Jenna Sudds will represent the ward of Kanata North for the next four years, according to unofficial results.

With 97 of 97 polls counted, Sudds has 46.7 per cent of the vote and a 1,600-vote lead over her closest rival, Matt Muirhead.

The race was anyone's to win after longtime councillor Marianne Wilkinson announced in March that she's leaving municipal politics about 50 years after she won her first election.

Sudds, the former head of the Kanata BIA, received an endorsement from Wilkinson during the campaign.

Sudds said the community's primary challenge is dealing with the growth and the transportation issues that come with it, including better bus service and getting the LRT to Kanata.

The other three candidates were:

The city clerk is expected to declare the results official by Thursday.