Yorkton welcomes new mayor Aaron Kienle, 2 new councillors
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.
Newly elected councillors are Stephanie Ortynsky and Greg Litvanyi – Ortynsky carrying the second highest number of votes followed by incumbent Dustin Brears.
Re-elected are councillors are Quinn Haider, Randy Goulden, and Darcy Zaharia.
Candidates who failed to capture enough votes to gain a seat on council included Lauretta Ritchie-McInnes, Gurjit Dhaliwal, Todd Kulscar and Ron Irvine.
The total number the preliminary results for all candidates can be found below.
Mayoral candidates
Kienle – 2,438
Hippsley – 1,476
Councillor candidates
Brears – 2,656
Ortynsky – 2,629
Haider – 2,590
Goulden – 2,229
Litvanyi – 2,080
Zaharia – 2,078
The city’s new council will officially be sworn Friday, Nov. 15 at city hall.
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