Victor Mobley will be the new director for the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George’s Electoral Area A (Salmon River-Lakes), according to preliminary election results released by the district on Saturday.
Mobley received 166 votes (62.2 per cent), ahead of Kyanna Coe with 101 votes (37.8 per cent).
Only one candidate came forward in Electoral Areas C, D, E, F, G and H, meaning those candidates were elected by acclimation.
Incumbent board chairperson Art Kaehn will return to represent Electoral Area E (Woodpecker-Hixon), incumbent vice-chairperson Lara Beckett will represent Electoral Area C (Chilako River-Nechako), incumbent directors Bill Empey, Kevin Dunphy and Dannielle Alan will represent Electoral Areas D (Tabor Lake-Stone Creek), Electoral Area F (Willow River-Upper Fraser Valley and H (Robson Valley-Canoe) and new director Jerrilyn Kirk will replace outgoing director Pat Crook in Electoral Area G (Crooked River-Parsnip).
Jennifer Hebert (38 votes), David Nicholson (32 votes), Thomas Kendall (29 votes) and Marlaina McClure (30 votes) were elected to the Bear Lake Community Commission. Bear Lake Commission candidate Sandra McClure's 24 votes were not enough to get her elected.
Voters in the Miworth area approved the establishment of the Miworth Community Facilities Service to provide funding to help operate the Miworth Community Hall. One hundred people voted in favour in the referendum, and 25 people voted against it. Voters approved a maximum tax requisition of $35,000, a $.00029 tax increase per $1,000 of assessed property value, to fund the hall.
The regional district board is made up of seven rural directors representing Electoral Areas A, C, D, E, F, G and H (there is no area B), four representatives of Prince George city council, and one councillor each from the District of Mackenzie, Village of McBride and Village of Valemount.
Currently outgoing Prince George Mayor Lyn Hall and councillors Murry Krause, Terri McConnachie and Kyle Sampson represent the city on the regional district board.
Mackenzie Mayor Joan Atkinson, McBride village councillor Allan Frederick and Valemount Mayor Owen Torgenson also currently sit on the board.
The final meeting of the current board will be held on Oct. 20, and the new board will be sworn in on Nov. 16.
