[All] The new Waterloo Regional Councillor

[Eleanor Grant]

Good points, Gord.

And too, they'll no doubt want to avoid having a by-election that overlaps
with the federal election.

Appointing the first runner-up is what they did in 1993, the last time a
regional council seat became vacant. (When Telegdi was elected MP, Mike
Connolly was appointed.)

Gord, maybe we need a civics chat group:)

Eleanor
 On 29 Jun 2015 09:17, "Daphne Nichollls" <gordanddaph at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Hi Grenners....
> Perhaps you'd be interested in Gord's math perspective in the following
> proposal.
> Best wishes,
> Daphne
>
> Dear Mr. Selling,
> We were sorry to hear of the unexpected death of Mr. Wettlaufer who had
> served our community for many years. Several days after the announcement of
> his death, The Record reported that council would have to decide on the
> procedure for selecting his replcement on Regional Council.
> >
> > We are writing to you  to request that you select the replacement for
> Mr. Wettlaufer from the next highest candidate on the result list of the
> October 2014 election.
> >
> > Our reasons for this are as follows:.
> >
> > We are in a time when the Region has many large expenses,such as the new
> LRT, and at the same time our region has been hit by some major layoffs of
> workers. There are a lot of people in Waterloo Region who are hurting
> financially and it would be best if the Region could avoid the unnecessary
> expense of a by-election.
> >
> > Second, we have looked at the vote count for the top six councillors and
> noticed the following:
> >   In position 3  Mr. Wettlaufer    17445 votes
> >   In position 4 Mr. Lorentz           16978 votes
> >   In position 5  Ms. Clarke            16562 votes
> >   In position 6  Mr. Dearlove       14426 votes
> >
> > The first point to notice is that candidates Clarke and Dearlove
> obtained significant support- well over 10000 votes for each.
> >
> > The second point to observe is that Ms Clarke was only 416 votes behind
> Mr Lorentz. The number of votes between them was relatively small and in
> fact only amounted to a 2.45% difference.
> >
> > It is clear that if Ms. Clarke were able to take the empty seat on
> council, then the decision to appoint the next candidate could be supported
> by an arithmetic argument which  shows that Ms Clarke had very strong
> support from the community.
> >
> > If Ms Clarke is not available to fill the vacant council position then
> the arithmetic argument is not as strong for Mr. Dearlove, but still
> viable. In his case the difference in vote count between his position and
> Mr Lorentz's position is 3019, which amounts to a 17.8% difference. If he
> were the only person available to fill the vacant position then council
> would have a more difficult decision and would have to give more weight to
> the financial argument when deciding whether  to call a by-election.
> >
> > In conclusion we request that you circulate  our letter to all members
> of  Regional Council and support the appointment of Ms. Clarke to the
> vacant Regional Councillor position by introducing a motion to appoint her
> to the vacant position (provided she is still available).
> >
> > Thank you for your consideration of our request.
> >
> > Yours truly
> >
> > Gordon & Daphne Nicholls
> > 36 The Crestway
> > Kitchener, N2P 2J2
> >
>
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