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 2			Ward 3			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		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			Anzac			Janvier			Conklin
Candidate	Votes	%	Ward 1			Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%
Claris Voyageur	261	15.97	Shirley Klassen	Acclaimed		Rose Marie Herman	52	15.2%	Wendy Tremblay	56	17.7%
Blue-Eyes Simpson	221	13.53	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
Geraldine Carbery	Acclaimed
Terry Langis	Acclaimed
Keith McGrath	Acclaimed
Maria Salvo-Vyboh	Acclaimed