Gary Foster has been elected mayor of the Northern Rockies defeating incumbent Bill Streeper.
Foster won with 922 votes, according to CivicInfo BC.
He will be joined on the Northern Rockies council by incumbent councillors Lorraine Gerwing, Kyle Andrews, Laurie Dolan, Danny Soles and newcomers Todd Penney and John Roper who were also elected.
Below is the full list of mayoral and councillor candidates.
Candidates
Mayor:
Gary Foster
Bill Streeper (incumbent)
Council:
Kyle Andrews (incumbent)
Laurie Dolan (incumbent)
Lorraine Gerwing (incumbent)
Clayton Mollica
Todd Penney
John Roper
Danny Soles (incumbent)
Ben Wall
Wayne Wheeler
Tanner Whidden
Boundary
The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality lies in B.C.’s northeast corner, encompassing the community of Fort Nelson and others.
Population (2016)
4,831
History
One of B.C.’s younger municipalities, the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality (NRRM) came into being in 2009, combining the former Town of Fort Nelson and the Northern Rockies Regional District.
Its incorporation made history as B.C.’s first “regional municipality.”
The boundaries encompass as much as 10 per cent of B.C.’s landmass — 85,148.87 sq. km in total.
But the NRRM’s incorporation wasn’t the first time it made history.
When the Village of Fort Nelson incorporated in 1971, it became B.C.’s first and only “resource municipality.”
Its status as a regional municipality means it holds responsibility for rural public roads, rural policing, and that it collects its own provincial rural property tax — unlike in other communities, where the province collects it.
Median total income of couple economic families with children (2015)/B.C. median
$131,456/$111,736
Crime Severity Index (CSI) — 2016/B.C.
113.34 (-35.32)/93.63 (-0.71)
Violent Crime Severity Index (CSI) — 2016/B.C.
132.05 (-48.71)/74.86 (-9.81)
Political representation
Federal
Bob Zimmer (Conservative)
Provincial
Dan Davies (BC Liberal)
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