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Bill Beamish went into the municipal election hoping to sit on Gibsons council, but the unexpected withdrawal of the only mayoral candidate changed Beamish’s plans and the whole dynamic of the campaign.

Voters in Sechelt decided not to keep the change they made in 2014 and opted for a completely different change in Saturday’s municipal election.

Sechelt has a new mayor. Darnelda Siegers clobbered incumbent mayor Bruce Milne Saturday in a landslide win for the two-term Sechelt councillor. Siegers received 2,513 votes (60.4 per cent) compared to 1,111 for Milne (26.

While the new crop of School District No. 46 (SD46) trustees won’t be finalized until after the Oct. 20 civic elections, one has already taken his seat at the table. Nicholas Davis was sworn in as the district’s sixth student trustee at an Oct.

As the local government election campaign entered the home stretch, third-party sponsors have come forward in Gibsons and Sechelt.

Coast Reporter will be providing full coverage of Saturday’s election, including results as they are reported after polls close at 8 p.m. Click here for updates as they happen.

Islands Trustees acclaimed For the second election in a row, Kate-Louise Stamford and Dan Rogers have been acclaimed as the Islands Trust Trustees for the Gambier Island area, which includes Keats.

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Outgoing Gibsons mayor Wayne Rowe used his time at the Oct. 16 council meeting to praise, and gently roast, the councillors who won’t be returning after the election and make a pitch to voters to support the one who is running again.

MP supports move to clear records for previous pot convictions