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McRae doubles up on Ogilvie to take Kimberley
The City of Kimberley has a new mayor.
Ron McRae is the only other person to have held the city gavel since 1972 (from 2002-2005) other than Jim Ogilvie, who captured 959 votes to McRae’s 1,814.
In what was the wildest west shootout council race in the Kootenays, with 17 candidates vying for six seats, incumbent councillor Albert Hoglund earned the most votes with 1,513. He will be the only returning council member.
Jack Ratcliffe captured the second most votes with 1,349 and Don McCormick finished with 1,293.
Darryl Oakley (1,137), Kent Goodwin (1,122) and Bev Middlebrook (978) round out the new council.
David Chorneyko, with 893 votes, was the closest to the inner circle.
Incumbent Coun. Paddy Weston finished with 639 votes.
The final votes panned out as follows: Melissa Broadhurst, 861; Craig Hillman, 835; Laurel Ralston, 729; Lori Pearson, 675; Dave McFadden, 656; Ron Kerr, 571; Tim Park, 537; Darren Close, 523; Jackson Kennedy, 161.
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