First female mayor for Brandon

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Shari Decter Hirst made history Wednesday night — she’s not only Brandon’s next mayor, she’s the very first woman to don the mayor’s chain of office.

Decter Hirst garnered the support of 54 per cent of Brandonites (7,037 votes), trouncing two-term mayoral incumbent Dave Burgess who came in second with 43 per cent — or 5,573 votes.

“We have achieved something historic… this campaign foreshadows what’s going to happen in our community over the next four years,” Decter Hirst said.

“Because of the faith and belief of the people of Brandon, we are going to have change in Brandon, this is fabulous.”

When asked what’s part of her first order of business, Decter Hirst admits, her list is lengthy.

“We have to hire a city manager, I have to get to know the council… we’ve got a very steep learning curve that we’re going to have to deal with together,” she said. “I’m just so excited to start looking at opportunities around smart jobs, talking to Renaissance Brandon about the revitalization of downtown and then it’s lunchtime. It’s going to be a great first four years.”

Meanwhile, Dauphin has a new mayor.

Eric Irwin, a lawyer in Dauphin, beat former Conservative MP Inky Mark by less than 40 votes Wednesday night, although the tallies were considered unofficial.

Irwin had 1,289 votes while Mark had 1,253, according to Dauphin’s CKDM Radio.

Dauphin’s mayoral incumbent, Alex Paul, was a non-factor. He had 237 votes. He’s was seeking re-election for the first time since his wife was murdered in their home in March 2007.

 

— Brandon Sun / Staff

Towns, villages, municipalities:

For full election results, visit winnipegfreepress.com

ARBORG, TOWN

Mayor SIGURDSON, Randy

acclaimed

Councillor LEDUCHOWSKI,

Vivian acclaimed

Councillor MEDWID, Susan

acclaimed

Councillor OLAFSON, Erica

acclaimed

Councillor THORSTEINSON,

Rob acclaimed

BILFROST, RM

Reeve Foster, Harold J.

acclaimed

Councillor Magnusson,

Marvin elected

Councillor Klym, Gordon

acclaimed

Councillor Firman, Darvin

elected

Councillor Shott, David

acclaimed

Councillor Chomokovski,

Richard acclaimed

Councillor Vigfusson, Donald

acclaimed

BOISSEVAIN, TOWN

Mayor Anderson, M. Ed

acclaimed

Councillor Reichert, Eric

elected

Councillor Nixon, Brenda

elected

Councillor Adams, Rob

elected

Councillor Maxwell, Brian

elected

BROKENHEAD, RM

Reeve Dudeck, Glen elected

Reeve Mosquin, Dan

Councillor Michaels, Sean

elected

Councillor Rattai, Melvin

elected

Councillor Reske, Crystal

elected

Councillor Zirk, Ken

elected

Cameron, RM

Reeve Drummond, Wayne

acclaimed

Councillor Mosby, Ewen

acclaimed

Councillor Phillips, Murray

acclaimed

Councillor Martin, Claude

acclaimed

Councillor White, Gord acclaimed

CARTIER, RM

Reeve Rasmussen, Roland

acclaimed

Councillor Fossay, Dale

acclaimed

Councillor Arnal, Gerry acclaimed

Councillor Peters, Andrew

acclaimed

Councillor Whitechurch,

Robert acclaimed

Councillor Bouchard, Dan

acclaimed

Councillor Beaudin, Ken St.

acclaimed

Councillor to be appointed

Councillor to be appointed

CORNWALLIS, RM

Reeve Atkinson, Reg acclaimed

Councillor Egert, Emil

elected

Councillor Brown, Bob acclaimed

Councillor Hofer, Sam acclaimed

Councillor Dalgleish, Heather

elected

Councillor Wasserberg, Kurt

acclaimed

Councillor Greer, Ward acclaimed

DALY, RM

Reeve Smith, Evan acclaimed

Councillor McLeod, Shane

acclaimed

Councillor Wurtz, Sam acclaimed

Councillor Falkevitch, Dave

acclaimed

Councillor Veitch, Rod acclaimed

Councillor Dyer, Ian acclaimed

Councillor Fast, Larry acclaimed

POWERVIEW-PINE FALLS,

TOWN

Mayor Watson, Gord

elected

Mayor Ostrowski, Henry

Councillor Chartier, Tim

elected

Councillor Dube, Henry

elected

Councillor McLarnon, Trish

acclaimed

PLUM COULEE, TOWN

Mayor Heinrichs, Archie

acclaimed

Councillor Reimer, Wayne

acclaimed

Councillor Letkeman, June

acclaimed

Councillor Penner, Lloyd

acclaimed

Councillor Martens, Steve

acclaimed

RUSSELL, TOWN

Mayor Radford, Chris

elected

Mayor Clement, Joan

Councillor Havelange, Brent

acclaimed

Councillor Popp, Keith acclaimed

Councillor Pushka, Willis

acclaimed

Councillor Shuya, Lyndon

acclaimed

ST. PIERRE-JOLYS, VILLAGE

Mayor Fillion, Denis acclaimed

Councillor Fallis, Mona

acclaimed

Councillor Nadeau, Luc

acclaimed

Councillor Martel, Brian

acclaimed

Councillor Gosselin, Guy

acclaimed

STRATHCONA, RM

Reeve Schram, Dennis

elected

Reeve Stephenson, Garth

Councillor Myers, Dennis

acclaimed

Councillor Cline, Bradley

acclaimed

Councillor Wilton, Jeffrey

acclaimed

Councillor McEachern, Fay

acclaimed

Councillor Pratt, Mildred

LUD Belmont acclaimed

Thompson, RM

Reeve Vanstone, Jason

acclaimed

Councillor McTavish, Walter

acclaimed

Councillor Gall, Wayne

elected

Councillor Jackson, George

elected

Councillor Knox, Huntley

acclaimed

Councillor Kroeker, Ernie

elected

WINNIPEG BEACH, TOWN

Mayor Pimental, Tony

elected

Mayor Kelner, Reid

Mayor Chambers, Archie

Councillor Carry, Daryl

elected

Councillor Dodd, Sonya

elected

Councillor Dykes, Peter

elected

Councillor Reykdal, Ryan