Teresa Durning on the campaign trail (photo provided by Teresa Durning)

By Liam Verster

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Official byelection results confirm Durning’s victory

Dec 8, 2021 | 4:10 PM

The City of Vernon has released the official results of the Dec. 8 city council byelection, which confirm that Teresa Durning has won the seat on council.

The results show that nearly all the figures reported Saturday following the election were correct, with the exception for the number of votes for Stephanie Hendy, who was under-reported by one vote.

Candidate name and official number of votes

DURNING, Teresa 443
LORD, Catherine 429
STRANKS, Ed 244
HENDY, Stephanie 108
DEMERS, Kevin 103
MORROW, Jamie 83
FRANKS, Sherrilee 76
OLESEN, Erik 59
EVANS, Flora 53
GOURLEY, Arthur 28
WYLIE, Andy 6

With the results now finalized, councillor-elect Durning will be sworn into office at a Special Meeting of Council on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at 10 a.m.

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The meeting will be open to the public, but space within the council chambers will be limited in accordance to the city’s COVID safety plan.

The event will also be live streamed on the city’s website.