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Port Edward School District Bond Measure, 2011
From Ballotpedia
A school district bond measure was on the May 7, 2011, ballot in the Port Edward school district in British Columbia, Canada. It was approved.[1]
This measure sought to allow the council to borrow $2 million over a period of 25 years in order to build a new school in the district. Residents had petitioned for a vote on the issue when the council had decided to borrow the money.[2] A total of 67 people had signed the petition with only 41 signatures needed to force the referendum.[3]
Election results
| Port Edward School District Bond Measure | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 175 | 85.8% | ||
| No | 29 | 14.2% | ||
Text of measure
The ballot question was as follows:[1]
| “ | Are you in favor of the District of Port Edward adopting the following bylaw: Port Edward Elementary School Loan Authorization Bylaw 513, 2011 authorizing the District of Port Edward to borrow an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 repayable over a maximum of 25 years for the purpose of constructing and doing all things necessary to construct a new elementary school to be attached to the existing Municipal building in the District of Port Edward. Yes or No?[4] | ” |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Northern View, "Port Edward elementary referendum passes," May 8, 2011
- ↑ The Northern View, "Port Edward going to referendum over school borrowing bylaw," March 23, 2011
- ↑ Muskeg News, "Port Ed to hold referendum on new school," March 23, 2011 (dead link)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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