2022 Civic Election - Saanich

Rishi Sharma, who had requested the judicial recount, lost by just 11 votes to Teale Phelps-Bondaroff during the municipal election on Oct. 15

When incoming mayor Dean Murdock returns to the council table after a few years away, he’ll be joined by new faces Mena Westhaver, founder of Sole Sisters, and Teale Phelps Bondaroff, known for his marine and little libraries work

Rishi Sharma’s lawyer says an 11-vote difference on approximately 10,000 votes for the two candidates “is pretty marginal”

The former three-term councillor won a narrow victory over incumbent Fred Haynes.

Here are the voting locations around Greater Victoria and in Duncan, North Cowichan and Nanaimo in the Oct. 15 civic elections. Polls are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Most council candidates live in the municipalities where they are running, but some, like Qualicum Beach’s Robert Filmer, do not because of their jobs

In Saanich, two candidates are running for mayor. Twenty-four people are running for eight council seats.

As the teachers’ union worries candidates linked to right-wing politics will get elected to school boards, there’s a bigger question: With so many of the big decisions in education handled by the province, what’s left for trustees to do?

They cite housing shortage and climate change as priorities they want to address, and reflect on barriers to public office that younger candidates face.

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