Yorkton election 2024: Aaron Kienle wins mayor’s seat [Video]

Yorkton, Sask. –

The City of Yorkton has announced their 2024 preliminary election results declaring Aaron Kienle as the city’s new mayor, along with two new councillors and four returning members.

Kienle won against former mayor Mitch Hippsley by just under 1,000 votes as of the preliminary results Wednesday evening.

“I’m feeling good, I’m feeling a lot different than I did after election day four years ago. That’s for sure,” Kienle expressed Thursday morning.

Back in 2020, both candidates ran against each other for the mayoral seat ending in Hippsley winning by 86 votes.

Now returning to city council four years later, Kienle shared what his plans will be for the new board.

“I want to start off slow. I want to get back into city hall, talk to administration and council, to see what things are currently scheduled to happen and what things have happened over the past four years, kind of …