Marianne Alto elected mayor of Victoria
B.C.'s capital city has a new mayor. Long-time councillor Marianne Alto was elected mayor of Victoria.
Alto garnered 15,090 votes (55.5 per cent), defeating challenger Stephen Andrew who received 9,775 (36 per cent).
Alto previously served as a Victoria city councillor for three terms before running for mayor.
She replaces former mayor Lisa Helps who held the position since 2014 and who did not seek re-election this year.
In total, eight people were running for the mayoral position in the election.
Marianne Alto will be the 53rd mayor of Victoria.
COUNCILLORS
The following eight people have won a seat at the council table, with totals reflecting the results of 35 of the city's 48 polls, or 72.9 per cent of all votes:
- Jeremy Caradonna | 9,977 | 7.5%
- Matt Dell | 9,854 | 7.4%
- Susan Kim | 9,780 | 7.3%
- Krista Loughton | 8,939 | 6.7%
- Thompson Dave | 8,602 | 6.4%
- Christopher Coleman| 7,742 | 5.8%
- Stephen Hammond | 7,150| 5.3%
- Marg Gardiner | 6,605 | 4.9%
Ben Isitt, who received the most votes of any councillor in the 2018 election and was the only sitting councillor to run for re-election this year, was not re-elected.
He received 6,821 votes, or 4.3 per cent of all votes, when 42 of the city's 48 polls had reported their totals – making him the 11th highest voted candidate this year.
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