Official Local Gov't Candidates - Cariboo-Chilcotin Region

This past Friday was the deadline for candidates to withdraw from the November 19th civic election

Find below - the official/confirmed list of candidates for local elected offices in the Cariboo-Chilcotin, by community:

District of Wells:

Mayor - Robin Sharpe (elected by acclamation - official)
Councillor: (4 to be elected):

1) Judy Campbell
2) Carol Pinette
3) Mike Wallace
4) Virginia Wilkins
5) Richard Wright

City of Quesnel:

Mayor (1 to be elected) - Mary Sjostrom (incumbent) vs Ron Craigmyle vs Ron Paull
Councillor (6 to be elected):

1) Mike Cave (incumbent)
2) Laurey-Anne Roodenburg (incumbent)
3) Sushil Thapar (incumbent)
4) Ed Coleman (challenger)
5) Cory Delves (challenger)
6) Scott Elliott (challenger)
7) Trevor Guldbransen (challenger)
8) Paul Kainth (challenger)
9) Mitch Vik (challenger)
10) John Brisco (challenger)

School District #28 (Quesnel):

7 to be elected:

1) Ron Caskey (incumbent)
2) Caroline Mitchell (incumbent)
3) Tony Goulet (incumbent)
4) George Natalizio (incumbent)
5) Gloria Jackson (incumbent)
6) Cody Dillabough (challenger)
7) Charlotte Kurta (challenger)
8) Howie Schonke (challenger)
9) Blanca Schorcht (challenger)
10) Betty Walters (challenger)

City of Williams Lake:

Mayor (1 to be elected) - Kerry Cook (incumbent) vs Walt Cobb vs Scott Nelson
Councillor (6 to be elected);

1) Geoff Bourdon (incumbent)
2) Surinderpal Rathor incumbent)
3) Laurie Walters (incumbent)
4) Sue Zacharias (incumbent)
5) Ivan Bonnell (challenger)
6) Mike Bouchard (challenger)
7) Peter Bowman (challenger)
8) Tanessa Fairburn (challenger)
9) Steve Forseth (challenger)
10) Danica Hughes (challenger)
11) Mike Jacobsen (challenger)
12) Paul Kandola (challenger)
13) Gordon Keener (challenger)
14) Richard Vollo (challenger)

School District #27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin):

Zones 1 to 3 - all acclaimed
Zones 4 to 7 - one to be elected

Zone 1 - Will Van Osch (elected by acclamation until Nov 1st, 2014 - official)
Zone 2 - Tanya Guenther (elected by acclamation until Nov 1st, 2014 - official)
Zone 3 - Patricia Baker (elected by acclamation until Nov 1st, 2014 - official)
Zone 4 - Heather McKenzie (incumbent) vs Jackie Austin (challenger)
Zone 5 - Sheila Boehm vs Oleh Lazarchuk vs Jim Ritchie (all challengers)
Zone 6 - Dr. Doug Neufeld vs Rob Zacharias (both challengers)
Zone 7 - Richard Elliot (incumbent) vs Joyce Cooper (challenger)

District of 100 Mile House:

Mayor (1 to be elected) - Mitch Campsall (incumbent) vs Maureen Pinkney (challenger)
Councillor:

1) Ralph Fossum (elected by acclamation until Nov 1st, 2014 - official)
2) Bill Hadden (elected by acclamation until Nov 1st, 2014 - official)
3) Spence Henderson (elected by acclamation until Nov 1st, 2014 - official)
4) Dave Mingo (elected by acclamation until Nov 1st, 2014 - official)

Cariboo Regional District:

One to be elected in Electoral Areas 'E', 'H', 'J' and 'L'

Area A - Ted Armstrong (elected by acclamation until Nov 1st, 2014 - official)
Area B - Heloise Dixon-Warren (elected by acclamation until Nov 1st, 2014 - official)
Area C - John Massier (elected by acclamation until Nov 1st, 2014 - official)
Area D - Deb Bischoff (elected by acclamation until Nov 1st, 2014 - official)
Area E - Bill Carruthers vs Brandy Dickey vs Byron Kemp vs Stacy Wong (all challengers)
Area F - Joan Sorley (elected by acclamation until Nov 1st, 2014 - official)
Area G - Al Richmond (elected by acclamation until Nov 1st, 2014 - official)
Area H - Ron Lister vs Margo Wagner (both challengers)
Area I - Jim Glassford (elected by acclamation until Nov 1st, 2014 - official)
Area J - Alex Bracewell (incumbent) vs Roger William (challenger) vs Ted Hlokoff (challenger)
Area K - Chad Mernett (elected by acclamation until Nov 1st, 2014 - official)
Area L - Bruce Rattray (incumbent) vs Tom Baraniak (challenger)

Next Steps:

1) Voting Days/Location to be announced by the Districts of 100 Mile House/Wells, the City of Quesnel and the Cariboo Regional District.  Once confirmed, I'll post those here, by community

2) A number of all candidates forums have been or are likely to be scheduled: (I'll post further all candidates forums in Wells, Quesnel, Williams Lake, 100 Mile or in the CRD - Areas E, H, J and L here)

3) A Candidates Meeting (City of Williams Lake) will be held in WL Council Chambers on Tuesday, October 25th at 10:00am

All Candidates Forums:


In Williams Lake:

Oct 24th - SD #27 All Candidates Forum at Thompson Rivers University (1250 Western Avenue, Williams Lake) which starts at 7pm.  Co-hosted by the local District Parent Advisory Council & the Cariboo-Chilcotin Teachers Association
Nov 2nd - Councillor Candidates only at the Tourism Discovery Centre from 5:30-8:00pm
Nov 3rd - Mayoralty Candidates Forum at Beeotcheese's Restaurant (160 2nd Avenue, Williams Lake) from 11:30 - 1:00pm then at 7:00pm - forum at WL Seniors' Village (1455 Western Avenue, Williams Lake)
Nov 14th - Forum at Thompson Rivers University (1250 Western Avenue, Williams Lake) from 7-8:30pm

Note - No forum format has been established for the above forums

In Quesnel:

Oct 27th - Quesnel & District Chamber of Commerce to host an All-Candidates at Correlieu Secondary School (850 Anderson Drive, Quesnel) from 6:50pm to 9:15pm