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In a nailbiter of an election, Stephanie LeMay has ultimately secured the top elected position in the City of Pembroke.
The unofficial results were shown at the Pembroke branch of the Royal Canadian Legion Monday evening.
According to those results, mayor-elect LeMay received 1,545 votes, beating out Brian Abdallah – the incumbent deputy mayor – by just 27 votes.
Incumbent mayor Ron Gervais received 1,278 votes, while Griffith Slaughter received 261, Bill Michaelis received 164 and Stan Sembey received 23.
In an exclusive interview following the announcement of the unofficial results, LeMay told 104.9 myFM that everyone involved in the electoral race ran fantastic campaigns.
LeMay says she already has some idea what her first act in office will be:
The unofficial results also indicated that incumbents Ian Kuehl, Andrew Plummer and Tony Purcell were re-elected as councillors alongside newcomers Jamie Law, Terry Lapierre and Krista Zingel.
Of those six, Kuehl received the most votes at 2,534, followed by Law with 2,457 and Zingel with 2,293.
LeMay says the council elected alongside her have Pembroke’s best interests at heart, and she looks forward to working alongside them.
(Steve Berard)
