Duncan Mayor And Council Candidates – Which Candidates Live In Duncan And Which Ones Do Not?

Mark Anderson, candidate for Duncan Council (photo: Lexi Bainas, Cowichan Valley Citizen)
Mark Anderson, candidate for Duncan Council (photo: Lexi Bainas, Cowichan Valley Citizen)

Mark Anderson – Candidate For Duncan Council

As a candidate for City of Duncan Council, one of the first questions, often the very first question, I am typically asked by Duncan voters is, “Do you live in Duncan?”

That is a very legitimate question and it is one I would ask any prospective candidate for Mayor of Duncan or for City of Duncan Council.

I live in Duncan, I pay taxes in Duncan and I own a business that operates in Duncan.

I think it is very important that Duncan residents, taxpayers and businesses be represented on Duncan Council by people who are actually residents of Duncan, who own a business in Duncan and/or who pay municipal taxes in Duncan.

All the current candidates for Duncan Council are Duncan residents, taxpayers or business owners with two exceptions: Tom Duncan and Stacy Middlemiss.

City of Duncan Councillor Tom Duncan (photo: City of Duncan)
City of Duncan Councillor Tom Duncan (photo: City of Duncan)

Tom Duncan is a long serving incumbent member of Duncan Council.

At the last municipal election in 2018, he was a resident of Duncan. According to official filings for this election, he is now a resident of Cobble Hill.

As far as I am aware, he is not a Duncan municipal taxpayer or a Duncan business owner.

 

 

Gordon Heppell, candidate for Duncan City Council (photo: Gordon Heppell)
Stacy Middlemiss, candidate for Duncan City Council (photo: Stacy Middlemiss,)

Stacy Middlemiss is an incumbent member of Duncan Council, having been elected to Council in the municipal election of October 2018.

She is a resident of North Cowichan and was a resident of North Cowichan when elected to Council in 2018.

As far as I am aware, she is not a Duncan municipal taxpayer or business owner.

 

City of Duncan Mayor Michelle Staples (photo: City of Duncan)
City of Duncan Mayor Michelle Staples (photo: City of Duncan)

Mayor Michelle Staples has been re-elected by acclamation since no other candidate ran against her in this election.

She is a resident of North Cowichan.

As far as I am aware, she is not a Duncan municipal taxpayer or business owner.

 

 

 

Since our incumbent Mayor is a resident of North Cowichan and, as far as I am aware, is not a Duncan municipal taxpayer or business owner, I think it is particularly important in this election that Duncan voters elect members of Council who are actually Duncan residents, municipal taxpayers or business owners.

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