Stephen Johnson is the next mayor of Dawson City, Yukon, after unseating Bill Kendrick in Thursday’s municipal elections.
According to unofficial results, Johnson won by a margin of 25 votes. He finished with 232 votes, Kendrick followed with 207 votes, and Sue Lancaster finished third, with 156 votes.
Kendrick served one term as mayor of the Klondike capital.
Ten people ran for four councillor positions in Dawson City but final results have not yet been reported.
Besides Dawson City, municipal elections were held in seven other Yukon communities on Thursday, including Whitehorse, Watson Lake, Faro, Haines Junction, Mayo, Teslin and Carmacks. Here are unofficial results from the other rural communities.
Carmacks
Justin Lachance was elected mayor of Carmacks, defeating Kevin Untershute. Lachance was previsouly a town councillor.
Four people were elected as councillors in Carmacks, including incumbents Doris Hansen and Dennis Mitchell, along with Cory Bellmore and Tara Wheeler.
Election officials in Carmacks said they’ll release final vote numbers when the results have been certified.
Faro
Jack Bowers was re-elected mayor of Faro, defeating challenger Lisa Snyder by 13 votes. Bowers received 106 votes, while Snyder got 93.
Four people were elected councillors in Faro, and all of them will be new to council this term: Neil Yee, Michelle Vainio, Gary Jones, and Wendy Mitchell-Larocque. Incumbent candidates Sarah McHugh and Taylor Fetterly were defeated on Thursday.
Haines Junction
Michael Riseborough has been elected mayor in Haines Junction, defeating candidates Angie Charlebois and Brian Melanson. Riseborough received 147 votes, to Charlebois’s 81 and Melanson’s 59.
Councillor election results have not yet been reported.
Mayo
Mayor Trevor Ellis was acclaimed to another term.
Four people were elected councillors, including incumbent candidates Brent Chapman and Simeon Paschuk, along with Brett Stauffer and Chelsea Dolan.
Teslin
No results reported yet.
Watson Lake
Lauren Hanchar has been elected mayor of Watson Lake by a wide margin, with 277 votes to Robert Ellis’s 54 votes. Hanchar was previously a town councillor.
Four people were elected councillor, including incumbent candidates Thomas Slager and Denina Paquette, along with William Whimp and Norma Puckett.
Mayor Christopher Irvin, who ran this time to be a councillor, finished last out of the six candidates.
