Nothing changes in the mayor’s chair, but some incumbents were ousted in Lac La Biche County’s municipal election on Monday night, according to preliminary returns.
Omer Moghrabi was re-elected mayor with 2,099 votes against the 1,407 that Gail Broadbent-Ludwig managed.
Ward 1 will be represented by Darlene Beniuk (170 votes), who defeated incumbent Wanda Austin (89 votes).
Ward 2 will be represented by George L’Heureux (169 votes), Ward 3 by Colette Borgun (328 votes), Ward 4 by Jason Stedman (194 votes), who beat incumbent David G. Phillips (67 votes), Ward 6 by Sterling Johnson (254 votes) and Ward 7 by two councillors, Lorin Tkachuk (465 votes) and Colin Cote (224 votes), both of whom defeated incumbent John Paul Nowak (161 votes).
Ward 5 went unchallenged, and will be represented by Charlyn Moore.
Below is the full list of mayoral and councillor candidates in Lac La Biche County.
Mayoral candidates
Gail Broadbent-Ludwig
Omer Moghrabi (Incumbent)
Councillor candidates
Ward 1
Wanda Austin (Incumbent)
Darlene Beniuk
Dixie Dunham
Alvin Kumpula
Ward 2
Jodymae Brown
George Buchanan
Arina Konev
George L’Heureux
Richard Mahe
Ward 3
Colette Borgun
Nikola Skorohodov
Ward 4
David G. Phillips (Incumbent)
Jason Stedman
Randal Zevola
Ward 5
Charlyn Moore – Acclaimed
Ward 6
Kent Davidson
Perry Eastman
Sterling Johnson
Cody Leach
Sandy Makokis
Darryl Montgomery
Ward 7
Danny (Dan) Anderson
Bess Bliss
Clifford O’Brian Chamberlin
Colin Cote
Brian Deheer
John Mondal
John Paul Nowak (Incumbent)
Lorin Tkachuk