 The election night returns showed her losing to her conservative rival, Helen Wursta, by only ten votes.Her requests for a recount were turned down by the city, and a judge ruled in January 1986 that too much time had passed for a court-ordered scrutiny of the votes (although the judge also ruled that the council was certainly aware of ballot irregularities when it turned down Jones's request).In the aftermath of these events, Bob Mitchell of the "Toronto Star" wrote that the real result of the election would never be known for certain.