Cheryl Northcott 73 votes
Rita Aedan 39 votes
Thanks to both for running.
Showing posts with label By-election 2020. Show all posts
Showing posts with label By-election 2020. Show all posts
Sunday, 23 February 2020
Monday, 17 February 2020
Need a ride to the poll?
Contact me by email Olson.stephanie2009@gmail.com and I’ll give you a ride on Saturday, February 22.
Sunday, 16 February 2020
The mysterious candidate strikes again.
Candidate withdraws from regional district byelection
Remaining candidate in by acclamation
Houston resident Chris Newell will be the next director, by acclamation, for the Houston rural area on the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN board of directors.
The move came last week after the only other candidate, Stephen Miller, asked to remove his name from the ballot.
But that request, made Feb. 5, needed the approval of the municipal affairs and housing minister because it was made after the deadline to do so had passed.
“Mr. Miller indicated in his correspondence to us that his withdrawal was for ‘private reasons’,” said RDBN chief administrative officer Curtis Helgesen.
“Section 101(1) of the local government act allows withdrawal up until 4 p.m. on the 29th day before general voting – in this case, January 31st. Section 101(2) allows withdrawal after that date subject to the approval of the minister.”
That approval came Feb. 6.
Miller would have been a non-resident candidate as he provided a Victoria address on his nomination papers.
The Houston rural seat, which incorporates a wide swath of the area, ranging up to Granisle, had been held by Rob Newell, father to Chris Newell, until his death late last year.
Rob Newell was first elected in 2011 and his re-election in Oct. 2018 would have been his third term as a regional director. His son will now fill the remainder of the term.
And while the regional district spent last week sorting out its byelection situation, something very similar happened last month in Tahsis, a small community on the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Like the regional district, Tahsis also required a bylelection and, like the regional district, scheduled one for this month.
Three people submitted nomination papers, two local residents and a third person identified as a Stephen Adrian Miller of Victoria.
All three were declared candidates on Jan. 7 but when Village of Tahsis employee Janet St. Denis, who also acts as the Village’s chief election officer, probed further, discrepancies concerning Miller began to emerge.
“I did not recognize any of the names,” said St. Denis of the required nominators on Miller’s nomination papers.
“In reviewing the addresses of his nominators, I recognized several of the addresses but the names did not match the people who I believed to live at these addresses,” she said.
“I proceeded to call several of property owners who verified it to be true that they did not have the person named on the nomination documents living at their residence.”
In order to be qualified as a nominator, a person must be an elector of the municipality or electoral area for which the nomination is made.
The Village of Tahsis then challenged Mr. Miller’s nomination in provincial court in Victoria on Jan. 24 with the court declaring Mr. Miller was no longer a candidate.
St. Denis, who was the main contact with Miller, said he gave no indication as to why he wanted to become a candidate for the village council post.
A statement from the municipal affairs ministry did not include the name of Stephen Miller, but did confirm it was contacted by the regional district “about receiving a signed withdrawal notice from a candidate whose candidacy in a different byelection was challenged and upheld by the court in the Village of Tahsis by-election.”
Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Advance Poll Today
Advance poll voting for the Tahsis Councillor position today.
Everyone's vote is important so add your input! 8am-8pm at the village office. Don't forget to bring 2 pieces of ID, one with a signature.
Friday, 7 February 2020
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Meet and greet
There are two candidates running in the February 22nd by-election for Tahsis councillor - Rita Aedan and Cheryl Northcott.
Rita will be at the senior centre on Monday, February 10 from 1:00-3:00.
Cheryl will be there on Wednesday, February 12 from 1:00-3:00.
All voters are invited to come to talk to them in order to know them better.
Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Rita Aedan's candidate statement
1. What made you decide to run in this election?
The simplicity of deciding to run for the vacant
councillor’s position within the community of Tahsis is partially based in
having lived on the eastern side of Vancouver Island, witnessing the lack of
protection for community watersheds, living through five years of drought
conditions and watershed damage…a situation that must not happen to Tahsis…while
struggling along with the hard-working association of community groups, to get
positive outcomes from the Provincial government.
Combined with this reason is the overarching love of place
that I have for Tahsis and surrounding
environs. From the first time as a
teenager when I visited Friendly Cove, Nootka Island where my Grandfather,
Arthur Swanson, was the keeper of the light, I knew that this place was and is
like no other on earth. The raw beauty
of Tahsis has captured my heart and soul and, as such, I have determined to
give my all in standing up for the irreplaceable.
As a friend whom I worked with while Chairperson for the
South Wellington/Cedar/North Oyster community group, acronym CAPPS, recently
wrote to me: “Time has been waiting
for you to do this Rita.” Time waits
no longer!
My Secular Work Experience along with
Community/Environmental activism/involvement is as follows:
Work Experience
Head of Current Accounts,
CIBC
Assistant Manager, Nanaimo
Real Estate Co.
Assistant Manager, Greater Nanaimo
Chamber of Commerce/Tourist
Bureau
Manager, Nanaimo Construction
Association
Band Secretary, Stn’uminus
First Nation
Office Manager, Nanaimo Crane Company
Community/Environmental Activism
Writer – Victoria Street News - Monthly Column
Chairperson – Citizens Advocating for Public Process & Sustainability – Protecting Community Aquifer
President – North Oyster/Diamond Ratepayers Association
Member – Vancouver Island Water Watch Coalition (10 years)
Member – Nootka Sound Watershed Society
Member – McKelvie Matters – Citizen signed Petition to stop Logging in McKelvie Old Growth Forest & Tahsis Community Watershed - Petition presented to BC Legislative Assembly October 2019
Vice-President – Tahsis Community Garden Society
Member – McKelvie Matters – Citizen signed Petition to stop Logging in McKelvie Old Growth Forest & Tahsis Community Watershed - Petition presented to BC Legislative Assembly October 2019
Vice-President – Tahsis Community Garden Society
In supporting the Unique Spirit of Tahsis I will
utilize my experience by working in harmony with the Official Community Plan,
supporting the transition to an eco-tourism based economy, supporting the
Tahsis to Zeballos Trail to its successful conclusion, work in harmony of
purpose with the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation and, above all else, work to
save the McKelvie Old Growth Forest and our community watershed from logging
through the removal of the McKelvie and environs from TFL 19.
Of utmost importance is the saving/protecting of our McKelvie
Creek Old Growth forest, surrounding environs and habitat during this time of
global climate change. As an ATV owner,
I have driven through logging areas and witnessed first-hand the utter
desecration of unrestricted logging practices, the residual garbage left behind
and the disrespectful to devastating damage done to the environment.
Currently, BC taxpayers pay a carbon tax each and every time
we pull up to a gas pump while minus common sense Old Growth forests, acting as
carbon sinks, are logged. “Old growth
forests accumulate carbon for centuries and contain large quantities of
it. We expect, however, that much of
this carbon…will move back to the atmosphere if these forests are disturbed.” Link to article below.
It has now been recognized that trees are of more value
standing than cut down. For this reason
and more, I have chosen to dedicate my time and experience in working to
protect our environmental guardians…the trees of The McKelvie along with the
earth that sustains us all. For those
who say jobs, jobs, jobs, I reply with…no earth, no jobs.
Therefore, I will encourage new, innovative ideas to grow
our community successfully while leaving behind the same old, same old.
Bringing ideas/suggestions forward on practical community
adaptation & planning during this time of Global Climate Change.
Will encourage support for local small business…working
together…Tahsis locals first!
With dedication and purpose, I look forward to serving the
people of Tahsis.
Rita
Aedan
Monday, 27 January 2020
Monday, 20 January 2020
Councillor candidates
Village of Tahsis
DECLARATIONOF CANDIDATES January 17, 2020
There are three candidates running in the by-election:
AEDAN, RITA Tahsis, BC VOP 1X0
MILLER,STEPHEN Victoria, BC V8R 2V3
NORTHCOTT, CHERYL Tahsis, BC VOP 1X0
Given under my hand at the Village of Tahsis, British Columbia.
Janet St. Denis
Chief Election Officer
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
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