Deltamunicipalelection contributions,expensesrevealed

SANDOR GYARMATI sgyarmati@delta-optimist com

It shouldn’t come as any surprise that Mayor George Harvie and the Achieving for Delta slate for city council and school board had the most in campaign contributions, and was the biggest spenders in last fall’s municipal election.

Disclosure statements for the 2022 General Local Elections are now available online at Elections BC, showing how much each of the candidates or electoral organizations received and spent

The statements include information on all contributions, election expenses, transfers and other transactions related to the campaign

All of the Achieving for Delta candidates personally are listed as receiving no contributions or having expenditures, as all their donations and expenditures were pooled into their one electoral organization pot In total, Achieving received $347,876 in contributions and spent $327,926.

Independent mayoralty candidate Peter Van Der Velden had $5,470 in contributions and $5,540 in expenses, while mayoralty candidate Joginder Randhawa had zero listed for contributions and $1,984 in expenses.

For the independent council candidates, Maha Balakumar had $11,431 listed as contributions and $10,970 in expenditures, Brian Read had $2,600 listed as contributions and $2,493 in expenses, while Pam Swanigan had $2,525 in contributions and $2,521 in expenses.

Stephen Sun, Duncan Callander and Matt Graves had zero listed for both contributions and expenses, while Julian Jacques also had zero listed for contributions and $699 in expenses, Moneca Kolvyn had zero in contributions and $1,662 in expenses

As far as the race for the Delta School Board, the only non-Achieving for Delta candidate elected was incumbent Nick Kanakos, who had $6,800 listed for both contributions and expenses.

He ran with fellow incumbent Bruce Reid, who had the same amount listed for his contributions and expenses Both ran under the Independents Working for You banner

Running under the Parents Voice BC banner, no contributions or expenses were listed for Nuno Antunes, Carmen Halpenny, Alisa Horth or Daniel Tonn

Independent candidate Whitney Saip Dyck had $4,490 in contributions and $4,486 in expenses, while Andrea DeWolff had $3,230 in contributions and $3,226 in expenses.

All mayoralty, council and school board candidates had expense limits that applied during the campaign period, which for the 2022 local election was from Sept. 17 to Oct 15

Each election area and office had its own limit, which was based on the population of the election area The limits applied not only to the 2022 General Local Elections but also all subsequent by-elections.

In the City of Delta, mayoralty candidates could not spend more than $74,430, while council candidates were limited to spending $37,708 and school board trustee candidates were capped at $37,277.

Donations from individuals in the local municipal elections in B C were capped at $1,250.

Those donating also must have lived in B.C. and be either a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident Third-party sponsors that endorsed candidates for council also faced limits, comm and council in the City of Delta, it was $3,721

Some of the new campaign and financing rules for the 2022 municipal election also included elector organizations having to register with Elections BC to endorse a candidate, receive a campaign contribution or incur an election expense

During the pre-campaign period that began on July 18, 2022, third party advertising rules applied, while all election advertising during the pre-campaign period must have included an uthorization statement

NoticeisherebygiventhatDeltaCityCouncilwillconsidergivingfirst,second,andthirdreadingstothebylawreferenced belowatitsRegularMeetingat4:00p.m.onFebruary13,2023intheCouncilChamberatDeltaCityHall,4500Clarence TaylorCrescent,Delta,BC

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