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Canniff wins in a landslide 2018-22 council full of new faces and others in new positions
owed the result to his said. team. “I have taken the hardChange blew through “No one person could do est economic times and Monday night’s munic- this. It was a team effort – turned them around,” ipal election like an au- everyone stepped up and Hope added. “Being the tumn wind, as there will this is the result.” longest serving mayor of be a slew of new faces on Canniff also thanked the Chatham-Kent is an honcouncil, and a new mayor other five mayoral can- our.” for Chatham-Kent. didates that ran and put He said the new council Darrin Canniff stamped- themselves through the is rife with fresh faces. ed to victory, garnering arduous campaign pro- Only seven councillors remore than 56 per cent of cess the last six months. turn to their chairs around the votes cast this time “I wanted to thank Al- the table, while Canniff around. ysson: she ran a great shifts seats and Marjorie Alysson Storey placed campaign and I wanted Crew, a former councillor, second with nearly 27 per to thank Mayor Hope for is back on board after an cent of the votes, while the 12 years of service he unsuccessful run for mayi n c u m put into our or in 2014. bent Ran- “This is one of the communi“The new council has its dy Hope, ty.” work cut out for them,” best nights of my life who served H o p e , he said. as mayor right now.” fighting With the municipal elecof Cha- - New Mayor Darrin Canniff e m o t i o n , tion over, Canniff said the tham-Kent a d d re s s e d real work has just begun. for a dozen years, tum- his supporters before all “There are so many bled to third with less the votes were tallied, ad- things to get started. We than 14 per cent of the mitting defeat. need to prioritize them votes. “It’s been an honour and but we need to get peoCanniff, who sat on a privilege, ple working council representing Cha- what can “It’s been an honour t o g e t h e r, ” tham last term, said there I say. I’ve he said. and a privilege, what was one word to describe served the “First and how he was feeling elec- c o m m u - can I say? I’ve served foremost, tion night, and it was “eu- nity for 12 the community for 12 we need to phoric.” years,” he years.” get a team “This is one of the best said. “I’m - Former Mayor Randy Hope going – we nights of my life right proud of need businow,” said Canniff. my accomness, adSpeaking on his cam- plishments but respect ministration, these great paign, Canniff said he the people’s choice,” he new councillors that are The Chatham Voice
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Darrin Canniff hugs his daughter Emily as the final poll results show he is elected the new Mayor of Chatham-Kent.
coming in. We need to all get together, work together and we can take this municipality to the next level.” When asked about what his first order of business will be, Canniff said there will be lots of jobs to do, but no one thing stands out that must get done first. “There’s going to be a lot
of parallel work going on. Yes, there are going to be some things that can be achieved sooner rather than later, but together we are going to achieve an awful lot.“ Hope said it’s too early to think what he will do next. But he admitted he may have already seen the first bright light at the end of the political tunnel.
“Now you guys are going to have to put up with me more,” he joked with his grandchildren. As a newcomer to municipal politics, Storey said she is pleased with how the campaign went and the number of voters she was able to meet and with which she discussed issues of concern.
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