Port Hope elects Olena Hankivsky as new mayor in 4-way race

Olena Hankivsky had a look of shock on Monday night as she was informed she will be the next mayor of the Municipality of Port Hope.

Hankivsky shared the post on her campaign’s Facebook page after she earned 2,093 votes to win the four-way race for the top council seat.

She defeated two current councillors — Laurie Carr and Jeff Lees — along with candidate Angela Grogan. Current two-term mayor Bob Sanderson did not seek re-election.

Lees garnered 1,894 votes followed by Carr’s 1,587 and Grogan’s 551 votes.

Joining Hankivsky at the council table will be:

Urban Area (Ward 1) four positions:

• Claire Holloway Wadhwani: 2,131 votes
• Adam James Pearson: 1,967 votes
• Todd Attridge: 1,952 votes
• Les Andrews (incumbent): 1,867 votes

Other candidates were Terry Hickey (1,766), Miles Bowman (1,691), incumbent Wendy Meadows (1,643), William Andrew Lambert (1,366), John Appleman (982), Miranda Lukaniuk (666) and Norm Orviss (350).

Rural Area (Ward 2):

• Vicki Mink (incumbent): 646 votes
• Chris J. Collins: 604 votes

Other candidates were Darrell Toms (374), incumbent John Bickle (340), Peter Angelo (213), Betsey Price (163) and Eric McMurray (45).

The township reports 6,196 votes were cast out of 14,418 eligible electors, representing a voter turn out of 43 per cent. It is nearly on par with the 2018 election that saw 5,846 voters (44.85 per cent). In 2014 voter turnout was 49.9 per cent, up from 45.6 per cent in 2010.