Polls across the Lakeland are officially closed and counting for the 2025 Municipal Election has begun.
Due to the changes to the Municipal Elections Act, votes will be counted by hand rather than by electronic tabulators. The change may impact the speed in which results will become available.
City of Cold Lake Mayor: As of 10:38 a.m., Bob Mattice is leading with 2148 votes, Sherri Buckle has 784, and Ty Mikolas has 72.
City of Cold Lake Council: As of 10:38 a.m., Vicky Lefebvre leads with 1856 votes, Chris Vining has 1809, has Ryan Bailey has 1757, Bill (William) Parker has has 1754, Dawn Weber has 1734, Raymond Cowell has 1377, Sarah Fewchuk has 1186, Glenn Barnes has 902, James Anthony McDonald has 833, Hussein Elkadri has 515, and Curtis Huizingh has 339
Town of Bonnyville Mayor: Incumbent Elisa Brosseau has been acclaimed and will serve another four year term.
Town of Bonnyville Council: As of 10:48 a.m., incumbent David Sharun leads with 543, incumbent Byron Johnson has 491, incumbent Neil Langridge has 457, incumbent Phil Kushnir has 435, incumbent Kayla Blanchette has 420, incumbent Brian McEvoy has 349, Christine (Tina) Michaud has 317, and Caitlyn Bush has 293
Town of St. Paul Mayor: As of 9:42 p.m. Glen Anderson is leading the mayoral election with 955 votes, Sylvie Smyl has 610.
Town of St. Paul Council: As of 10:43 p.m., Normand Noel leads with 696, Nathan Rosychuk has 664, Bradley Eamon has 655, David Fodness has 594, Maurice Brousseau has 579, Roger Routhier has 574, Sid Sood has 554, Nathan Taylor has 534, Gary Ward has 515, Dean Smyl has 514, Ron Boisvert has 449, Dwight Wiebe has 298, David Inscho has 258, Timothy Krekoski has 206, Luxman Kulasingam has 177, John Lipinski has 148, and Robert Tomlinson has 68.
M.D. of Bonnyville: As of 12:15 a.m., for Reeve: incumbent Barry Kalinski is leading with 1,662 votes, Greg Sawchuk has 1,123, and Darcy Skarsen has 507.
Ward 1: Incumbent Josh Crick leads with 336 votes and Vania Lawrence has 231.
Ward 2: Caroline Palmer leads with 259 votes, Lawrence Ference has 168, Samuel Charles has 133, Audrey Campbell has 153, and David Fox has 84.
Ward 3: Kenneth Pshyk leads with 242 votes and Dan Amalia has 192.
Ward 4: Edward Duchesne leads with 346 votes, and incumbent Don Slipchuk has 205.
Ward 5: Brian Koluk leads with 230 votes, William (Bill) Kenzie has 161, and Norbert Dander has 109 votes
Ward 6: Incumbent Ben Fadeyiw leads with 284 votes, and Tim Ostertag has 159.
County of St. Paul: As of 11:01 p.m., for Reeve: Glen Ockerman leads with 950 votes, Yvonne Weinmeier has 751, Kevin Wirsta has 672 and Reginald Lamothe has 48.
Division 1: Darrell Younghans leads with 117, Gerry Kjenner has 66, Mark Mallett has 59, and Mike Breen has 51.
Division 2: Shane Smith leads with 174 votes, and Chris Habiak has 114.
Division 3: Gerald Michaud leads with 165, Ross Krekoski has 135, Marc Marcous has 119, Robb Foote has 110, and Barnabas Arnett has 13.
Division 4: Maxine Fodness leads with 205, Jeremy Yaremchuk has 166, and James McGonigal has 92.
Division 5: Dale Hedrick leads with 357, and Barry Sallstrom has 144.
Division 6: Louis Dechaine leads with 149, Ed Miller has 144, and Justin L’Heureux has 55.
