# 2017 Newfoundland and Labrador municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador on September 26, 2017. This article lists the results in selected municipalities. Results are for mayoral elections unless otherwise specified.

## Bay Roberts

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Philip Wood (X) | 1,580 | 59.57 |
| George Simmons | 1,073 | 40.44 |

## Clarenville

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Frazer Russell (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Conception Bay South

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Terry French | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Corner Brook
### Mayor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Jim Parsons | 3,775 | 56.18 |
| Charles Pender (X) | 2,945 | 43.82 |

### City council

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Bill Griffin | 2,933 | 8.28 |
| Vaughn Granter | 2,741 | 7.74 |
| Linda Chaisson (X) | 2,579 | 7.28 |
| Bernd Staeben (X) | 2,564 | 7.24 |
| Josh Carey (X) | 2,514 | 7.10 |
| Tony Buckle (X) | 2,317 | 6.54 |
| Lenny Benoit | 2,268 | 6.40 |
| Katrina Basha | 2,224 | 6.28 |
| Keith Cormier (X) | 2,104 | 5.94 |
| Pamela Gill | 2,024 | 5.71 |
| Leo Bruce | 1,961 | 5.54 |
| Devon Pardy | 1,924 | 5.43 |
| Brian Sparkes | 1,885 | 5.32 |
| Donna Wheeler | 1,616 | 4.56 |
| Priscilla Boutcher | 1,283 | 3.62 |
| Tom Stewart | 1,078 | 3.04 |
| Kyle Brookings | 857 | 2.42 |
| Maureen Mennie | 543 | 1.53 |

## Deer Lake

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Dean Ball (X) | 1,293 | 61.02 |
| Sandra Pinksen | 826 | 38.98 |

## Gander

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Percy Farwell | 2,000 | 54.38 |
| Cyril Abbott | 1,557 | 42.33 |
| Frank Ireland | 121 | 3.29 |

## Grand Falls-Windsor

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Barry Manuel (X) | 4,358 | 76.79 |
| Peggy Bartlett | 1,317 | 23.21 |

## Happy Valley-Goose Bay

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| John Hickey | 1,393 | 56.90 |
| George Andrews | 565 | 23.08 |
| Tony Chubbs | 490 | 20.02 |

## Labrador City

Council voted in 2017 to not hold a separate election for mayor. The council candidate who wins the most votes is elected mayor.
| Council Candidate (7 to be elected) | Vote | % |
| Wayne Button (elected mayor) | 1,186 | 10.22 |
| Fabian Benoit | 1,030 | 8.87 |
| Junior Humphries (X) | 998 | 8.60 |
| Nick McGrath | 920 | 7.92 |
| John Penney (X) | 883 | 7.61 |
| Kenneth Lawlor | 863 | 7.43 |
| Richard Fahey | 783 | 6.74 |
| Peter Pike | 758 | 6.53 |
| Edward Conway (X) | 744 | 6.41 |
| Corinna Wentzell | 684 | 5.89 |
| Jamie-Lynn Patterson | 655 | 5.64 |
| Toby Leon | 629 | 5.42 |
| Clarence Rogers (X) | 584 | 5.03 |
| Jordan Brown | 515 | 3.44 |
| Christopher Lacey (X) | 377 | 3.25 |

## Marystown

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Sam Synard (X) | 1,907 | 69.62 |
| Lisa Slaney | 832 | 30.38 |

## Mount Pearl
### Mayor

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Dave Aker | 5,345 | 81.27 |
| Travis Faulkner | 1,232 | 18.73 |

### City Council

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Jim Locke (X) | 4,812 | 14.55 |
| Lucy Stoyles (X) | 4,331 | 13.09 |
| Andrew Ledwell (X) | 4,298 | 12.99 |
| Isabelle Fry | 3,429 | 10.37 |
| Andrea Power | 2,994 | 9.05 |
| Bill Antle | 2,844 | 8.60 |
| Gerard Curtis | 1,981 | 5.99 |
| Max Harvey | 1,793 | 5.42 |
| Terry Ryan | 1,697 | 5.13 |
| Darren Chislett | 1,417 | 4.28 |
| Dave Kelly | 1,294 | 3.91 |
| Rick Pearson | 1,211 | 3.66 |
| Tony Janes | 979 | 2.96 |

## Paradise
### Mayor

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Dan Bobbett (X) | 4,107 | 78.17 |
| John Roberts | 1,147 | 21.83 |

### City Council

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Allan English | 2,765 | 11.20 |
| Elizabeth Laurie (X) | 2,554 | 10.34 |
| Paul Dinn (X) | 2,417 | 9.79 |
| Deborah Quilty (X) | 2,128 | 8.62 |
| Patrick Martin (X) | 1,842 | 7.46 |
| Sterling Willis (X) | 1,807 | 7.32 |
| Coreen Bennett | 1,761 | 7.13 |
| Kimberley Street | 1,568 | 6.35 |
| Scott Dawe | 1,533 | 6.21 |
| Sheldon Antle | 1,517 | 6.14 |
| Glen Carew | 1,238 | 5.01 |
| Neil Farrell | 1,162 | 4.71 |
| Reggie Lawrence | 956 | 3.87 |
| Jamie Thornhill | 591 | 2.40 |
| Tony Kelly | 560 | 2.27 |
| Anthony Pittman | 292 | 1.18 |

#### By-election, 2019

| Candidate | Vote |
| Kimberley Street | 788 |
| Curtis Knee | 648 |
| Coreen Bennett | 580 |
| Tony Kelly | 169 |

## Portugal Cove-St. Philip's

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Carol McDonald | 1,282 | 48.95 |
| Gavin Will | 1,045 | 39.90 |
| Joe Duggan | 292 | 11.15 |

## St. John's
### Mayor

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Danny Breen | 20,261 | 53.19 |
| Andy Wells | 12,604 | 33.09 |
| Renee Sharpe | 5,225 | 13.72 |

### Deputy Mayor

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Sheilagh O'Leary | 30,689 | 84.21 |
| Michelle Worthman | 5,753 | 15.79 |

### City Council

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ward 1 |||
| Deanne Stapleton | 3,715 | 45.49 |
| Lou Puddister | 3,534 | 43.27 |
| Nadeem Saqlain | 918 | 11.24 |
| Ward 2 |||
| Hope Jamieson | 2,989 | 38.81 |
| Jonathan Galgay (X) | 2,674 | 34.72 |
| Derek Winsor | 635 | 8.24 |
| Tom Badcock | 485 | 6.30 |
| Pamela Hodder | 370 | 4.80 |
| Wayne Ralph | 280 | 3.64 |
| Greg Dunne | 269 | 3.49 |
| Ward 3 |||
| Jamie Korab | 5,079 | 63.02 |
| Peter McDonald | 1,710 | 21.22 |
| Walter Harding | 1,270 | 15.76 |
| Ward 4 |||
| Ian Froude | 3,652 | 60.77 |
| Scott Fitzgerald | 2,358 | 39.23 |
| Ward 5 |||
| Wally Collins (X) | 2,286 | 31.06 |
| Jamie Finn | 1,758 | 23.89 |
| Fraser Piccott | 1,350 | 18.34 |
| Mike Walsh | 995 | 13.52 |
| Paul Dinn | 971 | 13.19 |
| At large (4 to be elected) |||
| Maggie Burton | 20,623 | 15.78 |
| Dave Lane (X) | 16,959 | 12.98 |
| Sandy Hickman (X) | 14,273 | 10.92 |
| Debbie Hanlon | 13,632 | 10.43 |
| Art Puddister (X) | 12,772 | 9.77 |
| Ron Ellsworth | 12,335 | 9.44 |
| Tom Hann (X) | 11,765 | 9.00 |
| Darrell Power | 9,992 | 7.65 |
| Tracy Holmes | 5,844 | 4.47 |
| Jennifer McCreath | 5,537 | 4.24 |
| Terry Bennett | 4,682 | 3.58 |
| Larry Borne | 2,253 | 1.72 |

#### By-election

A by-election was held October 20, 2020 in Ward 2 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hope Jamieson.
| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Shawn Skinner | 1,242 | 22.88 |
| Ophelia Ravencroft | 936 | 17.24 |
| Lorne Loder | 923 | 17.00 |
| Greg Smith | 586 | 10.79 |
| Carol Anne Furlong | 570 | 10.50 |
| Matt House | 480 | 8.84 |
| Greg Noseworthy | 470 | 8.66 |
| Wallace Ryan | 222 | 4.09 |

## Stephenville

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Tom Rose | 1,248 | 53.56 |
| Tom O'Brien (X) | 1,082 | 46.44 |

## Torbay

| Mayoral Candidate | Vote | % |
| Craig Scott | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |