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UPDATE: Harvie re-elected to second term as Delta mayor

Harvie’s Achieving for Delta slate leading race for council and school board
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(UPDATE: 11:20 p.m.)

George Harvie and his Achieving for Delta slate have swept the race for council and won all but one seat on school board.

With all 32 polls now reporting in, Harvie finished well ahead of mayoral candidates Peter van der Velden and Joginder Randhawa, with 17,050 votes, 77 per cent of ballots cast in the city. van der Velden came in second with 3,751 and Randhawa in third with 1,341.

All six Achieving for Delta candidates have been elected to council, led by incumbent Alicia Guichon with 16,533 votes. Incumbent Dylan Kruger was also re-elected with 14,242 votes, followed by newcomers Daniel Boisvert (14,130), Jennifer Johal (12,788), Rod Binder (12,626) and Jessie Dosanjh (12,582).

Harvie’s slate nearly swept the race for school board as well, winning six of seven seats. Incumbents Erica Beard and Val Windsor led the way with 13,677 and 13,500 votes respectively, followed by newcomers Ammen Dhillon (11,769), Masako Gooch (10,748), Nimmi Duala (10,699) and Joe Muego (9,983).

Incumbent Nick Kanakos (Independents Working for You) is the lone candidate not on Harvie’s slate to be elected in either race, garnering 8,927 votes. Maury Kask, the only Achieving for Delta candidate not to be elected, came in eighth with 8,774 votes, while Kanakos’ running mate, incumbent Bruce Reid, came in ninth place with 7,955 votes.

All results are preliminary pending the official tally, which will be announced at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 19.

Voter turnout was much lower this election, with only 22,655 of the 75,739 residents registered to vote casting a ballot — just shy of 30 per cent. In 2018, 31,434 out of 73,110 registered voters cast a ballot, or 43 per cent.

The first council meeting post-election is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 24, while the inaugural school board meeting will be on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

More to come…

(UPDATE: 9:35 p.m.)

George Harvie has been re-elected as mayor of Delta, and his Achieving for Delta slate is leading the race for council and school board.

With 16 of 32 polls reporting in, Harvie is well ahead of mayoral candidates Peter van der Velden and Joginder Randhawa, with 8,697 votes, 76 per cent of those counted so far. van der Velden is in second with 1,967 and Randhawa in third with 712.

All six Achieving for Delta candidates are leading in the race for council. Incumbent Alicia Guichon is leading with 8,751, followed by incumbent Dylan Kruger (7,472) and the rest of slate’s candidates. Their running mate Jessie Dosanjh is in sixth-place with 6,313 votes, well ahead of the next highest vote tally — independent candidate Brian Read (2,879).

Achieving for Delta candidates are also leading in the race for school board, with incumbents Erica Beard and Val Windsor leading at 7,018 and 6,927 votes, respectively. Their running mates Ammen Dhillon, Masako Gooch, Nimmi Daula AND Joe Muego are sitting third through sixth, while incumbent Nick Kanakos (Independents Working for You) is in seventh with 4,645 votes. The final Achieving for Delta candidate, Maury Kask, is in eighth place (one shy of being elected) with 4,473, while the remaining incumbent trustee, Bruce Reid (Independents Working for You), is currently in ninth place with 4,175 votes.

(UPDATE: 9:21 p.m.)

George Harvie has been re-elected as mayor of Delta, and his Achieving for Delta slate is leading the race for council and school board.

With 14 of 32 polls reporting in, Harvie is well ahead of mayoral candidates Peter van der Velden and Joginder Randhawa, with 7,371 votes, 76 per cent of those counted so far. van der Velden is in second with 1,713 and Randhawa in third with 581.

All six Achieving for Delta candidates are leading in the race for council. Incumbent Alicia Guichon is leading with 7,4745, followed by incumbent Dylan Kruger (6,376) and the rest of slate’s candidates. Their running mate Jessie Dosanjh is in sixth-place with 5,244 votes, well ahead of the next highest vote tally — independent candidate Brian Read (2,485).

Achieving for Delta candidates are also leading in the race for school board, with incumbents Erica Beard and Val Windsor leading at 5,959 and 5,920 votes, respectively. Their running mates Ammen Dhillon, Masako Gooch, Nimmi Daula AND Joe Muego are sitting third through sixth, while incumbent Nick Kanakos is in seventh with 4,025 votes. The final Achieving for Delta candidate, Maury Kask, is in eighth place (one shy of being elected) with 3,822, while the remaining incumbent trustee, Bruce Reid, is currently in ninth place with 3,608 votes.

(UPDATE: 9:15 p.m.)

Incumbent mayor George Harvie and his Achieving for Delta slate continue to lead the race for mayor, council and school board.

With seven of 32 polls reporting in, Harvie is well ahead of mayoral candidates Peter van der Velden and Joginder Randhawa, with 4,094 votes. van der Velden is in second with 952, and Randhawa in third with 293.

All six Achieving for Delta candidates are leading in the race for council. Incumbent Alicia Guichon is leading with 4,158, followed by incumbent Dylan Kruger (3,620) and the rest of slate’s candidates. Their running mate Jessie Dosanjh is in sixth-place with 2,936 votes, well ahead of the next highest vote tally — independent candidate Brian Read (1,382).

Achieving for Delta candidates are leading in the race for school board as well. Incumbents Erica Beard and Val Windsor are tied for first with 3,394 apiece. Achieving for Delta candidates Ammen Dhillon, Masako Gooch, Joe Muego and Nimmi Daula are sitting third through sixth, while incumbent Nick Kanakos is in seventh with 2,279 votes. The final Achieving for Delta candidate, Maury Kask is in eighth place, one shy of being elected, with 2,173. Incumbent Bruce Reid is currently in ninth place with 1,994 votes.

(UPDATE: 9:00 p.m.)

With seven of 32 polls reporting in, incumbent mayor George Harvie and his Achieving for Delta team continue to lead the race for mayor, council and school board.

Harvie is well ahead of mayoral candidates Peter van der Velden and Joginder Randhawa, with 4,094 votes. van der Velden is in second with 952, and Randhawa in third with 293.

All six Achieving for Delta candidates are leading in the race for council. Incumbent Alicia Guichon is leading with 4,158, followed by incumbent Dylan Kruger (3,620) and the rest of slate’s candidates. Their running mate Jessie Dosanjh is in sixth-place with 2,936 votes, well ahead of the next highest vote tally — independent candidate Brian Read (1,382).

Achieving for Delta candidates are leading in the race for school board as well. Incumbents Erica Beard and Val Windsor are tied for first with 3,394 apiece. Achieving for Delta candidates Ammen Dhillon, Masako Gooch, Joe Muego and Nimmi Daula are sitting third through sixth, while incumbent Nick Kanakos is in seventh with 2,279 votes. The final Achieving for Delta candidate, Maury Kask is in eighth place, one shy of being elected, with 2,173. Incumbent Bruce Reid is currently in ninth place with 1,994 votes.

(UPDATE, 8:43 p.m.)

With five of 32 polls reporting in, incumbent mayor George Harvie and his Achieving for Delta team are leading the race for mayor, council and school board.

Harvie is well ahead of candidates Peter van der Velden and Joginder Randhawa, with 3,117 votes. van der Velden is in second with 671, and Randhawa in third with 219.

All six Achieving for Delta candidates are leading in the race for council. Incumbent Alicia Guichon is leading with 3,058, followed by the rest of slate’s candidates, with Jessie Dosanjh in sixth-place (2,244), well ahead of the next highest vote tally — independent candidate Brian Read with 1,050.

Achieving for Delta candidates are leading in the race for school board as well. Incumbents Erica Beard and Val Windsor are leading with 1,856 and 1,846 votes, respectively. The rest of the slate is also leading the field, with the exception of incumbent Nick Kanakos, who has 1,657 votes and is battling for seventh place with Achieving for Delta’s Maury Kask (1,640).

(Original story)

Polls in Delta are now closed and as the ballots are counted a new city council and school board will take shape.

Residents voted today to elect a mayor, six city councillors and seven school board trustees to a four-year term in office.

Thirty-one candidates — three for mayor, 13 for councillor and 15 for school trustee — are running in this election, including incumbent mayor George Harvie, incumbent councillors Alicia Guichon and Dylan Kruger, and incumbent trustees Erica Beard, Nick Kanakos, Bruce Reid and Val Windsor.

Regardless of who gets elected, both city council and school board will look very different come Sunday. Four of six current councillors — Dan Copeland, Lois Jackson, Jeannie Kanakos and Bruce McDonald — are not seeking re-election, and it’s guaranteed there will be at least three new members on school board with Trustee Laura Dixon retiring from politics and trustees Daniel Boisvert and Jessie Dosanjh pursuing seats on council.

Stay tuned for more updates…



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