Terra Lennox -Zepp will not seek re-election this fall. (file photo/paNOW)

By Susan McNeil

Election 2024

Lennox-Zepp will not run in fall election

Sep 3, 2024 | 6:03 PM

Councillor Terra Lennox-Zepp has announced that after eight years representing Prince Albert’s Ward 2, she will not seek re-election this fall.

Lennox-Zepp noted she had goals of improving the city’s long-term planning and increased transparency and accountability.

“I’m proud to say that I’ve raised those two topics many, many times in these chambers,” she said after the September 3 meeting of the Executive Committee.

She also feels there is a lot of work still to do on those fronts, however, but is passing the torch on.

“I feel that I have served my eight years, I’ve been honored to serve this time and that I am not seeking further election,” she said.

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As a full-time lawyer for Legal Aid, Lennox-Zepp said she can see how her career and her time as councillor helped her grow.

“My career has helped me in the Chambers and vice versa,” she said.

It was important to her to win one more vote after she first won in 2016, something she accomplished in the 2020 election.

Her announcement makes her the fourth member of council to decide not to run again.

Don Cody, who represents Ward 4, has also said he will not run again as has Charlene Miller in Ward 1. Brent Zbaraschuk announced his election plan shortly afterwards.

Dennis Ogrodnick is also out of the running for Ward 5.

Councillors Blake Edwards (Ward 6), Dawn Kilmer (Ward 7) Tony Head (Ward 3), Darren Solomon (Ward 8) and Mayor Greg Dionne have all said they plan to seek re-election.

The race is on for the mayor’s chair as Bill Powalinsky has said he will run for that position.

The nomination period for fall elections begins September 23 and closes at 4:00 pm on October 9. Election day is November 13.

To be eligible to run, you must be 18 on the day of the election, be a Canadian citizen, live in Prince Albert for at least three months, have lived in Saskatchewan for at least six months and not be disqualified under the Local Government Election Act.

Candidates do not have to live in the ward they run in, but all people nominating the candidate must be electors of the ward.

Judges and auditors or solicitors for the city are not allowed to run.

More information can be found at the City of Prince Albert’s election page.

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susan.mcneil@pattisonmedia.com