By Mark Squibb | Oct. 8, 2020
When it comes to Mount Pearl politics and community life, she is almost as much an institution as she is a public representative, but long-time Mount Pearl councillor Lucy Stoyles says that she will not be putting her name forward for re-election this time around.
“I spent 25-years with the City of Mount Pearl and I’m not planning on offering myself for re-election again,” said Stoyles during the October 6 meeting.
The comment came after councillor Bill Antle asked if councillor Stoyles could speak to council about a recent Diversity Matters meeting in which both Stoyles and councillor Isabelle Fry attended. Stoyles brought greetings from the City at that meeting, while Fry brought greetings from the City at a previous meeting.
“It was very well attended, and even after the meeting I received a call from a potential candidate who is looking at running in the upcoming election. I’m going to be meeting with a lady in the next week or so to discuss her entry into politics. I found it quite interesting,” said Stoyles. “Anybody who would like to talk about what they need to do (to run in politics), they can certainly give me a call.”
It was then that Stoyles, who has a reputation for being a straight shooter and not averse to addressing controversial topics head on, said that as she did not intend to put her name forward for re-election, she would be willing to meet with anyone who had questions about running for office.
“Even if I was (running again), I wouldn’t mind meeting with people and telling them what they need to do to run for political office,” she added.
