Election results are in voters have spoken: all ten ward incumbents as well as two fresh faces will make up Edmonton's city council for the next three years.
Linda Sloan won a seat in ward one after taking 55.6 per cent of the ballots.
She promises to deliver when she returns to City Hall.
"I really think third term, the expectation is even greater that you produce something," she said.
"The first term for sure you're learning the ropes and getting to know the proper processes and my intention is to make this the most productive term."
Kim Krushell represents ward two – the site of the City Centre Airport – and was the last to be declared with 43.4 per cent support. She was in tight competition with Envision Edmonton-backed Don Koziak, who came out with an estimated 40 per cent of the ballots.
Dave Loken will serve his first term on council in ward three after receiving 28 per cent of the votes in a district left without an incumbent after Ron Hayter announced his retirement. Terry Demers came in second with about 24.5 per cent support.
Loken promises to act on what constituents told him while he was out door-knocking.
"What I heard in these communities is we want better streets, we want better policing, we want better snow removal services – it's the core issues," he said.
Ward four will be served by Ed Gibbons, who took 46 per cent of the votes. The politician going into his fourth term said he had to fight hard this time around.
"I door-knocked a lot for this one. I've never door-knocked so much in my life," he said.
"You just had to win every vote by talking to somebody."
Karen Leibovici is in ward five and came out with 72 per cent of the ballots against three competitors.
Jane Batty laid claim to ward six after taking 39 per cent of the votes. She was in competition with six other candidates for the spot.
"I'm absolutely thrilled and I truly thank all the Edmonton electorate for getting out and supporting me," she said after victory was declared.
Tony Caterina will stand for ward seven after his name was ticked on 48 per cent of the ballots. Challenger Scott McKeen, a former Edmonton Journal columnist, received support from 35.7 per cent of voters in the area.
"The residents of ward seven certainly value the work that we've done together for the past three years," said Caterina of why he thinks he was re-elected.
"The momentum that's been building… certainly shows the community's been involved and together we can do almost anything. I feel happy they're satisfied with what we've started, certainly haven't finished and we want to continue for the next three years so we don't lose sight of where we want to be in this community."
Ben Henderson is in ward eight and collected 47.5 per cent of the votes against four challengers.
He tells CTV he's most excited to have fresh blood sitting beside him at council.
"It will be neat to have some new people at the table and see how that changes the mix and changes the discussion," he said.
Five-time incumbent Bryan Anderson will represent ward nine and had one of the strongest showings at the poll, with 69.7 per cent of voters saying they want to keep him as their councillor.
"It's nice to be selected to continue what I have really enjoyed and I'm looking forward to going back to work," he said of the victory.
Ward ten's Don Iveson had the strongest support at the polls with 76.3 of people voting him in for a second term.
He says experience paid off on the campaign trail.
"The ward is half the size, we worked harder, we were smarter about everything we did," he said.
"It's wonderful to win."
Former Edmonton Sun columnist Kerry Diotte will debut in City Hall after 46.3 per cent of ward 11 residents voted him in. Five-time candidate Chinwe Okelu came in second in the area, which was left without an incumbent after David Thiele announced his retirement.
Diotte said there was no coasting to victory.
"I talked to a lot of people who had run before and they said, ‘don't sit back and think because you've got the name recognition you're going to win,' and that's absolutely true," he said.
"We went very hard at this – up to 16 hours a day. We worked our tails off."
Amarjeet Sohi was declared the victor in ward 12 with 63.9 per cent of voters throwing their support behind him.
With Files from Kevin Armstrong, Dez Melenka, Sean Amato, David Ewasuk, Graham Neil, Kim Taylor and Laura Tupper
