The nomination period for the School District 57 byelection closed at 4 p.m. on Friday.
A declaration of candidates issued by district chief electoral officer Darleen Patterson on Friday listed a total of eight candidates running in the Jan. 15 byelection to fill two seats on the district board of education. The seats were left vacant by the resignations of former chairperson Trent Derrick and vice-chairperson Shuirose Valimohamed in September.
Derrick was one of five Prince George trustees elected to the board, while Valimohamed was the Mackenzie-area representative on the board. The School District 57 board is made up of trustees from Prince George, plus one trustee from the Mackenzie area and one from the McBride area.
Andrew Burton, Lance Forsberg, Shannon Freeman, Milton Manhoney, Audrey McKinnon and Brian Trotter are running to fill the seat left vacant by Derrick, while David Szucsko and Rachael Weber are running to fill the Mackenzie seat left vacant by Valimohamed.
