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News – Don Eady is Renfrew’s new mayor. He won over incumbent councillor Tom Anderson by a margin of 1,282 to 927 votes. And former mayor and long-time reeve Audrey Green lost her reeve’s seat on council to REGION REGION current Renfrew County warden Peter Emon in a landslide. Twenty candidates for mayor, reeve or councillor were varied in political experience, style and substance, but all heard that the residents .COM were looking for change, for a new outlook. And that appears to be what they got. A new mayor, a new reeve and four new councillors, according to partial election results for councillor candidates. It was possible five of seven council members would remain on council, but that didn’t happen. Only one made the cut. In the mayor’s race current Coun. Jim Miller was a distant third with 732 votes while Callum Scott was fourth at 426. Mayor Bill Ringrose left the mayor’s position up for grabs after deciding, as promised four years earlier, that he would to pursue a berth this new term only as councillor. Ringrose
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ing the current term as mayor. Eady helped right his township’s financial ship in the 2010-14 term and said Renfrew council needed to bring a more welcoming attitude for businesses and residents with the help of strong leadership. The night before election day, he said he felt he was “in the running,” and so he was. “I’m pleasantly surprised,” said Eady after the electronic votes were announced, leaving .CA another 1,500 or so paper ballots to be counted. “I didn’t have any idea what to expect.” He says he came in as an underdog, but said he felt the electorate responded positively to his call for an improved attitude on council and a change in how business is conducted. Experienced councillor Anderson promised thoughtful consideration of issues. He produced a powerful speech, in the face of grumblings from some members of the audience at the all-candidates forum Oct. 8, while stressing the importance of accountability and having the correct financial figures at hand.
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Renfrew mayoral candidate Tom Anderson, left, congratulates Don Eady for taking a healthy lead after the release of the electronic votes filed in the Town of Renfrew municipal election Monday. Eady emerged as the winner.
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