Laura Cabott elected mayor of Whitehorse
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Laura Cabott will be Whitehorse's next mayor. She was elected on Thursday by a healthy margin over her two competitors.
Polls closed at 8 p.m. and a little over an hour later, results were in from all polling stations. Cabott earned the most votes at every polling station.
She finished with 2,897 votes, or 43 per cent.
Patti Balsillie finished with 1,942 votes, or 28.8 per cent, and Samson Hartland finished third with 1,898 votes or 28.2 per cent.
Cabott, a lawyer who served a term as city councillor before running for mayor, will take over from Dan Curtis, who served three terms as mayor before deciding not to run again.
Hartland also sat on city council before seeking the top job this year, and Balsillie was new to city politics.
The two incumbent councillors who ran this time — Dan Boyd and Jocelyn Curteanu — held onto their seats, finishing third and fourth among the council candidates, respectively.
Seventeen people ran for the six seats on council.
The other four city councillors will be Mellisa Murray, Michelle Friesen, Ted Laking and Kirk Cameron, a former city councillor who resigned in 2015.
The new mayor and council will serve a three-year term.
More to come.
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