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Courts order new vote for BC Cricket’s leadership, oust president

Clubs in Langley, Nanaimo among many singled out for irregular voting at AGM
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The Canadian men’s national cricket team holds a scouting session at Beacon Hill Park in Victoria on April 28, 2023. B.C.’s main cricket organization has recently been roiled by controversy over voting that spilled into BC Supreme Court. (Austin Westphal/Black Press Media files)

A judge has ordered new elections for the board of Cricket BC after irregularities, including improperly cast proxy votes from the Langley, Nanaimo, and Allcomers clubs during last November’s annual general meeting.

Justice Andrew P. A. Mayer also removed the sitting president of Cricket BC, Vimal Hardat, finding he was not actually a member of a cricket club, and therefore not eligible to serve as head of the provincial society.

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Matthew Claxton

About the Author: Matthew Claxton

Raised in Langley, as a journalist today I focus on local politics, crime and homelessness.
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