Four new faces in Regina's city council

Regina residents elected four newcomers to city council in Wednesday's civic election.

Andrew Stevens won in Ward 3 with 65 per cent of the vote. His closest competitor was Amanda Baker at 15 per cent. Ward 3 candidates Tamara Knight Jeanne Clive and Brian Rieder all received less than 10 per cent support.

Lori Bresciani beat incumbent Bryon Burnett by only one per cent after receiving 40 per cent of ballots following a tight race in Ward 4. Asfaw Debia was third with 14 per cent, followed by Chad Novak with six per cent.

Joel Murray, the son of former city councillor Wade Murray, was declared the winner in Ward 6 with 27 per cent of the vote. Bill Stevenson and Femi Ogunrinde tied for second with 15 per cent. Joseph Daniels was third with 11 per cent, followed by Ashley Deacon with nine per cent, Shelley Lavallee with eight per cent and Connie Dieter with seven per cent.

Jason Mancinelli won in Ward 9 after garnering 54 per cent of ballots, enough to beat out Aidan Wotherspoon, who finished the race at 40 per cent. Incumbent councillor Terry Hincks, whose name remained on the ballot after he died during the election campaign, still got six per cent of votes.

Six incumbents were re-elected to council, including Barbara Young, who defeated Bob Burnett in Ward 1 with 67 per cent support. Bob Hawkins was elected to a second term in Ward 2 after winning with 37 per cent of the vote. Hawkins' closest competitor was Carmen Lien at 24 per cent.

John Findura held onto his council seat in Ward 5 after handily defeating Anthony Goodman with a whopping 88 per cent support.

Sharon Bryce was elected to another term in Ward 7, where she won with 43 per cent support. At 32 per cent, John Gross was the only other candidate in the ward who came close to rivalling Bryce.

Incumbent Michael O'Donnell was declared the winner in Ward 8 with 57 per cent support. David Chapados was a distant second with 18 per cent. In Ward 10, Jerry Flegel held onto his council seat with 60 per cent of the vote. Brian Sklar was second, but still well behind at 25 per cent.