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John de Triquet
John de Triquet was a member of the Chesapeake City Council in Virginia. He assumed office in 1994. He left office on August 22, 2025.
Triquet ran for re-election to the Chesapeake City Council in Virginia. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
De Triquet was elected by the city council as vice mayor in November 2017.[1]
Education
- St Vincent College
- Temple University School of Medicine[1]
Career
Chesapeake, Virginia City Council
De Triquet was elected to City Council in May, 1994. He was re-elected in May 1998, 2002 and 2006.[1]
City Council Liaison Assignments
- Audit
- Budget/Finance
- Council Rules
- Fine Arts Commission
- Mosquito Control
- Public Safety
- Social/Human Services/CSB
- Substance Abuse Commission
- VML – Finance[1]
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Chesapeake, Virginia (2022)
General election
General election for Chesapeake City Council (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Chesapeake City Council on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John de Triquet (Nonpartisan) | 11.4 | 41,198 |
| ✔ |  | Ella Ward (Nonpartisan) | 10.8 | 38,984 |
| ✔ | Daniel Whitaker (Nonpartisan) | 10.5 | 37,807 | |
| ✔ |  | Charles Bunn (Nonpartisan) | 10.3 | 37,159 |
| ✔ | Amanda Newins (Nonpartisan) | 10.2 | 36,960 | |
 | N. Baxter Ennis (Nonpartisan) | 9.6 | 34,499 | |
 | Patricia King (Nonpartisan) | 9.4 | 34,068 | |
 | Les Smith Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 9.3 | 33,647 | |
| Santiera Brown-Yearling (Nonpartisan) | 7.8 | 28,280 | ||
| Susan Vitale (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 19,054 | ||
 | Karen Moultrie (Nonpartisan) | 2.1 | 7,498 | |
| B.D. Knowles (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 5,947 | ||
| Brian Economy (Nonpartisan) | 1.4 | 4,887 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 987 | ||
| Total votes: 360,975 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Chesapeake City Council (5 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Chesapeake City Council on May 1, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ella Ward (Nonpartisan) | 12.4 | 11,765 |
| ✔ | R. Steve Best (Nonpartisan) | 12.1 | 11,458 | |
| ✔ | | John de Triquet (Nonpartisan) | 11.3 | 10,753 |
| ✔ | Susan Vitale (Nonpartisan) | 11.0 | 10,477 | |
| ✔ | Matthew Hamel (Nonpartisan) | 10.7 | 10,130 | |
 | Roland Davis Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 10.5 | 9,974 | |
| Les Smith Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 9.4 | 8,901 | |
 | Gene Waters (Nonpartisan) | 9.0 | 8,590 | |
| Jennifer Barnes (Nonpartisan) | 5.1 | 4,887 | ||
| Mary Burke (Nonpartisan) | 4.5 | 4,246 | ||
| Levin Turner (Nonpartisan) | 3.7 | 3,483 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 291 | ||
| Total votes: 94,955 | |||
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2014
Elections for the city council of Chesapeake, Virginia were held on May 6, 2014. Five of the eight seats were up for election. Incumbent Scott W. Matheson did not run for re-election. Incumbents John de Triquet, Suzy H. Kelly, Ella P. Ward and Lonnie Craig won re-election, while Roland J. Davis, Jr. also won election to the council. Jason M. Morris, Burnie F. Mansfield, Jr. and Bryan Collins were defeated.[2][3][4]
| Chesapeake City Council, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 John de Triquet Incumbent |
16% | 9,598 | |
| Suzy H. Kelly Incumbent |
15.4% | 9,259 | |
| Ella P. Ward Incumbent |
13.5% | 8,121 | |
| Roland J. Davis, Jr. |
13.4% | 8,018 | |
| Lonnie Craig Incumbent |
13.3% | 7,984 | |
| Jason M. Morris | 13.2% | 7,939 | |
| Bryan Collins | 10.9% | 6,520 | |
| Burnie F. Mansfield, Jr. | 3.9% | 2,367 | |
| Write-in | 0.4% | 213 | |
| Total Votes | 42,980 | ||
| Source: Virginia State Board of Elections | |||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 City of Chesapeake, "John de Triquet," accessed April 23, 2018
- ↑ City of Chesapeake, "Election Information," accessed May 5, 2014
- ↑ City of Chesapeake, "Official candidate list," accessed May 5, 2014
- ↑ Virginia State Board of Elections, "Official election results," accessed July 4, 2014
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