Whitby ward races: Yamada, White and Bozinovski lead unofficial counts

Steve Yamada leads the race for regional councillor in East Ward 4 with 5,867 votes, or 58.47 per cent, ahead of Maleeha Shahid with 3,762 votes (37.49 per cent) and Zartasha Zainab Chaudhry with 405 votes (4.04 per cent), according to the Town of Whitby's unofficial results.

In the East Ward 4 town councillor race, Victoria Bozinovski leads with 5,771 votes (59.14 per cent), ahead of Walter Perdigao with 2,131 votes (21.84 per cent), Saima Hammad with 1,358 votes (13.92 per cent) and Shah Hosein with 499 votes (5.11 per cent). In North Ward 1, Jay White leads the town councillor race with 3,288 votes (39.93 per cent), ahead of Steve Lee with 2,956 votes (35.90 per cent) and Anastasia Brown with 1,991 votes (24.18 per cent).

The results remain unofficial until certified by the municipal clerk. All 63 tabulators have reported, with 37,267 ballots cast and turnout of 31.12 per cent among 119,763 eligible voters, the town's results page reports.