MOOSE JAW — Prairie South School Division has released the official results of this year’s school board elections, with the data showing how many people voted and how many ballots trustees received.
Following the Nov. 13 election, voters elected five trustees in subdivision 6 (City of Moose Jaw): Mary Jukes, Patrick Boyle, Brett Hagan, Lew Young and Tenielle McLeod.
A total of 3,746 people cast a ballot in The Friendly City, but because 21 people blank-voted and 134 people over-voted, that left 3,591 legitimate ballots cast.
Jukes received the most votes with 2,119 ballots, followed by Boyle with 2,105, Hagan with 2,061, Young with 1,925 and McLeod with 1,706.
Meanwhile, unsuccessful candidates included Brian Martynook with 1,494 votes, Kursty Bansley with 649, Ron Gorham with 616 and Abdul Alabi with 483.
In subdivision 1, which includes Central Butte, Chaplin, Craik, Eyebrow, Mortlach, Riverhurst, Tuxford and mail-in ballots, a total of 412 people cast ballots, but one was rejected and 14 were spoiled, leaving 397 legitimate ballots cast.
Incumbent Darcy Pryor defeated challenger Jan (Rice) Pogorzelec with 253 ballots versus 158, capturing all the polls aside from the one in Tuxford and mail-in ballots.
Meanwhile, Robert Bachmann was acclaimed in subdivision 2, John Bumbac was acclaimed in subdivision 3, Giselle Wilson was acclaimed in subdivision 4 and Shawn Davidson was acclaimed in subdivision 5.
Committee appointments
During the December board meeting, trustees received a report laying out the boards, committees and school community councils on which they will serve for the 2024-25 school year. Their appointments included:
- Bumbac, Jukes and McLeod on the student outcomes committee
- Bumbac, Davidson, Hagan and McLeod on the business, infrastructure and governance committee
- Bachmann, Boyle, Wilson and Young on the human resources committee
- Bachmann, Hagan, Jukes and Pryor on the partnerships and team-building committee
- Five rural or five urban trustees will be appointed to the transportation committee, which meets on an ad hoc basis
- Boyle, Davidson, Pryor and Wilson on the ad hoc communications/social media committee
- All trustees will serve on the committee of the whole, which provides a forum for members to engage in planning sessions
- Wilson and Pryor, as chairwoman and vice-chairwoman, respectively, will sit on the executive committee
Furthermore, Moose Jaw trustees were appointed to the following school community councils (SCCs):
- École Palliser Heights: Juke and Young
- Empire: Hagan and McLeod
- King George: Boyle and Young
- Prince Arthur: McLeod and Jukes
- Sunningdale: Hagan and Young
- Westmount: Hagan and McLeod
- William Grayson: Jukes and Boyle
- Central Collegiate: McLeod and Boyle
- Peacock Collegiate: Boyle and Young
- Riverview Collegiate: Hagan and Jukes
Rural trustee appointments to SCCs included:
- Pryor: Central Butte, Chaplin, Carik, Eyebrow and Mortlach
- Davidson: École Gravelbourg, Glentworth, Kincaid, Lafleche and Mankota
- Bumbac: Assiniboia Seventh Avenue, Assiniboia Elementary, Assiniboia Composite High, and Mossbank
- Bachmann: Avonlea, Caronport, Lindale and Rouleau
- Wilson: Bengough, Coronach and Rockglen
The next PSSD board meeting is in early January.
