Saskatoon voters made their mark on Wednesday, casting ballots in the city’s civic election and making history by electing the city’s first female mayor. The election also brought fresh faces to the city council.
Saskatoon’s new city council will consist of six new member and fours incumbents.
In Ward 1, Kathryn MacDonald won with 1,808 votes, defeating Kevin Boychuk and incumbent Darren Hill.
Senos Timon secured the Ward 2 seat with 1,592 votes, beating Jean Beliveau with 1,230 votes.
Robert Pearce defeated Mike San Miguel to become Ward 3 councillor with 2,553 votes.
Voters in Ward 4 re-elected incumbent Troy Davies with 3144 votes. The two other Ward 4 candidates were Coutney Saliken and Numaan Shafqat with 1,233 and 627 votes, respectively.
In Ward 5 incumbent Randy Donauer retained his seat with 3,888 votes defeating four other candidates.
Cynthia Block will be Saskatoon’s next mayor
Voters in Ward 6 sent Jasmin Parker to city council as their new councillor. Parker …