Yesterday evening, Jillian Merrick - a first term Prince George City Councillor announced that she will not seek re-election in October. Read her detailed post on on her Jillian for Council website as to her reasons why here
With her announcement - Prince George Mayor Lyn Hall and Prince George City Councillors Brian Skakun, Garth Frizzell, Susan Scott and Terri McConachie have publicly committed to seeking re-election this October while their Prince George Council colleagues Frank Everitt, Albert Koehler and Murry Krause have not publicly outlined their re-election plans in October. 25 year old City of Prince George resident Kyle Sampson, on June 13th, announced his plans to seek a Prince George City Council seat in October's local elections - click here
It was a great pleasure to connect with Ms. Merrick at various local governments conferences/conventions yearly like LGLA (Local Gov't Leadership Academy), NCLGA (North Central Local Government Association) and UBCM (Union of BC Municipalities) and talk about all things local government. However, I do understand/respect her reasons for not seeking re-election. I sincerely wish her and her husband all the best in their future endeavours. I have no doubt that Jillian will excel at whatever life puts before her, post politics...
Nomination Packages for Prince George City Council (and other local governments in BC) will be available for prospective candidates by the end of July, the formal nomination period for the 2018 Local Elections will be Tuesday, Sept 4th to Friday, September 14th, 2018 with General Voting Day on Saturday, October 20th, 2018
~SF
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