Pharmacy owner Mark Arundel has been elected to TECT. File photo
Mark Arundel, Pete Blackwell and Tina Jennen have been elected as trustees to the Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust.
The election result was formally declared this afternoon.
Arundel, a pharmacy owner and Bay of Plenty District Health Board member, had the most votes with 4550 compared to retired detective Blackwell's 3135,
who had sought re-election to the trust.
Jennen, a chief financial officer and survivor of a terrible car crash, had 2179, pipping Graeme Purches (2143), Bev Edlin (2141) and Sheldon Nesdale (2139) at the post.
In all just under a quarter of eligible voters took part in the election, with 11931 votes cast.