Transition Sooke hosts two campaign 2018 public events
–Election 2018 media release from Transition Sooke
Transition Sooke is hosting a pair of non-partisan municipal election events in the coming weeks. Neither are debates and both will give local voters a chance to meet and learn more about all candidates on the Oct. 20 ballot.
A speed dating-style meet-and-greet with individuals running for Mayor, Council and School District #62 trustee is set for Wed. Sept. 26 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. upstairs at the Sooke Community Hall. Each candidate will be supplied with a table and set of chairs for small-group encounter sessions. A bell will sound every seven minutes to signal that it’s time to play musical chairs and move to another candidate. Attendees are free to ask any question they wish.
A Mayors’ Candidate Forum is scheduled for the EMCS Community Theatre on Wed. Oct. 3 from 7 to 9 p.m. It will follow the same format as a session hosted by Transition Sooke in 2011. Each of the three candidates will be supplied a set of questions prepared by Transition’s board of directors that reflect the organization’s own concerns and those of the community at large. Each candidate will appear individually on stage in an order determined by a draw beforehand and will be asked the same questions in person. Time will be allowed for queries from the audience.
The formats of the two events are intended to compliment the all-candidates debate hosted by the Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce on Thurs., Oct. 11 at the Prestige Hotel.
Members of the Sooke Region Multi-Belief Initiative (SRMBI), a Transition Sooke working group, will speak briefly before the Sept. 26 event at the Community Hall. As part of its bid to earn official recognition for Sooke as a Compassionate Community, the SRMBI is calling on all candidates to affirm the Charter For Compassion and do their part in contributing to a clean, fair, positive and issue-based campaign.
Key dates
- Monday, January 1, 2018 – Friday, September 21, 2018 Election period
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 – Friday, September 14, 2018 Nomination period- Saturday, September 22, 2018 – Saturday, October 20, 2018 Campaign period
- Thursday, October 11, All Candidates meeting at the Prestige
- Saturday, October 20, 2018 General Voting Day
- Friday, January 18, 2019 Financing disclosure statement filing deadline
- Monday, February 18, 2019 Financing disclosure statement late filing deadline with $500 late filing fee
Candidate announcements
- Tait returns as mayor, two councillors return, four new to start
- Peter (for Sooke) Jonassen lists tops concerns in his bid for a seat on Council
- Jeff Bateman presents his priorities as a candidate for Sooke Council
- SD62 Trustee incumbent Bob Phillips presents his platform
- Jeff Stewart releases statement for his bid for a seat on Sooke Council
- Allison Watson introduces her platform in her bid for SD62 Trustee
- Incumbent Councillor Brenda Parkinson launches her platform for re-election
- Neil Poirier launches his re-election platform for SD62 Trustee
- Doni Eve releases her statement on running for Sooke Council
- Meet the candidates, municipal, regional, and school board
- Statement from Margot Swinburnson, incumbent SD62 Trustee Milnes Landing zone
- Rick Kasper releases official campaign statement
- Mayor candidate Mick Rhodes lays out his platform
- Tony St-Pierre announces his candidacy for Sooke Council
- Britt Santowski formally announces her intention to run for SD62 Trustee
- Retired Langford Fire Chief Bob Beckett to run for SD62 Trustee (Belmont zone)
- Maja Tait formally announces 2018 re-election campaign as Sooke District Mayor
- Former Councillor Rick Armour to run for Sooke Council
- Kevin Pearson to run for mayor in October’s election
- Herb Haldane to run for Councillor and Juan de Fuca Director
- Phil Rossner announces intention to run for Sooke Council
Election matters
- Listen: Radio interview with Pearson and Tait, two of three mayoral candidates
- Advanced voting polls up ever so slightly from last election
- How (and where) to vote in Sooke on October 20 (or early voting Oct 17)
- All Candidates debate, Sooke Council candidates, Thursday at the Prestige
- Voting for the CRD Electoral Area Director? Here are your options (Oct 10, 17, 20, and mail-in)
- Third mayoral candidate joins the race
- Thinking of running for office? Consider paperless promotion!
- Election expense limits set for Sooke, campaign within it!
- LETTER: Regional Directors’ spending limits should be equal to Mayors’
- Kevin Pearson to run for mayor
- Provincial change keeps big money out of local elections
- Thinking of Running for Local Office?
- Thinking of running for Council? Roles and Responsibilities of Elected Officials (Video 5/5)
- Thinking of running for Council? Local Government Decision Making (Video 4/5)
- Thinking of running for Council? Testing Your Readiness for Local Office (Video 3/5)
- Thinking of running for Council? What is Local Government? (Video 2/5)
- Thinking of running for Council? Characteristics of Effective Locally Elected Officials (Video 1/5)
- Election 2018: Grumpy Taxpayers report local councils begin to angle for more pay
- Opinion: After a 10 year pay freeze, an increase for municipal politicians is long overdue
- Municipal Elections: October 20, 2018
- Sooke municipal election numbers: Change is in the air, voter turnout is relatively good, and the pay is low
- How to run for council in Sooke, in the 2018 municipal elections