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BUCKFIELD — Voters selected four new members Tuesday to the Select Board in a total overhaul of the town’s elected officials.
At last year’s Town Meeting, residents voted to expand the Select Board from three to five members.
The four candidates were all unopposed on the ballot, but Matthew Whitney launched a write-in campaign against Janet Iverson, who was running to complete the term of Chairwoman Tina Brooks, who was resigning for family reasons. Whitney received 32 write-in votes against Iverson’s 82 votes.
Also elected to the Select Board were Michael Iverson, Janet’s husband, who will serve a three-year term in replacing Martha Catevenis. For the two newly created seats, Cameron Hinkley will serve a two-year term and Robert Hand’s term is for one year. Hinkley received 96 votes, while Michael Iverson and Hand each received 94 votes.