The counting didn't take long in Port Edward, the totals relayed from the District just around 9PM and when the tallies were released, the Mayoralty remained in the hands of incumbent Knut Bjorndal.
He will head into his second consecutive term with a 56.8 percent share of the vote, making for a significant gap between Bjorndal and second place finisher Shawn Pettit who had 36.8 percent of the vote. Carl Schmidt came in a distant third with 6.5 percent of the vote.
 |
| click to enlarge |
Joining Mr. Bjorndal on Council will be a mix of old and new faces.
Colleen McDonald will join three incumbents around the council table, with Ms. McDonald claiming 77.3% of the votes. Followed closely by Dan Franzen. James Brown and Christine Mackenzie round out the Council four.
 |
| click to enlarge |
In total 220 ballots were cast of a potential 403 eligible voters as reported by Civic Info BC.
In the School Board contest, Janet Beil returns to the SD52 Board having been acclaimed to office earlier this month.
You can review some of the campaign notes from the District through our Election Archive page.
Cross posted from the North Coast Review.
No comments:
Post a Comment