Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of British Columbia on November 19, 2011. Races were held in all municipalities and regional district electoral areas.

Selected mayoral races are as follows:

Abbotsford Candidate Vote % Bruce Banman 13,387 George Peary (X) 12,694 Travis Daleman 2,449 Gerda Peachey 1,619 Meghann Coughlan 1,443

Burnaby

Candidate Party Vote % Derek Corrigan (X) Burnaby Citizens Association 25,035 76.01 Tom Tao TEAM Burnaby 5,450 16.55 Allen Hutton Independent 1,600 4.86 Sylvia Gung Independent 850 2.58

Campbell River

Candidate Vote % Walter Jakeway 2,741 Roy Grant 2,702 Ziggy Stewart 1,228 Michael Rabu 582

Castlegar Candidate Vote %Lawrence Chernoff (X) 1,020 Gordon Zaitsoff 786

Central Saanich Candidate Vote %Alastair Bryson 2,753 Christopher Graham 1,827

Chilliwack Candidate Vote %Sharon Gaetz (X) Acclaimed

Coldstream Candidate Vote % Jim Garlick (X) 1,578 Dave Hrabchuk 829

Colwood Candidate Vote %Carol Hamilton 1,412 Brian Tucknott 1,042 Jason Nault 621

Comox Candidate Vote %Paul Ives 2,163 Bernie Poole 2,109

Coquitlam Candidate Vote %Richard Stewart (X) 10,050 Barrie Lynch 7,591

Courtenay Candidate Vote %Larry Jangula 2,543 Greg Phelps (X) 2,466 William Bate 257

Cranbrook Candidate Vote % Wayne Stetski 2,185 Jim Wavrecan 1,704 Pat O'Connell 863 John York 107

Dawson Creek Candidate Vote % Mike Bernier (X) Acclaimed

Delta Candidate Party Vote % Lois Jackson Delta Independent Voters Association 10,044 43.17 Krista Engelland One Delta 6,158 26.47 Heather King Independent 5,346 22.98 John Meech Independent 1,720 7.39

Esquimalt Candidate Vote % Barbara Desjardins (X) Acclaimed

Fort St. John Candidate Vote % Lori Ackerman 1,269 Don Irwin 1,209 Mike Murray 198

Gibsons

Mayoral election The results for mayor of Gibsons were as follows: Mayoral candidateVotes%Wayne Rowe1,124Barry Janyk (X)759Arthur Shaw23

Gibsons Town Council election The results for Gibsons Town Council were as follows:

Top 4 candidates elected Council candidateVote%Gerry Tretick (X)989LeeAnn Johnson (X)954Charlene SanJenko920Daniel Bouman877Hammy McClymont845Brian Sadler731Bob Curry (X)709Brain Hubenig471Turnout57%

Hope Candidate Vote % Susan Ann Johnston 898 Laurie French (X) 682

Kamloops Candidate Vote %Peter Milobar (X) 9,391 Dieter Dudy 9,156 Gordon Chow 441 Brian Alexander 251

Kelowna Candidate Vote % Walter Gray 13,995 Sharon Shepherd (X) 13,574 Cal Condy 1,000 Ken Chung 749 Kim Ouellette 370

Lake Country Candidate Vote %James Baker (X) 988 Jason McCarthy 713 Noreen Guenther 530 Bill Clark 449

Langford Candidate Vote %Stewart Young (X) 2,319 Christopher Johnson 507

Langley (city) Candidate Vote %Peter Fassbender (X) 2,455 Ron Abgrall 983

Langley Township Mel Kositsky announced that he would run for mayor on September 11, 2011. In November, there was a political debate between the mayoral candidates for both Langley City and Langley Township. Kositsky spent $70,254 on his political campaign, while Jack Froese, who won the election, had spent $79,533.

Candidate Party Vote %Jack Froese Independent 7,706 Mel Kositsky Independent 6,522 Rick Green (X) Vote Langley Now 4,466

Maple Ridge Candidate Vote %Ernie Daykin (X) 7,394 Craig Ruthven 4,953

Mission Candidate Party Vote %Ted Adlem Citizens for responsible municipal government 3,728 James Atebe (X) Independent 2,465 Mike Gildersleeve Independent 827 Daniel Williamson Independent 343

Nanaimo Candidate Vote %John Ruttan (X) 8,815 Roger McKinnon 5,366 Jim Routledge 2,139 Dan Didio 546

Nelson Candidate Vote %John Dooley (X) 1,790 Richard Rowberry 481 George Mercredi 105

New Westminster Candidate Vote %Wayne Wright (X) 6,633 James Crosty 3,139 Vance McFadyen 826 François Nantel 207

North Cowichan Candidate Vote %Jon Lefebure 2,344 Tom Walker (X) 2,328 Joyce Behnsen 941 Scott Baker 916 Clayton Balabanov 415

North Saanich Candidate Vote %Alice Finall (X) Acclaimed

North Vancouver City Candidate Vote %Darrell Mussatto (X) 5,037 Ron Polly 758 George Pringle 546 Kit Nicholls 487

North Vancouver District Candidate Vote %Richard Walton (X) 9,897 Marjorie Goodman 2,241

Oak Bay Candidate Vote %Nils Jensen 3,197 Hazel Brathwaite 2,769

Parksville Candidate Vote % Chris Burger 2,355 Paul Reitsma 749 Rick Honaizer 76 Antonio Farinha 51

Penticton Candidate Vote %Dan Ashton (X) 3,124 Julius Bloomfield 2,978 Katie Robinson 1,989 Vic Powell 372 Jukka Laurio 22

Pitt Meadows Candidate Vote %Deb Walters 2,025 John Becker 1,202 Gary Paller 437

Port Alberni Candidate Vote %John Douglas 2,556 Ken McRae (X) 1,794 Jen Fisher-Bradley 194 Stacey Gaiga 166

Port Coquitlam Candidate Party Vote %Greg Moore (X) Independent 5,827 William Issa Canada Fire Safety Corporation 1,691 Patrick Alambets Independent 310

Port Moody Candidate Vote %Mike Clay 3,154 Robert Simons 2,019 Katie Kickbush 321

Powell River Candidate Vote %Dave Formosa 2,325 Stewart Alsgard (X) 2,078

Prince George Candidate Vote %Shari Green 6,969 Dan Rogers (X) 5,332 Alex Huber 1,200 Brandon Lewis 707 Eugene Fetterly 513 Bruce Fader 306

Prince Rupert Candidate Vote % Jack Mussallem (X) 1,769 Kathleen Bedard 981 Corinna Morhart 357

Richmond Candidate Vote % Malcolm Brodie (X) 20,955 69.83 Richard Lee 9,054 30.17

Saanich Candidate Vote % Frank Leonard (X) 11,151 David Cubberley 9,526 David Shebib 173

Salmon Arm Candidate Vote %Nancy Cooper 2,745 Kevin Flynn 2,214 Ronald Telfer 149

Sidney Candidate Vote %Larry Cross (X) 2,185 Jack Barker 704

Smithers Candidate Vote %Taylor Bachrach 896 58.52Cress Farrow (X) 635 41.48

Sooke Candidate Vote %Wendal Milne 2,571 David Bennett 931

Squamish Candidate Vote %Rob Kirkham (X) 2,283 Auli Parviainen 2,104 Ron Bahm 147

Summerland Candidate Vote %Janice Perrino (X) Acclaimed

Surrey

Candidate Party Vote % Dianne Watts (X) Surrey First 55,826 80.29 Ross Buchanan Independent 6,267 9.01 Vikram Bajwa Independent 4,481 6.44 Clifford Inimgba Independent 1,183 1.70 Deanna Welters Independent 1,147 1.65 Shan Rana Independent 330 0.47 Touraj Ghanbar-Zadeh Independent 298 0.43 Joginder Ranhawa Independent 0 0.00

The main opposition party, the Surrey Civic Coalition did not field a mayoral candidate against Watts. They did run a slate for city council, however, but did not win any seats.

Terrace Candidate Vote %David Pernarowski (X) 1211 Bruce Martindale 630 Jennifer Lewis 210 Merv Ritchie 169 Don Dunster 27

Vancouver

Vernon Candidate Vote %Robert Sawatzky 4,421 Wayne Lippert (X) 2,538 Patrick Davies 1,858

Victoria Candidate Party Vote %Dean Fortin (X) Independent 10,080 Paul Brown Open Victoria 4,229 Steve Filipovic Independent 2,206 David Shebib Independent 161

West Kelowna Candidate Vote % Doug Findlater (X) 3,734 Rosalind Neis 2,126

West Vancouver Candidate Vote %Michael Smith Acclaimed

Williams Lake Candidate Vote %Kerry Cook (X) 1,777 Scott Nelson 1,090 Walter Cobb 747

White Rock Candidate Vote %Wayne Baldwin 2,169 Lynne Sinclair 1,690 Larry Anschell 706 Angelo Megla 24

References

Bibliography CivicInfo BC Unofficial results