Nominations open Tuesday for a byelection to fill a Metro Vancouver board seat left vacant in February.
And a familiar name will be on the ballot for voters in Electoral Area A, a rural region north of the Tri-Cities as well as UBC.
This week, Terry Fox secondary graduate Madison Moore announced via social media she’s seeking the director job previously held by Justin LeBlanc; the UBC student quit five months after he was acclaimed last September, citing a heavier-than-expected workload.
Last month, the Metro Vancouver board approved a $80,000 budget to stage the byelection on June 15 for the population of about 16,000 residents. The successful candidate will have an annual base salary of $11,500 plus stipends and expenses to attend Metro meetings.
Moore, whose father Greg Moore was the mayor of Port Coquitlam and the Metro board chairperson for several years, told The Tri-City News yesterday (Wednesday) she’s lived for two years at UBC, where she recently finished her bachelor of arts majoring in history with a minor in indigenous studies; she plans to pursue a master’s degree at UBC.
Moore’s family also owned a cottage for more than a decade on Pitt Lake, which is also part of Electoral Area A, “so I have experienced the level of service and challenges our residents have who own property in remote locations,” she said.
“Having also lived at UBC for the past few years, I have experienced the issues this area faces including the 99 B-Line under-capacity and the lack of connection to the rest of the region.”
