The City of Prince George released the official results of Saturday’s civic election on Wednesday evening.
There was no change between the official results and the preliminary results reported on Saturday night.
In the mayoral race, Simon Yu received 6,092 votes (40.2 per cent), ahead of Terri McConnachie (4,152 votes/27.4 per cent), Roy Stewart (2,424 votes/16 per cent), Adam Hyatt (1,773 votes/11.7 per cent), Lisa Mitchell (553 votes/3.6 per cent) and Chris Wood (159 votes/one per cent).
Brian Skakun (9,370 votes), Garth Frizzell (6,911 votes), Kyle Sampson (6,840 votes), Cori Ramsay (5,971 votes), Ron Polillo (5,685 votes), Trudy Klassen (5,515 votes), Tim Bennett (5,295 votes) and Susan Scott (5,224 votes) were elected to city council.
Candidates Wesley Mitchell (4,790 votes), Cameron Stolz (4,401 votes), Karm Manhas (4,333 votes), Karen Muir (3,973 votes), James Steidle (3,947 votes), John Zukowski (3,440 votes), Colleen Mahoney (3,399 votes), Chris Stern (2,425 votes), Paul Serup (2,081 votes), Doug Jeffery (1,903 votes), Nour Salim (1,729 votes) and Richard Cook (1,202 votes) did not receive enough votes to be elected.
The total voter turnout was 15,310 (26.27 per cent), up from 2018 when only 24 per cent (13,184) of eligible 54,852 voters cast a ballot.
SCHOOL DISTRICT 57
School District 57 also released official election results on Wednesday.
Erica McLean (5,587 votes), Craig Brennan (4,696 votes), Betty Bekkering (4,395 votes), Gillian Burnett (4,017 votes) and Cory Antrim (3,587 votes) were elected to represent Prince George on the School District 57 board of education. There were some small changes from the preliminary election results reported out on the weekend, but the difference did not change who was elected or the ranking order of the candidates.
They will be joined by trustees Rachael Weber representing Mackenzie and Bob Thompson representing the Robson Valley. Weber and Thompson were elected by acclimation, as they were the only candidates to come forward in their areas.
Prince George School District 57 candidates Shar McCrory (3,136 votes), Josh Silva (2,966 votes), Cathy Fortin (2,893 votes), Milton Mahoney (2,873 votes), Damon Robinson (2,593 votes), Bob Schroeder (2,496 votes), Mike Rositano (2,285 votes) and Martin Taylor (2,192 votes) did not receive enough votes to be elected.
REGIONAL DISTRICT OF FRASER-FORT GEORGE
The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George released its official election results on Tuesday.
The official results confirm that Victor Mobley defeated Kyanna Coe to be the next director for Electoral Area A (Salmon River - Lakes). Mobley received 166 votes, to Coe’s 101.
Candidates in Electoral Areas C, D, E, F, G and H were all elected by acclimation, as they were the only candidates to come forward.
Lara Becket will represent Electoral Area C (Chilako River – Nechako), Bill Empey will represent Electoral Area D (Tabor Lake - Stone Creek), Art Kaehn will represent Electoral Area E (Woodpecker – Hixon), Kevin Dunphy will represent Electoral Area F (Willow River - Upper Fraser), Jerrilyn Kirk will represent Electoral Area G (Crooked River – Parsnip) and Dannielle Alan will represent Electoral Area H (Robson Valley – Canoe).
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.
