The results are in for the resort village elections in Cochin and Aquadeo.
Both villages had contested elections for mayor and for council and results have been posted as follows:
In Cochin, Harvey Walker takes over as mayor with a decisive victory. In that race Walker received 289 votes, Stu Irvine received 116, Misty Hulit received 81 and Lynn Pirot 19.
Walker replaces outgoing Mayor Brad Pattinson who did not seek re-election.
In the council race the four top vote getters were David Stillar 329, Peter Wiesner 295 Marcel Caplette, 248 and Rick Young 201. Those four were all declared elected. Other vote totals saw Brian Neveu receive 183, Bob Sung 168, Cam Nash 141, Perry Gurski 117 and Eduarde Trippe de Roche 29.
Over in Aquadeo, Cameron Duncan is in for another term as mayor there. He defeated Sharon Spence by a vote count of 252 to 87.
In the council race, the four elected councilors are Ken Milnthorp 205, Larry Foster 194, Earl Cuff 176 and Merv Gray 141. Vote totals for the other unsuccessful candidates saw TJ King receive 103 votes, Brenda Wouters 102, Cindy McCaughey 79, Murry Hollick 78, Emeric Greenwald 73 and Eva Iwanchuk 55.
