Sarah Starkweather for Oak Bay

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Hi, I’m Sarah and I’m running for Council in Oak Bay BC. Learn more about where I stand at starkweatherforoakbay.ca.

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Whether it's on your phone or a post-it note on your fridge, set a reminder for advance voting tomorrow!

🗳️ Tomorrow (Wednesday October 14) is the second advance poll for the 2026 Oak Bay Municipal Election, open from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Details: www.oakbay.ca/elections

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Love to see curb extensions installed near this tricky intersection by Windsor Park. We need more—wherever we know people are speeding, and wherever vulnerable road users need to cross (near schools, parks, rec centres, assisted living buildings…). #OakBayBB

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What sets Anne Carson apart from her contemporaries? “She approaches language, literature and human experience with uncommon boldness.”

For @theconversation.com, Laura Jansen on the Canadian poet who won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature.

thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

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A moment of calm for today….

… before canvassing, working, going to our parent-teacher meeting, calling in to the ProArts Alliance forum, attending the U Vic Students’ Society candidates’ debate, and talking to voters for a couple of hours at the final CAOB candidates fair. #OakBayBC

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Meanwhile? I’m out here doing the work. I don’t care that organizations in the Oak Bay Neighbourhood Network are organizing events for my opponents—I filled out their survey. I had to ask the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce three times to even get their questionnaire—but I filled it out.

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Unfortunately, it seems that six of nine council candidates—who, to a person, express deep commitment to community engagement—felt “uncomfortable” interacting with Oak Bay For All because I helped to start it. They weren’t being graded. They had full control of their answers. There’s no editing.

Kevin Murdoch (candidate for Mayor) Universal care Preamble: I understand that Council candidates may not feel comfortable participating in a questionnaire developed by an organization founded by one or more Council candidates competing in the coming election (I had a similar issue with the LivableCRD survey which included agencies associated with my opponent). As Mayor I am comfortable answering any reasonable community-based inquiries, and hope my answers provide some clarification on the scope and mandate of local government, what Oak Bay is doing now, and what improvements may be possible.
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