Tribune Express

Tom Arnold leads Citizens’ Alliance to victory in Grenville-sur-la-Rouge

- GREGG CHAMBERLAI­N regg.chamberlai­n@eap.on.ca

It has been a long and tiring weekend for Tom Arnold, but a very satisfying one in the end. He is now the mayor-elect of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, leading a new council for the town after a resounding victory for the Citizens’ Alliance party in the Nov. 5 municipal election.

“Very good, very happy,” said Arnold during a Monday evening interview. “Our whole team is very happy.”

Arnold admitted being very tired. Final poll results for Grenville-sur-la-Rouge were not available until close to 3 a.m. Monday morning. After a brief celebratio­n, Arnold snatched a bit of sleep and was up again at 5 a.m. to first look after the needs of his own constructi­on business and then head over to the municipal office to begin work getting familiar with his new mayoral responsibi­lities.

«I only got an hour’s sleep so far,» Arnold joked, adding that he also fielded both congratula­tions and questions from constituen­ts during his first day as mayor-elect. Most questions focused on how soon the À Grenville-sur-la-Rouge, c’est Tom Arnold qui a décroché le poste de maire avec 66,93% des voix, devant Michel Brosseau crédité de 21, 73% des suffrages et Shelley Victoria Silcock, 11,34%. M. Arnold faisait partie de l’Alliance des citoyens de Grenville-sur-laRouge. L’ensemble des candidats aux postes de conseiller­s de l’Alliance des citoyens de Grenville-sur-la-Rouge ont également été élus. Ron Moran (à gauche, à l’arrière), Serge Bourbonnai­s, Denis Filion, Marc A. Le Gris, Manon Jutras (à gauche, devant), Tom Arnold, maire élu, et Natalia Czarnecka .

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