Amarjeet Sohi is the new mayor-elect of Edmonton..Sohi rode a wave of popularity Monday night in the battle to replace the outgoing mayor, Don Iveson..Sohi, 57, finished ahead of main rival Mike Nickel by a count of 90,504 to 52,863 as of 9:45 p.m..Council has a whole in Edmonton underwent a massive gender change with eight women winning ridings..Full results in Edmonton can be found here..Sohi served as Liberal minister of Natural Resources from 2018 to 2019 and Minister of Infrastructure and Communities from 2015 to 2018..He was defeated in the 2019 federal election and then turned his attention back to civic politics..Previously, Sohi was elected to the Edmonton city council in 2007..Born in India, Sohi immigrated to Canada in 1981 and started work as a taxi driver in Edmonton..When he returned to India in 1988, he was arrested, accused of terrorism and put into solitary confinement..After spending 21 months in prison, Sohi was released due to a lack of evidence..He came back to Edmonton and worked as a bus driver before entering politics.
Amarjeet Sohi is the new mayor-elect of Edmonton..Sohi rode a wave of popularity Monday night in the battle to replace the outgoing mayor, Don Iveson..Sohi, 57, finished ahead of main rival Mike Nickel by a count of 90,504 to 52,863 as of 9:45 p.m..Council has a whole in Edmonton underwent a massive gender change with eight women winning ridings..Full results in Edmonton can be found here..Sohi served as Liberal minister of Natural Resources from 2018 to 2019 and Minister of Infrastructure and Communities from 2015 to 2018..He was defeated in the 2019 federal election and then turned his attention back to civic politics..Previously, Sohi was elected to the Edmonton city council in 2007..Born in India, Sohi immigrated to Canada in 1981 and started work as a taxi driver in Edmonton..When he returned to India in 1988, he was arrested, accused of terrorism and put into solitary confinement..After spending 21 months in prison, Sohi was released due to a lack of evidence..He came back to Edmonton and worked as a bus driver before entering politics.
