Fearnley lane new face on council
By Robert Galster

News Reporter

WITH only one new kid on the block, North Vancouver City
council will remain mostly unchanged for the next three years.

In an apparent show of voter support, those North Vancouver City resi-
dents who actually bothered to cast a ballot re-elected all the incumbents.
However, only a paltry 18.72% of eligible voters made the trip to the polling
booths.

Coun. John Braithwaite topped the councillor polls with 3,349 votes
while Mayor Jack Loucks beat out his closest challenger, Dick Campbell, by
a whopping 2,588 votes.

Braithwaite said he’s at a loss when it comes to explaining the city’s low
voter turnout, bur adds it has been the case as long as he can remember.

“Tr’s (low voter turnout) a histo-
ry in North Vancouver City,” said
Braithwaite. “It’s either that people
are apathetic or they are happy —
whatever the reason.”

As for the next three-year term,
Braithwaite said he expects council
to focus on the development of the
city’s lands in Lower Lonsdale as
well as making some decisions on
the future of the Fullerton Fill area.

On a smaller scale, Braithwaite said he hopes the new council will curb
rezonings in single-family areas of the city — particularly the mid-block
applications which he said tend to put pressure on couneil to rezone the rest
of che block later.

As for his future, Braithwaite didn’t cule out the possibility of taking a run
at the mayor's chair, but didn’t commit himself either saying, “the options
are open ... nothing is closed.”

Meanwhile Canadian Occidental Petroleum technician Bob Fearnley,
who replaces retiring Coun. Bill Bell, said he doesn’t expect any problems as
a result of being the only new councillor.

He said he has spoken to all the councillors and the mayor and looks for-
ward to joining them on council.

“I's been very warm,” said Fearnley. “I think we all realize the clection’s
over... now we have to get on with the job that we have in front of us.”

The new council will meet for the first time on Dee. 9.

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November 16

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Janis, Dave 161 Heal,Pat 5,919" Beli-Lowther, Erica ; 4,302

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Crist, Ernie 9,467 Braiihwaite, John 3.349 Heywood,Guy 5,642* COUNCILLOR (6 elected) Keen James 1.926
Harris, Janice 7,359 Dean, Stella Jo 2,970 Mackay-Dunn,D. 5,390° Williams, Allan 6,834 Porid Shaku ; 41178
Muri, Lisa 6,529 Mussatte, Darrell 2,772 Jessup,Marg 2,044* Wood, Ron 6,149 , ,
_ Munroe, Pat 6,032 Perrault, Barbara 2,709 Kitson, Deborah 1,612* Byrd, Liz 5,027
Carolan, Trevor 5,941 Sharp, Barbara 2,575 Morrison,Tim 1,501* Soprovich, Bill 3,301
Deering-Robb G. 5,300 Fearnley, Bob 1,428 Cook, Sue 3,374 Durman, Victor 3,283
Buchols, Rick 5,168 Ramsay, Jim 1,410 Vandervoort,K. 2,997 Fraser, Russ 3,146 MAYOR
Turner, Paul 4,972 O'Dea, Diarmuid Dick 1,128 Barnes, Ed 2,915 Thomas, Susan 2,969 Broughton, Brenda 250
Andersen, Eric 4,686 Tusko, Frank 857 Lewis, Martha 2,842 Humphreys, Derrick 2,956 Reigh, Michael 211
Canning, Steve 4,108 Johnson, Bill 737 Sepulveda, Alfredo 2,647 Tobin, A. 2,754
Williams, Don S. 3,397 Mirhashemy, Sid 716 McSween, Garth 2,634 Reynolds, Carolanne 2,120 COUNCILLOR (4 elected)
Schreck, David 3,053 Marsh, Philip 709 Whetstone, Wayne 2,028 Dowling, Peter 1,724 Spohn, William 367
Cubbage, Joe 2,361 Moore, Gordon 611 Stephenson, Joanne 1,461 Davies, Helen 1,663 Jordan, John - 351
Bundala, Eva 400 Joe, Philip 1,410 Ernst, Martin 1,653 Stevenson, Peter 341
REFERENDUM Terry, Joe 339 Archibaid, Ted 960 Adams, Sheila 1,450 Bajus, Carole 325
YES 6,944 Gunderson, Tangee 168 Dorais, Chris 914 Lambur, Peter 4.213 Gunn, Ellen 244
NO 6,255 Gauntlett, Richard 856 Bancroft. Glen 1,064
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