Media release
For immediate release 

 

Saanich, BC – As of 10 p.m. Saturday, October 20, Fred Haynes has been elected as Mayor and Rebecca Mersereau, Colin Plant, Ned Taylor, Susan Brice, Zac de Vries, Judy Brownoff, Nathalie Chambers and Karen Harper were elected as Councillors for a four-year term at the District of Saanich. Office of School District 63 Trustee candidates Victoria Martin and Teri Vanwell were acclaimed. 

All mail-in ballots, mobile polls, advance voting and general local election day ballots have been processed to determine the preliminary results. 

Preliminary election results for Office of Mayor 

•               Haynes, Fred – 15,312

•               Atwell, Richard *United for Saanich – 10,786 votes

•               Wickson, Rob – 5,546

•               Shebib, David – 324 

Preliminary election results for Office of Councillor 

•               Mersereau, Rebecca – 18,416

•               Plant, Colin – 17,749

•               Taylor, Ned – 16,047

•               Brice, Susan – 15,981

•               de Vries, Zac – 13,631

•               Brownoff, Judy – 13,594

•               Chambers, Nathalie – 13,080

•               Harper, Karen *United for Saanich – 11,713

•               Burton, Kathleen *United for Saanich – 11,289

•               Newby, Shawn – 11,010

•               Sharma, Rishi – 10,127

•               Jessop, Ian *United for Saanich – 9,606

•               Phelps Bondaroff, Teale – 9,043

•               Montgomery, Cory *United for Saanich – 8,695

•               Barry, Trevor – 5,541

•               Allan, Benjamin – 5,209

•               Pollard, Art – 3,675

•               Lord, Vernon – 3,300 

“On behalf of the District of Saanich, I’d like to congratulate the newly elected officials and thank all of the candidates who took part in the process,” said Chief Election Officer Angila Bains. “And I’d like to express my gratitude to Saanich residents who took the time to vote. Voting is the most direct way for you to influence local government. Thank you for participating! ” 

Community opinion questions preliminary results 

The District of Saanich and the City of Victoria Councils asked voters a non-binding community opinion question on the ballot: Are you in favour of spending up to $250,000 for establishing a Citizens’ Assembly to explore the costs, benefits and disadvantages of the amalgamation between the District of Saanich and the City of Victoria? 

•               Yes – 16,852 votes

•               No – 13,274 

Saanich included an informal poll on the ballot to provide guidance to Council to appoint four of its members as directors of the Capital Regional District. Not all candidates put their name forward to be appointed a CRD director. 

•               Mersereau, Rebecca – 15,329

•               Plant, Colin – 15,316

•               Brice, Susan – 14,633 votes

•               Taylor, Ned – 11,925

•               Brownoff, Judy – 11,484

•               Sharma, Rishi – 7,271

•               Newby, Shawn – 7,254

•               Jessop, Ian – 6,967

•               Montgomery, Cory – 5,978

•               Pollard, Art – 2,605

 Quick facts 

• Mayor and Councillors will be sworn in at the inaugural Council meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, November 5, 2018.
• A total of 32,538 votes were cast representing 38.26 per cent of Saanich’s eligible voters.
• Rules and procedures for local government elections are set out in the Local Government Act and the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act.

Learn more 

For more information, please visit: saanich.ca/elections. 

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Media contact

Angila Bains
Chief Election Officer and Manager, Legislative Services
250-475-5494 ext. 3500
angila.bains@saanich.ca
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