“They (Rusin and Marsden) did what they could but the bottom line is they registered near the deadline of the nominations closely and it made it very difficult for them when you consider that you could vote online Oct. 2,” he said.

Goldring voted early this evening. He noted before the polls closed he was expecting all of his council colleagues to return.

“I’ll be so bold as to say this: I expect all my colleagues to be re-elected, some with bigger margins than others,” he said.

The mayor told the Post he has a number of priorities when he returns to city hall.

“We’ve got a busy agenda coming up,” he said. “We have an Official Plan review we need to focus on, a Transportation Master Plan and certainly a review of the storm water infrastructure system along with work at the region with the sanitary sewer system, as well as economic development, those are just a few of the priorities we’ll be focusing on moving forward,” he said.

Ward 1 incumbent Rick Craven received 4,772 votes, followed by Jason Boelhouwer 1,284, Katherine Henshell 1,186, Garry Milne 240, Patrick Allen 197 and Margaret Steiss 71.

Marianne Meed Ward, the incumbent for Ward 2, dominated the race with 4,654 votes. Kelly Arnott came in second at 883, Philip Papadopoulos 471 and Andy Porecki 396.

Ward 3 incumbent John Taylor also won, with 2,977 votes. Lisa Cooper came in with 1,315 votes, with Jeff Brooks receiving 780.

Ward 4’s Jack Dennison also comes back with 5,401 votes. Challenger Carol Gottlob received 3,242 while Doug Wilcox rounded out the race with 617 votes.

Paul Sharman returns to represent Ward 5 with 3,935 ballots cast for him. James Smith received 2206 votes, while Ian Simpson came in with 498.

The most hotly contested race of the night was Ward 6, which saw Blair Lancaster win by just over 400 votes at 2,087. Angelo Bentivegna had 1,642, Jennifer Hlusko 1,182, Jim Curran 736, Pardeep Kaur Dosanjh 451, Vanessa Warren 408, Mina Wahidi 214, Jivan Sanghera 175, Ishar Thiara 54 and Shoaib Shams 24.

All results are unofficial.

The inaugural council meeting will be held on Dec. 1 in council chambers at city hall.