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ELECTION 2022: Results for The Hazeltons

Hazelton:

The Village of Hazelton has a new mayor.

Julie Maitland won with 83.1% (113) of the vote against Charlotte Linford (23).

Maitland is the daughter of Alice Maitland who served as Mayor for the community for 42 years before she lost against Dennis Sterritt in 2018.

As for council, the four members were acclaimed as there were no opposition, with three out of the four being incumbents.

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Village Council: 

  • Wendy Blackstock
  • Buddy Smith
  • Jody Tetreau
  • Christine Anonuevo

According to Civic Info BC, 65% of eligible voters casted a ballot during this years election.

New Hazelton: 

Incumbent Gail Lowry has been re-elected as the mayor of New Hazelton.

She won with 78.7% of the vote against Robert Henwood.

For council, all of the incumbents were re-elected.

District Council:

  • Braunwyn Henwood
  • Allan Berg
  • Mike Weeber
  • Jutta Hobenshield
  • Ray Sturney
  • George Burns

Official results from the 2022 election are expected to released on Wednesday (October 19) by 4 p.m.

 

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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