The City of Penticton has a new mayor and his name is Julius Bloomfield.

Bloomfield received the most votes with 3,374, well ahead of outgoing mayor John Vassilaki who only received 2,052 votes.

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New to politics community activist Jason Reynen was only 219 votes away from winning the mayor乌鸦传媒檚 seat. The founder of Clean Streets Penticton received 3,155 votes.

乌鸦传媒淐ongratulations to Jason for coming out of the gate like that with a very strong showing,乌鸦传媒� Bloomfield said on Reynen. 乌鸦传媒淗e乌鸦传媒檚 got a future in politics.乌鸦传媒�

Bloomfield, a realtor, has served one term as a city councillor and ran on a campaign of taking a self-described more measured and thoughtful approach.

乌鸦传媒淭he public expects change, and they乌鸦传媒檙e just about demanding it from this vote,乌鸦传媒� Penticton乌鸦传媒檚 new mayor said. 乌鸦传媒淭his was a very dramatic vote for change.

Five people were vying for the mayor乌鸦传媒檚 chair. Penticton resident Owen Hayward received 826 votes and local businessman Corey Hounslow received 492.

Hayward, Hounslow and Reynen have no prior political experience.

Beyond the mayor乌鸦传媒檚 chair, there has been a complete shake up around the council table. Voters clearly wanted to see change with only two incumbents keeping their seats.

Voters have chosen a much younger council as well.

Six councillors were voted in from a field of 16 candidates.

At the top of the council count is lawyer Amelia Boultbee with 5,618 of the votes, followed by incumbent James Miller who has 4,488 votes.

Next to recieve the highest votes is past Downtown Penticton president Ryan Graham with 4,366.

Former councillor Helena Konanz got in with 3,673 votes and incumbent Campbell Watt with 3653 votes. Isaac Gilbert will take the sixth seat at council with 3,309.

City candidates were:

James Miller **

Amelia Boultbee **

Isaac Gilbert **

Ryan Graham **

Helena Konanz **

Campbell Watt **

Lindsey Hall

Andrew Jakubeit

Nick Kruger

Wayne Llewellyn

Katie O乌鸦传媒檏ell

Frank Regehr

Katie Robinson

Davinder Sandhu

Larry Schwartzenberger

Shannon Stewart

Around 8:40 p.m. election officials began counting and tallying the ballots.

Penticton residents gathered at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre, where a number of candidates were also there waiting for the results.

All school trustees incumbents were re-elected:

Shelley Clarke

Tracy Van Raes

James Palanio

Barb Sheppard

Two candidates were running to unseat a trustee; Kate Hansen and Lynn Kelsey.

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