Ward 5: Sarah Hamilton likely new face in west Edmonton

Rookie candidate Sarah Hamilton appeared Monday night to be headed for City Hall to fill the void left by vacating one-term Ward 5 councillor Michael Oshry.
At press time, with 12 of 19 polls reporting in the hotly contested ward in the city’s southwest, Hamilton, with 4,660 votes (36.19 per cent), was leading David Xiao, with 2,505 votes (19.45 per cent).
Dawn Newton with 1,693 votes (13.15 per cent) was in third and Miranda Jimmy with 1,472 votes (11.43 per cent) was close in fourth.
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