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Republished September 14, 2018 - 5:07 PM
Original Publication Date September 14, 2018 - 4:00 PM
VERNON - Vernon will have a new mayor next term and you will have 20 choices for councillor in the Oct. 20 municipal election.
The deadline for candidates to register passed at 4 p.m. today and these are your final list of candidates in the upcoming election.
Mayor
Four people are running for mayor, none of them have previously held office.
Victor Cumming
Art Gourley
Erik Olesen
Darrin Taylor
Akbal Mund will not be seeking re-election for mayor but has instead put his name forth for city councillor.
City Councillor
There are 20 candidates are running for city council. Go here to learn more about what a city councillor does. We have profiles for some of the candidates, you can click their names to learn more.
Akbal Mund
Scott Anderson
David Deshane
Teresa Durning
Kelly Fehr
Jasmine Finlay
Sherrilee Franks
Kari Gares
Donald Jefcoat
Lily Kerr
Rick Lavin
Shawn Lee
Gordon Leighton
Kevin Lepp
Jamie Morrow
Dalvir Nahal
Brian Quiring
Dawn Tucker
Terry Vulcano
Sam Zaharia
Go here to see how much city council will be getting paid after Nov. 1.
Candidates for the office of school trustees
Mollie Bono
Ronald Burton
Jenn Comazzetto
Paula Harned
Nicole Makohoniuk
Mark Olsen
Mark Rivette
Christine Tujik
Tom Williamson
Coldstream Mayor
Bill Firman
Jim Garlick
Coldstream City Council
Pat Cochrane
Doug Dirk
Richard Enns
Stephanie Hoffman
Ruth Hoyte
Gyula Kiss
Glen Taylor
Spallumcheen Mayor
Janice Brown
Christine Fraser
Spallumcheen City Council
John Bakker
Andrew Casson
Carolyn Farris
Christine Lemaire
Gerry Popoff
Joe Van Tienhoven
Todd York
Spallumcheen School Trustees
Carolyn Farris
Tennile Lachmuth
Regional District North Okanagan
Electoral area "B"
Bob Flemming
Myles McGovern
Electoral area "C"
Mike Randell
Amanda Shatzko
Electoral area "D"
Rick Fairbairn
Electoral area "E"
Hank Cameron
Electoral area "F"
Denis Delisle
Lori Heins
— This story was updated at 11 a.m. Oct. 19, 2018 to remove David Hesketh's name from the list of candidates. Hesketh died on Sept. 21, 2018.
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