Chatsworth will remain under the direction of both their Mayor and Deputy Mayor heading into the next council term.
Both Mayor Scott Mackey and Deputy Mayor Brian Gamble were acclaimed. There was however a race for the 3 seats on council with 5 vying for the spots. In the end, Shawn Greig, Diana Rae and Elizabeth Thompson earned their seats for the upcoming term. Ryan Johnson and Terry McKay missed out on seats.
Dwight Burley will be the new Mayor of Georgian Bluffs after earning victory over Scott William Catto.
Burley, the former Deputy Mayor, will be assisted by new Deputy Mayor Sue Carlton, who was acclaimed. Five seats on council were up for grabs, earned by Carol Barfoot, Cathy Moore Coburn, Grant Pringle, Paul Sutherland and Ryan Thompson.
Paul McQueen has secured the Mayor's seat in Grey Highlands for another term.
McQueen secured his seat with 2,130 votes over challenger Terry Mokriy's 1,489. The Deputy Mayor's seat was won by Aakash Desai with 1,831 votes, beating out Stewart Halliday's 1,741. Five council seats were up for grabs, being contested by 8 people. Earning seats on council was Paul Allen, Tom Allwood, Cathy Little, Dane Nielson and Danielle Valiquette. Missing out was Wayne Balon, Libby Howell and Lynn Silverton.
Sue Paterson will be returning as Mayor of Hanover after earning an election night win over Mary Winkler.
Paterson spoke shortly after her win about how she was feeling.
"I'm very excited and very humbled by the residents that have put their trust in me and elected me as their Mayor for a second term."
Paterson says that with many new faces on council, they will get right to work on getting everyone settled.
"The first thing we're going to do, we have some new faces on council, and we're going to start with orientation. We're going to share some ideas on challenges and priorities in our community. Just like any municipality, we have our challenges. Then we'll refresh our strategic plan, and then start from there."
Paterson says they will work with Grey County on more affordable housing and the strategy around that issue. Deputy Mayor Selwyn Hicks will return as he was re-elected over Bill Roberts.
Barb Clumpus will be returning as Mayor of Meaford.
Clumpus managed to earn 2,208 votes to earn her re-election, over challengers Jim McPherson, who had 1,436 votes, and Ray McHugh who earned 749. Shirley Keaveney will assume the role of Deputy Mayor, earning 2,906 votes over David Long's 1,451. Five council seats were up for grabs, with 11 people vying for the spots. In the end, Steve Bartley, Tony Bell, Harley Greenfield, Ross Kentner and Paul Vickers won out. Missing out on seats was Amie Foster, Karen Kay, Diane MacIntyre, Francis Richardson, Robert Uhrig and Deborah Young.
Owen Sound will have Ian Boddy at the helm as mayor for another term.
Boddy says he'll continue initiatives from over the last four years to keep Owen Sound as a vital hub to the area.
John Woodbury has been elected as the new Mayor of Southgate.
He says "I'm very excited. Looks like we have a very good council, we had a good group running. It looks like we can get a bunch done, looks like a council that has different ideas and we can work together, so I'm really excited.
Woodbury says he'll be focusing on health care, noting "we're working on getting doctors into Southgate, and more nurse practitioners. With the growing number of homes, we'd like to get some kind of a bigger industry to relocate somewhere here".
Woodbury thanks everyone that got out and voted, and says it's great Southgate received such a good turnout. Brian Milne earned the seat as Deputy Mayor, and the 5 seats on council will be occupied by Barbara Dobreen, Jim Frew, Jason Rice, Michael Sherson and Martin Shipston.
West Grey will be under the leadership of a new Mayor, as Christine Robinson earned the spot over incumbent Kevin Eccles and Enos Martin.
Robinson says she's humbled to be selected by the voters.
"I'm feeling really energized and I'm absolutely humbled to be elected Mayor of West Grey. With a new incoming council I know there's a lot of energy and drive to ensure that we represent the citizens of West Grey to the best of our ability."
Robinson says there is a major thing she wants to address right away.
"Infrastructure. We've got to get our house in order in terms of addressing infrastructure that's been ignored, making sure that we have the proper repairs, and also looking towards any new infrastructure that needs to be in place. But our roads, bridges and sidewalks all have to have immediate attention."
Robinson also says that long-term care and transparency of the new council will also be very important to her. For Deputy Mayor, Tom Hutchinson beat out incumbent John Bell. Five people earned council seats. Beth Hamilton, Rebecca Hergert, Doug Hutchinson, Geoffrey Shea and Stephen Townsend all were voted in.
