Final Candidates Lists Released for Local Elections
John Crawford
09/24/2018
A few people have changed their minds about running, as the final list of candidates for next month's local elections has been posted by Civic Info BC.
On Haida Gwaii, Deena Wilson has withdrawn her candidacy for council in Port Clements, while Sabrina Frazier has taken her name off the ballot in the Village of Queen Charlotte.
In Smithers, Councillor Shelley Browne has decided not to seek re-election, leaving 10 candidates in the running for the six council seats.
In Burns Lake, the race for the mayor's chair is down to three candidates, with Susan Schienbein pulling out -- while Bruce Martens is no longer running for council.
Eileen Benedict has decided not to seek re-election in the Bulkley-Nechako Regional District, meaning Clint Lambert is acclaimed as director for Area E (Francois Lake).
Six northwest mayors have been elected by acclamation: Lee Brain in Prince Rupert, Carol Leclerc in Terrace, Gina McKay in Stewart, Shane Brienen in Houston, Linda McGuire in Granisle and Douglas Daugert in Port Clements.
But all of those communities will have elections for council.
The full list of candidates is below.
LOCAL ELECTIONS (Municipal, RD, School Board) OCT 20, 2018
Final list (source: https://bc.localelections.ca/candidates/index_m.html )
Numbers in brackets indicate number of persons to be elected – where there is no number, just one person will fill this position
MUNICIPAL COUNCILS:
MASSET (Village of)
Mayor: Margo Hearne
Barry Pages
Councillors (4) Terry Carty
Bret Johnston
Robert Morton
Evelyn von Almassy
Regina Williams
PORT CLEMENTS (Village of)
Mayor: Douglas Daugert
Councillors (4) Brigid Cumming
Kazamir Falconbridge
Ian Gould
Teri Kish
Betty Stewart
Deena Wilson
QUEEN CHARLOTTE (Village of)
Mayor: Greg Martin
Kris Olsen
Councillors (4) Dave Clair
Carl Coffey
Richard Decembrini
Jesse Embree
Sabrina Frazier
Alan Moore
Lisa Pineault
Devin Rachar
PORT EDWARD (District of)
Mayor: Knut Bjorndal
Doug Larsen
Dave MacDonald
Councillors (4) James Brown
Dan Franzen
Murray Kristoff
Christine MacKenzie
Grant Moore
PRINCE RUPERT (City of)
Mayor: Lee Brain
Councillors (6) Nick Adey
Charmayne Carlson
Barry Cunningham
Sarah Dantzer
Blair Mirau
Wade Niesh
Gurvinder Randhawa
Reid Skelton-Morven
TERRACE (City of)
Mayor: Carol Leclerc
Danny Nunes
Councillors (6): Sean Bujtas
Lynne Christiansen
James Cordeiro
Brian Downie
Martin Holzbauer
Jessica McCallum-Miller
Evan Ramsay
David Try
KITIMAT (District of)
Mayor: Phil Germuth
David Johnston
Danny Nunes
Councillors (6): Jonathan Borgens
Edwin Empinado
Mario Feldhoff
Lani Gibson
Rob Goffinet
Peter King
Vanessa Lopez
Terry Marleau
Mary Murphy
Larry Walker
Mark Zielinski
STEWART (District of)
Mayor:
Gina McKay
Councillors (6) Sylvia Alderton Goulet
Adrian Eigenmann
Viri Gomez Sanchez
Jason Hill
Steve Howe
Jim Hyslop
Dave Johns
Mitch Kovats
Jason Levesque
Patty Lynn
Eike Riemann
Neal Rowe
Maureen Tarrant
Referendum Question (Stewart):
•Are you in favour of reducing Council size from 6 Councillors and a Mayor
To 4 Councillors and a Mayor?
HAZELTON (Village of)
Mayor: Alice Maitland
Dennis Sterritt
Councillors (4) Wendy Blackstock
Doug Eftoda
Suzzanna Lemky
Julie Maitland
Nick Marshall
Buddy Smith
Jody Tetreau
NEW HAZELTON (District of)
Mayor: Robert Henwood
Gail Lowry
Councillors (6) Allan Berg
George Burns
Braunwyn Henwood
Jutta Hobenshield
Ray Sturney
Michael Weeber
SMITHERS (Town of)
Mayor: Taylor Bachrach
Randy Bell
Councillors (6): Gladys Atrill
Colin Bateman
Lorne Benson
Phil Brienesse
Greg Brown
Shelley Browne
John A Buikema
Tim Sharp
Casda Thomas
Frank Wray
Ryan Zapisocki
TELKWA (Village of)
Mayor Brad Layton
John McDivitt
Councillors (4) Leroy Dekens
Rick Fuerst
Matthew Monkman
Annette Morgan
HOUSTON (District of)
Mayor: Shane Brienen
Councillors (6) Peter Aman
Tim Anderson
Nichelle Cranmer
Tom Euverman
Dylan MacDonald
Lisa Makuk
Troy Reitsma
John Siebenga
Tom Stringfellow
Dennis Tait
Jonathan Van Barneveld
GRANISLE (Village of)
Mayor
Linda McGuire
Councillors (4) Karen Barber
Marilyn Berglund
Zarna Dilley
Thomas Liversidge
Calvin Thompson
Randy Weiberg
BURNS LAKE (Village of)
Mayor: Dolores Funk
Albert L Gerow
John Rauch
Susan Schienbein
Councillors (4) Darrell Hill
Bruce Martens
Charlie Rensby
Kevin White
Henry Wiebe
REGIONAL DISTRICTS:
NORTH COAST (formerly SKEENA-QUEEN CHARLOTTE)
Directors Area A (Port Simpson, Metlakatla) Des Nobels
Area C (Oona River-Hartley Bay) Karl Bergman
Area D (Graham Island) Michael Racz
Johanne Young
Area E (Moresby Island) Bill Beldessi
Ellen Foster
Evan Putterill
KITIMAT-STIKINE
Directors: Area A (Nass Valley/Meziadin) Eric Nyce
Harry Nyce
Area B (Hazeltons, Moricetown-Cedarvale) Dean Paranich
Linda Pierre
Area C (Rural Terrace, South Coast) Bruce Bidgood
Martin Holzbauer
Area D (Tel Crk, Iskut, Bob Quinn) Dave Brocklebank
Area E (Thornhill) Jeff Hammond
Ted Ramsey
Area F (Dease Lake) Tina Etzerza
BULKLEY-NECHAKO
Directors: Area A (Smithers Rural) Mark Fisher
Leah Germain
Area B (Burns Lake Rural) Michael Riis-Christianson
Area C (Fort St James Rural) Tom Greenaway
Area D (Fraser Lake Rural) Mark Parker
Area E (Francois Lake/Ootsa Lake)
Eileen Benedict
Clint Lambert
Area F (Vanderhoof Rural) Jerry Petersen
Area G (Houston Rural) Rob Newell
Referendum Questions For Areas B (Burns Lake Rural) and E (Francois/Ootsa Lake Rural)
•"Are you in favour of the Lakes District Arts and Culture Service Establishment Bylaw No. 1831, 2018 which would establish a service within the boundaries of the Electoral Areas "B" and "E" and the Village of Burns Lake to provide financial support for the Burns Lake and District Public Library, the Burns Lake and Area Museum and other arts and culture organizations in the Lakes District; and would authorize a maximum annual taxation of 55 cents per $1,000 of net taxable value of land and improvements."
SCHOOL BOARDS:
HAIDA GWAII (School District 50)
Trustees: Area 1 (Old Massett) Wilson Brown
Area 2 (North) Freda Davis
Patrick Moores
Barb Sly
Area 3 (Central) Julia Breese
Area 4 (Skidegate) Dana Moraes
Area 5 (South) Roeland Denooij
Scott Marsden
Rhonda McIsaac
PRINCE RUPERT (School District 52)
Trustees: City (6) David Cook
Al Ernst
Steve Finnigan Jr.
James Horne
Terri-Lynne Huddlestone
Bart Kuntz
Tina Last
Kristy Maier
Jessica Newman
Louisa Sanchez
Kate Toye
Rural (1) Janet Beil
Joanne Lewis Dudoward
NISGA’A (School District 92)
Trustees: Gingolx Tanya Barton
Floyde Stevens
Gitlaxt’aamiks Garrett Davis
Stephen Johnson
Charlene Ousey
Gitwinksihlkw Alivin Azak
Teresa Azak
Laxgalts’ap Elsie Davis
Danica Moore
Nass Camp Norman Hayduk
COAST MOUNTAINS (School District 82)
Trustees: Kitimat (2) Raymond Apna-Raj
Karen Jonkman
Terrace (2) Art Erasmus
Peter Lambright
Margaret Warcup
Thornhill Lorrie Gowen
Sandy Watson
Stewart Angela Brand Danuser
Hazeltons Shar McCrory
BULKLEY VALLEY (School District 54)
Trustees Lake Kathlyn/Evelyn/Witset Priscilla Michell
Smithers/Glentanna/Driftwood (3) Susan Bassett
Frank P Farrell
Elsbeth Fielding
Jason Krauskopf
Floyd H Krishan
Regina Saimoto
Telkwa/Quick Edward Quinlan
Houston (2) Les Kearns
Jennifer Williams
NECHAKO LAKES (School District 91)
Trustees: Area 1 (Vanderhoof & area) (2) Tom Bulmer
Nadine Frenkel
Sarah John
Michelle Roberge
Area 2 (Topley/DeckerLk/Granisle) Steve Davis
Area 3 (Burns Lk & Rural) Rick Pooley
Area 4 (Grassy Plains/Francois Lk) Adele Gooding
Nyree Hazelton
Area 5 (Endako/Fraser Lake/Ft Fraser) Dave Christie
Doris Honeyman
Area 6 (FtStJames & area) Lucille Duncan
Cheryl Peterson
Kaylee Walstrom