# 2007 Wood Buffalo municipal election

The 2007 Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo municipal election was held Monday, October 15, 2007. Since 1968, provincial legislation has required every municipality to hold triennial elections. The citizens of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, (this includes the Urban Service Area of Fort McMurray,) Alberta, elected one mayor, nine of their ten councillors, the five Fort McMurray Public School District trustees (in Fort McMurray), and four of the Northland School Division No. 61's 23 school boards (outside Fort McMurray, five trustees each). The incumbent Ward 3 Councillor had no challengers, and the five trustee candidates for the Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 32 (in Fort McMurray) were unchallenged.

## Results

Bold indicates elected, and incumbents are italicized.

### Mayor

Mayor :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Melissa Blake | 5,115 | 64.6% |
| David W. Kirschner | 2,431 | 30.7% |
| George A. Mercredi | 263 | 3.3% |
| David W. Rowbottom | 110 | 1.4% |

### Councillors

Councillors :
| Ward 1 | Ward 1 | Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 2 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 3 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | Ward 4 | Ward 4 |
| Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Sheldon Germain | 4,828 | 14.38% | David A. Blair | 261 | 30.3% | Renee Rebus | Acclaimed | Acclaimed | Gordon S. Janvier | 133 | 39.5% |
| John Vyboh | 4,493 | 13.38% | John H. Chadi | 191 | 22.2% | | | | Mickey Cadden | 129 | 38.3% |
| Mike Allen | 4,375 | 13.03% | John Rigney | 160 | 18.6% | | | | Elmer Herman | 75 | 22.3% |
| Phillip J. Meagher | 4,312 | 12.84% | Lloyd (Sonny) Flett | 141 | 16.4% | | | | | | |
| Sharon Clarkson | 3,847 | 11.46% | Lily Elsie Marchel | 107 | 12.4% | | | | | | |
| Mila Byron | 3,148 | 9.38% | | | | | | | | | |
| Jim Carbery | 2,571 | 7.66% | | | | | | | | | |
| Ross Jacobs | 1,879 | 5.60% | | | | | | | | | |
| Robynn Pavia | 1,371 | 4.08% | | | | | | | | | |
| Trevor Mulligan | 848 | 2.53% | | | | | | | | | |
| John Ridley | 848 | 2.53% | | | | | | | | | |
| Gregory J. Lucas | 571 | 1.70% | | | | | | | | | |
| Wasim S. Bhatti | 479 | 1.43% | | | | | | | | | |

#### By-Election

On March 11, 2008, Ward 2 Councillor John Chadi resigned from council. A by-election was held on June 9 to fill the empty seat, former Councillor, and 2007 candidate, Sonny Flett was elected. He was official sworn in on June 24, 2008.
Wood Buffalo By-election :
| Ward 3 |||
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Lloyd (Sonny) Flett | 119 | 35.6% |
| Archie Cyprien | 90 | 26.9% |
| Arsene (Adam) Bernaille | 81 | 24.3% |
| John Rigney | 44 | 13.2% |

### Public School Trustees

Fort McMurray Public School District :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Jeff Thompson | 2,901 | 21.03% |
| Angela Adams | 2,510 | 18.20% |
| Glenn Cooper | 2,094 | 15.18% |
| Glen Doonanco | 2,073 | 15.03% |
| Elizabeth Eenkooren | 1,624 | 11.77% |
| Munira Manji | 1,308 | 9.48% |
| Joel Lipman | 1,282 | 9.30% |
Northland School Division No. 61 :
| Fort Chipewyan | Fort Chipewyan | Fort Chipewyan | Anzac | Anzac | Anzac | Janvier | Janvier | Janvier | Conklin | Conklin | Conklin |
| Candidate | Votes | % | Ward 1 | Ward 1 | Ward 1 | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Claris Voyageur | 261 | 15.97 | Shirley Klassen | Acclaimed | Acclaimed | Rose Marie Herman | 52 | 15.2% | Wendy Tremblay | 56 | 17.7% |
| Blue-Eyes Simpson | 221 | 13.53 | Ward 2 | Ward 2 | Ward 2 | Darrell Herman | 47 | 13.8% | Margaret A. Quintal | 55 | 17.4% |
| Dana Wylie | 183 | 11.20 | Candidate | Votes | % | Gordon S. Janvier | 47 | 13.8% | Shirley A. Tremblay | 49 | 15.5% |
| Julia Cardinal | 178 | 10.89 | Nadine C. Finch | 139 | 22.9% | Jules M. Nokohoo | 47 | 13.8% | Shawnene Lavallee | 44 | 13.9% |
| B. Joyce Smorong | 159 | 9.73 | Tammy Huska | 121 | 19.9% | Alice Lofstrom | 36 | 10.6% | Pamela G. Tremblay | 32 | 10.1% |
| Alice Rigney | 156 | 9.55 | Yvette Simon | 99 | 16.3% | Shirley D. Montgrand | 35 | 10.3% | Sherry Y. Quintal | 27 | 8.5% |
| Lorraine Cardinal | 141 | 8.63 | Darrol C. Carelse | 93 | 15.3% | Daniel H. Herman | 31 | 9.1% | Deloris B. Pruden | 23 | 7.3% |
| Darlene E. Voyageur | 129 | 7.89 | Joyce K. Quintal | 81 | 13.3% | Lena Herman | 15 | 4.4% | Linda Ward | 19 | 6.0% |
| Leona (Cowie) Lepine | 121 | 7.41 | Lori Ann Fedechko | 75 | 12.3% | Bertha Anne Moir | 14 | 4.1% | Walter (Wally) Kaziuk | 12 | 3.8% |
| Sean Sommerfield | 85 | 5.20 | | | | David Janvier | 12 | 3.5% | | | |
| | | | | | | Ron Eldridge | 5 | 1.5% | | | |

### Separate School Trustees

Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 32 :
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Laurelee Bouchard-Dutchyn | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| Geraldine Carbery | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| Terry Langis | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| Keith McGrath | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |
| Maria Salvo-Vyboh | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |