We support Dan Albus in his attempt for a 3rd scandal free term.
On this Day: October 18th 1851
Moby Dick is published.
Category: elections
The registration cards are out this week for the federal election. A card with your address, name and polling places should be in this weeks mail. A 1-800 number is also included as is the address of an elections Canada office. You must also be able to prove your Identity and address to vote. Visit elections, ca to find out what ID is required they say!
On this Day: October 4th 1985
The free software foundation is organized.
Polling station Merritt BC file photo: KDG
New mayors, councilors:
The provinces 162 municipalities had a healthy change of elected public servants for the 2018 election. There are 73 new mayors and 395 newly elected councilors a 47 and 48.8 percent change factor overall. Vancouver bucked the trend electing 16 of 21 new mayors to its municipalities.
The high level of turnover on Councils and Boards with each election was one of the motivating factors for the creation of the Local Government Leadership Academy in 2007. The academy’s mission is to provide local government and First Nations elected officials and senior administrators with comprehensive, timely and dedicated leadership development opportunities throughout their terms of office or employment in the interest of improving governance. The LGLA’s 2019 elected official seminars have been announced and once again will be made available in regions throughout BC.
For the full details on the 2018 local government general election, please visit CivicInfo.
Source UBCM
Regional directors:
There was a similar turnover for regional directors. Fifty-Seven Electorial area directors were new a 37.7% change.
Merritt BC changed 5 of 6 councilors and elected an incumbent councilor mayor.
On this Day: October 24th, 2003
The last commercial flight of the Concorde supersonic airliner.
Kurt Christopherson he only returned councillor File photo KDG
Merritt Elects Merritt Returns
Mayor: Linda L Brown , 51.2 percent of vote
Council: Adam Etchart, 75.9 %
Tony J Luck, 61.1%
Kurt J Christopherson, 57.3%
Travis G Fehr, 56.9 %
Mike S Bhangu, 48.2 %
Melvina L White 37.7 %
On this Day: October 22 1976
Red dye 4 is banned in foods.
Forum for candidates, Federal election File Photo KDG
Civic election:
The all candidates forum for the civic election is on October 3rd at the Merritt Civic center west auditorium, 1950 Mamette. The election is on October 20th.
The times are 6:30 to 7:30 for council hopefuls and 7:30 for the 3 for mayor.
Editors note council hopefuls were from 6PM…
Provincial Referendum:
This referendum on proportional representation is starting on October 21st after the civic election. People on the provincial voters list will start receiving mail in ballots by to chose between four election formats including the existing first past the post format.
For information on the referendum go the elections BC online:Referendum
On this Day: October 2nd 1535
Jacques Cartier finds the site of Montreal.
File Photo KDG
The nomination period ended on Friday the 14th 2018. The nominations results in three for Mayor, 11 for Councillors, 3 for school board. For Mayor: Neil Menard, Linda Brown, and Susan Roline!
For Councillor : Kurt Christopherson, Ginny Prowl, Catherine Bellieveau, Mike Bhangu, Adam Etchart, Travis Fehr, tony Luck, Elijah Mack, Emma Martin, Suzanne Saumure, and Melvina White.
For School District 58 board: Brian Jepson, Gordon Swan, and John Chenoweth.
Four years terms to be decided by ballot on October 20th 2018. Good Luck!
On this Day: September 18th 2014
Scotland votes against independence. .
The May 9th election saw a possible hung parliament! We gave 43 seats of the 87 to the incumbent Liberal government. Forty one seats to the last opposition party and three to independents.
A minority government passing a budget could happen if the independents support a confidence vote. If the speaker comes from either the opposition or the independents then it would be a hung parliament with out the independents vote as the speaker must support the status quo.
The government will run out of budget sometime before the end of the calendar year, that leaves warrants until the 5 year constitutional rule that no government can last more then 5 years should apply.
If no other party comes to the support of the liberal government by taking the speakers chair or voting to pass a confidence motion then the writ of 2013 should expire and an election should occur.
That gives basically a year of status quo to enjoy, you can hardly buy that for love or money! Parliament is going to be recalled on June 22nd the first oppurtunity for a speaker…
On this Day: June 9th 1934
Donald Duck makes his film debut.
Polling station Merritt BC
file photo: KDG
The May 9th Provincial General Election with all eighty eight poles reporting in Fraser Nicola and gave the seat to incumbent Jackie Tegart of Ashcroft.
Results: 2336 Green, 573 Henshaw, 5,475 Lali, Tegart 6181. Total votes counted 14,565, rejected 24 for total of 14,589.
The count does not meet the threshold of 100 difference to have an automatic recount. All absentee ballets need to be counted by May 22.
General election
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On this Day: May 10th 1824
The National Gallery in London opens in London.
The true north strong and free…Photo KDG:
Today is the last day that 3rd party advertising sponsors can run ads or poll for candidates as the writ is to drop. For independent sponsors to advertise and poll after this they must be registered ,and the candidate is subject to a spending limit on third party advertisement.
October 2012 – The BC Court of Appeal found that the sections restricting third party advertising during the pre-campaign period were unconstitutional. As a result there are currently no restrictions on election advertising conducted by independent third parties until a writ is issued for an election. The requirements to be registered with Elections BC and comply with spending limits remain in effect for election advertising sponsored by third parties during a campaign period.
Three candidates are nominated in Fraser Nicola and can be viewed at: http://elections.bc.ca/docs/2017-provincial-general-election/standing-nominees.PDF?v=2017-04-10
Nominations end April 18th.
On this Day: April 11th 1710
Copyright law comes to effect in Britain through the Statute of Anne.
English bull dog is glad for the off leash park.
File Photo KDG
Lots of on luck to the Brits on their decision on Thursday. It seems odd to us that our parental nation is trying to make a decision on independence.
Referendum on EU membership on Thursday is their decision and theirs alone.
Is that turn about Fair play?
On this Day: June 21st 2009
Greenland assumes self rule.
Dan Albas MP
Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola
Photo: KDG
Budget from an opposition side of the house…
An action plan is the same as a budget it just expresses the activity in dollars and cents.
The first action plan of a strongly mandated new government comes down today, expressed in dollars and cents the closing of some offices and the change of direction discussed in the recent election including…..
Refugees
Pot
Deficit funding
Infrastructure spending
Global warming intervention
ETC:
On this day: March 22 1987
Born: murdered environmentalist Jairo Moro Sandoval.
Its been more then 5 years since stock markets had so much trouble, good luck to the newly elected and those running for office.
Animation of the blood moon September 28th
photo KDG
On this day: October 20th 1970
The Nepal Stock exchange collapses.
Kevin Griffiths
percypaschal
