November 21. 1999

New mayors

elected in
West Van,
NV District
MAYORS-clect, Mark and
Murray will preside over
civic polities in the districts
of West and North Van-
couver for the next three
years, North Shore yoters
decided in Saturday's
municipal elections.

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

Newly-elccted West) Vancouver
District Mayor Mark Sager, who
easily defeated three other
mayoral candidates Saturday, said
formulating a program to control
the size of buildings in the
municipalit- will be the first job
for the new West Vancouver
Council.

Meanwhile, Murray Dykeiman,
who also defeated three
challengers to capture the mayor’s
cheir in North Vancouver District,
said the rate of growth in the
district will be a main priority for
his new council.

North Vancouver City Mayor
Jack Loucks was returned to of-
fice for his seventh term, the sixth
by acclamation.

Loucks said that this term will
likely be his last as the city’s
mayor.

The mayoral victories of Sager
and Dykeman contained smany
similarities: both were incumbent
aldermen who decided to seek the
maycr’s job in their respective
districts after the incumbent
mayors decided not to seek re-
election in municipal politics; and
both were challenged Uy three
other candidates.

In addition both incumbent
West Vancouver Mayor Don Lan-
skail and incumbent North Van-
couver Distric Mayor Marilyn
Baker threw their support behind
the candidates who will now take
over their mayoral chairs.

Sager, who defeated his neurest
rival, Brice Macdougall. by 4,086
votes, said he had been optimistic
that he would win the municipali-
ty’s top political job.

“Tr was a hard-fought cam-
paign. (But) there were poins in
the campaign that [ felt TI was not
happy with," said Sager.

During the campaign, Sager
charged that he had been the vic-
tim of a political smear campaign
by some Miacdougall supporters.

But representatives oF the Mac-
dougall camp have denied that
there was any allenipt to smear
Sager.

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THE TWO newly-elected North Shore mayors, North Vancouver District's Murray
Dykeman (left) and West Vancouver District’s Mark Sayer, congrstulate each
other after winning their respective mayor’s jobs in Saturday's municipal eiec-
tions. Dykeman and Sager each defeated three challengers to capture the top
municipal political jobs in the districts of North Vancouver and West Vancouver.

stages of our buildings program to
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LIFESTYLES: 61

Out with the old,
in with the new

out

* Incumbent Mayor Don Lan-
skail, retired after two terms.

* incumbent Ald. Carol Ann
Reynolds, failed in her bid to win
mayor's chuir. Had served one
term as alderman.

* Incumbent Ald. Ales Broken-
shire, retired after four terms.

IN

* Mayor-elect Mark Sager, first
term as mayor after serving three
terms as West Vancouver alder-
man,

© Diana Hutchinson, elected
alderman: former West Vanzouver
alderman for three terms.

€ Ron Wood, elected alderman.

* Donald Griffiths, elected
alderman; former West Vancouver
alderman for two terms.

WV SCHOOL:BOARD
OUT

© incumbent trustee Michael
Smith, did not seek re-election
after four terms.

¢ Pamela Clark, failed to win
re-election.

IN

© Peter Bradshaw, elected trust-
ee.

© David Stevenson, elected
trustee.

® Incumbent Ald. Craig Clark,
failed in bid for district mayor
after seven years on district coun-
cil.

® Incumbent Ald. Joan Gadsby
failed in bid for district mayor
after 10 years on district council.
IN

© Incumbent Ald. Murray
Dykeman, elected as new district
mayor for first term.

© James Cuthbert, elected
alderman for first term.

© Paul Turner, elected alderman
for first term.

© Janice Harris, eiecied alder-
man for first term.

NV SCHOOL BOARD

OUT

¢ Incumbent trustee, Dorothy
Lynas, retired after 31 years total
as trustee,
IN

* Patricia Heal, elected trustce
for first term.

"NV. CITY COUNCIL:

Our

* Incumbent Ald. Frank Mer-
ris, did not seek re-election;
IN

© Barhara Perrautt, wite af
Senator Ray Perrault, elected
aldernean for first tern.

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