It follows the death of Councillor Carlos Garcia
Voters in Port Dalhousie will decide April 14th who they want as St. Catharines city councillor, after the death of Carlos Garcia.
All but one of council preferred this as the democratic way, instead of appointing a previous unsuccessful candidate, Johnathan Belgrave.
Councillor Jackie Lindal. "I would understand if we were going to appoint, or do an interview process, if there was 6, 7 or 8 months left, but there's still 2 years. I think the people of Port Dalhousie deserve to sit down now and decide."
Councillor Greg Miller was the only vote against, saying spending $100,000 is not the way to go considering probable low voter turnout.
He doubts 2,000 people in Port Dalhousie will bother. "I don't think that's democratic at all to run a by-election when voter turnout is 15% of the ward, I think that would be optimistic at best."
Councillor Bruce Williamson said a by-election is what Carlos Garcia would've wanted.
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