The ballots have officially been counted once again for one of Waterloo’s regional councillor positions after a margin of just three votes led to a recount weeks after the 2026 municipal election.
An official recount was brought forward, centred around the second of 2 regional councillor seats for the City of Waterloo.
Incumbent councillor Jim Erb won the first by a wider margin, but the second was a much closer race between incumbent Chantal Huinink and challenger Chris Moser.
Ultimately, following the initial election results, Huinink won the second seat with 8,605 total votes, just 3 votes ahead of Moser with 8,602.
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That led Moser and his team to request a recount, requiring a motion to be brought forward to the acting regional council to make it official, a motion which was approved unanimously by those sitting councillors.
That recount took place Monday, Nov. 9, at Waterloo’s city hall, with the city later posting that the results would remain unchanged after the ballots came back showing the same results: 8,605 votes for Huinink and 8,602 for Moser.
The results officially mean that every single elected regional councillor position across Waterloo Region continued to be held by the previous candidate, with every incumbent successfully being reelected.
Of course, though, not all the faces around the regional horseshoe will remain the same, with a list of new mayors being elected and the Ontario government expected to share details about the newly appointed regional chair, currently held by Karen Redman.
Meanwhile, the final vote for a Waterloo Catholic District School Board trustee position is also being recounted for Waterloo, Woolwich, and Wellesley after the ballots showed a tie during the recent election.
The City of Waterloo said the results for that particular recount will be released before Tuesday comes to a close.
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