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November HERALD Municipal Election Pigolt Ward 1 Incumbents supported Ward One Acton voters saw to it their incumbent town and regional councillors were reelected for another three year term Rick Bonnette was reelected as regional councillor over Wood while town councillors Norm Elliott and Gerald re elected over necomer Claude Said Mr Bonnette I have always considered the people of Ac ton number one and tonight they made me number one after early results were tabulated at Acton Arena He added s first order of business would be to closely look at the budget We need a responsible budget and we must also focus on getting the ap plications in for the Acton Arena so it can be built by 1993 The only incumbent that wasn t re elected was Roger who was beat out by F for a seat on the hydro commission Ward 2 Robson upsets Joe Hewitt In a close race for the Ward Township position of regional councillor newcomer Bill won a surprising victory over incumbent Joe Hewitt Mr didn t sound too sur prised with the results a telephone interview and said this year s win over his defeat in the last municipal election to Mr Hewitt is significant because it indicates that Joe has lost touch with the people The message I received while I was campaigning was he had not kept up communication with the various groups Now that Mr Robson is regional councillor for the ward he said he plans to first meet with the people who elected him and find out from them what the problems are When Mr Hewitt learned he lost he said it bother me in the least that I ve lost Referring to his challenger he continued to say maybe people want a wishy washy politician I never ran to be a politicians politician I ve always spoken out and I ran to accomplish something He pointed to the Hills Civic Centre as one of his ac As for his political future Mr Hewitt remained uncommitted but said he 11 continue to play an active role in the community In the race for the two town conn cillor positions incumbent Spence lost his seat which will be filled by Kathy Gastle who gar nered the most votes Robert will retain his councillor seat Ms said she pnsed displacing one of the in cumbents in the ward Going door to door people ex pressed their desire for change said Ms She said her first priority is to ad dress concerns in the ward centring on the roadways and the street lighting system Allison will keep his position as the wards hydro commissioner beating challengers Len Medland and Joe by a wide margin Magic Marker Early poll results were marked down by the towns Personnel Direc tor Mark Cohen but most people in the crowd at the Civic Centre made use of the computerized results which were flashed on a mega overhead Herald Photo Victors greet voters Ward One Reg Councillor candidate Rick Her and Mac Sprowl after early election results Bonnette left and reelected Mayor Russ Miller started roll in The results showed both can second from r ght are congratulated by Acton dates to be well the lead for their respect ve residents Aldo Braida ng hands w Russ positions Herald Photo Ward 3 Currie Rutherford easy winners The new town councillors for Ward 3 Georgetown North in cumbent Anne Currie and Gail Rutherford beat out challengers Tom and Grant by a wide margin Ms Rutherford said she wasnt surprised at being elected Asked why she did so well in the voting Ms Rutherford replied because I represent the of reason and the voice of the people Ms Rutherford said she was p incumbent Anne was also re elected I look forward to working with her and learning from her said Ms Rutherford But it a close race for the Regional councillor seat between Bill and incumbent Pan Johnston B the end of the polling Ms Johnston came out as the clear w in Ward 4 I feel great said Ms Johnston after realizing she had come out as the inner I expected to I done a good job and h ie ted the people People speak m mind on ihe issues she said commissioner Jim Fisher was acclaimed Serjeantson trounces challengers Regional councillor Marilyn Ser proved she still has significant backing in Ward trouncing challengers Linda Walton and Al Realizing she had come out of a tough campaign victoriously Ms Serjeantson said I feel relaxed I had to work hard for said an relit ved Ms Ser jeantson Among the three candidates for town councillor Ron and Al Cook finished the race neck and neck taking the two available seats and beating challenger Peter Nor ton Mr said hes pleased with the results and believes people are in the mood for change that the candidates he ran against are good people I mlookingforward to getting involved Mr Cook said his first two prior ties during the upcoming term will be to ensure there is adequate buffering between the in and residential zoned lands in Georgetown South and working towards the establishment of a n seniors centre commissioner Bill Smith was acclaimed School trustee election uneventful The only race for school trustee seat was in Wards 2 where Dave Whiting finished the big winner for a Board of Education seat over David Colvin Rev Craig Cnbar and William Ball Mr Whiting finished with votes compared to for Mr for Mr and 262 for Mr Bill Wards Halton Board of Education trustee is acclaimed can didate Richard How itt The Catholic School Board trustees who represent Wards 1 through were both acclaimed Ken Norman was acclaimed as the F trustee and Irene McCauley acclaimed as the English trustee Irene McCauley Ken Norman Dick Howitt