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Photos: New city council sworn in at Tom Davies Square

Greater Sudbury’s new city council was sworn in during a ceremony at Tom Davies Square tonight, officially marking the start of their four-year mandate

Greater Sudbury has a new city council, with the new 13-member group sworn in during a ceremony at Tom Davies Square tonight.

The new incarnation of city council is led by Mayor Paul Lefebvre, who secured 52.44 per cent of the vote in the Oct. 24 election in what was a nine-way race for the big chair.

The balance of city council includes:

  • Ward 1 Coun. Mark Signoretti
  • Ward 2 Coun. Michael Vagnini
  • Ward 3 Coun. Gerry Montpellier
  • Ward 4 Coun. Pauline Fortin
  • Ward 5 Coun. Mike Parent
  • Ward 6 Coun. René Lapierre
  • Ward 7 Coun. Natalie Labbée
  • Ward 8 Coun. Al Sizer
  • Ward 9 Coun. Deb McIntosh
  • Ward 10 Coun. Fern Cormier
  • Ward 11 Coun. Bill Leduc
  • Ward 12 Coun. Joscelyne Landry-Altmann

Nine ward councillors are incumbents, while Fortin, Parent and Labbée are newcomers. 

Fortin defeated Geoff McCausland for Ward 4, Parent beat Robert Kirwan in Ward 5 and Labbée replaces Mike Jakubo in Ward 7. Jakubo announced late last year that he was not seeking re-election.

Tonight’s ceremony was a formal one led by city solicitor and clerk Eric Labelle and officiated by Justice Karen Lische. Elder Arthur Petahtegoose, Atikameksheng Anishnawbek, delivered a reflection and the Shadaki Drum group performed.

With the ceremony complete, the new Greater Sudbury city council’s four-year mandate begins.

“I’m looking forward to getting going,” Fortin told Sudbury.com after the ceremony.

“I’m just very happy to be here and I look forward to doing great things with the rest of council and mayor.”

While also expressing excitement with her new role in conversation with Sudbury.com, Labbée said the learning curve has already begun, with orientation work commencing via meetings with city staff during lunch breaks from her day job.

Lefebvre has also been meeting with the newly elected city council for one-on-one meetings at a venue of their choice, which Labbée said went a long way to forging an important relationship and help foster an understanding between the two.

“He’s going to have 12 different councillors’ perspectives on things, so he has a big task ahead of him,” she said. “We definitely as a team have to figure out our different personalities and leadership styles and experience and learn from one another so we can work together.”

A city council meeting has been scheduled for Nov. 29, followed by special city council meetings on Nov. 30 and Dec. 6. City council meetings are open for public viewing at Tom Davies Square, and a livestream is also available online by clicking here.

A video of tonight’s inaugural ceremony will also be made available online at this same link soon.

See Sudbury.com on Friday morning for a report on Mayor Paul Lefebvre’s inaugural address. 

Tyler Clarke covers city hall and political affairs for Sudbury.com.


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Tyler Clarke covers city hall and political affairs for Sudbury.com.
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