Residents of Nelson have cast their votes in the 2022 B.C. municipal election.
Global News is projecting that Janice Morrison has defeated incumbent John Dooley in the race for mayor, having garnered more than 40 per cent of the vote.
Elected to council were incumbents Jesse Woodward, Rik Logtenberg and Keith Page, plus newcomers Kate Tait, Jesse Pineiro and Leslie Payne.
In the 2018 municipal election, Dooley was elected as mayor after defeating incumbent Debra Kozak by 386 votes. Dooley had 2,290 votes (53 per cent) while Kozak had 1,904 votes (44.1 per cent).
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Candidates
Mayor
John N Buffery
John Dooley (incumbent)
Janice Morrison
Tom Prior (Thomas Prior)
Mike Zeabin
Council
Ainsleah R Hastings
Charles Jeanes
Richard Logtenberg (incumbent)
Keith Page (incumbent)
Leslie K Payne
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Jesse N Pineiro
Brenton Raby
Glenn G Sutherland (John)
Kate Tait
Kyle Wilkinson
Jesse Woodward (incumbent)
Population of municipality
11,106 (2021).
Boundary of the municipality
The City of Nelson is situated alongside the Kootenay River and about 33 kilometres from Kootenay Lake.
This profile will continually be updated to reflect the latest information, interviews and events in the campaign.
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