Pat Rypien wins Crowsnest Pass mayoral race
Ballots have been counted and Pat Rypien has won the Crowsnest Pass mayoral race with 1,515 votes in the Oct. 20 municipal election.
Rypien defeated current councillor Glen Girhiny, who received 393 votes, and Douglas Raines with 78 votes.
Eleven candidates competed for six council positions.
Tony Vastenhout topped council polls with 1,428 votes, followed by incumbent Doreen Glavin with 1,141, Darren Nastasi with 1,087, Doreen Johnson with 1,079, incumbent Dean Ward with 937 and Colleen MacDonald with 714.
Sam Stewart finished seventh with 697 votes, narrowly ahead of Robert Schefter with 695. Steve Sawchuk received 644 votes, Stephen Burnell 632 and Douglas Krahn 305.
The Municipality of Crowsnest Pass will confirm official results on Friday, Oct. 24.
Mayor Blair Painter and councillors Dave Fillipuzzi, Lisa Sygutek and Vicki Kubik did not seek re-election.
The new council will be sworn in at an Oct. 28 organizational meeting, marking the start of the 2025 to 2029 term under Rypien’s leadership.
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Pat Rypien wins Crowsnest Pass mayoral race
Ballots have been counted and Pat Rypien has won the Crowsnest Pass mayoral race with 1,515 votes in the Oct. 20 municipal election.
Rypien defeated current councillor Glen Girhiny, who received 393 votes, and Douglas Raines with 78 votes.
Eleven candidates competed for six council positions.
Tony Vastenhout topped council polls with 1,428 votes, followed by incumbent Doreen Glavin with 1,141, Darren Nastasi with 1,087, Doreen Johnson with 1,079, incumbent Dean Ward with 937 and Colleen MacDonald with 714.
Sam Stewart finished seventh with 697 votes, narrowly ahead of Robert Schefter with 695. Steve Sawchuk received 644 votes, Stephen Burnell 632 and Douglas Krahn 305.
The Municipality of Crowsnest Pass will confirm official results on Friday, Oct. 24.
Mayor Blair Painter and councillors Dave Fillipuzzi, Lisa Sygutek and Vicki Kubik did not seek re-election.
The new council will be sworn in at an Oct. 28 organizational meeting, marking the start of the 2025 to 2029 term under Rypien’s leadership.
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- Shootin’ the Breeze Newspaper — Oct. 14, 2026
- K’s Thomson closes CFR with top ride of his week
- Ridge Flundra finishes second in Canada at first CFR
- Ridge Flundra places second again as CFR heads into final day
- RCMP step up highway enforcement for Thanksgiving weekend
- Help after sexual violence can start with an anonymous call
- Opinion: The truth still counts
- Opinion: Don’t let Al Gorithm choose your news
- How to protect farm fuel and equipment from theft this harvest
- Tough night for Flundra and Thomson in CFR round two
- Livingstone Ladies sew care bags for women’s shelter
- Flundra and Thomson cash in on CFR opening night
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