DETERMINATION OF ELECTION RESULTS
By-Election December 9, 2023
TRUSTEE ELECTORAL AREA 1 (UPPER)
| MCCLELLAND, Tracey Lynn | O’KEEFFE, Jay Dean | |
| • Advance Voting Opportunity: November 29, 2023. Coopers Green Hall, Halfmoon Bay • Advance Voting Opportunity: December 6, 2023. Pender Harbour Community School, Madeira Park • General Voting: December 9, 2023. Coopers Green Hall, Halfmoon Bay • Mail Ballot Votes Received at School Board Office, 494 South Fletcher Road, Gibsons, up to 4 p.m., December 8, 2023 • Mail Ballot Votes Received at Coopers Green Hall, Halfmoon Bay, on December 9, 2023 • Mail Ballot Votes Received at Pender Harbour Community School, Madeira Park, on December 9, 2023 SEE NOTE BELOW | 72 | 22 |
General Voting: December 9, 2023, Pender Harbour Community School, Madeira Park | 34 | 13 |
| TOTAL NUMBER OF VALID VOTES CAST | 106 | 35 |
NOTE: The ballots from these voting opportunities were combined to protect the secrecy of elector’s votes; the number of votes from the following voting opportunities equalled 19 votes:
– Advance Voting Opportunity: November 29, 2023. Coopers Green Hall, Halfmoon Bay,
– General Voting: December 9, 2023. Coopers Green Hall, Halfmoon Bay
– All mail ballots received
The determination of official results was made by the Chief Election Officer on December 11, 2023 at 9:50 a.m. and is based on the ballot accounts as amended of prepared by the Chief Election Officer.
View the signed Determination of Election Results here.
For additional information, contact:
Robert Harper, Chief Election Officer at 250-802-1953
Nicholas Weswick, Deputy Chief Election Officer at 604-886-4484
Email: 2023byelection@sd46.bc.ca
To be eligible to vote in a school trustee election, a person must qualify either as a resident elector or a non-resident property elector, and must be registered or deemed to be registered as an elector of the trustee electoral area [School Act, section 39 (1)(a) and (c)]. In addition, the person must not be any of the following:
- disqualified under the School Act, or other enactment or law, from voting in the election;
- completing a sentence for an indictable offence, unless the person is released on probation or parole and is not in custody;
- involuntarily confined to a psychiatric or other institution as a result of being acquitted of, or found not criminally responsible for, an offence under the Criminal Code on account of mental disorder;
- proven to have accepted an inducement to vote.
[School Act, section 39 (1)(b) and (2)]
In addition, a person who has filed a declaration with the francophone education authority that he or she has not and will not vote in an election of school trustees is disqualified from voting at a trustee election to which the declaration applies [School Act, section 39 (2.1)].
A person is not permitted to vote more than once in a trustee election for any one school district [School Act, section 39 (4)]. Further, no corporation or its representative may be registered as an elector, and no corporation may vote [School Act, section 39 (3)].
View the Voter’s Guide to Local Elections in B.C. for additional information.
Candidates for the office of School Trustee – Trustee Electoral Area 1 (Upper):
MCCLELLAND, Tracey Lynn – Sechelt, BC
O’KEEFFE, Jay Dean – Madeira Park, BC
View the Determination of Official Election Results posted on December 11, 2023.
A by-election has been called for TEA 1 (Upper). The school district Trustee Electoral Areas are described below.
Trustee Electoral Area | Description: | # of trustees |
TEA 1 (Upper) | Sunshine Coast Regional District Electoral Areas A and B and Sechelt Indian Band Lands 6, 6A, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12A, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 19A, 20, 20A, 21, 21A, 22, 24, 25, 26 and 27. | One |
TEA 2 (Central) | District of Sechelt and Sechelt Indian Band Lands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 28. | Three |
TEA 3 (Lower) | Town of Gibsons and Sunshine Coast Regional District Electoral Areas D, E and F. | Three |
If you would like more information on the school district’s Trustee Electoral Areas, please contact Robert Harper (Chief Election Officer) at 250-802-1953 or Nicholas Weswick (Deputy Chief Election Officer) at 604-886-4485.
- Nomination Period: October 24, 2023 at 9:00 am to November 3, 2023 at 4:00 pm
- Deadline for Receiving Originals of Faxed or Emailed Nomination Documents: November 10, 2023 at 4:00 pm
- Campaign Period: November 11, 2023 – December 9, 2023
- By-Election Voting Day: December 9, 2023
- Financing Disclosure Statement Filing Deadline: March 8, 2024
- Financing Disclosure Statement Late Filing Deadline with $500 Late Filing Fee: April 7, 2024
Click here to download a list of key dates for the 2023 School Trustee By-Election.
Links to the notices and statutory declarations will be updated on the dates listed below.
- Notice of Nomination – October 6, 2023
- Declaration of Candidates – November 10, 2023
- Declaration of Election by Voting – November 14, 2023
- Combined Notice of Voting and Advance Voting Opportunities – November 22, 2023
- Preliminary Election Results – December 9, 2023
- Declaration of Official Election Results – December 11, 2023
- Determination of Election Results – December 11, 2023