Came close, but did not get elected to Council yesterday. The final results were Doug Daugert, 122; Christine Cunningham, 110; Matt Gaspar, 106; Charleen O'Brien Anderson, 92; Brigid Cumming, 86; Betty Stewart, 30. There were 152 votes cast altogether, 265 on the voter's list, so roughly 57% turnout. For Mayor, Ian Gould, 70, just pipped Dennis Reindl, 67, to the post, and Judy Hadley got 15 votes. Berry Wijdeven, 99, stayed as Gwaii Trust Director, with Chris Bellamy also getting 86 votes.

I feel quite philosophical about it, glad that I put my name forward. I did get votes from 57% of those who turned out, which is satisfying. Who knows? I can always run again in 2018.