ieisha Rosaline Theresa	50 (11.39%)
Walker, Victoria / Vicky	47 (10.49%)

*Approximately 20 percent of eligible voters cast their ballot (Or 11,961 of 60,000 eligible voters)

Ward 1 Councillor Results:

Winners	Number of Votes
Colleen Tatum	1,301 (16.48%)
Christine Burton	1,162 (14.72%)

All Candidates	Number of Votes
Alton, Chris	79(1.00%)
Anthony, James	361 (4.57%)
Ault, Tyran	991 (12.56%)
Bailey, Byron	173 (2.19%)
Burton, Christine	1,162 (14.72%)
Howard, Valance	44 (0.56%)
Khan, Shafique	700 (8.87%)
McGrath, Keith	1,044 (13.23%)
Mulhall, John	361 (4.57%)
Nahirney, Bill	89 (1.13%)
Nebesney, Joe	83 (1.05%)
Parmenter, Robert	753(9.54%)
Tatum, Colleen	1,301 (16.48%)
Youens, Matt	752 (9.53%)

Fort McMurray Public School Board District No. 2833 Trustee Results:

Winner	Number of Votes
Stephen Drover	1,042 (40%)
All Candidates	Number of Votes
Doonanco, Glenn	797 (31%)
Drover, Stephen	1,042(40%)
Manji, Munira	754 (29%)