Philippine Showbiz Today Vol 12 No 20 | Page 7

Philippine Showbiz Today October 22 - November 7, 2017 Jan. 22-Feb.7, 2015 Hector Bremner wins Vancouver by-election for councilor Hector Bremner with the Non-Partisan Association has pre- vailed over his opponents in the October 14 by-election for a seat in Vancouver city council. Out of the 48,645 total votes cast, Bremner garnered 13,372. Bremner was one of nine can- didates in the by-election called to fill the seat vacated by former councillor Geoff Meggs.  Meggs had been hired as chief of staff to B.C. NDP Premier John Horgan, and resigned his post.  During the campaign, Brem- ner pledged to work to fix the housing issue in Vancouver.  Vancouver voters also cast ballots in the October 14 by-elec- tion for a new school board.  The former Vancouver school board was fired by the provincial government in October 2016.  Elected as new board trus- tees were Janet Fraser, Judy Za- ichkowsky, Estrellita Gonzalez, Joy Alexander, Allan Wong, Lisa Dominato, Fraser Ballantye, Car- rie Bercic, and Ken Clement. ● 7