With ballots cast in rural municipalities across Saskatchewan last week, there will be a mix of new faces and incumbents serving the RMs in the southeast.
The RM of Estevan saw two incumbents maintain their seats, while the representation from Div. 6 will have a new face.
Bryan Tucker defeated Terry Keating 32 votes to 21, as Tucker upset the incumbent of Div. 6. Maintaining their seats were Donald Hilstrom in Div. 2, who was re-elected while defeating Barry Schulte 80 to 43, while Doug Blue keeps his seat in Div. 4, defeating John Kish 39 to 10.
The RM of Coalfields saw all three of the open divisions contested with the most votes coming out of Div. 6, where Terry Sernick defeated Paul Deren 53 to 26. Div. 4 also saw a newly elected representative as incumbent Joseph Deyell lost a tight race to Brian Hall by a count of 22 to 18. In Div. 2, Brett Mackenzie kept his seat after collecing 10 votes and defeating newcomer Richard Tessier, who received five votes.
In the RM of Cymri, Division 4 saw the only contest and saw the newly elected Marnell Eagles defeat incumbent Dianna Eagles by a vote count of 16 to 13. Henry Wiebe, Div. 2, and Bill Scott, Div. 6, were both acclaimed.
In the RM of Benson, Stanley Zimmerman, Div. 2, Malcolm Herman, Div. 4, and Dwight Monteyne, Div. 6, were all acclaimed in their respective seats.
The RM of Browning also had no challengers to the incumbents, so Ben Kautz in Div. 4 and Dennis Christensen in Div. 6 were both acclaimed. With nobody running for Div. 2, that seat remains vacant. Another call for nominations has been put out by the RM.
