Voter Turn Out Increases by 2%

SAANICH COUNCIL WINNERS

Murdock, Sanders, Brownoff and Derman

Voters got their first opportunity to rate their mayor's performance at the polls since 1999. With 11,972 votes, Leonard beat his opponent Harald Wolf by more than 7,000 votes. Wolf, despite having no political background and being unknown in the community before his campaign began, won almost a third of the 17,240 votes.

All incumbents were re-elected with Brownoff, Derman, Sanders and Brice topping the polls. Newcomer Dean Murdock was not far behind. Murdock at 27 is at least half the age of the other councillors.

Twenty-one per cent of those eligible voted in the 2008 election, compared to 19 per cent in 2005.

Councillors elected - in order of number of votes

• Judy Brownoff 11,342
• Susan Brice 11,276
• Vic Derman 10,805
• Vicki Sanders 10,418
• Leif Wergeland 9,860
• Dean Murdock 9,079
• Wayne Hunter 9,031
• Paul Gerrard 8,474