Saint John councillor Donna Reardon. (Image submitted)
Donna Reardon has a commanding lead that would see her become the next mayor of Saint John with 71 of 80 tabulators reporting.
Reardon currently has 10, 089 votes, according to data on the Elections New Brunswick website.
In second place Mel Vincent Jr. sits with 5,895 votes, followed by Darrell Bastarache with 466 votes and Howard Yeomans with 312 votes.
Vincent’s campaign announced it had phoned Reardon to concede after the results were announced.
Reardon said the feeling was ‘euphoric’ after seeing the large 4, 000 plus vote lead she had with results still coming in.
“I’ve done a lot of work, a lot of hard work, so it’s a great feeling,” Reardon said.
EDMUNDSTON, N.B. New Brunswickers in the northwestern part of the province are set to hit the polls Tuesday, as part of the province’s second pandemic election. Parts of the Edmundston-Madawaska region were previously under lockdown because of an outbreak of COVID-19, prompting Elections New Brunswick to postpone municipal elections in that area. The candidates I’ve spoken to in the Edmundston region fully understand the reason for this, said Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick president Alex Scholten. “It has been frustrating but the overwhelming majority are recognizing the unique situation we find ourselves in, said Scholten.
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