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School board will get lots of new faces
By Cathy Nicoll – The Daily News
An irate Beaufort mother knocked off the embattled incumbent member of the Halifax Regional School Board in south-end Halifax last night.
Lynn MacGregor, 44 was one of many parents who fought to keep Ecole Beaufort on Walnut Street open when the board voted to shut it in 2001.
She trounced Howard Gorman, 51, a board member when the controversial decision was made to close down the French immersion school.
District 9, now called Northwest Arm-South End-Connaught–Quinpool , was represented by Gorman since 2000.
“I guess it shows that I wasn't the only one dissatisfied,” MacGregor said of her victory.
“I think for the people on the peninsula, whether they're senior citizens or kids in school, the new high school and making sure it has an auditorium is a huge issue in this community,”
Gorman could not be reached for comment.
Gin Yee, 27, will be the youngest board member. This was his second attempt to get on the board, and he beat out five others in District 6, Dartmouth Centre-Albro Lake, to do it.
Sandra Everett, who represented the area for 20 years, did not reoffer.
Yee said he was excited by his win.
“I feel honoured . I hope I can put a different perspective to the board than my other fellow members,” he said.
In District 1, Eastern Shore-Musquodoboit Valley, Bridget Anne Boutilier was second-time lucky. She was defeated in 2000 by Rob Monk, who didn't re-offer.
This year, she beat out Monk's mother, Margaret, and four other candidates.
Four incumbent school board members held on to their seats.
In District 2, Waverley-Fall River-Bedford-Beaver Bank, Peggy Draper defeated three newcomers. Draper, a former teacher, has served on the board since 2000.
Bernadette Hamilton-Reid in District 3, Preston-Lawrencetown, hung on to the seat she's help since 2000, defeating retired RCMP officer Malcom McNeil.
Grace Walker in District 4, Cole Harbour-Woodside-Eastern Passage, defeated Michael Monk to keep her seat.
In the new District 12, Wade Marshall defeated Kimberly Carter and April Henebury. The district covers Lower Sackville, Middle and Upper Sackville and Lucasville. Marshall has been a board member since 1997.
In District 11, Deborah Brunt defeated three other contenders. The seat of Hammonds Plains-St. Margarets Bay-Timberlea-Prospect had been held by Mike Flemming, who unsuccessfully ran to become HRM mayor.
Source: The Daily News, October 17, 2004
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