The ballot for the Port Moody byelection to fill an empty council seat is getting longer.
Jeanette Jackson, a tech executive, entrepreneur and consultant, has indicated her interest in running in a post to the Facebook discussion group created for the Sept. 30 byelection.
“Yes, I am seriously considering running in the upcoming bi-election [sic], with the hopes of extending my role in 2018,” wrote Jackson, who was a candidate for school trustee in the 2014 civic elections. She’s also a member of the Port Moody Police Board since 2014.
Hunter Madsen, a co-organizer of the group Save Bert Flinn Park, which is fighting a long-planned extension of David Avenue through the park that straddles Port Moody and Anmore, announced his candidacy with a four-page press release.
“I believe our city can strike a better, wiser balance between urban development and maintaining what’s best about living here,” said Madsen in his release.
Cathy Cena also announced her intention to run in a press release. She’s a business development manager for a company that manufactures identity products. Cena previously ran for council in 2014.
In her release she said her three priorities will be to increase the supply of affordable housing, capitalize on opportunities brought by transit and work with businesses in Moody Centre.
Jackson, Madsen and Cena join at least three other Port Moody residents who have publicly declared their intention to run for the seat that was vacated by former councillor Rick Glumac after he was elected MLA for the riding of Port Moody-Coquitlam in the May 19 provincial election. Former councillor Karen Rockwell has said she'll run, as have Shane Kennedy and Timothy Favelle.
Nomination papers will be available at city hall Aug. 1, and chief electoral officer Dorothy Shermer will begin accepting those papers from Aug. 15 to 25.
