Photos courtesy of Gladys Atrill for Mayor Facebook page and Mika Meyer for Town Council Facebook page.

On October 17th 2020 the town of Smithers in Northern BC held a municipal by-election which resulted in interim mayor Gladys Atrill winning the seat as Mayor by a landslide 75% voter decision and newcomer to council Mika Meyer receiving most votes by 9% over second place Colin Bateman.

Mika Meyer said her first order will be to install the Pride rainbow sidewalk which have been much contested by Pro-Life / Anti LGBTQ2+ communities in Smithers.

Gladys Atrill said she is moving ahead with council's plans for 2020 and 2021 activities as well as progressing the town's library / community centre build.

You can listen to Atrill and Meyer on CICK News on October 20th.

The attached clip is from Dan Mesec's interview with Mika Meyer. She is talking about the experience of campaigning during a pandemic.