Smithers

Town

Provincial Location

Municipal Information

Councillors

6 to be elected

Registration Method

Survey not returned

Regional District

Bulkley-Nechako

Contact

Box 879, Smithers BC, V0J 2N0

P: 250-847-1600

Eligible Voter Turnout

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Gender Representation

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Running

Elected

Taylor Bachrach was elected mayor of Smithers with 57.73% of the votes.

Mayoral Election Results

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Candidate Name Incumbent Votes Percentage Total Elected
Bachrach, Taylor
 
57.73% 896
Farrow, Cress
 
40.91% 635

Councillor Election Results

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Candidate Name Incumbent Votes Percentage Total Elected
Wray, Frank
 
52.26% 811
Adomeit, Norm
 
50.58% 785
Bandstra, Mark
 
48.97% 760
Northrup, Charles
 
48.52% 753
Goodacre, Bill
 
48% 745
Brienesse, Phil
 
44.85% 696
White, Ken
 
42.91% 666
Groves, Scott
 
39.18% 608
Sawyer, Micheal
 
32.8% 509
Goertzen, Pauline
 
31.44% 488
Stahel, Cheryl Ann
 
30.93% 480
Mesec, Dan
 
13.53% 210

Councillor Frank Wray (Incumbent) received the highest number of votes, 811 out of a possible 1,552.

In 2011 the estimated eligible voter turnout for the Smithers (Town) was 41.9%, which was 11.3% higher than than the average BC municipal turnout of 30.6%.

Voter turnout statistics

Eligible Voter Turnout (2011)

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Voter Turnout (Historical)

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  • ? British Columbia

Eligible Voters (Historical)

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Gender statistics

Gender Elected (2011)

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  • ? Women

Percent Women Running (Historical)

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  • ? British Columbia

Percent Women Elected (Historical)

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  • ? British Columbia

Women make up 0% of this Council. The BC average for municipal councils is 34.1%.

Incumbency

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  • ? Elected

Elected incumbency rate of 80% is 1.3% lower than BC average of 81.3%.