Winnipeg's October 28 unofficial council tallies show Natalie Smith narrowly ahead of Ross Eadie in Mynarski, one of the closest reported ward contests.
A narrow lead in Mynarski
Winnipeg's official election-night report, timestamped October 28 at 10:01:53 p.m. local time, lists Natalie Smith with 3,056 votes in the Mynarski ward, or 30.69% of valid votes. Ross Eadie has 2,933 votes, or 29.45%, leaving a margin of just 123 votes in the five-plus-candidate contest. Harold Brazil has 2,457 votes, Laurie Kozak 1,063, Terry Wachniak 310 and Ayaz Noor Mohammed 140. All 40 of the ward's voting subdivisions were marked as reporting. The city labels these totals unofficial and had not certified the result in the source document.
Why a complete poll tally is not necessarily a final result
The mayoral contest and ward councillor races are counted separately, with Winnipeg also reporting school trustee elections. A statement that all voting subdivisions reported indicates the election-night tabulation covered them, not necessarily that every review, administrative procedure or certification has finished. The city's overview shows 10,071 ballots cast for Mynarski, including 104 undervotes and eight overvotes, for 9,959 valid candidate votes. That helps explain why candidate totals and ballot counts are not identical.
What readers should check next
The city's elections office is the authoritative source for subsequent results and any updates to the record. Until certification, calling a candidate the formally elected councillor based only on this small lead would go beyond the official document. CDN News will keep the 123-vote margin clearly labelled as the October 28 unofficial snapshot and avoid presenting it as a continuing live count.
Sources & transparency
City of Winnipeg — 2026 election results, October 28, 10:01 p.m. unofficial reportCity of Winnipeg — Official 2026 municipal election portalOriginal CDN News coverage. Sources are linked for reference.
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