Karen Redman elected regional chair

Karen Redmanis the Region of Waterloo's next council chair.

Unofficial numbers from thecities and townships across the region, released Tuesday night after voting closed in Woolwich and Wellesley, showed Redmanwon the position with over 62per cent of the vote. She had more votes than the three other candidates combined.

Injury lawyer Rob Deutschmanncamein second, with about 19per cent of the vote. Jan d'Ailly had 10 per cent of the votes while JayAissareceived just over nine per cent.

The regional chair vote results were delayed until Tuesday night because of problems Monday with online voting in Cambridge, Woolwich and Wellesley.

Cambridge extended polling station hours to 10 p.m. on Monday, while Woolwich and Wellesley both opted toextend online and phone voting until 8 p.m. Tuesday.

In a release Tuesday night, current Regional Chair Ken Seilingcongratulated Redman.

"I am pleased to see Karen Redman elected to chair and am confident she will provide solid leadership, engage the community and serve with a caring responsible government," said Seiling, who has served as regional chair since 1985 and decided not to seek re-election this year.