It’s a historic win for Wilson Lo, who becomes the first councillor-elect of the new Ward 24—Barrhaven East. Lo received 37 per cent of the vote to defeat six others in the race to become the ward’s first councillor.
Lo says Monday’s victory was a culmination of more than four months of very hard work and daily door knocking.
“A lot of the solutions to our transportation problems do start in other wards, like Prince of Wales Drive, which is primarily through Ward 9—councillor-elect Devine’s ward,” he says. “We will have to work together. We will have to collaborate so that we have to make a strong case for our residents, as well as Barrhaven West; Greenbank, for example, affects both of us.”
Lo’s is pitching a ‘Barrhaven Loop’ to connect major commercial areas through a network of local buses in the hope to increase ridership and provide better access to transit hubs.