Former BC Green candidate elected to Lillooet council; three incumbents re-elected

LILLOOET, B.C. — Lillooet residents elected the remainder of their district council during Saturday’s (Oct. 17) municipal election.

The district’s three incumbent councillors were successful in their re-election bids. Kevin Aitken, Patti Flann and Randy McNary will join incumbent mayor Laurie Hopfl for the next term.

Hopfl was acclaimed as mayor of Lillooet. The former two-term councillor was first elected as mayor in 2022.

Jonah Timms, a former BC Green Party candidate in the Fraser-Nicola riding during the 2024 B.C. general election, took the fourth and final council seat with 436 votes.