Numbers from the advance poll suggests that the voter turnout for Monday’s by-election will be higher than normal.
365 people cast their ballots this past Monday, a number that senior election official Dave Turpie says represents around 80% of the advance voter turnout from the October 24th election.
If that 80% turnout mark is reached on Monday the over 2200 voters, which would represent around 30% of total eligible voters, would well surpass numbers from the last by-election which took place in 2009.
In that race, only 673 people voted; a number that represents only 7.5% percent of all eligible voters.
That 80% mark would also surpass numbers from the 1991 by-election, when around 20% of voters turned up to vote when Bill Comaskey and another councillor resigned to run for mayor following the death of Mayor Don MacLean.
The by-election, which will elect Chiew Chong, Blake Ellis or Andre Proulx, will take place this Monday with polls open at the TRCC from 8:00am until 8:00pm.
Mobile polls will be open on the 11th at Harmony House (10:00am-12:00pm), Rotary Place (1:00pm-2:30pm), the Thompson General Hospital (3:00pm-4:00pm) and Northern Spirit Manor (4:30pm-5:00pm).
If you can’t make it out Monday, you can apply in person at City Hall for a sealed envelope ballot.
The deadline to apply is Friday.
