The final result of the Ward 10 election saw Aftergood defeat her next closest opponent Diane Danielson by 138 votes.

[3] On October 14, the Calgary Police Service Commercial Crime and Arson unit was notified of the irregularity and began investigating.

The report concluded a significant irregularity occurred during the election involving the application for and return of Special Ballots using the names of persons who did not know that this was taking place.

In 2007 David Aftergood was found guilty of violating the Elections Act and was sentenced to 14 days in jail and a $2,000 fine.

Ron Aftergood, Margot's brother and campaign volunteer Son Nguyen pleaded guilty to violating the Local Authorities Election Act and were fined $4,000 and $1,500 respectively.