Marc Bondy has been crowned the Town of LaSalle's new mayor.
With Ken Antaya calling it quits after two terms, Bondy and former mayor Gary Baxter entered the race.
Bondy will be making the shift from the deputy mayor's seat after garnering roughly two thirds of the vote.
He says he's ready to lead.
"I'm honoured and humbled to take this position. I see the town has put confidence in me and I hopefully won't let them down. We've been moving on a good, progressive path and hopefully we'll keep moving forward. First item on the agenda will be the budget. If administration feels we can move in December we will. If not, we'll be doing that in January."
The town saw a 42 per cent voter turn out, something Bondy says isn't necessarily a bad thing.
"There's no complaints. If people were upset, I think they'd be banging on the doors trying to get in and vote and we didn't see that. I take that as they're happy with the way the town is moving, we're progressing and everything we've been doing we're going to continue to move on that path and hopefully keep the taxes in line as we move forward."
Current councillor Crystal Meloche was acclaimed as the town's new deputy mayor.
As for council — Mike Akpata, Sue Desjarlais and Jeff Renaud are returning to the table.
Former deputy mayor Mark Carrick and newcomer Anita Riccio-Spagnuolo round out the town's five council seats.
Bondy says he's looking forward to working with Carrick again.
"Mark has been on council for 14 years. He was past deputy mayor until 2014. Nice to have him back. It's nice to have a senior person back in and the present council, we're going to work well together. I think it'll be a good, cohesive team and we can move forward."
Results were announced in front of a packed house Monday night at the Vollmer Centre in LaSalle.
LaSalle residents awaiting results of the 2018 Municipal Election at the Vollmer Centre in LaSalle (Photo by AM800's Zander Broeckel)
UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS:
MAYOR:
Gary Baxter Votes: - 3711
Marc Bondy (ELECTED) Votes: 6021
DEPUTY MAYOR:
Crystal Meloche (Acclaimed)
CITY COUNCIL: – Five councillors will be elected:
Michael Akpata (incumbent) (ELECTED) Votes: 5547
Adrien Bezaire Votes: 3818
Terry Burns (incumbent) Votes: 4198
Mark Carrick (ELECTED) Votes:4738
Sue Desjarlais (incumbent) (ELECTED) Votes: 4959
Russ Hazael Votes: 3796
Jeff Renaud (incumbent) (ELECTED) Votes: 5195
Anita Riccio-Spagnuolo (ELECTED) Votes: - 4638
Sam Sleiman Votes: 2066