The City of Yorkton announced preliminary results for the 2024 election, naming Aaron Kienle as the city’s new mayor, along with two new councilors and four re-elected members.

Kienle won against former Mayor Mitch Hippsley by just under 1,000 votes according to preliminary results Wednesday night.

The newly elected councilors are Stephanie Ortynsky and Greg Litvanyi – with Ortynsky holding the second-highest number of votes, followed by incumbent Dustin Brears.

The re-elected councilors are Quinn Haider, Randy Goulden and Darcy Zaharia.

Candidates who failed to garner enough votes to secure a seat on the council included Lauretta Ritchie-McInnes, Gurjit Dhaliwal, Todd Kulscar and Ron Irvine.

The total number of preliminary results for all candidates can be found below.

Mayoral candidates

Kienle – 2,438

Hippsley – 1,476

Advisor candidates

Bres – 2,656

Ortynsky – 2,629

Haider – 2,590

Gold – 2,229

Litvanyi – 2,080

Zaharie – 2,078

The new city council will be officially sworn in on Friday, November 15 at city hall.