Charles Mealey elected Mayor

Port Alberni has a new mayor.
Longtime city councillor Charles Mealey was elected with 3075 votes, or more than 52%. Two-term Mayor Sharie Minions received 2112 votes (35%).
Mealey thanked Minions for her service to the city.
” I’d just like to say to Mayor Sharie Minions and councillor Todd Patola, thank you very much for your service especially Sharie for the last 12 years, what an amazing lady, probably the most underrated mayor in Port Alberni’s history, but I just felt it was my time after all this time so it’s a dream come true tonight,” he said. “I look forward to working with a new council. I really appreciate everybody for all their support and thank you very much Port Alberni, I’m forever and your debt.”
City councillors are Diljeet Hundal who topped the vote, followed by by Cindy Solda, Deb Haggard, Sam Atwal, Adam Hayduk and Nina Zozenko.
37.66% of Port Alberni electors participated in the vote which is an improvement on 2022.
ACRD and School Board results were not available at time of posting.
We will have a full election results posted to our Facebook page and webpage, and more reaction on Monday’s news on 933 The PEAK.