2018 Local Gov't Election Expenses released!

Yesterday - Elections BC, the Provincial agency responsible for election of MLA's, provincial referendum & initiatives'/recall campaigns and now the oversight agency for local government/board of education campaign financing legislation released the full list of campaign expenses for the 2018 Local Government or Boards of Education General Elections for Boards of Education, Municipal Councils and Regional District Boards'

You can look at the full details here

Within the Cariboo-Chilcotin Region:

District of Wells:

Office of Mayor -- Campaign Expense Limit - $10,000

* Current Wells Mayor Gabe Fourchalk spent $0 to get elected while his competitor, Lindsay Kay, spent $7.64 in her mayoral campaign

Office of Councillor - Campaign Expense Limit - $5,000

* Chris Cooley, Ksenya Dorwart, Mandy Kilsby and Jordan Rohatynski each spent $0 and were elected in their respective campaigns

* Birch Kuch spent $0 in the campaign but was defeated
* Caleb MacMillan spent $0 in the campaign but was not elected

City of Quesnel:

Office of Mayor - Campaign Expense Limit - $10,000

No election -- Bob Simpson acclaimed for a 2nd term

Office of Councillor - Campaign Expense Limit - $5,000

* Tammy Burrows spent $205.53 - not elected
* Cody Dillabough spent $869.18 - not elected
* Scott Elliott spent $900 - re-elected
* Tony Goulet spent $268.80 - elected
* Susan McNeil spent $417.80 -- not elected
* Ron Paull spent $502.00 -- re-elected
* Laurey-Anne Roodenburg spent $2,957.63 -- re-elected
* Martin Rouge spent $365.96 -- elected
* Kyle Townsend spent $0.00 -- not elected
* Mitch Vik spent $1,168.71 -- elected
* Lindsay Woods spent $0.00 -- not elected
* Fritz Wyssen spent $0.00 -- not elected

School District #28 (Quesnel):

Office of School Trustee (elect 7 Trustees at Large) -- Campaign Expense Limit: $9,709.20

* David Chapman spent $1,460.28 -- re-elected
* Wendy Clement spent $147.00 -- re-elected
* Tony Goulet spent $120.00 -- re-elected
* Gloria Jackson spent $175.12 -- re-elected
* Julie-Anne Runge spent $160.00 -- re-elected
* Roland Sawatsky spent $909.64 -- not elected
* Howard Schonke spent $0.00 -- re-elected
* Cyril Tobin spent $0.00 -- elected

School District #27 (Cariboo-Chilcotin):

Office of School Trustee (elect 1 Trustee per Zone) -- Campaign Expense Limit: Zones 1-5 and 7 is $5,000 while Zone 6 (City of Williams Lake) is $6,656.00

Zones 1 and 3 -- No election required as Linda Martens (Zone 1) and Willow Macdonald (Zone 3) successfully re-elected by acclamation

Zone 2:

Mary Forbes spent $0.00 and was elected
Robyn Angus has not filed with Elections BC as of this writing....

Zone 4:

Ciel Patenaude spent $0.00 and was elected
Karen Blanchard spent $683.01 and was not elected

Zone 5:

Angie Delainey spent $0.00 and was elected
Jim Ritchie spent $0.00 and was not elected

Zone 6:

Alexis Forseille spent $89.96 and was elected
Chris Ford spent $418.20 and was not elected
Katie Blaxland spent $0.00 was not elected

Zone 7:

Anne Kohut spent $0.00 and was elected
Bruce Baptiste spent $0.00 and was defeated

City of Williams Lake:

Office of Mayor -- Campaign Expense Limit: $11,418.00

Walt Cobb spent $4,575.78 and was re-elected
Surinderpal Rathor spent $4,384.40 and was not elected

Office of Councillor -- Campaign Expense Limit: $5,709.00

* Sheila Boehm spent $429.67 and was elected
* Ivan Bonnell spent $919.42 and was re-elected
* Marnie Brenner spent $623.45 and was elected
* Jodie Capling spent $342.61 and was not elected
* Tom Hoffman spent $1,504.28 and was not elected
* Dave Moore spent $1,369.01 and was not elected
* Scott Nelson spent $2,824.60 and was re-elected
* Jason Ryll spent $2,397.20 and was re-elected
* Craig Smith spent $1,012.00 and was re-elected (Editor's Note -- the value of the re-used signs is included in this figure so Councillor Smith actually only spent $12.00 in his re-election campaign and that $12.00 was for bank account charges so the net effect was that Councillor Smith spent $0.00 for his re-election campaign)

* Natasha Wiebe spent $180.50 and was not elected

District of 100 Mile House:

Office of Mayor -- Campaign Expense Limit of $10.000

Mitch Campsall spent $450.00 and was re-elected
Rita Giesbrecht spent $4,398.29 and was not elected
Glen Macdonald spent $0.00 and was not elected

Office of Councillor -- Campaign Expense Limit of $5,000

* Wally Bramsleven spent $503.18 and was not elected
* Leon Chretien spent $0.00 and was not elected
* Ralph Fossum spent $0.00 and was re-elected
* Laura Laing spent $46.71 and was not elected
* Cameron McSorley spent $587.19 and was not elected
* Dave Mingo spent $790.18 and was re-elected
* Christ Pettman spent $0.00 and was elected
* Maureen Pinkney spent $1,287.98 and was elected
* Nicole Weir spent $503.18 and was not elected

Cariboo Regional District:

Office of Director -- Campaign Expense Limit of $5,000 per Electoral Area

Areas C, D, G, H and I held no elections -- John Massier (Area C), Steve Forseth (Area D), Al Richmond (Area G), Margo Wagner (Area H) and Jim Glassford -- all elected by acclamation

Area A:

Mary Sjostrom spent $1,436.25 and was elected
Cory Delves spent $740.24 and was not elected

Area B:

Barb Bachmeier spent $601.61 and was elected
Elizebeth Montgomery spent $7.90 and was not elected
Robert Shkuratoff spent $306.63 and was not elected

Area E:

Angie Delainey spent $0.00 and was re-elected
Melynda Neufeld spent $865.98 and was not elected

Area F:

Conrad Turcotte spent $1,450 and was elected (Editor's Note -- as Mr. Turcotte was not able to be formally sworn in before the December 7th, 2018 deadline, the Cariboo Regional District is currently conducting a By-Election for this Electoral Area with General Voting Day set at Saturday, March 30th, 2019

Brice O'Neill spent $1,568.31 and was not elected
Shannon Rerie spent $539.00 and was not elected

Area J:

Gerald Kirby spent $1,751.33 and was elected
Doug Wickenheiser spent $35.00 and was not elected
Roger William spent $207.22 and was defeated

Area K:

Chad Mernett spent $0.00 and was elected
Betty Anderson spent $0.00 and was defeated

Area L:

Willow Macdonald spent $1,133.44 and was elected
Brian Coakley spent $483.84 and was defeated