by Wayne Moore CASTANET - Feb 23, 2015 / 2:23 pm
Colin Basran spent more than $75,000 to secure the mayor's chair in November's municipal election. Financial figures released Monday by Elections BC show Kelowna's newly elected mayor raised $76,451 and spent all but $257. Sharon Shepherd, who finished a distant second, was able to raise $23,503. The former mayor spent all but $20 on her bid to reclaim the seat. Basran raised a little more than $56,000 from 150 individuals and another $19,400 from businesses and corporations. Among the individual donors was former mayor Walter Gray and his wife Doreen, who each contributed $200, while current councillor Luke Stack contributed $100 toward the campaign. Nearly $32,000 of the money raised went to signs and billboards ($16,049) and Internet promotion ($15,843). Shepherd, meanwhile, raised $12,800 from 29 individuals and $8,700 from corporations and unincorporated businesses. Of the money raised through individuals, more than $4,400 was contributed by herself and her husband, Mike. Brad Sieben was the biggest spender among the eight successful councillors. He spent slightly more than $25,000. Tracy Gray, another first-time councillor, spent $17,100 – $10,000 of that her own money. Charlie Hodge was at the other end of the spectrum, spending the least, $3,649. Two elector organizations spent a combined $73,000 with no results to show from it. Taxpayers First, with a slate of five candidates, spent $43,000, while Prosper Kelowna's two candidates spent more than $29,000.
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It’s not all always about the money in municipal election campaigns
By Howard Alexander INFO-TEL Multimedia February 23, 2015 - 1:31 PM
VERNON – Akbal Mund spent less than half the money his closest competitors did in his successful bid to win the November 2014 civic election. According to campaign contributions released by Elections B.C. today, Feb. 23, Mund spent just over $8,500 on his campaign in November 2014 and grabbed 3,714 votes. Compare that to the almost $20,000 spent by Victor Cumming, who placed second with 3,089 votes, and the almost $21,000 spent by third place finisher Mary-Jo O’Keefe who garnered only 1,312 ballots cast in her favour. The majority of the cash for Mund’s election campaign, $5,500, came from corporate donors, although the Vernon Firefighter’s Association kicked in $1,000 in an effort to see him elected to the city’s top job. Two local companies backed both Mund and his competitor Cumming. Wesbild Holdings Ltd. contributed $1,500 to both campaigns, while Predator Ridge Limited Partnership wrote a cheque for $1,750 to each candidate. Cumming also had the financial backing of outgoing mayor Rob Sawatzky to the tune of $4,316. He also wins the “out-of-my-own pocket” award with over $8,000 from his company West Coast Community Economic Development listed in the documents from Elections B.C.
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Don Quixote Note: The Local Election disclosure statements for all candidates can be found at : http://contributions.electionsbc.gov.bc.ca/pcs/
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