While the Prince Rupert Mayoralty race seems to have already sprinted from the start line, for the remainder of the North Coast's election cycle, the process of seeking our vote is only just now starting to ramp up.
The first sign of the upcoming November elections has been the flurry of advertising outlining the process ahead for nominations for office, with the City of Prince Rupert, District of Port Edward and Skeena Queen Charlotte Regional District all adding to the revenue stream of the weekly newspaper in recent days.
Background on the nomination process and qualifications for office on the North Coast, as well as links to news items of the last year on municipal and regional issues can be bound below.
Prince Rupert
Nomination forms can be submitted for this fall's election starting on September 30th until October 10 during regular hours of Operation at City Hall.
There are six positions to be elected to Prince Rupert Council, to go along with the election of Mayor at the November vote. Six members will also be elected as trustees to the School District 52 board.
The Qualifications for office require potential candidates to meet the following:
Canadian Citizen
18 years of age or older as of the general voting day of November 15, 2014
Resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed
A person who has been granted freedom of the municipality, it that person is a Canadian citizen and not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding office, or be otherwise disqualified by law.
Further information regarding the electoral process and qualifications for nomination can be obtained through City Hall.
Those with questions are invited to contact either Tanya Ostrom, Chief Election Officer 250-627-0991 or Rory Mandryk, Deputy Chief Election Officer, 250-627-0934
You can review the workings of municipal government in Prince Rupert from the city's website.
For background on items of note from Council sessions see our archive page.
Port Edward
Nomination forms can be submitted for this fall's election starting on September 30th until October 10 during regular hours of Operation at the District of Port Edward offices.
There are four positions to be elected to Port Edward Council, to go along with the election of Mayor at the November vote. One members will also be elected as rural trustee to the School District 52 board. (Nomination forms for the School District election can also be obtained at the School District office at 634- 6th Avenue East in Prince Rupert)
The Qualifications for office require potential candidates to meet the following:
Canadian Citizen
18 years of age or older as of the general voting day of November 15, 2014
Resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed
A person who has been granted freedom of the municipality, it that person is a Canadian citizen and not disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from being nominated for, being elected to or holding office, or be otherwise disqualified by law.
Further information regarding the electoral process and qualifications for nomination can be obtained through the District Office.
Those with questions are invited to contact either Polly Pereira, Chief Election Officer 250-628-3667 or Ron Bedard, Deputy Chief Election Officer 250-628-3667
You can review information from the Port Edward website found here.
For background items of note from port Edward see our archive page.
Regional District
Nominations for Areas A, C, D , E and those for School trustee (rural includes District of Port Edward) and School District 52 will be received by the SQCRD starting on September 30th until October 10th from 9 am until 4 PM during regular days of operation at the SQCRD office.
Qualifications for office are universal across the province and are the same as those above for Prince Rupert.
Further information regarding the electoral process and qualifications for nomination to Regional District can be obtained through the SQCRD office.
Those with questions are invited to contact either Daniel Fish, Chief Election Officer 250-624-2002 ext 32, or Joan Merrick, Deputy Chief Election Officer 250- 624-2002 ext 23
You can review information from the SQCRD portal found here.
For background items of note from Regional District see our archive page.
As the election campaigns ramp put towards the November vote, we will be offering up a wide range of items on developments as the North Coast prepares to head to the polls.
Those interested in keeping up to date on the variety of campaigns for office can find more information on our City Council election archive here.
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