Unofficial results released by Halifax Regional Municipality show him getting 30.5 per cent of the votes in the special election

It looks like Paul Russell will represent Lower Sackville at Halifax City Hall.

Unofficial results released by Halifax Regional Municipality show him getting 30.5 per cent of the votes in the special election.

Trysta Doary is the runner up with 20.45 per cent and Mic Hindlet comes in third at 15.61 per cent.

Ten candidates were vying for the seat left vacant after former Coun. Steve Craig was elected to the provincial legislature in June.

Official results won't be confirmed until the municipal Election’s Office confirms the numbers on Tuesday.

The new District 15 councillor will represent Lower Sackville at Halifax City Hall until next year’s general election, which will be held on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020.

This is the first time the municipality has held an exclusively paperless election and all indications point toward it having been a success.

Regional Council will review the success of this election before deciding how to conduct next year’s general election.

On Russell's website, he is noted as being the Volunteer of the Year for Sackville in 2017 and has been the President of the Sackville Cobequid PC Association since 2010.