Preliminary results for the 2013 Lac La Biche County election show that Ward 5 incumbent MJ Siebold is winning the race with 229 votes to opponent Seham (Sam) Fyith's 99.
When Siebold was contacted by the POST, the advance and institutional votes had not been included in the tally, however, Siebold said that wouldn't affect the numbers that much. She said that what she represents is what helped her get the votes.
"I haven't said anything I haven't said before," she said. "I stand for accountability and ethics and hopefully that struck a cord."
Siebold has been watching the numbers and says the mayoral race is pretty interesting. "I expected the mayor's race to be a close one and it is," she said.
She foresees that there will be new faces on the council and is optimistic that they will set the right tone from the beginning with all the issues the councillors will be looking into in the next term.
"We've got lots of challenges and I'm pretty sure I'm up to the challenge.
