Kirton to represent Ward 3 on city council, other councillors remain the same

There will be a new face representing city council in Ward 3. David Kirton, the former long-time host of Saskatchewan Afternoon on 650 CKOM won his bid for a seat on city council in Friday’s civic election.

The door became open for a new city councillor when Ann Iwanchuk announced she would not be running again in 2020.

Ward 1

Incumbent Candidate Darren Hill won a very tight race against his closest competitor Kevin Boychuk. When all the ballots were counted Hill won by less than 100 votes, 1639 to 1583.

Ward 2

Incumbent Hilary Gough beat Rose Kasleder, 2599 votes to 1300.

Ward 3

David Kirton beat seven other candidates to take the race, with his closest competitor being Nick Sackville. Kirton won 1103 to 869.

Ward 4

Acclaimed, Troy Davies.

Ward 5

Incumbent Randy Donauer beat Paul Miazga, 5402 votes to 2114.

Ward 6

Cynthia Block handily beat the two other candidates with 5004 votes. Her closest competition was Jon Naylor with 1525 votes.

Ward 7

Mairin Loewen is re-elected with 3356 votes. Second in the race was Jim Rhode with 1775.

Ward 8

Sarina Gersher won with 3307 votes, the next closest candidate was Brian Shalovelo with 2251.

Ward 9

Bev Dubois was re-elected with 3637 votes over Carla Shabaga who had 2230 votes.

Ward 10

Zach Jeffries won handily with 4398 votes, second in the race was AJ Itterman with 1135.