Kinsley Campaign Most Expensive

Monday, March 20, 2006 12:24 PM

Mayor Colin Kinsley was the biggest spender in the last civic election. He also rounded up the most contributions.

Kinsley spent $59,259.98 cents in getting re elected. His radio TV and print campaign cost $32,319.58, with 140 contributors giving $99 dollars or less to his re election campaign.

His single largest contribution came from Northland Dodge, $3802.60, followed by Northland Hyundai who contributed $3700.00 dollars; two other dealers Wood Wheaton and Schultz Pontiac each contributed $1,000 dollars. The Prince George Hotel made a contribution of $1,000 dollars, Joes Hotel $500.00, Shooters Bar and Grill, $750.00, BX pub, $750.00, Westwood pub $200.00, Treasure Cove Hotel $3000.00 and Sergeant O’Flaherty’s $500.00.

Other significant contributors to Kinsley’s campaign were Otter properties, $3000.00, Commonwealth Mortgage $1,000.00 , Majestic Management $1,000.00, Maisonette Home Products, $1,000.00, IDL projects $2,000.00 , Falcon contracting $3,000.00, Carrier Lumber $1,000.00, CANFOR $1070.00, Mr. G’s $1,462.50, Shoppers Wholesale $1,462.50 , Jim and Noreen Rustad $1,000.00 , Harry Backlin $2800.00 , Mrs. Ge Shi $2700.00 , Peter Warner $1800.00

Mayor Kinsley contributed $971.63 for his re election.

As for Dan Rogers, he spent a total of $38,758.75

Rogers received the most money in his run for the office from CUPE who, through five locals, contributed $7,000.00 towards his campaign. In addition the Prince George Labour Council contributed $1800.00. The single largest contributor was Rogers’s employer Concept Design , followed by YCS Holdings who contributed $ 5,000.00 dollars to the campaign.

Rogers himself put up $7986.00 in his run, while anonymous donors contributed $1060.00, and there were a total of 67 contributors who gave $99.00 dollars or less. Rogers spent $22,000.00 in radio, T.V. and print ads plus another $12,000.00 on signs.

Two of the candidates who ran for Mayor Tyler Doerksen and Nathan Prince (who dropped out of the campaign) showed no expenses or no contributions, while Trent Derrick spent $4,783.86 on his campaign; of that amount $2,293.13 was his own money.

The election spending figures were released today at City Hall.

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Comments

Posted by: owl on March 20 2006 1:43 PM

Majestic Management, eh?

Very intereting.....

Posted by: Gofaster on March 20 2006 6:23 PM

I think he knows this is his last kick at us and he really wants to travel a lot, or so it seems. I be he spends all his allowance and every one elses too...
Not gonna miss you when your are gone Colin

Posted by: Percy on March 20 2006 6:39 PM

The lesson here is not how much a person is willing to spend on themselves, but how much others are willing to spend on you.

The reward has to outweigh the investment. So, if you have a vested interest in Mayor Kinsley, then it would be prudent to make sure he gets back in.

If, on the other hand, you haven't benefited a whole lot from Mayor Kinsley's leadership, you would want to invest some financial support in an alternative and hope for an improvement. Percy

Posted by: Legend1973 on March 22 2006 3:59 PM

It's funny, you see. Kinsley had all this support from different businesses in the community and ol' Colin there only had to pony up about 1000.00 to his re election....Thank God for the good people at the local bars for helping Colin out, I mean he has been supporting them for years. I cannot wait until our next election, we need a change in this community.....