Chad Bachynski defeats Sandra Masters to become mayor of Regina
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Chad Bachynski will be Regina's next mayor, after defeating incumbent Sandra Masters, who was vying for a second term.
Chad Bachynski will be Regina's next mayor, after defeating incumbent Sandra Masters, who was vying for a second term.
Polls closed on Wednesday at 8 p.m., and Bachynski maintained a strong lead throughout the night, leading challenger Lori Bresciani by nearly 3,000 votes and incumbent Sandra Masters by over 3,600 votes as of 10:30 p.m. with 38 of 43 polling stations reporting.
"It still feels a little surreal to be honest," he laughed, speaking to CTV News at his campaign watch party. "We really did this on friends and family and word of mouth and through a true grassroots campaign. It's incredible. It feels great, just for all the effort that everyone put into this."
Bachynski was among four candidates who were recognized as frontrunners during the campaign along with Bresciani, Masters and Bill Pratt.
A mechanical engineer by trade, Bachynski attended the University of Saskatchewan from 2004 to 2008, where he earned his bachelor’s degree.
Coming out of school, he worked at Applied Industrial Technologies LP in Regina for a number of years before securing a position at SaskEnergy.
In just over a decade, he rose from the position of pipeline engineer to the manager of enterprise networks for the provincial Crown corporation.
