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Vancouverites head to the polls on Saturday for the city’s first municipal byelection in 25 years as voters will elect an entire school board and a one new city councillor. They’ll be one-year terms as the city will has a full municipal election scheduled for next November.

The city says 4,174 ballots have already been cast after two days of advance voting on Oct. 4 and 10. Results will be announced Saturday night.

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WHO IS RUNNING FOR COUNCIL?

City council was left one seat short when Vision councillor Geoff Meggs resigned in July to become chief of staff to Premier John Horgan. There are nine people vying for a Megg’s old seat:

• Hector Bremner (NPA)

• Diego Cardona (Vision Vancouver)

• Mary Jean “Watermelon” Dunsdon (Sensible Vancouver)

• Pete Fry (Green Party)

• Judy Graves (Onecity)

• Gary Lee (Ind.)

• Damian J. Murphy (Ind.)

• Jean Swanson (Ind.)

• Joshua Wasilenkoff (Ind.)

WHO IS RUNNING FOR SCHOOL BOARD?

The city of Vancouver has been without elective representatives on the Vancouver School Board since last October when former education minister Mike Bernier fired all nine trustees for failing to pass a balanced budget. Here are the 19 candidates running for the nine open spots on the school board: