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Ralph Robinson is entering his 10th term on council after he defeated opponents Michael Loomans and John McMullen in the Ward 1 town council- lor seat race. Im happy natural- ly, he said of the victo- ry. That was the objective when we started. We pulled it off pretty convincingly. I think we got about 70 per cent of the vote. Robinson said dur- ing the election he has not stopped working as a councillor and will continue to pur- sue the same issues in the upcoming term. He was even doing council work the morn- ing after the election. The big thing for council will be to get united and pull the budget committee together and get it going, he said. The budget is late now because you cant really start the budget until after Dec. 1 when were sworn in. Usually we start on it soon- er. Alan Johnston defeated Linda Oliver and Bob Aceti for the Ward 1 town and regional council seat. Im very happy, relieved that its over and very proud the residents of Ward 1 would elect me for another four years, said Johnston. When asked about the key to his victory, Johnston credited his good record of work- ing with his constituents and responding to their concerns promptly. Pam Damoff struck success in her deci- sion to run in the race for Ward 2 Town councilor, which was without an incumbent after Councillor Cathy Duddeck opted to run for the town and region seat. Damoff was surprised by the outcome of the election, but added she and her support- ers worked hard for a positive result. Im very excited and Im very humbled that people in Ward 2 supported me the way they did. Its pretty overwhelming, quite honestly, she said of her victory. The first thing she wants to tackle when the new council is sworn in in December is to ban election signs on public property. Now is the time to act, she said, while the issue is still fresh on peoples minds. In todays age of environmental aware- ness, its just criminal the amount of plastic and metal frames that get put out at election time, she said. In the race for the Ward 2 Town and Regional Councillor, Cathy Duddeck defeat- ed Stephen Sparling. Im very, very humbled and very, very pleased by the support that was shown and Im very pleased to hear Ill be working with Pam Damoff, said Duddeck. One of my first phone calls was to my colleague Fred Oliver (current Ward 2 Town and Regional Councillor) to let him know. He was in close contact with me throughout this and I wanted to let him know what the results were. Duddeck is looking forward to getting back to work particularly on dealing with issues such as the DND lands and the Oakville arena. She congratulated Sparling on a well- fought campaign. Allan Elgar obliterated opponents Jeff Gareau, John Foster and Bhupinder Singh Sandhawalia in the race for the Ward 4 Town and Regional councillor ending election night more than 4,000 votes ahead of his closest rival. Im feeling pretty good, said Elgar. The key to my victory was what I have done for the last 10 years representing the people and also my wife. She did my brochure, she was the backbone of this thing. Town and Regional Councillor Keith Bird is entering his 12th term on council after defeating a lone competitor, in Jean Gandubert, in Ward 3. I was a little surprised that some of my colleagues (on regional council) were unsuccessful, he said. I feel surprised for that. On the other hand, the bigger change seems to be in Burlington. Three of the six regional councillors rep- resenting Burlington at the Halton Region will be new in the upcoming term. Bird said he believes Mayor Rob Burton will get together with the new council to prioritize the issues to undertake. Now that the issue of the power plant has been taken off the table, everything else moves up one, he said. He said the town will have to continue to work on final approval for its Official Plan, on budget and debt concerns, on infrastruc- ture catching up to growth, the new hospi- tal and other issues. In the Ward 3 race for Town Councillor, Voters give Town Council a solid endorsement Ten incumbents returned to office Pam Damoff David Gittings See Chapin page 9