Former Pouce Coupe mayor fined $300 for prohibited contribution to her campaign

POUCE COUPE, B.C. — Former Pouce Coupe mayor Lorraine Michetti was fined $300 on Tuesday for exceeding the contribution limit allowed to her campaign in 2022.

In the 2022 General Elections, Michetti was a candidate for the Mayor of Pouce Coupe and contributed $3,100 to her own campaign, going over the $2,500 limit. She acted as her own financial agent for the campaign.

Michetti could have been fined up to $1,200 for the offence under the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act. Instead, she was fined $300 because she cooperated with the investigation, among other reasons defined by the director of investigations at Elections BC, Adam Barnes.

The former mayor had also returned the prohibited contribution and had no other penalties under the legislation.

Earlier in 2023, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal filed by Michetti to remove her successor.