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Inshore Council Election - Reminder to Return Ballots

March 28, 2019
03/28/2019

Inshore Council elections are underway and members are reminded that if you are in a contested area, ballots must be received in the envelope provided no later than April 4, 2019.

The following is a list of all positions:

 

Area

 

Council Member  
Cape St. Francis to Point Lance Jim Chidley Elected
St. Brides to Swift Current Brian Careen

Kevin McGrath

CONTESTED
Monkstown to Garnish Clayton Moulton Elected
St. Bernards to MacCullum Dan Baker Elected
Francois to Codroy Roger Fowlow Elected
Highlands to Cox’s Cove Darren Boland

Tracy Hickey

CONTESTED
Trout River to Eddies Cove West Blaine Crocker Elected
Barr’d Harbour to Noddy Bay & L’anse au Clair to Red Bay Carl Hedderson Elected
Quirpon to Englee Mike Symmonds Elected
Jackson’s Arm to Cape St. John Albert Wells Elected
Cape St. John to North Head Randy Randell

Robert Robinson

CONTESTED
North Head to Port Albert, Including New World Island & Twillingate Island Eldred Woodford Elected
Gander Bay to Cape Freels (incl., Fogo & Change Islands Aubrey Brinson

Basil Goodyear

CONTESTED
Newtown to Elliston Dennis Chaulk

Gerard Hounsell

CONTESTED
Little Catalina to Green’s Harbour Darrin Marsh Elected
Whiteway to Carbonear Keith Smith Elected
Harbour Grace to Cape St. Francis Rodney Mercer

Matthew Petten

CONTESTED
Henley Harbour to Cartwright Harrison Campbell Alton Rumbolt CONTESTED
Crew Member Positions Jamie Aylward Elected
Crew Member Positions Jody Seward Elected
Crew Member Positions Matthew Jones Elected
Women’s Positions Loretta Kelly Elected
Women’s Positions Nancy Bowers Elected
Women’s Positions Shelley White Elected
Young Harvester Positions Ivan Lear Elected
Young Harvester Positions Jay Ryan Elected
At-Large Positions William White Elected
At-Large Positions Andy Careen Elected
At-Large Positions Glen Winslow Elected
At-Large Positions Ren Genge Elected

Dr. Erin Carruthers

Dr. Erin Carruthers is the Science Director and Senior Fisheries Scientist with the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor), which is the labour union that represents the owner-operator fleet in Newfoundland and Labrador. The FFAW is committed to research and management that supports healthy oceans, fisheries, and coastal communities. Dr. Carruthers received her Ph. D. in Biology from Memorial University in 2011 followed by a postdoctoral fellowship with the Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research. Before coming to Newfoundland, Erin worked as a Research Biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada at the St. Andrews Biological Station. Her current research program is co-constructed with fish harvesters and includes research on coastal fishing communities, collaborative longline and trap surveys, and best practices for the avoidance, handling and release of unwanted catch.