[Richard White]

She was alive when they voted. No one knew she would no longer be alive on Oct 24. If she had died in October 25 and had won, there would be a by election because the incumbent, not the candidate, had died. It’s a rare occurrence for any of this to happen, but there are rules in place.

That is true BUT if she did win a majority of votes or at least a significant portion than there should be a by-election.

 

[PinkLucy]

Not according to the rules

 

[Richard White]

Not according to the rules

Agreed but at the same time not all rules make sense. Take the 2nd amendment to the US constitution for example.

My point is that the rulebook does not cover every situation. Sometimes you need to add a page or two.

 

[picard102]

That is true BUT if she did win a majority of votes or at least a significant portion than there should be a by-election.

Advanced voting dropped 30% this year, and they are telling everyone at the polling stations she has died.
Can't imagine there will be a significant portion of ballots for her unless nobody goes out to vote on Monday.

 

[Richard White]

Got to love Google...

When you google Gary Crawford (Ward 20) the first thing you see at the top of the page is a link to his competitors website.

 

[picard102]

Kevin is smart to buy ad space for that search term.

 

[Jonny5]

Kevin is smart to buy ad space for that search term.

Still, I could not ever vote for who says "4" instead of "four"

 

[W. K. Lis]

A few words to the voters...

 

[Northern Light]

Confirmed upset of the night:

 

[Richard White]

Confirmed upset of the night:

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Not familiar with Mark Grimes. Good or bad?

 

[Northern Light]

Very close race w/the anointed candidate not having this one in the bag:

 

[Northern Light]

Not familiar with Mark Grimes. Good or bad?

I would lean bad. Not atrocious, right-centre, but lazy, mayoral acolyte, chronic under-achiever.

Morley deserved a chance here.

 

[Northern Light]

@Richard White will wish to take note of Gary Crawford's less than huge margin of victory:

Of note, both candidates under Crawford were left-centre...........if you combine their votes, Crawford loses.

Beradinetti's vote would be more likely to go to Crawford.......making this a nearly dead-heat race in terms of the right-left dynamic on Council.

 

[Northern Light]

Nail-biter here, and may well be headed to a judicial re-count, either way:

 

[Northern Light]

Decisive Victory here, though w/very low numbers, suggesting Cynthia Lai was probably nominally re-elected:

Of note here, this is a clear allegiance switch from the right of council to the left-centre.