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While Carol Leclerc was acclaimed as mayor, there was a race for city council. Incumbent Sean Bujtas received the most votes, followed by James Cordeiro, Lynne Christiansen. Newcomer Evan Ramsay recei...

Knut Bjorndal will be the next mayor of Port Edward. Bjorndal beat out incumbent Dave MacDonald by just ten votes (113-103). Challenger Doug Larsen picked up 20 votes in his bid for the mayor’s ...

Beverley Playfair beat out two other candidates in the race for mayor of the District of Fort St. James. Playfair picked up about 53% of the vote, compared with challengers Brenda Gouglas who got 26.5...

Taylor Bachrach will get another term as mayor of the Town of Smithers. Bachrach received 1137 votes compared to challenger Randy Bell’s 639. Newcomer Casda Thomas got the most votes for a counc...

Telkwa voters have chose Brad Layton as their next mayor. Layton garnered 244 votes compared to challenger John McDivitt’s 83. All four of the councillors were acclaimed; they are Leroy Dekens, ...

Lyn Hall will be back for another term as mayor of Prince George. Hall won by a landslide with nearly 89% percent of the vote compared with lone challenger Willy Ens who garnered 8% of the vote. Retur...

Phil Germuth will stay on for another term as mayor of Kitimat. Germuth picked up 82% of the votes compared to his lone challenger David Johntson. Newcomers to council Mark Zielinski, Terry Marleau, a...

Incumbent Alice Maitland has lost her bid to return as mayor of Hazelton. Challenger Dennis Sterritt picked up 76 votes compared to Maitland’s 45. Hazelton council will be a split between new an...

There was no race for mayor in Quesnel, but there were 11 people vying for one of the six spots on council. Incumbent Scott Elliott picked up the most votes, followed by Mitch Vik, Ron Paull, Laurey-A...

Incumbent Walt Cobb will serve another term after he defeated former councillor Surinderpal Rathor. Cobb picked up just over 60% of the vote compared to nearly 39% for Rathor. Returning to council wil...