South Pender Island: election results and bylaw check

Preliminary count. Public-notification bylaw approved by Executive Committee. Checked October 21, 2026.

The South Pender Firestarter · Governance · 2026-10-21 · updated 2026-10-22 · South Pender Island

## Trustee election

Preliminary count. Benjamin McConchie: 112 votes (leading, preliminary); John Kuharchuk: 110 votes (leading, preliminary); Kristina Evans: 103 votes; Dag Falck: 89 votes. The Trust labels these counts preliminary. The top two are shown as leading, pending an official declaration.^[1]

## Public-notification bylaw approved by Executive Committee

The adopted September 23 Executive Committee minutes approve public-notification Bylaw 131 (EC-2026-101). The minutes discuss clarification of the direct email or mail-out option. That is Executive approval, rather than proof of subsequent local adoption; we have not verified a later adoption record here.^[2]

## Other local votes

The CRD also lists Rob Fawcett elected by acclamation as Southern Gulf Islands Electoral Area director. This is a regional-district office, separate from the Islands Trust trustee seats.^[3]

## The new term

The Trust says trustees will be sworn into office on November 12, followed by Council meetings on November 13 and 14. Current officeholders remain in office until the new term. The Council meeting will include elections for the Executive Committee and Conservancy Board positions.^[4]

This is a dated public-record check, covering the local trust area and its associated islands. A preliminary count is not an official declaration; readings, approval and adoption are separate steps. Candidate vote totals are not a count of voters. Regional-district and school electoral boundaries differ from Trust-area boundaries; other offices are identified separately. This check is not a full re-audit of every bylaw.

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