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2017 Newfoundland and Labrador municipal elections

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|country= Newfoundland and Labrador

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|previous_election= 2013 Newfoundland and Labrador municipal elections

|previous_year= 2013

|next_election= 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador municipal elections

|next_year= 2021

|election_date= September 26, 2017

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Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador on September 26, 2017. This article lists the results in selected municipalities. Results are for mayoral elections unless otherwise specified.

[[Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador|Bay Roberts]]

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate{{Cite web|url=https://www.bayroberts.com/?p=6805|title=NOTICE OF CANDIDATES – Voting Information – Town of Bay Roberts -2017 – Bay Roberts, Newfoundland and Labrador|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045812/https://www.bayroberts.com/?p=6805|archive-date=2017-09-24}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote{{Cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ev1X8hof4uejCB2zPun_qoAkkJXZf6BiLRonSJezJuk/edit#gid=2080416952|title = Bay Roberts Election 2017}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Philip Wood (X)1,58059.57
George Simmons1,07340.44

[[Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador|Clarenville]]

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate{{cite web| url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/clarenville-mayor-council-acclaimed-1.4271429| title =No election needed in Clarenville as mayor, entire council acclaimed|date=2017-09-01|publisher=CBC|access-date=2022-08-09}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Frazer Russell (X)

| colspan="2" | Acclaimed

[[Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador|Conception Bay South]]

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate{{Cite web |url=https://www.conceptionbaysouth.ca/contact/council/election2017 |title = Conception Bay South, Newfoundland, Canada |access-date=2017-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045005/https://www.conceptionbaysouth.ca/contact/council/election2017 |archive-date=2017-09-24 |url-status=dead }}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Terry French

| colspan="2" | Acclaimed

[[Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador|Corner Brook]]

=Mayor=

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate{{cite web|url=http://www.cornerbrook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Public-Notice-2017-Municipal-Election-Certified-List-of-Candidates.pdf|title=City of Corner Brook public notice|date=2017-08-31|publisher=City of Corner Brook|access-date=2022-08-09|url-status=live|archive-date=2017-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045338/https://www.cornerbrook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Public-Notice-2017-Municipal-Election-Certified-List-of-Candidates.pdf}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote{{cite web |url=http://www.cornerbrook.com/election-results/ |title=Corner Brook Municipal Election Results 2017|website=www.cornerbrook.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001104242/http://www.cornerbrook.com/election-results/ |archive-date=1 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Jim Parsons3,77556.18
Charles Pender (X)2,94543.82

=City council=

class="wikitable"
style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Candidate

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Bill Griffin2,9338.28
Vaughn Granter2,7417.74
Linda Chaisson (X)2,5797.28
Bernd Staeben (X)2,5647.24
Josh Carey (X)2,5147.10
Tony Buckle (X)2,3176.54
Lenny Benoit2,2686.40
Katrina Basha2,2246.28
Keith Cormier (X)2,1045.94
Pamela Gill2,0245.71
Leo Bruce1,9615.54
Devon Pardy1,9245.43
Brian Sparkes1,8855.32
Donna Wheeler1,6164.56
Priscilla Boutcher1,2833.62
Tom Stewart1,0783.04
Kyle Brookings8572.42
Maureen Mennie5431.53

[[Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador|Deer Lake]]

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate{{Cite web|url=http://www.thewesternstar.com/news/local/2017/8/24/a-look-at-the-municipal-candidates-in-western-newfoundland.html|title=A look at the municipal candidates in western Newfoundland|date=2017-09-30|publisher=The Western Star|access-date=2022-08-09}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote{{Cite web|url=http://www.thewesternstar.com/news/local/2017/9/26/election-results.html|title=Election Results|date=2017-09-26|publisher=The Western Star|access-date=2022-08-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928005514/http://www.thewesternstar.com/news/local/2017/9/26/election-results.html|archive-date=2017-09-28}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Dean Ball (X)

|1,293

|61.02

Sandra Pinksen

|826

|38.98

[[Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador|Gander]]

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate{{Cite web |url=http://www.gandercanada.com/candidates-announced-for-2017-municipal-election/ |title = Candidates Announced For 2017 Municipal Election – Town Of Gander |access-date=2017-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924044939/http://www.gandercanada.com/candidates-announced-for-2017-municipal-election/ |archive-date=2017-09-24 |url-status=dead }}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote{{cite web |url=http://www.gandercanada.com/results-of-2017-general-municipal-election/ |title=Results 0f 2017 general municipal election|website=www.gandercanada.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928005555/http://www.gandercanada.com/results-of-2017-general-municipal-election/|archive-date=28 September 2017 |url-status=dead}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Percy Farwell2,00054.38
Cyril Abbott1,55742.33
Frank Ireland1213.29

[[Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador|Grand Falls-Windsor]]

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate{{Cite web|url=http://www.gfwadvertiser.ca/community/2017/8/31/candidates-for-grand-falls-windsor-municipal-election.html|title = Candidates for Grand Falls, Windsor Municipal Election|date=2017-08-31|publisher=GFW Advertiser|access-date=2022-08-09|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045429/http://www.gfwadvertiser.ca/community/2017/8/31/candidates-for-grand-falls-windsor-municipal-election.html}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote{{Cite web|url=http://grandfallswindsor.com/news/541-election-results-2017.html|title = Home - Grand Falls-Windsor|date=2017|publisher=Grand Falls, Windsor|access-date=2022-08-09}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Barry Manuel (X)4,35876.79
Peggy Bartlett1,31723.21

[[Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador|Happy Valley-Goose Bay]]

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate{{Cite web |url=https://happyvalley-goosebay.com/app/uploads/2017/08/Notice-of-Candidates-running-2017.pdf |title=Public notice of candidates|access-date=2017-09-23 |archive-date=2017-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045511/https://happyvalley-goosebay.com/app/uploads/2017/08/Notice-of-Candidates-running-2017.pdf |url-status=dead }}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote{{Cite web|url=http://www.thelabradorian.ca/news/local/2017/9/26/john-hickey-new-mayor-of-happy-valley-goose-bay.html|title=John Hickey new mayor of Happy Valley-Goose Bay|date=2017-09-26|publisher=The Labradorian|access-date=2022-08-09|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927112824/http://www.thelabradorian.ca/news/local/2017/9/26/john-hickey-new-mayor-of-happy-valley-goose-bay.html}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

John Hickey1,39356.90
George Andrews56523.08
Tony Chubbs49020.02

[[Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador|Labrador City]]

Council voted in 2017 to not hold a separate election for mayor. The council candidate who wins the most votes is elected mayor.{{cite web|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-aurora-labrador-city/20170911/281479276573673|title=No shortage of candidates for Labrador City town council: Mayor Karen Oldford not seeking re-election|date=2017-09-11|publisher=The Aurora|website=PressReader|access-date=2022-08-09|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924093315/https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-aurora-labrador-city/20170911/281479276573673}}

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Council Candidate{{Cite web |url=https://labradorwest.com/app/uploads/2017/08/Notice-of-Candidates.pdf |title=Municipality of Laborador City: 2017 General Election |access-date=2017-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924092624/https://labradorwest.com/app/uploads/2017/08/Notice-of-Candidates.pdf |archive-date=2017-09-24 |url-status=dead }}
(7 to be elected)

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Wayne Button (elected mayor)1,18610.22
Fabian Benoit1,0308.87
Junior Humphries (X)9988.60
Nick McGrath9207.92
John Penney (X)8837.61
Kenneth Lawlor8637.43
Richard Fahey7836.74
Peter Pike7586.53
Edward Conway (X)7446.41
Corinna Wentzell6845.89
Jamie-Lynn Patterson6555.64
Toby Leon6295.42
Clarence Rogers (X)5845.03
Jordan Brown5153.44
Christopher Lacey (X)3773.25

[[Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador|Marystown]]

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate{{Cite web |url=http://www.townofmarystown.com/news.php |title=2017 Municipal Elections - Notice of Candidates|access-date=2017-09-23 |archive-date=2017-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045514/http://www.townofmarystown.com/news.php |url-status=dead }}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote{{Cite web|url=http://www.southerngazette.ca/news/local/2017/9/26/sam-synard-wins-landslide-re-election-as-marystown-mayor.html|title=Sam Synard wins landslide re-election as Marystown mayor|date=2017-09-26|publisher=The Southern Gazette|access-date=2022-08-09|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927074854/http://www.southerngazette.ca/news/local/2017/9/26/sam-synard-wins-landslide-re-election-as-marystown-mayor.html}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Sam Synard (X)1,90769.62
Lisa Slaney83230.38

[[Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador|Mount Pearl]]

=Mayor=

class="wikitable"
style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Candidate{{cite news|last1=Penney|first1=Beth|title=Candidates named for Mount Pearl municipal election|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/2017/9/1/candidates-named-for-mount-pearl-municipal-election.html|access-date=16 September 2017|publisher=The Telegram|date=1 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917033502/http://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/2017/9/1/candidates-named-for-mount-pearl-municipal-election.html|archive-date=17 September 2017|url-status=dead}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote{{Cite tweet |user=Mount_Pearl|number=912855480132935680|title=All polls now reported. #MountPearlVotes}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Dave Aker5,34581.27
Travis Faulkner1,23218.73

=City Council=

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Candidate

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Jim Locke (X)4,81214.55
Lucy Stoyles (X)4,33113.09
Andrew Ledwell (X)4,29812.99
Isabelle Fry3,42910.37
Andrea Power2,9949.05
Bill Antle2,8448.60
Gerard Curtis1,9815.99
Max Harvey1,7935.42
Terry Ryan1,6975.13
Darren Chislett1,4174.28
Dave Kelly1,2943.91
Rick Pearson1,2113.66
Tony Janes9792.96

[[Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador|Paradise]]

=Mayor=

class="wikitable"
style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Candidate

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Dan Bobbett (X)4,10778.17
John Roberts1,14721.83

{{Cite web|url=http://www.paradise.ca/en/town-hall/2017-election-results-.aspx#|title=2017 Election Results|website=www.paradise.ca|language=en|access-date=2018-10-29|archive-date=2017-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005215421/http://www.paradise.ca/en/town-hall/2017-election-results-.aspx}}

= City Council =

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Candidate

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Allan English2,76511.20
Elizabeth Laurie (X)2,55410.34
Paul Dinn (X)2,4179.79
Deborah Quilty (X)2,1288.62
Patrick Martin (X)1,8427.46
Sterling Willis (X)1,8077.32
Coreen Bennett1,7617.13
Kimberley Street1,5686.35
Scott Dawe1,5336.21
Sheldon Antle1,5176.14
Glen Carew1,2385.01
Neil Farrell1,1624.71
Reggie Lawrence9563.87
Jamie Thornhill5912.40
Tony Kelly5602.27
Anthony Pittman2921.18

==By-election, 2019==

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style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Candidate {{cite web |url=http://www.stjohns.ca/city-hall/election-2013/election-candidates |title=Election Candidates | City Of St. John's |publisher=Stjohns.ca |access-date=2013-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109062219/http://www.stjohns.ca/city-hall/election-2013/election-candidates |archive-date=2014-01-09 |url-status=dead }}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Kimberley Street788
Curtis Knee648
Coreen Bennett580
Tony Kelly169

[[Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, Newfoundland and Labrador|Portugal Cove-St. Philip's]]

class="wikitable"
style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate{{Cite web|url=https://pcsp.ca/local-government/elections/|title = Elections|archive-date=2017-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045338/https://pcsp.ca/local-government/elections/}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Carol McDonald1,28248.95
Gavin Will1,04539.90
Joe Duggan29211.15

[[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]]

=Mayor=

class="wikitable"
style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Candidate

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Danny Breen20,26153.19
Andy Wells{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/andy-wells-running-for-mayor-1.4238451| title = Andy Wells wants back in: Former St. John's mayor declares candidacy for fall election|date=2017-08-08|publisher=CBC|last=MacEachern|first=Daniel|access-date=2022-08-09}}12,60433.09
Renee Sharpe5,22513.72

=Deputy Mayor=

class="wikitable"
style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Candidate

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Sheilagh O'Leary30,68984.21
Michelle Worthman5,75315.79

=[[St. John's City Council|City Council]]=

class="wikitable"
style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Candidate{{Cite web |url=http://stjohnsbot.ca/2017-municipal-election/ |title = 2017 Municipal Election - St. John's Board of Trade |website= |access-date=2017-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825021423/http://stjohnsbot.ca/2017-municipal-election/ |archive-date=2017-08-25 |url-status=dead }}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

colspan="3"| Ward 1
Deanne Stapleton3,71545.49
Lou Puddister3,53443.27
Nadeem Saqlain91811.24
colspan="3"| Ward 2
Hope Jamieson2,98938.81
Jonathan Galgay (X)2,67434.72
Derek Winsor6358.24
Tom Badcock4856.30
Pamela Hodder3704.80
Wayne Ralph2803.64
Greg Dunne2693.49
colspan="3"| Ward 3
Jamie Korab5,07963.02
Peter McDonald1,71021.22
Walter Harding1,27015.76
colspan="3"| Ward 4
Ian Froude3,65260.77
Scott Fitzgerald2,35839.23
colspan="3"| Ward 5
Wally Collins (X)2,28631.06
Jamie Finn1,75823.89
Fraser Piccott1,35018.34
Mike Walsh99513.52
Paul Dinn97113.19
colspan="3"| At large (4 to be elected)
Maggie Burton20,62315.78
Dave Lane (X)16,95912.98
Sandy Hickman (X)14,27310.92
Debbie Hanlon13,63210.43
Art Puddister (X)12,7729.77
Ron Ellsworth12,3359.44
Tom Hann (X)11,7659.00
Darrell Power9,9927.65
Tracy Holmes5,8444.47
Jennifer McCreath5,5374.24
Terry Bennett4,6823.58
Larry Borne2,2531.72

==By-election==

A by-election was held October 20, 2020 in Ward 2 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hope Jamieson.

class="wikitable"
style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Candidate

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote{{Cite web|url=http://www.stjohns.ca/city-hall/municipal-election/2020-election-results-2|title = 2020 By-Election Results | City of St. John's|date=2020}}

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Shawn Skinner1,24222.88
Ophelia Ravencroft93617.24
Lorne Loder92317.00
Greg Smith58610.79
Carol Anne Furlong57010.50
Matt House4808.84
Greg Noseworthy4708.66
Wallace Ryan2224.09

[[Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador|Stephenville]]

class="wikitable"
style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate{{Cite web |url=http://www.townofstephenville.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Ad-Notice-of-Candidates-2017-Scan.pdf |title=Municipality of Stephenville Municipal Election|access-date=2017-09-23 |archive-date=2017-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924045846/http://www.townofstephenville.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Ad-Notice-of-Candidates-2017-Scan.pdf |url-status=dead }}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote{{Cite web |url=http://www.townofstephenville.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-results.pdf |title=Municipal election report|access-date=2017-09-27 |archive-date=2017-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170928005330/http://www.townofstephenville.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017-results.pdf |url-status=dead }}

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Tom Rose1,24853.56
Tom O'Brien (X)1,08246.44

[[Torbay, Newfoundland and Labrador|Torbay]]

class="wikitable"
style="background:#ddf; width:200px;"| Mayoral Candidate{{Cite web |url=https://torbayvotes.ca/voter/meet-the-candidates/ |title=Meet the candidates|access-date=2017-09-23 |archive-date=2017-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924093528/https://torbayvotes.ca/voter/meet-the-candidates/ |url-status=dead }}

! style="background:#ddf; width:50px;"| Vote

! style="background:#ddf; width:30px;"| %

Craig Scott

| colspan="2" | Acclaimed

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