Chestermere, Alta., residents shut down re-election bids of fired mayor, councillors

Chestermere, Alta., has a new mayor following a byelection on Monday. Shannon Dean won the position with 3,559 votes, followed by Marshall Chalmers with 1,102 votes and the city's former mayor Jeff Colvin with 1,072 votes. Chris Steeves was fourth with 627 votes. "This is as decisive as it gets," said Lori Williams, a political science professor at Mount Royal University. "It's not just coming in third place, it's the person who challenged the way you (Colvin) were running council getting triple