Announced Candidates for Salmon Arm’s School District #83 Trustee Seats

There are 2 trustee positions for Salmon Arm on SD #83’s five seat board. I’ll update this list regularly as public statements are made – in order of date of announcement (as best as I can determine). The official confirmed list will be updated in mid-September.

  • None so far

Here’s the link for publicly announced Candidates for Salmon Arm Mayor https://timlavery.ca/2026/08/08/announced-candidates-for-salmon-arm-mayor/

Here’s the link for publicly announced Candidates for Salmon Arm Council seats (6 positions) https://timlavery.ca/2026/08/08/announced-candidates-for-salmon-arm-council/

“Why Systems Thinking Matters in Local Government”

#SalmonArm local govt candidates – Important insights here from Christina Benty who has walked the local govt walk “A community isn’t one organization. It’s a living system.”

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AHSA will evolve!

While the relaunch of AHSA is focused right now on our upcoming Salmon Arm local elections, there’ll always be a potpourri of local and regional posts. The Tabs at the top (the look of AHSA) as well as the content of posts will shift after these important local elections.

A Red Card for Slate Politics

A big red card from me for any political slates who might run in our upcoming local #Salmon Arm election – whether that be some local version or something coordinated at a provincial level. Citizens benefit from having independent candidates with a range of distinct ideas. Local governments, especially smaller ones like ours, are not the place for party, partisan or slate (they’re all intertwined) politics – period. Slates are not the way that local governments work best.

Yes my $0.02 for sure and No I’m not the field referee!

For context an offshoot of the BC Conservative Party announced late last year their intent in running candidates in local govt elections – with a potential list that included Salmon Arm. Time will tell. I’ll have a lot more to say about any version of slate’ish politics as the election nears.