Returning Officer Susan Tufts assisted by Synod Staff and volunteers tabulated the Saturday, May 27th votes for Diocesan Officers.
The elections took place between 8 and 9:15am and there was a tie for Clerical Representatives to Provincial Synod which necessitated another election held during the lunch hour 1-1:50pm.
Here are the results of the election. These new officers wills serve a two year term
- TREASURER Robert Hardy (acclamation)
- SYNOD SECRETARIES Clerical: Christine Wilson; Lay: Andrea Gailus
- ANGLICAN INITIATIVES FUND Clerical: Christine Rowe; Lay: Anne Kessler
- BISHOPS ADVISORY COMMITTEE on APPOINTMENTS Clerical: Richard Leggett, Sharon Salomons, Philippa Segrave-Pride; Lay: Melanie Delva, Randy Murray, Thomas Rowe
- BOARD OF DISCIPLINE Clerical: Heidi Brear, David Price, Elizabeth Ruder-Celiz; Lay: Margaret Briscall, Phil Colvin, (Vacant)
DIOCESAN COUNCIL
- Burrard Archdeaconry Clerical: Lucy Price; Lay: Jane Hope
- Capilano Archdeaconry Clerical: Robin Ruder-Celiz; Lay: Valerie Casselton
- Fraser Archdeaconry Clerical: Eileen Nurse; Lay: Joan Cope
- Lougheed Archdeaconry Clerical: David Edgerton; Lay: Sharon Taylor
- Vancouver Archdeaconry Clerical: Richard Leggett; Lay: Sharon Grove
- Westminster Archdeaconry Clerical: Arvin Amayag; Lay: Brian Strehler
- Youth Representatives Caitlin Dean; Jade Martin Seedhouse
- PROVINCIAL SYNOD DELEGATES Clerical: Marnie Peterson, Stephanie Shepard; Lay: Glen Mitchell, Caitlin Reilley Beck, Sharon Taylor
- ALTERNATE PROVINCIAL SYNOD DELEGATES Clerical: Robin Ruder-Celiz, Liz Hamel; Lay: Mary McIntyre, Ryan Bowie, (Vacant)
- GENERAL SYNOD DELEGATES (2019 GENERAL SYNOD) Clerical: Douglas Fenton, Lynne McNaughton, John Stephens; Lay: Tasha Carrothers, Rob Dickson, Glen Mitchell; Youth: Clare Urquhart
- ALTERNATE GENERAL SYNOD DELEGATES Clerical: Marnie Peterson, Liz Hamel, Alex Wilson; Lay: Thomas Rowe, Kim Hodges, Anne Kessler; Youth: Ben Hutchings
IMAGES
- Bishop Skelton commissions the newly elected at the conclusion of the 117th Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster
- Newly elected: The Reverend Elizabeth Ruder-Celiz; The Reverend Stephanie Shepard; The Reverend Lynne McNaughton; The Reverend Sharon Salomons; Anne Kessler; The Reverend Eileen Nurse