Council Results Are In

Edmonton voters have spoken, and we have a new Council for the next four years!

Well, "new" might be a bit of a stretch...

Ten of the twelve incumbent councillors ran for re-election in their own wards, with all but one of them being successful.

And the two remaining incumbent councillors both ran for mayor, and one of them won.

That means that, despite general discontent with the direction of the City, there will be only three new faces out of thirteen in this upcoming term.

We'll have more to say about what that means for the City, for taxpayers, and for Common Sense Edmonton in the coming weeks.

But for now, let's focus on the results and take a look at the top two place-getters in each race:

Mayor

In the Mayoral race, Andrew Knack (Independent) was elected with 78,482 votes (37.97%), defeating Tim Cartmell (Better Edmonton), who earned 61,667 (29.83%).

Ward 1 (Nakota Isga)

Reed Clarke (Better Edmonton) received 6,177 votes (35.98%), beating former Andrew Knack staffer Rajah Maggay (Independent), who received 5,719 (33.31%).

Ward 2 (Anirniq)

Incumbent Erin Rutherford (Independent) retained her seat with 6,193 votes (39.17%), ahead of Jesse Watson (Independent) with 4,722 (29.87%).

Ward 3 (tastawiyiniwak)

Incumbent Karen Principe (Better Edmonton) won with 7,524 votes (49.79%), beating Jennifer Porritt (Independent), who received 2,832 (18.74%).

Ward 4 (Dene)

Incumbent Aaron Paquette (Independent) was re-elected with 6,453 votes (43.16%), defeating Banisha Sandhu (Better Edmonton), who received 2,732 (18.27%).

Ward 5 (O-day’min)

Incumbent Anne Stevenson (Independent) secured 6,077 votes (50.44%), with Stephen Hammerschmidt (Better Edmonton) earning 2,145 (17.80%).

Ward 6 (Métis)

Incumbent Ashley Salvador (Independent) received 10,564 votes (48.58%), eclipsing challenger Caroline Matthews (Better Edmonton), who received 6,243 (28.71%).

Ward 7 (sipiwiyiniwak)

Thu Parmar (Independent) finished with 6,667 votes (30.36%), ahead of Darrell Friesen (Better Edmonton) on 6,040 (27.50%), after a dramatic recount found missing ballots from the original count, which had seen Friesen ahead by just 6 votes.

Ward 8 (papastew)

Incumbent Michael Janz (Independent) was re-elected with 10,620 votes (56.96%), while Joshua Doyle (Better Edmonton) finished with 3,503 (18.79%).

Ward 9 (pihêsiwin)

Michael Elliott (Better Edmonton) took home 7,984 votes (40.64%), enough to see off Jackie Liu (Independent), who only received 6,011 (30.60%).

Ward 10 (Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi)

Jon Morgan (Independent) gained 6,392 votes (36.83%) compared with incumbent Jennifer Rice (Independent), who was defeated after receiving only 5,762 (33.20%).

Ward 11 (Karhiio)

Incumbent Keren Tang (Independent) earned 6,973 votes (44.88%), ahead of Jason Bale (Independent) with 3,005 (19.34%).

Ward 12 (Sspomitapi)

Incumbent Jo-Anne Wright (Independent) held her seat with 5,452 votes (39.59%), ahead of Harman Singh Kandola (Better Edmonton), who received 3,291 (23.90%).

Overall, these results suggest that the new Council will include 8 roughly left-leaning and 4 roughly right-leaning Councillors, plus Knack as a left-leaning Mayor.

While it remains to be seen exactly what direction this Council will ultimately head in, we still believe that the majority of Edmontonians want City Hall to focus on getting the basics right.

So, regardless of any election result, you can always count on us to keep a close eye on things at City Hall as this new Council gets down to business.

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- The Common Sense Edmonton Team