One incumbent, five newcomers win preliminary seats to Merritt council

MERRITT – Merritt City Council will look mostly different this upcoming term with five new faces and one incumbent returning.

Incumbent Adam Etchart was the leading vote getter for the second election in a row with 1,712, Manuel Olguin finished with 1,195, finishing with the third amount of votes was Paul Petroczi with 1,191, followed by Dana Egan with 1,153 votes, 980 votes went to Wendy Charney, and wrapping up the sixth council spot is Claire Newman with 956.

The other remaining 12 councilor candidates finished with:

• Melvina White
  • 867
• Susan Roline
  • 742
• Deanna Palmgren
  • 597
• Yvette Baxter
  • 567
• Brian Peterson
  • 563
• Mary Jean Littleton
  • 231
• Darrel Brooks
  • 223
• MJ Phillips
  • 189
• Jay Barley
  • 171
• Derry Wooden
  • 147
• Mary Fleury
  • 145
• Michael Behrens
  • 101