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8%
1 of 13 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Voters in Kingston, Ont., turned to a new face to lead the city, electing Conny Glenn to be their new mayor on Monday night, ending incumbent Bryan Paterson’s bid for a fourth consecutive term in the role.
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Voters → turn → role
In a narrow victory, Glenn — who served as councillor for Sydenham District for the past four years — garnered 16,451 votes – or 43.25 per cent of the 38,246 ballots cast from 26 of 26 tabulators, according to unofficial results on the City of Kingston’s website.
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who → serve → website
Paterson received 15,658 votes, or 41.17 per cent of the votes.
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Paterson → receive → votes
“The reality is it’s difficult to run against an incumbent – I know Bryan ran a hard race, I wouldn’t expect anything less out of him,” said Glenn.
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Glenn → ’ → him
“And I do want to send out good wishes to my opponents, they ran good races.”
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they → want → races
Glenn becomes the third woman voted as mayor in Kingston
“What we’ve seen over the last four years is a lot of women that have stepped down from their roles as elected politicians, councillors, mayors, because of a lot of abuse,” she said following her victory.
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she → become → victory
“So it’s important that women continue to run, it’s important that we step up”
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we → ’ → ?
Vanessa Menasah, who stepped down from her role as the city’s manager of diversity, equity and inclusion, finished a distant third with 5,351 votes or 14.06 per cent of the vote while Grant Bedard received 542 votes (1.48 per cent).
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Bedard → step → votes
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Paterson was the city’s 96th mayor and was re-elected to his third consecutive term in 2022 in which he garnered over 74 per cent of the vote.
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he → get → vote
Prior to being mayor he also served a term as a city councillor.
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he → serve → councillor
Last year Paterson took a leave of absence as mayor to run as a candidate for the Conservatives but lost to longtime Liberal MP Mark Gerretsen.
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Paterson → take → Gerretsen
In this year’s municipal election, the city reported advance voter turnout at 12.42 per cent ahead of election day Monday.
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city → report → day
More than 14,000 people voted online.
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people → vote → ?
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