vancouver election results: stewart wins nail-biter over sim to become next mayor - projector screen

After winning a nail, Stewart will become the next mayor of Vancouver. Bit of the game.
After midnight, after Stewart's neck, the end result came out --and-
All night with non-neck
Party association candidate Ken Sim
Independent candidate Stewart ended at 28.
The vote is only ahead of the NPA's Sim 28.
15 of the total number of votes.
Most of the night, two front lines
Runners exchanged clues and stayed within a percentage point or two.
Shauna Sylvester, another independent, ranked third with 20 points.
49 of the total number of votes.
Stewart's victory made him the first independent candidate to be elected to Vancouver's highest position in more than 30 years.
The vote ended at 8 in the evening. m.
Saturday, but anyone in line at the time was allowed to vote.
Some polling stations lined up long lines and delayed counting votes.
At the election night at the Waldorf Astoria East Hastings, supporters watched the results of the night.
They cheered when the results showed Stewart winning, and for a while, when the update showed his opponent Sim leading, they panted.
But after all 133 polling sites were reported, it was about 12: 30 a. m. m.
Stewart, a former national Democrat in southern bennaby, finally appeared in the crowd for the first time.
When Stewart came to power, he first mentioned the name of the late Jack Leiden, a former head of the Federal Democratic Party, who was first elected in 2011 under his leadership.
"What did Jack Leyton say?
"Jack Leyton always says, 'never let them tell you it's impossible, 'said Stewart. '".
He thanked his opponents for their wonderful game and told the audience that he was looking forward to working hard to improve the housing and transportation challenges in Vancouver.
The top three are the Wai Young of the Vancouver league, ranking sixth.
85, yes, 5 points for Hector Bremner in Vancouver.
73 points, Fred Harding of 1 St Vancouver with 3 points.
David Chen of 25% and provououver takes 2. 06 per cent.
A recent research firm
Polls for the mayoral election showed 36 voters supporting Stewart.
A survey released on Tuesday showed that Sim was second in 23, followed by Sylvester, followed by 19.
Through town, non
Supporters of the party Association have squeezed into the ballroom of the coast coal port hotel from the evening, eating snacks while drinking cocktails and waiting for the results.
When the first figures of the evening put Kennedy Stewart and Ken sin within 60 votes, the members of the crowd excitedly surrounded around the projector screen, when their five members spoke to the original council, some applauded briskly.
However, as more polling stations reported their results, Sim fell behind due to the narrowing of the gap and the tone of the room began to change.
"It's too tight.
"Oh my God," one of the supporters said to anyone in particular. “Crazy.
The other said, "crazy.
But in the evening, Sim is not ready to admit defeat.
He spoke to supporters and then told reporters: "We will not give in at this time.
He said: "What we have to do is wake up in the morning and talk to our consultants . . . . . . We really owe it to our supporters . ".
"We want more votes for us, and I'm sure Kennedy wants more votes for him.
However, Sim said the NPA had "a great night and we should celebrate this", referring to the five female parliamentary candidates that the party won seats.
Saturday also marks the end of the visual era in Vancouver, at least for now.
After enjoying a 10-year parliamentary majority, Vancouver's election prospects are fading this year.
Three out.
On January, visual mayor Greg Robertson announced that he would not seek a fourth term as mayor, and vision openly offered to support the idea of an independent candidate or another candidate instead of running for a mayoral candidate.
But, to the dismay of some of the left in the city --
The party tended to voters and candidates, eventually announcing that they planned to run for the mayoral candidate, and then, in June, the acclaimed Ian Campbell became their candidate.
But after months of campaigning, Campbell suddenly withdrew from the campaign in September.
Vision entered the week without a mayoral candidate and five parliamentary candidates, but that changed on Friday as the party announced that for undisclosed reasons they would withdraw from the Parliament
This resulted in the absence of one of the four vision committee candidates, including the current country, to vote.
Heather traded to win one of the 10 council seats.
Stewart will chair a mixed group on the council, including five members representing the NPA, three members of the Green Party, and one member from the Council and one city.
Stewart told reporters immediately after his victory that he believed he could work with a diverse committee, including five members from the traditional center --right NPA.
"I have been talking to all the members throughout the campaign and I think we have a common idea, Stewart said:" We will have to make policies according to policy, and ensure that no one will be alienated in the process of moving forward. ".
"I believe we can do it.
"In many ways, Vancouver's elections are different from those before.
This year's municipal election is in B. C.
The national development plan has enacted new rules for campaign financing, banning donations from businesses and trade unions, and setting a strict contribution limit of $1,200 per donor.
These rules apply to the whole province, but there is no change as important as Vancouver, the largest city in the province, the two largest parties, Vision and NPA, millions of dollars were raised and spent in recent elections, mainly funded by wealthy individuals, real estate companies and unions.
In the 2014 elections alone, Vision raised $2.
$3 for 9 million.
4 million, a record of the city's most expensive campaign and biggest deficit.
After the results came out, Stewart told reporters: "NPA out-spent us five-to-
One . . . . . . But thanks to the strength of our team and our level of focus, we managed to do this.
When asked what he planned to do for the rest of the night after finishing his conversation with reporters, Stewart said: "Well, it's morning, I think I'm starting work later today, so that's what I'm going to do.
I might kiss my wife a few more times, have a beer and start working.
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