Nine Islands Trust Nominees Step Forward to Represent North and South Pender

The Capital Regional District has confirmed the list of nominees for next month’s local elections, and Pender Islanders will see a full slate of candidates for the next roster of Islands Trust representatives.
Nine locals will be on the ballot for the four North and South Pender trustee positions in October.
B.C.’s general local election, held every four years, is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 17.
Kristen Morley, the CRD’s chief elections officer, confirmed the following candidates for North Pender’s two Islands Trust seats:
• Aaron Campbell
• Michael Cowan
• Morgan Hayward
• Brenna Mongeon
• Niall Parker
The candidates for South Pender’s two Islands Trust seats are:
• Kristina Evans
• Dag Falck
• John Kuharchuk
• Benjamin McConchie
General voting will take place Oct. 17 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Pender Islands School, 5714 Canal Rd.
Advance voting will be available Wednesday, Oct. 7, and Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Pender Islands School and the Mary Winspear Centre, 2243 Beacon Ave. in Sidney. Mail in voting is available for electors who submit an application by Sept. 30.
Information on registration, ID requirements and election details is available at crd.ca/vote.
Check out October’s issue of The Pender Post for more details about the upcoming election and local candidates, all of whom will be invited to share their messages with our readers. The Pender Post Society will also be hosting all-candidates meetings in early October. Details will be shared in the October issue, as well as at penderpost.org and our social media pages.
Nominations for Pender’s four Islands Trust representatives, the CRD’s Southern Gulf Islands area director and the District School Trustee (SD64) closed Sept. 11. The CRD manages this full set of local elections and has confirmed the names that will appear on the ballot.
Pender Island resident Rob Fawcett will be acclaimed as the CRD director for the Southern Gulf Islands after facing no opposition. Fawcett has served as the region’s alternate director under current representative Paul Brent.
Brent announced earlier this year he would not seek re election. Instead, he has been nominated and will be acclaimed as one of two Islands Trust representatives on Saturna Island.
Greg Lucas, the current Pender Islands trustee for the Gulf Islands School District, will also return to the position by acclamation.
Source: CRD Declaration of Candidates (https://www.crd.ca/media/file/crd-declaration-candidates)

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