Farbridge out, Guthrie in as mayor of Guelph

A campaign termed 'ugly' and 'divisive' by some observers ended with a change in Guelph's mayoralty.

With all polls reporting, first-term councillor Cam Guthrie had 50.8 per cent of the vote, compared to 36.6 per cent for Farbridge.

Their months-long battle had been marked by accusations of dirty politics on both sides, complaints about 'sexist' behaviour, and differences over issues like the Urbacon payout and transit worker lockout.

“There are always issues that come up, and you can’t control that. They are what they are, and you have to lead through them,” Farbridge told CTV News.

The only other candidate to have more than 1 per cent of the vote as of 10:00 p.m. was Jason Blokhuis, who was sitting at 10.3 per cent.

FULL RESULTS:

MAYOR

Blokhuis, Jason      3987

Donovan, Andrew   296

Farbridge, Karen    14170

Guthrie, Cam          19670  Elected

Legere, John          269

Ross, Nicholas A.  250

St. Denis, Joseph  112

CITY COUNCIL (two to be elected in each ward)

Ward 1

Bell, Bob    2984 Elected

Gibson, Dan   3419 Elected

O’Connor, Terry  1705

Pezzano, Maria  1386

Pickett, Karolyne 2705

Ward 2

Collier, Martin   1314

Ferraro, Ray    2615

Gordon, James   2990 Elected

Keleher Sr., Chris   583

Matwey, Sian    1109

Van Hellemond, Andy  3266 Elected

Ward 3

Allt, Phil  2298 Elected

Chamberlain, Craig  2045

Dodge, Jason  878

Hofland, June  2047 Elected

Laidlaw, Maggie  1860

Moore, Bob  1131

Ward 4

Billings, Christine  2300 Elected

Briestensky, Mark  224

Dunn-Dufault, Rob  559

Garbutt, Laurie  1061

Roffey, Greg  620

Salisbury, Mike  2197 Elected

Schirk, Greg  608

Tracey, Scott  992

Walton, Gary  760

Ward 5

Butler, Scott R.  2316

Downer, Cathy  2798 Elected

Galatianos, Dimitrios Jim  1049

Green, Alex  759

Piper, Leanne  3386 Elected

Senechal, Bob  1599

Ward 6

Dennis, Todd J.  2044

MacKinnon, Mark  3806 Elected

Poore, Keith  671

Tolhurst, Glen  1968

Wettstein, Karl  2886 Elected

UPPER GRAND DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD

Wards 1 & 5 (two to be elected)

Bailey, Mark  4517 Elected

Baker, Dan  1398

Bell, Malcolm  1940

Burnett, Juanita  2249

Edwards, Ralph  1622

MacNeil, Martha  2919 Elected

Wards 2, 3 & 4 (two to be elected)

Blair, Aaron  2648

Busuttil, Linda  4973 Elected

McLean, Rob  3978

Moziar, Susan  5013 Elected

Proudfoot, Carrie  3073

Ward 6 (one to be elected)

Cassel, Christopher  1064

Fairbairn, Marty   2611 Elected

Rockliffe, Tyler  493

WELLINGTON CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD (four to be elected)

Dal Bo, Sebastian  3155 Elected

Dupuis, Victoria  3577 Elected

Fach, Michelle  2371

Gazzola, Marino L.  4636 Elected

Tersigni, Joe  5789 Elected