CTV.ca News Staff Date: Thursday Oct. 1, 2009
Kurtis Coombs, mayor elect of Paradise, N.L., speaks on Canada AM from CTV's studios in St. John's, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009.
A Newfoundland teen's razor-thin mayoral victory has been overturned, less than two days after the 19-year-old was elected as the country's youngest mayor. Kurtis Coombs won a municipal election in Paradise, N.L., on Tuesday, beating the incumbent mayor by just three votes to become Canada's youngest mayor ever. But a recount put the two in an exact tie, and according to local reports, Coombs officially lost the election Thursday when officials randomly selected the name of incumbent Ralph Wisemen in a tie-breaker.Wiseman, who has been mayor of the town since 2005, had asked for a recount on Wednesday.
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Is the USA ACORN group active in N.L. The Vote gerry mandering in this case is rather suspicious!
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