A New Westminster councillor is joining the Union of B.C. Municipalities executive team.
Coun. Tasha Henderson joins Vancouver Coun. Pete Fry as Vancouver Metro Area representatives to the UBCM executive. They were among the successful nominees elected at the recent UBCM convention.
Coun. Nadine Nakagawa congratulated her colleague on her new role at the UBCM.
“I'm looking forward to the advocacy that she'll be able to do there, not just on behalf of New Westminster, but on behalf of the whole province, but with a special thought for New West,” she said.
Here’s a rundown of who is serving on the UBCM’s 2024 executive:
- President: Coun. Trish Mandewo, City of Coquitlam
- First vice-president: Coun. Cori Ramsay, City of Prince George
- Second vice-president: Coun. Jenna Stoner, District of Squamish
- Third vice-president: Mayor Sarrah Storey, Village of Fraser Lake
- Past president: vacant
- Vancouver representative: Coun. Sarah Kirby-Yung, City of Vancouver
- Metro/GVRD representative: Coun. Craig Hodge, City of Coquitlam
- Small community representative: Mayor Denise O’Connor, Village of Lytton
- Electoral area representative: Director Jerrilyn Kirk, regional district of Fraser-Fort George
- Vancouver Metro area representatives: Coun. Pete Fry, City of Vancouver and Coun. Tasha Henderson, City of New Westminster
- Association of Kootenay and Boundary Local Governments: Coun. Keith Page, City of Nelson
- Lower Mainland Local Government Association: Coun. Paul Albrecht, City of Langley
- North Centra Local Government Association: Director Judy Greenaway, Bulkley-Nechako RD
- Southern Interior Local Government Association: Coun. Louise Wallace Richmond, City of Salmon Arm
- Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities: Coun. Ben Geselbrecht, City of Nanaimo
- Directors at large: Coun. Sheila Boehm, City of Williams Lake; Mayor Spencer Coyne, Town of Princeton; Coun. Aimee Grice, Town of Oliver; Coun. Gord Klassen, City of Fort St. John; Mayor David Wilks, District of Sparwood
According to the UBCM, the organization has been the voice of local government in British Columbia since 1905. The annual convention seeks to provide a forum for its members to establish policy and engage with provincial leaders on matters of common concern.
Becoming a director with the UBCM is the latest role for Henderson, a first-term city councillor; she was recently named as city council’s representative to the police board. At her first meeting, the board elected Henderson as its chair.
