LoRegio steps down from council
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This article was published 01/02/2021 (2061 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Coun. John LoRegio (Meadows-Waverly) has resigned from Brandon City Council effective Jan. 31, saying in a statement that health issues are preventing him from putting his full attention on council matters.
Reached by phone on Monday, LoRegio told the Sun he has been battling multiple myeloma cancer and has been at the Brandon Regional Health Centre since August last year.
He said his treatment has been going well and he wanted to get through this year’s city budget process before stepping down. When COVID-19 is over, he said he’d like to spend more time with his family and visit his grandchildren on Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
LoRegio has represented Meadows-Waverly since 2013 when the former city hall reporter for CKLQ came out on top in a byelection to replace Jim McCrae, who had departed Brandon to take a job in Winnipeg.
Mayor Rick Chrest praised LoRegio’s tenure on council, calling him an “ardent voice” for the people of his ward.
Because more than 12 months are left before the next set of municipal elections, the city will be required by law to call a byelection to fill the vacancy left by LoRegio’s departure.
The city did not provide a timetable for this process on Monday, but the mayor recommended that those interested in running start thinking about their candidacy.
Read more in Tuesday’s edition of the Sun.
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