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www.durtiamregion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, NOVEMBER 12,2003 PAGE 7 Clarington council 2003-2006 John Mutton Mayor Jim Schell Regional councillor / ; £2;, . .. Ukz' Trim Regional councillor Adrian Foster Ward 1 local Don MacArthur Ward 2 local Pat Pingle Ward 3 local Gord Robinson Ward 4 local Z\it Canadian Statesman Clarington chooses Trustee race tight for Cathy Abraham Jan Cox/ Statesman photos From left, Gary Wilshire, Lorraine Boomhour and Cathy Abraham look on as results of voting are shown at Clarington Town Hall. BY DANIELLE MILLEY Staff Writer BOWMANVILLE - Cathy Abraham Abraham brought a lot of supporters with her to the Municipal Administrative Building Building as she waited to see if she would be elected as one of two trustees for the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. Her mother, children and husband sal waiting while she nervously passed the time chatting, awaiting the first results to be posted. "Can we stop now?" she joked from the back of the council chambers when the first results finally came up at 8:35 pan. and had her in second. "It's very nerve-racking," she said of the waiting. By 9:25 pan. Ms. Abraham felt confident confident enough with a 1,000-vote lead over third-place candidate Steven Cooke that she considered sitting down to wait for the rest of the results. . She was joined then in her waiting by incumbent Nancy Coffin who was confident confident she had earned a third term at the board. "I am pleased that the parents of Clarington have trusted me to represent their children for the next three years," Ms. Coffin said. She said she felt confident after seeing seeing the second round of ballots being counted at the Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Recreation Complex and a lot of them had her name selected. But, she wasn't without some nervous nervous jitters going into the election as she was up against more people than she had ever faced before. She also had confidence representing Clarington beside her new fellow trustee. "I'm very pleased to be working with Cathy Abraham," she said. Only after the final results came in did Ms. Abraham breath a deep sigh of relief to know she is joining Ms. Coffin on the KPR board. "I'm relieved that all this hard work has paid off," she said, while celebrating at the Bowmanville Legion with friend and re-elected mayor John Mutton. "I've worked hard for the last several years to be prepared for this job. I look forward to get going." The trustee results were Ms. Coffin 34 per cent, Ms. Abraham 23 per cent, Mr. Cooke 15 per cent, David Sanders 11 per cent, Brian Vanstone 11 per cent and Colin Argyle 7 per cent. Granville Anderson and George Ashe were acclaimed to the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Clarington Catholic District School Board. 'Election was over a week ago' Elston says Suzanne and Brian Elston discuss the election results Monday night. ELECTION from page 1 ed with no incumbent," she said. "I'm glad to see (Mr. Foster) is ahead. I think he'll serve the community very well." Ms. Rowe had publicly supported Mr. Foster as her successor. Ms. Elston, who battled for second place with Mr. Vinson, chose to watch the early results come in on a computer screen in the lobby instead of the crowded council chambers. Trailing Mr. Foster by more than 50 votes, with the distance widening with each update, Ms. Elston said she thought he had the race. "At this point whatever will be, will be," she said. "The beauty of the mail- in-ballot - it is both a blessing and a curse - is that the election was over a week ago." Ms. Elston, who had previously run for regional councillor in 2000 and served two terms as public utilities commissioner, did not run as visible a campaign as some of her opponents. "When you consider I didn't have any signs at all it's a testament that some voters do take the time to read the literature," she said of her showing. Ms. Elston finished second with two votes more than Mr. Vinson. They each won 24 per cent of the vote, Mr. Foster received 28 per cent, Mr. Rai won 21 per cent and Gail Syme came in with 4 per cent. Mr. Rai spent Monday night at home with his family and supporters. "I congratulate Mr. Foster, lie's our councillor. It was a tough campaign," said the first-time candidate. "It was the closest campaign in Durham." He said he put forth the best effort he could and was pleased the race was so close. Mr. Vinson was disappointed with the end result but the first-time candidate candidate said the campaign was a new experience. experience. "I met a lot of nice people that I hadn't hadn't seen for years, that part was great," he said. "It was a good experience, kind of a let down, but it was a good experience." experience." With a stressful campaign behind him, Mr. Foster is looking ahead to his first term. "I want to get a deeper understanding understanding of what the issues are across the ward," he said. He has a lot of experienced councillors councillors to help him once council resumes •next month. Mayor John Mutton expressed his feelings at having Mr. Foster on council. council. "Adrian Foster has come across as being an absolutely team player," said Mayor Mutton. "I welcome him aboard the team." Position Per cent of vote Mayor John Mutton 90 Richard Ward 10 Ward 1 local councillor Adrian Foster 27.91 Suzanne Elston 23.58 Jim Vinson 23.53 Oudit Rai 21.22 Gail Syme 3.76 Ward 2 local councillor Don MacArthur 88 Joseph Burchowycz 12 Ward 3 local councillor Pat Pingle acclaimed Ward 4 local councillor Gord Robinson acclaimed Wards 1 and 2 regional councillor Jim Schell acclaimed Wards 3 and 4 regional councillor Charlie Trim 80 Arnot Wotten 20 Cathy Abraham Public trustee Nancy Coffin Public trustee Public board trustees Nancy Coffin Cathy Abraham Steven Cooke David Sanders Brian Vanstone Colin Argyle 34 23 15 II 11 7 Granville Anderson Catholic trustee George Ashe Catholic trustee Catholic trustees Granville Anderson acclaimed George Ashe acclaimed Conseil scolaire de district Catholique Centre-Sud Yvette Richardson acclaimed Conseil scolaire de district du Cen- tre-Sud-Ouest Sylvie Landry acclaimed Durham votes - a look at the winners in other communities Ajax Position Per cent Mayor Steve Parish 71.08 Regional councillors Wards 1 & 2 Scott Crawford 58.88 Wards 3 & 4 Colleen Jordan 61.86 Ward 2 John Grant 38 Ward 3 Reg Starr 48 Ward 4 Debbie Bath 58 Ward 1 Shaun Collier 50.74 Ward 2 Joe Dickson 79.92 Ward 3 Joanne Dies 61.35 Ward 4 Pal Brown 75.87 Public board trustees Wards 1 & 2 Marilyn Crawford Wards 3 & 4 Lisa Mill 64.97 75.37 Catholic trustees Janice Oldman acclaimed Brock Mayor Keith Shier 59 Regional Councillor Larry O'Connor 58 Ward 1 Karen Windatt declaimed Ward 5 Allan Simpson 56 Oshawa Position Per cent Mayor John Gray 49.44 Regional councillors Ward 1 Brian Nicholson 57.06 Ward 2 Robert Lutcz.yk 28.08 Ward 3 Nestor Pidwcrbecki 45.64 Ward 4 Joseph Kolodzic 42.67 Ward 5 Cathy Clarke 56.7 Waril 6 April Cullen 53.84 Ward 7 John Neal 63.78 Local councillors Wards 1 & 3 Mike Nicholson 49.09 Wards 2 & 4 Tilo-Dante Marimpietri 46.62 Wards 5 & 6 Louise Parkes 69.12 Public hoard trustees Kathleen Hopper 31.9 Michael Barrett 30.05 Susan Slid 1er 24.14 Catholic trustees Joe Corey acclaimed Fred Jones acclaimed Pickering Position Per cent Mayor Dave Ryan 58.30 Regional councillors Ward 1 Maurice Brenner 69.64 Ward 2 Mark Holland acclaimed Ward 3 Rick Johnson 62.45 Ward 1 local Kevin Ashe 37.32 Ward 2 local Bill McLean 78.16 Ward 3 local David Pickles 70.25 Public board trustees Sherry Croteau 25.02 Paul Crawford 20.42 Catholic trustees Paul Bannister acclaimed Jim MeCalTerly acclaimed Scugog Position Per cent Mayor Marilyn Pearce 80 Regional councillor Ken Carruthers 51 Ward 1 Larry Corrigan 32 Ward 2 Bobbie Drew 74 Ward 3 Lynn Philip Hodgson 47 Ward 4 Blair Martyn 74 Ward 5 Georgia Brock 53 Public board trustee Steve Martin 60 Catholic trustee Kathy Le Fort acclaimed Uxbridge Position Per cent Mayor Gcrri Lynn O'Connor 75 Regional councillor Susan Para 75 Ward 1 Bev Northeast 44 Ward 2 Bev Beach 48 Ward 3 Howie 1 lorrema acclaimed Ward 4 Bob Shepherd 58 Ward 5 Kathy Wasylenky 54 Public board trustee Gordon Baxter Catholic trustee Kathy LeFort acclaimed acclaimed Whitby Position Mayor Marcel Brunelle Regional councillors Joe Drumm Gerry Emm Pat Perkins Per cent 79.1 24.66 22.32 oo 03 Centre Ward Shirley Scott 49.81 North Ward Sue Pitchforth 34.92 East Ward Lome Coe 46.4 West Ward Mark McKinnon 83.29 Public board trustees Elizabeth Roy John Dolstra 39.19 31.70 Catholic trustees Mary Ann Martin Scott Murdock acclaimed acclaimed