Salmon Arm’s Cindy Derkaz has been elected president of the North Okanagan-Shuswap Federal Liberal Association.
Derkaz, who finished second to Mel Arnold in the October 2015 riding election, was elected at the association’s annual general meeting held at the Enderby Seniors Complex.
“I envision a team with renewed energy and commitment,” said Derkaz. “The association will be active in the community and consult with residents of all political persuasions from one end of the riding to the other.”
A number of North Okanagan residents were elected to the executive including Vernon’s Gord Adams (treasurer), Tom McKenzie (secretary/data manager) and Mavis MacPherson of Enderby/Armstrong (membership).
They join Karen Angove (vice-president), Monica Kriese (communications/marketing), Don Derby (fundraising chair), Michael Boudreau (policy) and Lynda Wilson (organization) of Salmon Arm on the executive, along with Sorrento’s Don Paterson (regional vice president).
Elected as directors at large from the North Okanagan include Lisa Kongsdorf and Heywood MacDonnell of Vernon, Anja Langstraat of Armstrong, Bill Tayler of the North Shuswap, and Chad Shipmaker of Salmon Arm.
Non-elected members of the executive include Rod Drennan (past president) and Eli Vlahos (youth commission) of Vernon, Gloria Morgan of Enderby (aboriginal people’s commission) and Salmon Arm’s Kailey Cannon (women’s commision) and Sandra Stanley (seniors commission).