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All Comox Valley Regional District incumbents face challenges for their seats in upcoming election

All three incumbent Comox Valley Regional District directors are running for re-election - and all three are being challenged for their seats.
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The new Comox Valley Regional District office. Photo by Mike Chouinard

All three incumbent Comox Valley Regional District directors are running for re-election - and all three are being challenged for their seats.

In Area A (Baynes Sound-Denman/Hornby islands), incumbent Daniel Arbour will run against newcomers Gordon Kennedy and Tamara Meggitt.

Incumbent Arzeena Hamir also faces two opponents for her seat in Area B (Lazo North). K’ómoks First Nation councillor Richard Hardy, and newcomer Keith Stevens have entered the race for that position.

Edwin Grieve is running for re-election in Area C (Puntledge-Black Creek). Grieve, who has been the Area C director since 2008, will be challenged by Courtenay resident Matthew Ellis.

Two of the three CVRD electoral areas will have races for school trustee.

Area A has three candidates - incumbent Kat Hawksby, along with newcomers Chelsea McCannel-Keene and Keith Porteous.

Incumbent Cristi May Sacht will be challenged for her Area C seat by Kendall Packham, while Michelle Waite retains her seat in Area B by acclamation.

For submitted bios/platforms of individual candidates, visit comoxvalleyrecord.com/tag/election-2022/

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Terry returned to Black Press in 2014, after seven years at a daily publication in Alberta. He brings 14 years of editorial experience to Comox Valley Record...
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