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Round 1 Legend   Sjeng Derkx   9.0  (16.1%)  Elected Robin Cherbo   6.0  (10.7%)    Ian Mason   6.0  (10.7%)    Tanya Finley   5.0  (8.9%)    Gord McAdams   5.0  (8.9%)    Dave Cherry   4.0  (7.1%)    Bob Adams   3.0  (5.4%)    Barry Auliffe   3.0  (5.4%)    Derwyn Costinak   3.0  (5.4%)    Rob Switzer   3.0  (5.4%)    Stephen Fowler   2.0  (3.6%)    Deb Kozak   2.0  (3.6%)    Janice Morrison   2.0  (3.6%)    Margaret Stacey   2.0  (3.6%)    Charles Jeanes   1.0  (1.8%)

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
Sjeng Derkx has enough votes to guarantee victory (16.1%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

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Round 2 Legend   Sjeng Derkx   9.0  (16.1%)    Robin Cherbo   6.0  (10.7%)    Ian Mason   6.0  (10.7%)    Tanya Finley   5.0  (8.9%)    Gord McAdams   5.0  (8.9%)    Dave Cherry   4.0  (7.1%)    Bob Adams   3.0  (5.4%)    Barry Auliffe   3.0  (5.4%)    Derwyn Costinak   3.0  (5.4%)    Rob Switzer   3.0  (5.4%)    Stephen Fowler   2.0  (3.6%)    Deb Kozak   2.0  (3.6%)    Janice Morrison   2.0  (3.6%)    Margaret Stacey   2.0  (3.6%)    Charles Jeanes   1.0  (1.8%)  Defeated

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (16.1%), so the last-place candidate (Charles Jeanes) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 3 Legend   Sjeng Derkx   9.0  (16.1%)    Robin Cherbo   6.0  (10.7%)    Ian Mason   6.0  (10.7%)    Tanya Finley   5.0  (8.9%)    Gord McAdams   5.0  (8.9%)    Dave Cherry   4.0  (7.1%)    Bob Adams   3.0  (5.4%)    Barry Auliffe   3.0  (5.4%)    Derwyn Costinak   3.0  (5.4%)    Rob Switzer   4.0  (7.1%)    Stephen Fowler   2.0  (3.6%)    Deb Kozak   2.0  (3.6%)    Janice Morrison   2.0  (3.6%)  Defeated Margaret Stacey   2.0  (3.6%)

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (16.1%), so the last-place candidate (Janice Morrison) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 4 Legend   Sjeng Derkx   9.0  (16.7%)    Robin Cherbo   6.0  (11.1%)    Ian Mason   6.0  (11.1%)    Tanya Finley   5.0  (9.3%)    Gord McAdams   5.0  (9.3%)    Dave Cherry   4.0  (7.4%)    Bob Adams   3.0  (5.6%)    Barry Auliffe   3.0  (5.6%)    Derwyn Costinak   3.0  (5.6%)    Rob Switzer   4.0  (7.4%)    Stephen Fowler   2.0  (3.7%)    Deb Kozak   2.0  (3.7%)  Defeated Margaret Stacey   2.0  (3.7%)    None of these   2.0  (3.7%)

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (16.1%), so the last-place candidate (Deb Kozak) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 5 Legend   Sjeng Derkx   9.0  (16.7%)    Robin Cherbo   6.0  (11.1%)    Ian Mason   6.0  (11.1%)    Tanya Finley   5.0  (9.3%)    Gord McAdams   6.0  (11.1%)    Dave Cherry   5.0  (9.3%)    Bob Adams   3.0  (5.6%)    Barry Auliffe   3.0  (5.6%)    Derwyn Costinak   3.0  (5.6%)    Rob Switzer   4.0  (7.4%)    Stephen Fowler   2.0  (3.7%)  Defeated Margaret Stacey   2.0  (3.7%)    None of these   2.0  (3.7%)

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (16.1%), so the last-place candidate (Stephen Fowler) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 6 Legend   Sjeng Derkx   9.0  (16.7%)    Robin Cherbo   6.0  (11.1%)    Ian Mason   6.0  (11.1%)    Tanya Finley   5.0  (9.3%)    Gord McAdams   6.0  (11.1%)    Dave Cherry   6.0  (11.1%)    Bob Adams   3.0  (5.6%)    Barry Auliffe   3.0  (5.6%)    Derwyn Costinak   3.0  (5.6%)    Rob Switzer   5.0  (9.3%)    Margaret Stacey   2.0  (3.7%)  Defeated None of these   2.0  (3.7%)

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (16.1%), so the last-place candidate (Margaret Stacey) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 7 Legend   Sjeng Derkx   9.0  (16.7%)    Robin Cherbo   6.0  (11.1%)    Ian Mason   6.0  (11.1%)    Tanya Finley   6.0  (11.1%)    Gord McAdams   7.0  (13.0%)    Dave Cherry   6.0  (11.1%)    Bob Adams   3.0  (5.6%)    Barry Auliffe   3.0  (5.6%)  Defeated Derwyn Costinak   3.0  (5.6%)    Rob Switzer   5.0  (9.3%)    None of these   2.0  (3.7%)

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (16.1%), so the last-place candidate (Barry Auliffe) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 8 Legend   Sjeng Derkx   9.0  (16.7%)    Robin Cherbo   6.0  (11.1%)    Ian Mason   6.0  (11.1%)    Tanya Finley   6.0  (11.1%)    Gord McAdams   7.0  (13.0%)    Dave Cherry   7.0  (13.0%)    Bob Adams   3.0  (5.6%)  Defeated Derwyn Costinak   5.0  (9.3%)    Rob Switzer   5.0  (9.3%)    None of these   2.0  (3.7%)

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (16.1%), so the last-place candidate (Bob Adams) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 9 Legend   Sjeng Derkx   9.0  (16.7%)    Robin Cherbo   6.0  (11.1%)    Ian Mason   7.0  (13.0%)    Tanya Finley   6.0  (11.1%)    Gord McAdams   9.0  (16.7%)  Elected Dave Cherry   7.0  (13.0%)    Derwyn Costinak   5.0  (9.3%)    Rob Switzer   5.0  (9.3%)    None of these   2.0  (3.7%)

Gord McAdams has enough votes to guarantee victory (16.1%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

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Round 10 Legend   Sjeng Derkx   9.0  (16.7%)    Robin Cherbo   6.0  (11.1%)    Ian Mason   7.0  (13.0%)    Tanya Finley   6.0  (11.1%)    Gord McAdams   9.0  (16.7%)    Dave Cherry   7.0  (13.0%)    Derwyn Costinak   5.0  (9.3%)  Defeated Rob Switzer   5.0  (9.3%)    None of these   2.0  (3.7%)

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (16.1%), so the last-place candidate (Derwyn Costinak) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 11 Legend   Sjeng Derkx   9.0  (16.7%)    Robin Cherbo   9.0  (16.7%)  Elected Ian Mason   7.0  (13.0%)    Tanya Finley   6.0  (11.1%)    Gord McAdams   9.0  (16.7%)    Dave Cherry   8.0  (14.8%)    Rob Switzer   6.0  (11.1%)    None of these   2.0  (3.7%)

Robin Cherbo has enough votes to guarantee victory (16.1%) and is declared a winner.To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking (this is actually done by counting a fraction of ballots cast for the winning candidate).

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Round 12 Legend   Sjeng Derkx   9.0  (16.7%)    Robin Cherbo   9.0  (16.7%)    Ian Mason   7.0  (13.0%)    Tanya Finley   6.0  (11.1%)    Gord McAdams   9.0  (16.7%)    Dave Cherry   8.0  (14.8%)    Rob Switzer   6.0  (11.1%)  Defeated None of these   2.0  (3.7%)

No candidate has the number of votes needed to guarantee victory (16.1%), so the last-place candidate (Rob Switzer) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 13 Legend   Sjeng Derkx   9.0  (17.3%)  Elected Robin Cherbo   9.0  (17.3%)  Elected Ian Mason   7.0  (13.5%)  Elected Tanya Finley   8.0  (15.4%)  Elected Gord McAdams   9.0  (17.3%)  Elected Dave Cherry   10.0  (19.2%)  Elected None of these   4.0  (7.7%)

At this point, the number of remaining candidates equals the number of remaining seats, so the remaining candidates are declared elected.
In the end, 92.9% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 62.5% if only the first-round votes were used. You should be able to see that the winners have a more equal mandate in the final round than in the first round.

Note that even the "highest first-round votes" method is more democratic than most methods used in US public elections: the "vote for 6" method, which allows the largest block of voters to dominate, and the district method, where choices are restricted to the one or two viable candidates within geographical boundaries drawn by the politicians in office.

Also, view the Ballot Depth info to see how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.

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Rank   Fraction of votes for winners 1st  67.3%    2nd  11.5%    3rd  3.8%    4th  9.6%    6th  1.9%    7th  3.8%    12th  1.9%