Three candidates vying for Quesnel mayoral seat, 18 looking to get on council
QUESNEL, B.C. — The deadline to file paperwork has passed, and there will be a three-way race to become the mayor of Quesnel next month.
Incumbent Ron Paull will be seeking a second term as Quesnel’s mayor. He’ll be challenged by Coralee Oakes and Brian Waters.
Paull, a longtime city councillor, unseated two-term mayor Bob Simpson in 2022. He received 51.1 per cent (1,184) of the votes cast. It was Paull’s fourth attempt at the mayoral seat in Quesnel.
Oakes is looking to return to municipal politics after spending 11 years in the Legislature. The former two-term Quesnel city councillor was elected as Cariboo North MLA in 2013, serving as B.C.’s Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development in Christy Clark’s BC Liberal government.
