Sharon Schauenberg won the mayoral position in Assiniboia on November 9 with a huge mandate of 603 votes verses 179 votes for the opposing mayoral candidate, Renaud Bissonnette.
Schauenberg reported that she 鈥渨as in shock鈥� after hearing the results at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning.聽
Renaud Bissonnette served as the mayor in Assiniboia from 2000-2006. He also functioned as Willow Bunch鈥檚 mayor shortly after his last term was completed in Assiniboia.
Sharon Schauenberg acted as a volunteer on numerous boards and committees since returning to Assiniboia in 2006. She鈥檚 been active in Assiniboia as a community member in countless ways, whether as a board member, or through selling 50/50 tickets in the arena to raise money for local hockey.
There were 10 people running for six positions on the Assiniboia Town Council. The votes for the council members as reported by Returning Officer Carol White were as follows: Robert Ellert (483), Kent Fettes (453), Patrick Grondin (566), Linda Hall (393), Graham Harvey (557), Peter Kordus (484), Mike Krauss (426), David Nekurak (248), Paul Tendler (499) and Brett Tiffen (318).
The advanced polls on Wednesday, October 28 attracted significant amounts of voters. The polls on Monday, November 9 in the Conexus Auditorium also drew in a continual stream of voters, although the wintry conditions might鈥檝e threatened to postpone Assiniboia鈥檚 2020 municipal elections beforehand.聽聽聽聽
Significant blizzard activity overnight on Sunday affected road closures, created power outages and blanketed most of South Central Saskatchewan with more than 30 centimetres of snow.
After a weekend of blizzards, drifting snow and northerly winds, the provincial government were allowing some municipalities in the province鈥檚 central areas to postpone their civic elections until later this month.
鈥淕iven the uncertainty of the situation and because not all municipalities may be affected to the same extent, a Ministerial Order has been signed by Government Relations Minister Lori Carr to allow each municipality鈥檚 appointed returning officer to postpone the elections,鈥� a statement from the provincial government read on Monday morning.
With a record setting snowfall over the weekend, accompanied with hazardous conditions related to winter driving, the provincial government authorized municipalities impacted by the weekend storm to postpone their civic elections on or before November 25.
However, Assiniboia鈥檚 civic elections on November 9 continued from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Prince of Wales Cultural and Recreation Centre regardless of winter鈥檚 intrusion in early November.
Inside the POW, voters were encouraged to follow social distancing rules, use masks and cleanse their hands with sanitizer. Also, the foot traffic in the POW was divided into lanes to further promote health and safety in the community.聽 聽
