Victoria Election Results: Helps returns as mayor for a second term

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps, who faced nine challengers for mayor, pulled off another win in the capital city.
“I feel like we have a strong mandate to carry on,” she told reporters after the ballots were counted.
Long lineups at the ballot boxes in Victoria delayed the counting of the votes. Anyone who was in line at a voting place when the polls closed at 8 p.m. were allowed to vote.
With 16 of 17 polls reporting, the 42-year-old Helps had 43.13 per cent of the vote compared to Steph