'I'm feeling vindicated': Court of appeal rules in favour of St. Andrews mayor stripped of duties
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A Manitoba mayor stripped of key duties by her own council in 2019 says she has been vindicated after the province's highest court ruled the council didn't have the authority to do what it did.
A Manitoba mayor stripped of key duties by her own council in 2019 says she has been vindicated after the province's highest court ruled the council didn't have the authority to do what it did.
RM of St. Andrews Mayor Joy Sul's more than three-year-long court battle wrapped up on Friday.
"It's been a long haul and a very difficult one, but I was able to hang in," Sul told CTV News.
Sul was first elected mayor of the RM in 2018 with nearly 63 per cent of the vote.
However, in a special meeting of council in December 2019, a majority of council voted to pass a bylaw and resolution removing key duties from Sul, including her role as chair of council meetings and spokesperson for the RM.
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In a ruling released on Friday, a panel of three Justices in the court of appeal declared both the bylaw and resolution passed by council to remove Sul as council chair are invalid.
