Leonard Casley elected New Denver mayor

Leonard Casley will be the new mayor of New Denver.

Casley, the village’s fire chief, defeated incumbent Ann Bunka 165 to 101.

For council, Colin Moss topped the polls with 228 votes, followed by Vern Gustafson with 184, John Fyke with 167, and Gerald Wanger with 140.

The unsuccessful candidates were George Meier with 131 and June McMillan with 114.

Greg Nesteroff
Greg Nesteroff
Greg has been working in West Kootenay news media off and on since 1998. When he's not on the air, he's busy writing about local history. He'll soon publish a book about the man who founded the ghost town of Sandon.

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