In Vernon, Victor Cumming has been elected as mayor. Cumming captured 4,928 votes, defeating three other candidates: Darrin Taylor (3,608 votes), Eric Olesen (990 votes) and Art Gourley (229 votes), according to unofficial City of Vernon preliminary results.
Earning spots on council were Brian Quiring, Scott Anderson, Dalvir Nahal, Kari Gares, former mayor Akbal Mund and Kelly Fehr.
Below is the full list of mayoral and councillor candidates.
Candidates
Mayor:
Victor Cumming
Art Gourley
Erik Olesen
Darrin J. Taylor
Council:
Scott S. Anderson (incumbent)
David Deshane
Teresa Durning
Kelly Fehr
Jasmine Finlay
Sherrilee Franks
Kari Gares
David A. Hesketh
Don Jefcoat
Lily Kerr
Rick Lavin
Shawn Lee
Gordon Leighton
Kevin Lepp
Jamie Morrow
Akbal Mund (current mayor)
Dalvir Nahal (incumbent)
Brian Quiring (incumbent)
Dawn Tucker
Terry Vulcano
Sam Zaharia
Referendum questions
Are you in favour of the Regional District of North Okanagan adopting the following bylaws:
– Greater Vernon Cultural Service Establishment Bylaw No. 2785, 2018; and
– Greater Vernon Multi-Purpose Cultural Facility Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 2786, 2018
which authorizes the Regional District of North Okanagan to establish a cultural service and borrow an amount not to exceed twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) for the purpose of financing a portion of the monies required for the acquisition of lands and construction of a new Multi-Purpose Cultural Facility for the Greater Vernon Cultural Service.
Boundary
Vernon is a city in B.C.’s Southern Interior. It’s located about 50 kilometres north of Kelowna.
Population (2016)
40,116
History
Vernon was once known as “Nintle-Moos-Chin” by the Syeelhwh people, a word that means “jumping over creek.”
It refers to BX Creek, and how it was possible to leap across it.
The first white settler to see the Okanagan Valley was David Stuart of the Pacific Fur Company in 1811.
The first white settler in the Vernon area, however, was Luc Girouard, who came in 1861.
He was followed by Forbes and Charles Vernon, who took into their possession a ranch once owned by Charles Houghton.
It was known as the Coldstream Ranch — today, the District of Coldstream bears its name, just as Vernon bears Forbes Vernon’s.
The Vernon town site was settled in 1867, in an effort to service ranches that were springing up around the region.
It was incorporated as a city in 1892, the same year a spur line known as the Shuswap and Okanagan Railway was finished, and it would become the biggest city in the Okanagan Valley for a time.
Median total income of couple economic families with children (2015)/B.C. median
$104,860/$111,736
Crime Severity Index (CSI) — 2016
RCMP — municipal/B.C.
156.99 (+18.68)/93.63 (-0.71)
RCMP — rural/B.C.
65.2 (+37.32)/93.63 (-0.71)
Violent Crime Severity Index (VCSI) — 2016
RCMP — municipal/B.C.
113.34 (+16.62)/74.86 (-9.81)
RCMP — rural/B.C.
24.03 (+36.30)/74.86 (-9.81)
Political representation
Federal
Mel Arnold (Conservative)
Provincial
Eric Foster (BC Liberal)
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