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Hello West Kelowna!

The majority has spoken, and it looks like West Kelowna is the popular choice fo a new name for the District of Westside.

On Saturday, there were 166 votes separating the top choice from second place Westbank, in the municipality's non-binding referendum.

Adam Les, from the Westside Naming Committee, says he doesn't think Mayor-elect Doug Findlator and his council will disregard the view of the people.

Les says Findlator was the one who endorsed the ballot that pitted West Kelowna and Westbank against each other.

"Other councilors have said they support first-past-the-post and will go with whatever the majority votes for or gets the majority of votes...and West Kelowna won," says Les.

After four months of debates about a new name, Les says its now time to move on.

Charmaine de Silva - Kelowna