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The top elected official will be returning to council chambers in Shuniah and Oliver-Paipoonge, but it isn’t the same story in Neebing. In Oliver-Paipoonge, Mayor Lucy Kloosterhuis won her re-election bid after collecting 1,142 votes.

Delays by the city clerk’s office on Monday night releasing municipal election results were the result of a last-minute surge of voters, not computer glitches with electronic tabulators.

Strong winds and sometimes heavy rain are pounding parts of the area, leaving scattered scenes of destruction in and around the city.

Keith Hobbs says it’s time for Thunder Bay to start healing.

The city failed to deliver a knockout punch to voter apathy Monday night as only 46 per cent of eligible voters decided to cast a ballot in the municipal election. Monday night’s turnout is an improvement from the 38.

Frank Grant was the odd-man out in the English Public School Board trustee race. Grant was the only one of nine candidates not to make the cut on Monday, falling about 650 short of the cut-off line to win a spot on the board.

Paul Pugh’s victory in the McKellar Ward Monday makes him the lone fresh face amongst six other returning ward councillors. Pugh ran in the only ward that didn’t feature an incumbent running for re-election.

The vocal minority’s call for change did not resonate at the polls on Monday. In Thunder Bay's at-large race, all four incumbent candidates seeking re-election were safely returned to city council.

Keith Hobbs won the sign war and he won where it counts – at the polls.

Following are the unofficial results of the 2010 City of Thunder Bay municipal election. Please note that results will not appear until after polls close at 8 p.m.