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Councillor Lorne Benson says he does not intend to seek re-election

Lindsay Newman
By Lindsay Newman

Smithers Councillor Lorne Benson has announced he will not be seeking re-election.

He made the announcement during this evening’s(Tuesday) council meeting.

Benson served two previous terms on council before being elected once again in 2018.

“I’ll be stepping back after this term in order to take some time to spend more time with family and perhaps even traveling a little bit,” he said.

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So far in the Smithers race Mayor Gladys Atrill has expressed her intent to run once again and Sam Raven will be running for a councillor spot.

There has been no word from other current councillors if they will be running again for office.

The municipal election will be held on October 15.

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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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