Former councillor Coomber elected as first-ever female mayor in Cache Creek

CACHE CREEK, B.C. — Former Cache Creek councillor Wendy Coomber has been elected as mayor, making her the first female mayor since the village was incorporated in 1967.

Coomber, who served on Cache Creek council between 2016 and 2022, finished with 219 votes on Saturday (Oct. 17). A former journalist, Coomber finished third in her bid to become mayor in 2022.

Former two-term councillor Annette Pittman, who was fourth in the 2022 mayoral race, was runner-up this year with 102 votes.

Incumbent John Ranta, who in May said he would not seek re-election but later changed his mind, was in a distant third place with 74 votes. First elected in 1990, Ranta has been mayor of Cache Creek for 32 of the last 36 years. He lost to Santo Talarico in 2018 but returned as mayor four years later in 2022