Jeff Genung is the new mayor of Cochrane in a landside victory over incumbent Ivan Brooker.

Genung received 4,321 votes to Brookers 2,252 and Tom Hardy lagged behind in third with 440.

There are four new town councillors joining incumbents Morgan Nagel and Tara McFadden who finished one, two in the vote. Newly-elected councillors in order of popular vote are Marni Fedeyko, Susan Flowers, Patrick Wilson and Alex Reed.

Ross Watson, the longest serving councillor, lost his seat on council, finishing eighth in the race. Seventh was Dan Cunin in his second election bid, losing the final seat by a mere eight votes. Also finishing outside of the cut were Miles Chester, Patrick Price, Vivian Cox, Scott Gibson-Craig, Jason Phillips, Bella Fallis and Kent Liang.

"It's been a long journey. It's been fun, met a lot of people, engaged with the community. It's just overwhelming and it hasn't quite sunk in yet, but I'm super happy," says Genung about his victory."

After a celebration with supporters tonight, he's raring to go.

"I think I'm going to try and get a good night's sleep, make a few plans and get to work."

Morgan Nagel topped the vote for councillors by nearly 1,000 votes and said he wasn't afraid to take chances in his campaign.

"I ran a bold campaign that took some bold risks," says Nagel. "I said exactly what I thought about development, traffic and taxes and from what I see tonight the community stands behind that message."

After a day of collecting election signs, he's looking forward to meeting with all the new councillors.

"I want to figure out their dreams and passion for Cochrane, what they were elected to do, and I hope to offer them some of my experience as an incumbent to make them come true."

Despite all the build up to the election ,there was still a dismal showing at the polls. In total, 7,046 people voted, 38 per cent of the estimated 18,718 eligible voters.

The new council will be sworn in Oct. 23.

The results are unofficial at this point.

Results:

Mayor:

Jeff Genung 4,321*

Ivan Brooker 2,252

Tom Hardy 440

Council:

Morgan Nagel 4,461*

Tara McFadden 3,429*

Marni Fedeyko 3,343*

Susan Flowers 3,033*

Patrick Wilson 2,446*

Alex Reed 2,381*

Dan Cunin 2,373

Ross Watson 2,368

Miles Chester 2,240

Patrick Price 2,057

Vivian Cox 1,615

Scott Gibson-Craig 1,429

Jason Phillips 1,422

Bella Fallis 1,330

Kent Liang 707

* indicates those elected to office