CHARLEMONT — Voters chose Wilder Sparks to be the newest Selectboard member in a contested three-way race in Tuesday’s town election.

Sparks, 44, won election to the three-year term with 86 votes. Candidates Jeffrey Neilsen and Erwin Reynolds earned 33 and 14 votes, respectively. Sparks will fill the seat of Selectboard member Valentine Reid, who did not seek reelection.

Town Clerk Thorne Palmer said the election saw a 14% voter turnout, with 136 ballots cast.

Sparks said Wednesday that he is grateful to everyone who voted for him and that he will do his best to meet his constituents’ expectations for a Selectboard member.

“I feel really humbled to learn that I received so much support from the community, and I’m feeling the weight of that responsibility,” Sparks said. “What I would like the community to know is that I’m grateful to them, available to them as their Selectboard member, and looking forward to finding my role in moving forward the work that is being done by so many dedicated people who have served in our town government for years.”

Sparks said his goal as a Selectboard member is to serve the town and its residents as they wish to be served. He hopes to listen and collaborate with his neighbors, as well as work to preserve the town’s agricultural history and character, and Hawlemont Regional School.

“I see this as a job of service, not a job to push an agenda. It’s a job to come to an understanding with the people as to what the agenda should be,” Sparks said in a pre-election interview last week.

Other results are as follows:

■Parks and Recreation Commission, five-year term — Clayton Herbert, 104 votes.

■Constable, three-year term — Erwin Reynolds, 100 votes.

■Hawlemont Regional School District School Committee, three-year term — Anne Kaplan, 106 votes.

■Mohawk Trail Regional School District School Committee, three-year term — Evelyn Locke, 104 votes.

■Tyler Memorial Library trustee — Evelyn Locke, 107 votes.

■Tree warden — Jack Rybczyk, 109 votes.

Though there were no ballot candidates, write-in votes secured the following positions for these residents:

■Hawlemont School Committee, two-year term — Betty Barrett.

■Board of Health, three-year term — Scott Randall.

■Board of Assessors, three-year term — Andrea Santos.

■Planning Board, five-year term — Lori Shulda-Merrigan.

■Moderator, one-year term — Bob Handsaker.

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