The City of Richmond has a new council and school board.
At 8:44 p.m., all 42 polls were counted and former school board chair Linda McPhail of the Richmond First slate, and former school trustee Chak Au, of RITE, became the new faces on city council.
In the race for school trustee, the new faces were Richmond Firsts Dr. Eric Yung and RITEs Norm Goldstein and Kenny Chiu.
Incumbent mayor Malcolm Brodie won again very comfortable over local lawyer Richard Lee to retain his seat in office.
McPhails popularity was the surprise of the night, almost edging out fellow Richmond First candidate and city council veteran Bill McNulty for first place.
Her election now gives Richmond First four out of eight councillor berths, with incumbents Derek Dang and Ken Johnston also winning another three-year term.
However, Johnston was made to sweat for a little while, as he and RITEs Carol Day battled it out for much of the night for the last seat on council, before the former finally edged away in the last few of the 42 polls.
Check back here shortly for the full result and reaction.
