ALL CANDIDATES FORUM - 2008
November 03, 2008
The South Wellington & Area Community Association along with the South Wellington Parents Advisory Committee would like to thank the all the candidates who participated in the forum.
We would also like to thank all the public that attended and participated, and we sincerly hope the forum was a benefit to you in making an informed decision when we go to the polls on November 15th.
The event was made possible by the efforts of many community volunteers, and a special thanks is extended to Gail Adrienne for moderating the forum.
SWACA submitted 3 questions to each of the RDN director candidates and 2 questions to the School District 68 Trustee candidates. We invited all of the candidates to submit to us a transcript of their answers to post to our website. Only the candidates that submitted their transcripts to SWACA are posted.
SWACA is not endorsing any candidates for the upcoming civic elections. Candidates that have provided to SWACA their website address have been posted as an information resource only.
Read the questions that were submitted to the candidates here>>
ALL CANDIDATES FORUM
RDN ELECTORAL AREA ‘A’ & ‘C’ & THE SCHOOL DISTRICT 68 TRUSTEE CANDIDATES
Nov. 2, 2008 2pm - 4pm
The South Wellington & Area Community Association (SWACA) along with the South Wellington Parents Advisory Committee (SWPAC) are sponsoring one all-candidates forum for the upcoming civic election, which will be held on November 15th, 2008.
The focus of this forum will be to provide an opportunity for area residents to meet the candidates and to learn how the candidates intend to represent community interests at the Regional District of Nanaimo and School District 68.
SWACA and the SWPAC welcome submissions from residents living within the RDN Area ‘A’ and Area ‘C’ of questions that YOU would like to ask of the candidates running for a position on the RDN Board or the School District 68.
Please submit your key questions by Wednesday October 15th, to info@southwellington.com . Questions should be no more than 100 words long (including any preamble). Short, to-the-point questions will be the most likely to receive priority. All questions submitted will be reviewed by a SWACA & SWPAC committee that may edit or combine them into a format suitable for use at the forum.
Copies of the final questions selected will be sent to all candidates and posted to the SWACA website here at least two weeks before the forum.
There will also be opportunity for the general public to ask spontaneous questions of the candidates at the forum.
The SWACA / SWPAC All Candidates Forum will be held the on Sunday November 02, 2008 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm at the South Wellington Community Hall, 1555 Morden Road (right next door to the Cranberry Firehall).
Download or print a copy of this event notice here>>
ELECTORAL AREA ‘A’ VOTER TURNOUT HISTORY
In the 2003 by-election for the Area 'A' director voter turn out was at 4.4%. The official declaration of the 2003 election results can be viewed here>>.
In the last RDN elections (2005) there were 4,466 persons on the voters list, with 936 persons casting a ballot (21% voter turn-out). The official declaration of results can be viewed here>>.
Here are the 2008 RDN election preliminary results.
RDN CANDIDATES ANNOUNNCED
October 10, 2008
The following persons have been nominated for elected office in Electoral Area A & C for a term commencing December 2008 and terminating December 2011. Persons nominated as candidates for the November 15th general election are:
AREA 'A'
- Joe Burnett, 2520 Pylades Drive, Ladysmith
- Bev Eert, 2094 Gould Road W, Nanaimo
- Frank Garnish, 2512 Barnes Road, Nanaimo
AREA 'C'
- Maureen Young, 2335 Godfrey Road, Nanaimo
For a listing of all the persons that have been nominated for elected office in the RDN Electoral Areas, please visit the RDN website here>>.
SCHOOL DISTRICT 68 TRUSTEE CANDIDATES
October 10, 2008
To view a list of all the trustee candidates for the upcoming civic election, visit the School District 68 website here>> .
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