Local voters have chosen their municipal and regional representatives for the next four years, with preliminary results bringing a mixture of returning incumbents and new faces across Campbell River and the Comox Valley.

In Campbell River, Kermit Dahl secured another term as mayor with 5,170 votes. Challenger Andy Speck received 3,818, leaving Dahl with a margin of more than 1,300 votes.

Laird Ruehlen led the Campbell River council race with 5,334 votes. He will be joined by Susan Sinnott, Lucas Schuller, Joëlle Samson, Brittany Colville and Ben Lanyon.

Courtenay will have a new mayor after Manno Theos defeated incumbent Bob Wells and candidate Trish McPhail. Theos received 3,870 votes, compared with 2,595 for Wells and 2,185 for McPhail.

Wendy Morin topped the Courtenay council results, followed by Evan Jolicoeur, Kelly Matthews, Dick Clancy, Thomas McDevitt and Rosanna Chamberlin.

In Comox, Nicole Minions was acclaimed as mayor. The Town’s six council seats went to Jonathan Kerr, Jessica Wegg, Jenn Meilleur, Lisa Bourgeois, Neil Ladell and Vivian Chislett.

Cumberland Mayor Vickey Brown was also acclaimed. Nick Ward led the Village’s council race and will serve alongside Troy Therrien, Ellian Bell and Sean Sullivan.

There were also several regional-district races.

In the Comox Valley RD, Arzeena Hamir was elected director of Electoral Area B with 1,156 votes, defeating Rich Hardy. Norm McPhail won the three-way race in Area C with 1,020 votes, finishing ahead of Ariel Becherer and Gillian Anderson. Daniel Arbour was acclaimed as the director for Area A.

Within the Strathcona RD, Mark Vonesch won the three-way contest in Electoral Area B, which includes Cortes Island. Vonesch received 363 votes, compared with 117 for Sandy Keith and 84 for Jade Jordan.

John Rice was elected director of Electoral Area D, defeating Bernadette LaFleur by 606 votes to 541.

School-board positions were also decided Saturday.

The five successful candidates for the Campbell River School District were Craig Gillis, Joyce McMann, Kathi Eddy, Hannah Clausen and Daryl Hagen. Gillis led the field with 6,039 votes.

In Courtenay, Shannon Aldinger and Kendall Packham were elected to the Comox Valley Board of Education. Trustee candidates representing Comox, Cumberland and the Comox Valley’s three rural electoral areas were acclaimed.

Several regional assent-voting questions were also decided.

Voters approved adding Quadra Island to the Strathcona Gardens Recreation Centre service by an overall vote of 7,307 to 3,973. While the proposal received strong support in Campbell River and Electoral Area D, a large majority of ballots cast on Quadra Island opposed the change.

In Baynes Sound, voters approved creating a dedicated parks and trails service by a vote of 825 to 150. The new service will allow the Royston, Union Bay and Fanny Bay areas to establish their own parks and trails priorities, budget and work plan.

Denman and Hornby Island voters also approved adding animal control to their existing bylaw-enforcement service, with 853 people voting in favour and 348 opposed.

A proposed woodchipping and climate-resiliency service for Strathcona RD Electoral Areas B and C was defeated. That question received 659 yes votes and 1,343 no votes.

All results remain preliminary until they have been reviewed and officially declared by the respective chief election officers.