At 12:55 this morning (Thurs), the unofficial final results were in for the Saskatoon civic election. In what some are calling a landslide victory, former Ward 6 City Councillor and television broadcaster, Cynthia Block has become Saskatoon’s first female Mayor. She topped the five candidates in the race with Gordon Wyant in second place.
Wyant was first elected as a Saskatchewan Party MLA in 2010 until he decided not to run in the last election, and chose instead to run to be Saskatoon’s Mayor. Wyant also served three terms as a Councillor in Ward 5.
Block was first elected in Ward 6 in 2016 and spent two terms in that position until her decision to run for Mayor this year. The unofficial results are Block with 30,412 votes to Wyant’s 20,259. Don Atchison had 10,460 votes while Cary Tarasoff received 6,386 and Mike Harder had 568.
Out of 11 people, ten Councillors and a Mayor, there are only five people returning. Block returns as Mayor instead of as a Councillor. Incumbent Troy Davies won his seat easily in Ward 4 and the same goes for Randy Donauer in Ward 5. That leaves two Councillors who were acclaimed: Bev Dubois in Ward 9 and Zach Jeffries in Ward 10.
With two polls yet to be counted, here are the new Councillors on the block. Kathryn MacDonald in Ward 1, Senor Timon in Ward 2, Robert Pearce in Ward 3, Jasmin Parker in Ward 6, Holly Kelleher in Ward 7 and Scott Ford in Ward 8.
The Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools’ Board of Education has ten elected trustees, with seven representing Saskatoon and then one trustee each for three subdivisions around the city including Martensville and Warman in Subdivision 1, Humboldt in subdivision 2 and Biggar in Subdivision 3. The seven candidates for the Saskatoon trustees with the most votes are Diane Boyko, Owen Fortosky, J.R. Boechler, Sharon Webicki-Zakreski,Tim Jelinski, Kate Day, and Michelle Christopher.
The Ward 1 Public School Board trustee is Tanya Napper. Wards 2, 3 and 4 were acclaimed with Vernon Linklater in Ward 2, Donna Banks in Ward 3, and Kim Stranden in Ward 4. Jennifer Scherman won in Ward 5, Kirk Jones in Ward 6, and Ross Tait was acclaimed in Ward 7. Anne-Marie Rollo is the trustee in Ward 8, with Kevin Schmidt in Ward 9 and Angela Arneson was acclaimed in Ward 10.
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