Canadian local elections, Fall 2012 (NS, SK, NT, YK, PE, NU) - megathread

[Hatman]

New Democrats should watch the mayoral race in Moose Jaw. Former MLA Deb Higgins is running there.

[Hatman]

here's my write-up: http://canadianelectionatlas.blogspot.ca/2012/10/saskatchewan-municipal-elections-2012.html

[Hatman]

As expected, Savage wins every district.  Obviously, Savage did the best in the Dartmouth & Cole Harbour areas. Map coming soon.

[Hatman]

Here it is:

[Hatman]

The advance poll was the first to report and shows Fougere with narrow lead in Regina

[Senator MaxQue]

The advance poll was the first to report and shows Fougere with narrow lead in Regina

Good, as the advance polls usually leans to the right.

[Hatman]

Well, I think it was the advance poll. It said 0 polls reporting. Now there is 1 poll reporting, and Fougere has jumped to a 900 vote lead. Nothing in from Saskatoon yet.

[Hatman]

Don Atchison is re-elected in Saskatoon Election was really close:

Don ATCHISON 34489
Tom WOLF 31085
Clay MAZURKEWICH 605

Regina is slow to come in but, it looks like Fougere is sure to win
12/32 polls

FOUGERE, Michael 8794 Votes (45.0%)
DONNELLY, Marian 5630 Votes (28.8%)
OKOCHI, Meka 3353 Votes (17.2%)
BRASS, Dr. Liz 1126 Votes (5.8%)
ELLIOTT, Jim 184 Votes (0.9%)
NOVAK, Chad 179 Votes (0.9%)
WIEBE, Charles 130 Votes (0.7%)
SIEKAWITCH, Tim 81 Votes (0.4%)
BROWN, Tom 67 Votes (0.3%)

[Hatman]

Upset in Prince Albert as Mayor Jim Scarrow is defeated. No idea what's happening in Moose Jaw yet.

[Hatman]

One good thing tonight was that former NDP MLA Deb Higgins was elected mayor of Moose Jaw (apparently the first woman mayor of the city). The city also rejected adopting a ward system by referendum  

[Hatman]

Final Regina results

Michael Fougere, 21,685 votes (43 per cent).
Marian Donnelly, 16,240 votes (32 per cent).
Meka Okochi, 8,960 votes (18 per cent).
Liz Brass, 2,616 (5 per cent)
Jim Elliott, 481 (0.9 per cent)
Chad Novak, 413 (0.8 per cent)
Charles Wiebe, 341 (0.7 per cent)
Tim Siekawitch, 195 (0.4 per cent)
Tom Brown, 172 (0.3 per cent

Prince Albert
Dionne, Greg   4205
Link, Dean   832
Scarrow, Jim (X) 3129

Moose Jaw
Deb Higgins (5,239 votes)
Fraser Tolmie (4,645 votes)

[Hatman]

Saskatoon results by ward



Even split 5 wards a piece. I used the campaign colours, that's why the right wing candidate is in red and the left wing in blue. The furthest west ward (Ward 3) had a difference of 28 votes.

[Hatman]

Regina



Fougere's best ward was his home ward where he got 58.5%. It's also probably the most right wing ward in the city, so...

Donnelly wins three wards, breaking 50% in Ward 3 which is the inner city. She also wins Ward 6 which had horrible turnout for some reason.

Okochi didn't win any wards. His vote distribution was relatively even peaking at 21% in ward 10 (far north end) and was the lowest in ward 4 where he got 16% (Fougere's ward in the Southeast).  Since Okochi's vote totals were so even, it's safe to say that his candidacy wasn't particularly ideological.