It looks like Desmeules

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Although the presidential race isn't over yet, it looks like Larry Desmeules by a nose over close contender, Jo Ann Daniels.

In the preliminary results of the Metis Association election held Sept. 1, Desmeules is leading the field with a total of 1,070 votes over Daniels with 943. However, these results may change as the polling station at Desmarais was late sending in its ballots, said officials at the election office in Edmonton.

There are also some surprises in the zone races as both Zone 4 vice-president and director incumbents, Ben Courtrille and Ron LaRocque were defeated by Dan Martel and Leonard Gauthier and in Zone 3 vice-president Joan Major-Malmas was defeated by former director, Peter Pelletier.

The ballots will be counted again Sept. 8 and final vote counts and results will be made public the following day.

The preliminary results are:

Presidential Poll: Larry Desmeules, 1070; Jo-Ann Daniels, 943.

Vice-President Poll: Zone 1, Gerald Thom, 453; Zone 2, August Collins, 108, Zone 3, Peter Pelletier, 126, Zone 4, Dan Martel, 383; Zone 5, Peter Campiou, acclamation; and, Zone 6, George Amato, 187.

Board of Directors Poll: Zone 1, Alvina Strasberg, 299; Zone 2, Roy Dumais, 98; Zone 3, Freda Martel, 122; Zone 4, Leonard Gauthier, 352; Zone 5, Harry M. Laboucan, 214; and, Zone 6, Dwight Carifelle, 151.

Metis Elections UPDATE

Counting continues this week for the final results of the Metis Association of Alberta general election. According to MAA officials, several ballot boxes were late arriving at the counting centres and the final vote will not be released until Sept. 14.

The unofficial count for the presidential election is Larry Desmeules with 1,070 over Jo-Ann Daniels with 943 votes. These figures will be updated with the final count in next week's edition of Windspeaker.