Official election results released

Results from the Oct 18 municipal election are now official. Each council member from 2017-21 was re-elected or appointed to serve another four-year term on Leduc County Council.

Division one: Rick Smith (acclaimed)
Division two: Kelly-Lynn Lewis
Division three: Kelly Vandenberghe
Division four: Larry Wanchuk
Division five: Tanni Doblanko (acclaimed)
Division six: Glenn Belozer
Division seven: Raymond Scobie

Leduc County councillors will be sworn in at the organizational meeting on Oct. 26 at 9 a.m. At this meeting, council members will appoint a mayor from amongst themselves to serve a one-year term.

Recounts undertaken in divisions four and six

After first reporting the unofficial election results on Oct. 18, the votes in divisions four and six were recounted.

In division four, the vote counts did not change. Larry Wanchuk received 207 votes (50.6 per cent) while Mel Kapicki received 202 votes (49.4 per cent).

In division six, the votes for each candidate changed slightly; however, the outcome did not change. Glenn Belozer received 247 votes (50.5 per cent) and Sam Kobeluck received 242 votes (49.5 per cent).

Candidate	Votes after recount	Per cent of vote	Votes reported on Oct. 18	Per cent of vote
Glenn Belozer (incumbent)	247	50.5	248	50.3
Sam Kobeluck	242	49.5	245	49.7
Total	489	100	493	100

Leduc County saw a voter turnout of 41.2 per cent, with 2,962 of the eligible 7,188 voters in divisions two, three, four, six and seven voting. This is up from 35.3 per cent voter turnout in the 2017 municipal election.

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