50 Days to General Voting Day

With 50 days until General Voting Day (Nov 15th) and 40 days until the 1st opportunity for the general public to cast a vote for candidates for Councillors', Mayors', Electoral Area Directors' and School Trustees and the vote on the Sam Ketchum Pool Referendum (Williams Lake voters and those within CRD Area D, E, F rural fringe portions around Williams Lake) - the races for local government election is overall quiet but Williams Lake is the most active

As of this writing - here are the known races:

Wells - no word except I do know that Robin Sharpe is seeking re-election

Quesnel:

Mayor -- Mary Sjostrom (incumbent) vs Bob Simpson (challenger)
Councillor - no word yet

Williams Lake:

Mayor - Kerry Cook (incumbent) vs Surinderpal Rathor, John Bjornstrom and Walt Cobb (challengers)

Councillor:

1) Ivan Bonnell (incumbent)
2) Laurie Walters (incumbent)
3) Sue Lachance (challenger)
4) Wayne Lucier (challenger)
5) Bobbie-jo Macnair (challenger)
6) Peter Bowman (challenger)
7) Jason Ryll (challenger)

100 Mile House:

Mayor - Mitch Campsall (incumbent) vs Maureen Pinkney (challenger)
Councillor - Len Doucette (challenger)

Cariboo Regional District:

Area A - Ted Armstrong (incumbent) vs Susan O'Neill (challenger)
Area B - no word
Area C - no word
Area D - Steve Forseth (challenger)
Area E - no word
Area F - Joan Sorley (incumbent)
Area G - Al Richmond (incumbent)
Area H - Margo Wagner (incumbent)
Area I - no word
Area J - no word
Area K - no word
Area L - no word

School District #28 (Quesnel) - no word
School District #27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin) - no word

Candidates may start to file their papers starting at 9am Tuesday until 4pm on Friday, October 10th while, as I reported yesterday, there are the two upcoming election forums on Monday, Oct 27th and Tuesday, Oct 28th for the Williams Lake Councillor and Mayoral candidates respectively...

~SF