Ed McPherson is the Mayor-Elect of the Town of Perth.
The recent deputy mayor secured the promotion beating out three other candidates, including incumbents Isabel Anne McRae and David Bird, and defeating second place finisher Stephanie Drummond by 214 votes.
He told us his first steps are getting familiar with the new faces.
Those issues include the infrastructure deficit, affordability and a future recreation facility.
The Deputy Mayor under Judy Brown, who lost her bid for re-election as a councillor, McPherson says during his run for the top job took an interesting shape, with a wide ranging opinions amongst the four mayoral candidates.
Catherine Scholuar was elected deputy mayor, and there’s new and returning councillors.
The town secured a 50.9% voter turnout, a four per cent increase from 2022.
The new look council is as follows:
Mayor – Ed McPherson (1,011 votes)
Deputy Mayor – Catherine Schoular (1,445 votes)
Council – Gary Waterfield (1,782 votes), Ramsey Hart (1,730) Derek Zesiman (1,408), Sheldon Giff (1,379) Jim Boldt (1,292)
Story by Grant Deme
