McGarvey defeats Davies for UGDSB trustee in Centre Wellington; Cox wins north seat

WELLINGTON COUNTY – Chris McGarvey, Curtis Cox and Kyle Reaburn have won their respective races to become trustees at the Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB).

On Monday night, McGarvey won the position in Centre Wellington by garnering 4,380 votes and defeating Chris Davies (4,047).

The seat is currently held by Irene Hanenberg, who did not run this time around.

Cox (4,281 votes) defeated Mike Johnson (2,976) for the seat covering Minto, Mapleton and Wellington North.

That position is currently held by Robin Ross, who did not run.

For the UGDSB seat covering Guelph Ward 6 and Puslinch Township, incumbent Kyle Reaburn (1,659 votes) won over Pallavi Ramchandani (459).

Jen Edwards was acclaimed as UGDSB trustee for Erin, Guelph/Eramosa and East Garafraxa.

Other boards

Both Wellington Catholic District School Board trustee candidates are acclaimed:

• Cassandra O’Donnell (Erin, Guelph/Eramosa, Puslinch); and
• Andrew Finoro (Minto, Mapleton, Wellington North, Centre Wellington).

French-language school trustee candidates for the area are also acclaimed:

• Rachid Barrima, candidate in the Conseil Scolaire Viamonde (French public schools) for Wellington, Middlesex, Perth, Huron, Waterloo); and
• Genevieve Grenier*, candidate in the Conseil Scolaire Catholique MonAvenir (French Catholic schools) for Wellington, Dufferin, Brampton, Caledon).

*All election results in this article are unofficial.