Historic election for Edmonton City Council

It will be a new look for Edmonton as the municipal election wraps up.

Amarjeet Sohi has been voted mayor-elect gathering nearly 45 per cent of the votes in the closest mayoral race since 2004.

READ MORE: Amarjeet Sohi elected mayor of Edmonton

Sohi and Calgary’s mayor-elect, Jyoti Gondek are the first Punjabi-Canadians elected to be mayor of a major city. Gondek also making history in Calgary by becoming the first woman elected to lead the city.

READ MORE: Jyoti Gondek to lead Calgary as city’s next mayor

Support for women wasn’t limited to Calgary. Women were at the forefront of the councillors elected in Edmonton, with eight of twelve of the seats being won by women.

Edmonton will be sending 8 women to city council out of the 12 seats- by far the largest female representation in Edmonton council history. #yeg #yegvotes #yegvote @CityNewsYEG

— Courtney Theriault (@cspotweet) October 19, 2021

Looking at the new council: (Winners have not been confirmed. All results as of 10 p.m. MT Monday, before vote counting ended)

Anirniq: Erin Ritherford had a lead of roughly 260 votes on Bev Esslinger.

Dene: Aaron Paquette is ahead, holding roughly 54 per cent of the votes.

Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi: Jennifer Rice leads by 40 votes against Rhiannon Hoyle.

Karhiio: Keren Tang leads with roughly 40 per cent of the votes. Tom Shaw trails by about 1,800 votes.

Métis: Ashley Salvador leads with roughly 34 per cent of the votes. Caroline Matthews trails by 3,000 votes.

Nakota Isga: Andrew Knack sits in the lead holding roughly 66 per cent of the votes.

O-day’min: Anne Stevenson leads with roughly 4,000 votes. Gabrielle Battiste trails with 2,990 and Adrian Bruff is close behind with close to 2,700 votes.

papastew: Michael Janz holds the lead with roughly 41 per cent of the votes.

pihêsiwin: In the smallest councillor race, Tim Cartmell leads Guiscela Perez Arellano with roughly 81 per cent of the votes.

sipiwiyiniwak: Sarah Hamilton leads by roughly 10,200 votes. Giselle General trails with roughly 5,100.

Sspomitapi: Jo-Anne Wright leads with roughly 5,800 votes. Harman Singh Kandola trails by 1,200 votes.

tastawiyiniwak: Karen Principe leads with roughly 39 per cent of the votes. Jon Dziadyk follows by roughly 1,400 votes.

It was the city’s highest voter turnout since 2004. Thirty-five per cent of eligible voters cast their ballot, which is up four per cent from the previous municipal election.

Edmontonians also voted for school officials and a pair of referendum questions. Results for the referendum questions won’t be known until Oct. 26.