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Dana Lajeunesse won the Sooke Council by-election by a margin of only three votes.
A by-election for a Council seat in Sooke has been won by a margin of only three votes, according to preliminary results posted to the District of Sooke website.
Candidate Dana Lajeunesse narrowly eked out a win over his closest opponent, Kevin Pearson, with 286 votes cast for Lajeunesse and 283 for Pearson.
Britt Santowsky came in third place with 265 votes and the next-closest candidate was Jeff Stewart with 262.
The by-election was necessary to fill a vacancy left after Councillor Brenda Parkinson passed away in July after being diagnosed with brain cancer.
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