High River's municipal election results are now official.

“Unofficial results were released immediately post-election and these results become official today at 12 p.m. as candidates were given additional time to request a re-count, if required,” says Kara Rusk, returning officer with the Town.

Craig Snodgrass has been elected to serve as Mayor for the Town of High River after receiving 2,374 votes.

The six councillor candidates who were elected are:

Cathy Couey (2,859 votes)

Michael Nychyk (2,381 votes)

Bruce Masterman (2,364 votes)

Don Moore (2,312 votes)

Carol MacMillan (1,694 votes)

Jamie Kinghorn (1,501 votes)

The new council will be sworn in and handed their committee responsibilities, at the annual organizational meeting Monday October 23, 2017 for a four-year term ending in October 2021.