By David F. Rooney
We have a three-way race for mayor and 12 candidates for City Council who will stand for election on November 15, and a slate of five school board candidates who will be acclaimed, as will be CSRD Area B Director Loni Parker who is unchallenged.
Here is the complete list of candidates:
Mayor — 1 required
David Raven – To view nomination package click here
Mark McKee – To view nomination package click here
Michael Brooks-Hill – To view nomination package click here
Councillors — 6 required
Gary Starling – To view nomination package click here
Karen Powers – To view nomination package click here
Aaron Orlando – To view nomination package click here
Chuck Ferguson – To view nomination package click here
Trevor English – To view nomination package click here
Connie Brothers – To view nomination package click here
Gary Sulz – To view nomination package click here
Linda Nixon – To view nomination package click here
Steve Bender -To view nomination package click here
Scott Duke – To view nomination package click here
Chris Johnston – To view nomination package click here
George Buhler – To view nomination package click here
School Trustee — 5 required
Alan Chell – To view nomination package click here
Leslie Savage – To view nomination package click here
Elmer Rorstad – To view nomination package click here
Bill MacFarlane – To view nomination package click here
Jeff Nicholson – To view nomination package click here
CSRD Area B — 1 required
Loni Parker – incumbent
The Current plans video and print interviews with all Mayoral and Council candidates. It will also publish a school board story focusing on the two new additions to the board — Leslie Savage and Bill MacFarlane.
All of this material will be published over the days and weeks leading to the election on November 15. The video interviews will also appear on RCTV.
Readers should not forget to attend the October 22 All-Candidates Forum, which will be moderated by Geoff Battersby, at the Community Centre starting at 7 pm. There will also be a speed-dating Q&A with individual Council candidates on October 25.
The ‘speed-dating’ session, formally known as the All-Candidate One-on-One, is to be held in the Macpherson Room at the Recreation Centre from 2 pm until 4 pm. Citizens are invited to come out and chat one-on-one for a few minutes with participating City Council and mayoral candidates.
