The City of Fernie has a new Mayor in former Councillor Harshan Ramadass (1,524 votes) who defeated former Councillor Kyle Hamilton (1,194) votes in today’s general election.

The city will have a different looking council, too.

Incumbents Tracey Audia Kelly (1,933 votes) and Ted Shoesmith (1,783) received the most votes for council.

Scott Tibballs  (1,604); Philip Iddon (1,584); Kathleen Dolan (1,568); Josh Gawryluk (1,390) round out the new council.

Iddon served on council prior to 2022.

Taylor Petrucha (1,246); Joshua Slykhuis (1,225); Alleine J Anselmo (994); and Reto Berrington (526) were not elected.

A total of 2,797 ballots were cast from 5,072 estimated eligible voters.

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