The Town of Kingsville is pleased to announce the election of its Council for the 2022-2026 term. The winners are Dennis Rogers as Mayor-Elect, Kimberly DeYong as Deputy Mayor-Elect, and in the position of Councillor Tony Gaffan, Larry Patterson, Thomas Neufeld, Debby Jarvis-Chausse, and Sheri Lowrie.
The Town’s Chief Administrative Officer, John Norton, said “On behalf of the voters of Kingsville, I wish to thank all the candidates who put themselves forward for this election. We had a great number of high quality candidates. Preparations have been underway by staff for several months for this transition, and we are ready to welcome the newly elected Council.”
The Town’s Clerk, Paula Parker, reported that out of 16,955 eligible electors, a total of 8,510 voted. This represents a voting percentage of 50.19% and is an increase of more than 4% over the last municipal election in 2018. Parker added, “It is my pleasure to declare the election results official as reported on the Town’s website. I also want to thank my team for their time and commitment to the Kingsville community. They have worked tireless hours planning and preparing for the 2022 Election. It was a success because of my team.”
Norton added, “during the past weeks and months of this election period, Town staff have been hard at work continuing on with the business of the Town. I am grateful and add my thanks to all municipal employees during this transition period.”
The outgoing Council still has one more regular meeting on Monday, November 14, 2022. The newly elected Council takes office after their inaugural meeting and swearing-in on November 15, 2022 at 6:00 pm. The new Council’s first regular meeting will be on Monday, November 28, 2022.
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Thankyou for those that served our community well and are not returning.Congrats to those that are in new positions or new to positions serving our community. And for those that are returning please continue to do due diligence for our town. One of the areas that struggled was the starting of of K-12 school. Now that it has broken ground as citizens we hope our school trustee will push to get the needed resourses for our students. One example is the fact that our students deserve a track better than the old cinder track from years ago that they have had. Let us balance the needs of all students and their talents. Let’s all work together to make this the jewel of Kingsville.