Voter Participation in Municipal Council Elections

With the 2014 Election now over - let's look at overall voter participation in the 4 Municipal Council elections

Wells - 113 voters cast ballots out of a possible 244 eligible voters meaning an overall voter participation rate of 46.3%.  In the 2011 Election, the overall voter participation rate was 58.7%

Quesnel - 3,020 voters cast ballots out of a possible 7,217 eligible voters meaning an overall voter participation rate of 41.8%.  In the 2011 Election, the overall voter participation rate was 40.2%

Williams Lake - 3,565 voters cast ballots out of a possible 7,400 eligible voters meaning an overall voter participation rate of 48.1%.  In the 2011 Election, the overall voter participation rate was 50.7%

100 Mile House - 580 voters cast ballots out of a possible 1,641 eligible voters meaning an overall voter participation rate of 35.3%.  In the 2011 Election, the overall voter participation rate was 36.12%

Civic Info does not report on voter participation rates for School Districts 27/28 plus the Cariboo Regional District

Conclusion:

While the voter participation rates in Wells, Quesnel, Williams Lake and 100 Mile House may appear to go down in 2014 vs 2011 - this info is misleading as the number of eligible voters in these communities went up in 2014 from 2011, however the voter participation numbers overall look pretty decent... in my opinion

Next Steps:

Election Results are still preliminary until Wednesday at 4pm as per Section 136(1) of the Local Government Act when the Chief Election Officers' for all local elections will declare the official election result at that time

~SF