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PHOTOS | Meet Iqaluit's new mayor and council

Madeleine Redfern has been elected mayor of Iqaluit with 59 per cent of the vote. She previously served as the city's mayor from 2010 to 2012.

Redfern was previously mayor of Iqaluit from 2010 to 2012

Madeleine Redfernhas been elected mayor of Iqaluitin Monday's municipal vote. She won decisively, earning 1,005 votes, or 59 per cent of all ballots.

Redfern ran againstMary Wilman, who has served as mayorsince 2014, and Noah Papatsie, a city councillor since 2013. Wilmanwon 527 votes, or 31 per cent of all ballots. Papatsie won 160 votes, or about 9 per cent.

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This will be a return to the mayor's office forRedfern. She was first elected to the officein a byelection in 2010, butdecided not to stand for re-election in the 2012 city election.

Redferndecided to run again this year because of the state of the city and what she calleda "lack of professionalism," she said in a CBC profile of all threecandidates for mayor.

Eight people have been elected to council. They are:

  • GideonieJoamie
  • JoanasieAkumalik
  • SimonNattaq
  • MeganPizzoLyall
  • JasonRochon
  • RomeynStevenson
  • KuthulaMatshazi
  • TerryDobbin

Lynda Gunn also ran for a seat on council, but was 18votes behind the eighth place candidate, Simon Nattaq.

Eight people ran for six seats on theIqaluitDistrict Education Authority.Six were elected:

  • LanaDawiskiba
  • ShereneGissing
  • PascalMacLellan
  • AldenWilliams
  • AndreaWitzaney-Chown
  • Douglas Workman

BryanDrachenberg andRandyPittmanalso ran.

Four candidates were acclaimed to the seven open seats on theApex District Education Authority. They are:

  • Anne Crawford
  • KerryMcCluskey
  • JosephMurdoch-Flowers
  • CorennaNuyalia

Two candidates wereacclaimed to the three open seats on the CommissionscolairefrancophoneduNunavut. They are:

  • MyriamGirard
  • DanielHilman