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A 2 - The Oakville Beaver, W ednesday N o vem b er 12, 2003 Ward 1 Region · Mike Lansdown No vote wins referendum It will be up to Town Council, not Monday's elec tion referendum, whether pesticides are banned on pri vate property in Oakville. Oakville residents were asked on Monday's election ballot whether they favoured a ban. The ballot asked: "Do you support a ban on the use of pesticides (including products which control weeds, grubs, insects, crabgrass and fungus) on private proper ty (excluding golf courses and farms) with a mecha nism for limited exceptions for actual infestations of insects and diseases to be determined by the munici pality? Yes. or. No." In a race nearly as tight as the mayor's race, the No votes tallied 15.072: the Yes votes 14,073. The Town could only be bound by the referendum if 50 per cent of eligible voters turned out. and then by a majority vote. "We definitely did not get 50 per cent of voter turnout." said Town Clerk Cathie Best late Monday. Voter turnout was approximately 30 per cent, said Best with nearly 32,000 voters of Oakville's more than 107.000 casting ballots. T R A T T O R I A T IM O N E Oakvillegreen founder Mike Lansdown got the given light in Ward 1 in a hig way Monday night. It was a hands-down w in for Lansdown for the Ward 1 regional/local council seat vacated by now Liberal MPP Kevin Flynn. "It's going to be very different to be in public life. I've never done this before." admitted Lansdown who. with a decisive 1.873 votes, took the seat from com petitors John Young (1.138 votes). former public school trustee Drew Currah (948) and Ed Malone (419). "The result of this election was decided in June 2(K) I when Council commissioned a market research poll of residents." said Lansdown. He said that poll showed Oakville residents had three major concerns: urban sprawl and uncontrolled growth; traffic congestion; and. environmental protec tion and air pollution. "Those were the three top-of-mind concerns about what was important in Oakville." said Lansdown. "What we're seeing tonight is the residents speaking again to these issues that 1. and others, have been push ing over the last few years " Ward 2 Local - Cathy Duddeck Cathy Duddeck. whose first foray into municipal politics ended with her capturing the Ward 2 local seat, was still pinching herself long after the final numbers were tallied. "I'm stunned, absolutely stunned." said Duddeck. who replaces three-term councillor Linda Hard acre, who did not seek re-election. Her victory is particularly sweet, she explained, since it took place in an area where she was raised and now lives. "I'm just so honoured." she said. "The voters are people I grew up with and I'll be representing people in an area w here I grew up. so the circle is complete." Like the other new councillors. Duddeck is anxious to get to work, specifically to nurture Kerr Street's revi talization and working toward a plan for the Sharke> 's site. Duddeck. who characterized her win as "very hum bling." said one unexpected benefit o f the campaign w as the acquisition of three "new friends." namely her opponents. They include David McGee. Pam Damoff and Blake Taylor. "I felt bad for the others, they're all so good." she said. "They have the best for Oakville in mind and they can hold their heads up. We're all in this together." Ward 3 Local - Chris Stoate Southeast Oakviile has a new face representing it on Town council as Ward 3 local council incumbent Tedd Smith lost his seat of 12 years to Chris Stoate on Monday night. "I'm delighted and very paiud of the people who worked on this election bid. My opponent was wellestablished. responsive and available to residents for 12 years." said Stoate. "I was not running against Tedd so much as 1believe I could make an impact at the Town." said Stoate who took 3.291 votes compared to Smith's 2.467. "I'll get lots of my personal time back and my fam ily will be happy with that. It's been an interesting 12 years and probably nine more than I ever thought it would be." said Smith. Besides the growth issue. Stoate said there arc also "day-to-day management issues" that need attention. "1want to make sure that we don't forget about look ing after existing communities." He said many people in Oakville w ant to be sure that growth doesn't detract from their quality of life - a mes sage that was sent clearly, and received clearly, in Monday's election. Ward 3 Regional - Keith Bird Tradition versus change won the day in the battle for southeast Oakville's Ward 3 regional/local council seat. "I'm delighted at being returned again by the voters in this part of the community." said long-time council lor Keith Bird. "Council will certainly have a different look." said Bird. "There wasn't the advantage of incumbency as there was in the past." said Bird, noting there was a lot of interest in the election this time around. "I'm really pleased at the numbers, they seemed to be fairly consistent." said Bird of his handy 3.784-vote win over newcomer Frank Price w ho took 2.069 votes. Bird has nine terms as an Oakv ille municipal politi cian under his belt and ran on his proven commitment and demonstrated ability. Ward 2 Regional - Fred Oliver Ward 2 local/regional incumbent Fred Oliver retained his seat Monday night, making him one of the longest serving members of Council. Despite his 18 years of elected public service, however, Oliver is as eager as anyone to get down to work. "I feel very good I'm quite happy." he said. "I'm looking forward to the next three years." 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