B.C. municipal election 2022: Bowen Island results
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Bowen Island residents will head to the polls on Oct. 15 to elect their next mayor and council in the 2022 B.C. municipal election.
The municipality in the middle of Howe Sound includes six councillors and two Islands Trust municipal trustees who serve a four-year term.
In 2018, Mayor Gary Anders was elected by a razor-thin margin of two votes. He earned 896 votes to defeat Melanie Mason, who received 894 votes, according to CivicInfo BC.
Anders did not reoffer, and the 2022 race consists of three candidates: Andrew Leonard, Maureen Nicholson and John Turner.
In 2018, incumbent Couns. Sue Ellen Fast, Maureen Nicholson, Alison Morse and Michael Kaile were re-elected, along with newcomers Robert Wynen and David Hocking. Only Morse and Fast are seeking another term.
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The Squamish name for Bowen Island is “Xwlíl’xhwm,” which means, “fast drumming ground.” Some have said the name was inspired by the sound that the water makes as flows through the pass between Finisterre Island and Bowen Island’s northern point.
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Candidates
Mayor
Andrew Leonard
Maureen Nicholson
John Turner
Council
Robin Burger
Sue Ellen Fast (incumbent)
Judith Gedye
Alex Jurgensen
Gale Lyttle
Craig MacDonald
Alison Morse (incumbent)
Nichole Thomas Zyczynski
Wake Tim
Richard Wiefelspuett
Population of municipality
4,256 (2021)
Boundary of the municipality
Bowen Island is located in Howe Sound, a short ferry ride away from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver. It lies south of Gambier Island and east of Keats Island.
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This profile will continually be updated to reflect the latest information, interviews and events in the campaign.
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