Final results for Salt Spring’s fire district election have been released, with incumbents Rollie Cook and Mary Lynn Hetherington, along with Darryl Martin, to be seated at the annual general meeting (AGM) set for Monday, April 13.
Returning officer Anthony Kennedy released preliminary results on the morning of Sunday, April 12, later confirming no change to them after a second counting of ballots.
Cook, first elected to the board in 2017 and serving as its chair since the end of 2021, received 275 votes in the preliminary count. Hetherington, with nearly a decade on the board, tallied 262. New to the board will be Martin, with the most votes of any candidate: 292, according to preliminary figures.
David Courtney, who sat on the board a single term, received 76 votes in the preliminary count; Jenny McClean, who has served on a SSIFPD committee, received 75.
The AGM will be held at the Ganges fire hall training room (for one last time before the move to the new hall next month) beginning at 6:30 p.m. or online via a link on the fire district’s website.
Note: an earlier version of this story indicated results were preliminary. Returning officer Anthony Kennedy confirmed later on Sunday afternoon that those results were final.