CIVIC ELECTION – O’Reilly tops the charts with campaign spending
(Image: Mel Rothenburger)
Council candidate Mike O’Reilly spent the most money campaigning for election in last October’s Kamloops civic election, according to numbers released by Elections BC.
O’Reilly topped the spenders with $23,278 for his successful bid, followed by Arjun Singh and Kathy Sinclair, who were also elected.
Mayor Ken Christian was the fourth highest spender, coming in at $17,192.47.
Incumbent councillor Ray Dhaliwal spent the least — $199.50.
MAYORAL ELECTION (x designates elected)
(x) Ken Christian $17,192.47
William Turnbull $3,249.73
COUNCIL ELECTION (x designates elected)
(x) Mike O’Reilly $23,278.00
(x) Arjun Singh $21,580.50
(x) Kathy Sinclair $19,115.86
(x) Bill Sarai $12, 818.49
Donovan Cavers $9,964.29
(x) Dale Bass $7,631.40
(x) Sadie Hunter $7,591.51
Gerald Watson $6,800.00
(x) Dieter Dudy $6,369.81
(x) Denis Walsh $5,007.00
Stephen Karpuk $4,359.65
Caroline King $4,250.00
Nicholas Adams $2,927.14
Denis Giesbrecht $2,881.04
Corally Delwo $2,717.40
Christopher Bose $2,537
Jennifer Adams $1,744.30
Jimmy Johal $1,270.23
Alison Klie $1,265.00
Shawn Harnett $587.94
Ray Dhaliwal $199.50
Those top 4 spenders are people who will never get my vote. 2 of them I voted for and 2 I did not and none will ever get a further vote again ever.