Jyoti Gondek has become the first female mayor of Calgary..Gondek swept to power Monday night holding off main rival Jeromy Farkas by a count of 145,922 to 98,392 as of 9:30 p.m..“Calgary — thank you. I love you,” Gondek tweeted..“Having listened to you…you have asked me to lead with a steady hand,” she later told supporters..Gondek first came to power in Ward 3 in 2017 and chairs the City of Calgary’s Standing Policy Committee on Planning and Urban Development and is a member of the Priorities and Finance Committee..Prior to taking office in 2017, she was the Director of the Westman Centre for Real Estate Studies at the University of Calgary’s Haskayne School of Business..“This is an election like no other — and I hope this is a one-off,” Farkas told his supporters gathered at Gasoline Alley in Heritage Park..All of the Calgary results can be found here..…more the come.
