The election race for Ward 7 town and regional councillor ended with BDO Canada LLP consultant Pavan Parmar coming out on top with 570 votes, followed by local entrepreneur Shahrez Daniyal Hayder with 502 votes, health care executive Nav Nanda with 491 votes, software consultant Amir Henry with 371 votes and financial professional Shahab Khan with 108 votes.
The Ward 7 town councillor race was closer still with lawyer Jasvinder Sandhu elected with 551 votes, Realtor Saima Zaidi getting 532 votes, Adrian Paris receiving 455 votes and Ajay Rosha receiving 420 votes.
Following these results, Hayder’s family hired a lawyer and filed an application with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, which among other things calls on the court to issue an order determining that the Ward 7 elections were not valid and that a byelection should be held.
The application says the grounds for these requests include alleged errors made in which Ward 6 voting cards were sent to Ward 7 voters.
Allegations are also made in the application that people voted in the Ward 7 election who did not actually live in the ward.
A two-day hearing for the main court application has yet to be scheduled, however, it may take place at some point in February 2020.
