Municipal
Councillor
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected by everyone in Port McNeill every 4 years
- Exact method
- Elected at large by plurality block vote (each voter may vote for up to 4 candidates), every 4 years. General local elections are held every four years on the third Saturday of October (Local Government Act s.52); the term begins at the first council meeting after the election (Community Charter s.119).
- Seats
- 4
Who holds these seats now
- Ann-Marie Baron Report Source: portmcneill.ca, checked
- Leighann Ruel Report Source: portmcneill.ca, checked
- Michelle Carson Report Source: portmcneill.ca, checked
- Shelley Downey Report Source: portmcneill.ca, checked
Bill McQuarrie, Janice Ellis, Leighann Ruel and Shelley Downey were acclaimed as Councillors. No vote was needed: no more people ran than there were seats. Details
Next vote
Sources
- localelections.ca · checked Councillor, Town of Port McNeill: 4 seat(s). CivicInfo BC 2026 candidate page (data entered by the local Chief Election Officer): Councillors to be Elected: 4 (last updated October 11, 2026 08:20 pm). Election rules: Local Government Act (RSBC 2015, c. 1) ss.52-53; council size: Community Charter s.118 (or letters patent / bylaw). For: Councillor
- portmcneill.ca · checked maintainer:data round 8: council page lists this person as Councillor; checked 2026-10-11 For: Ann-Marie Baron, current term, Leighann Ruel, current term, Michelle Carson, current term, Shelley Downey, current term
- bclaws.gov.bc.ca · checked 2030 general local election date from Local Government Act s.52(1)-(2) (third Saturday of October 2030 = 19 Oct 2030). For: General election, October 19, 2030