Update:
The election in Sault Ste. Marie was over quickly.
About half an hour after polls closed, results showed incumbent Mayor Christian Provenzano was a winner once again.
Provenzano had an easy time defeating his nearest opponent, Rory Ring from the Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce, with Ted Johnston finishing third.
The mayor-elect said during his campaign that he would continue to fight for Sault Ste. Marie to get the ferrochrome smelter that Noront Resources will build in either the Soo or Timmins.
When it came to voting for city councillors, it was a new wrinkle in city this year, as there are now only five wards instead of six.
CITY COUNCIL
The Sault Ste. Maire city council will now be made up of five returning councillors and five new ones.
In Ward One, Paul Christian is returning along with newcomer Sandra Hollingsworth.
Ward Two chose two challengers, Luke Dufour and Lisa Vezeau-Allen.
Matthew Shoemaker has been re-elected in Ward Three, and Donna Hillsinger has unseated Judy Hupponen in the second seat for that ward.
In Ward Four, Rick Niro has been re-elected with newcomer Marchy Bruni.
Two new faces were chosen in Ward Five, Matthew Scott and Corey Gardi, with incumbent Frank Fata coming in last place.
SCHOOL BOARD TRUSTEES
As for the Algoma District School Board Trustees, Jennifer Sarlo was acclaimed in Ward One with no challengers.
There were two candidates in Ward Two running for trustee and Susan Myers was elected over incumbent Graham Lidstone in a close race.
Ward Three also chose a new person for their trustee, choosing Greg Bowman over Karin Morin by a small margin.
Susan Thayer will retain her seat as Ward Four trustee, with 66% of the vote, as will incumbent Sandra Edwards of Ward Five with 53% of the vote.
All five incumbents for the Huron-Superior Catholic School Board will retain their positions, John Caputo, Leslie Cassidy-Amadio, Gary Trembinski, Tony D’Agostino, and Sandra Turco.
Louise Primeau has been re-elected as trustee of the French public school board, Conseil Scolaire de District du Grand Nord de l'Ontario.
And finally, Suzanne Salituri was accalimed as the French Catholic school board trustee, for Conseil Scolaire de District Catholique du Nouvel-Ontario.
Original:
The votes have been tallied in the City of Sault Ste. Marie and incumbent mayor Chrisitan Provenzano has been declared the winner.
This will be Provenzano's second term as mayor.
He won by a landslide of over 70% of the vote, with the nearest challenger, Rory Ring at 23.6% of the vote.
