When West Kelowna Mayor Doug Findlater announced 2 1/2 weeks ago he would not seek another term in October香蕉视频直播檚 civic election, he said he planned to devote more time to family, travel and personal matters.

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Former Kelowna-West Green Party candidate Robert Mellalieu said Thursday he signed Findlater香蕉视频直播檚 nomination papers earlier in the day as a nominator, and Findlater will run for a councillor position in the Oct. 20 election.

Findlater, 67, served as chairman of the regional governance committee in the early 2000s that looked at the future of what was to become, first the District of Westside and then the City of West Kelowna. At the time, the area was an unincorporated Central Okanagan Regional District electoral area. Its residents voted by a razor thin margin in 2007 to incorporate.

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Findlater sat as a councillor on the first District of Westside council, which was only in place for less than a year following a special inaugural municipal election. He was elected the municipality香蕉视频直播檚 second mayor in 2008 in the regular civic election and has held the job since then.

The District of Westside changed its name to West Kelowna in 2009 and became a city in 2015.

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