Montrealers cast ballots in English school board elections as preliminary results begin to come in

Hundreds of Montrealers are heading to the polls Sunday to vote in the English school board elections.

Hundreds of Montrealers cast their ballots in the English Montreal school board elections on Sunday. Polls closed at 8 p.m. and while results have begun to trickle in, officials said it will take some time for all of the votes to be counted.

The incumbent chair of the English Montreal School Board (EMSB), Joe Ortona, currently has a significant lead over his opponent, Katherine Korakakis with 10,466 votes to 3,530.

Here are the confirmed winners of some of the commissioner races at the EMSB:

Ward 1

Ahuntsic-Cartierville–Montréal-Nord

Franco Mazzariello – 425

Susan Perera – 916