The first of two local elections this week has ended, with incumbent Rob Oliver and newcomer Dennis Lucarelli receiving the most votes for a three-year term on the board of trustees for the Salt Spring Island Fire Protection District (SSIFPD).
Voting results were announced during the district’s annual general meeting Monday, April 29. Of a total 1,815 ballots completed, Oliver received 1,423; Lucarelli 1,356, and Jenny McClean 529, according to returning officer Anthony Kennedy, who added that 45 ballots were spoiled.
A high number of ballots were cast, a participation noted even as mail-in ballots were coming in earlier weeks; those ballots needed to be received by April 25, while in-person voting took place April 24 and 27.
The next election results for the island — for two trustee positions on the North Salt Spring Waterworks District board — will be available after that body’s annual general meeting Thursday, May 2, which begins at 6 p.m. at Community Gospel Chapel and through a Microsoft Teams link. Eligible voters may still cast ballots for that election in-person at the Community Gospel Chapel between 2 and 6 p.m. on that day.