Ray Power to lead Team Burnaby
Ray Power is the new president of right-leaning civic party Team Burnaby.
Power, who ran unsuccessfully for council in last month's civic election, was chosen at the party's annual general meeting on Dec. 7. He succeeds Graham Murchie, who had stepped down prior to the election to run for council.
Power said the party, which did not elect a single candidate in the election after the Burnaby Citizens' Association (BCA) swept every seat for the second-straight time, would continue to build a credible alternative.
In a press release, Power said that 40 per cent of Burnaby residents did not vote for the BCA.
“This shows the need for electoral reform and a real need to build a stronger Team for the next election,” he said. “A significant portion of our population has been left unrepresented on council and school board.”
Despite attracting capable candidates, he said, "we need to work doubly hard to match the resources of the civic unions who finance the BCA.”
Team's immediate goal is building the organization to elect candidates to council and school board in 2014.
Bonda Bitzer and Rennie Maierle, first-time Team school trustee candidates in the recent election, were also elected to Team's board of directors.
wchow@burnabynewsleader.com
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