Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of British Columbia on October 20, 2018. Races were held in all municipalities and regional district electoral areas.
Incumbents marked with "(X)".
Selected mayoral and council races were as follows:
Abbotsford Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote %Henry Braun (X)18,73256.91 Eric Nyvall 6,159 18.71 Moe Gill 5,992 18.21 Trevor Eros 957 2.91 Gerda Peachey 560 1.70 Nadine Snow 514 1.56
Abbotsford City Council election Top 8 candidates elected
Party Council candidate Vote % Independent Patricia Ross (X) 18,319 9.80 Independent Bruce Banman 17,224 9.21 Independent Les Barkman (X) 17,223 9.21 Independent Dave Loewen (X) 15,471 8.28 AbbotsfordFirst Brenda Falk (X) 14,904 7.97 AbbotsfordFirst Ross Siemens (X) 14,872 7.96 AbbotsfordFirst Kelly Chahal (X) 12,838 6.87 Independent Sandy Blue (X) 12,669 6.78 AbbotsfordFirst Dave Sidhu 12,187 6.52 Independent Paul Redekopp 11,518 6.16 Independent Josh Reynolds 7,941 4.25 Independent Jas Anand 5,839 3.12 Independent Aird Flavelle 5,410 2.89 Independent Dao Tran 5,394 2.89 Independent Manocha Harry 5,195 2.78 Independent Vince Dimanno 4,053 2.17 Independent Harvey Jongsma3,262 1.74 Independent Tilley G. Lawrence 2,630 1.41
Abbotsford City Council By-election A by-election was held on September 25, 2021 to replace Bruce Banman who had been elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
Council candidate Vote % Dave Sidhu 7,829 43.19 Korky Neufeld 2,448 13.50 Manjit Sohi 2,302 12.70 Dao Tran 1,346 7.42 Tom Norton 1,126 6.21 David McLauren 935 5.16 Aird Flavelle 834 4.60 Dan Dennill 755 4.16 Gerda Peachey 553 3.05
Armstrong Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote %Chris Pieper (X) Acclaimed
Bulkley-Nechako A (Smithers Rural) Electoral Area Director election Director candidate Vote % Mark Fisher (X) 401 66.61 Leah Germain 201 33.39
Burnaby
Mayoral election Party Mayoral candidate Vote % IndependentMike Hurley 26,26053.24 Burnaby Citizens Association Derek Corrigan (X) 20,333 41.23 Independent Helen H. S. Chang 2,178 4.42 Independent Sylvia Gung 549 1.11
Burnaby City Council election Top 8 candidates elected Party Council candidate Vote % Burnaby Citizens Association Dan Johnston (X) 19,930 6.20 Burnaby Citizens Association Pietro Calendino (X) 19,707 6.13 Burnaby Citizens Association Sav Dhaliwal (X) 19,625 6.10 Burnaby Citizens Association Colleen Jordan (X) 18,787 5.84 Burnaby Citizens Association James Wang (X) 17,839 5.55 Burnaby Citizens Association Paul McDonell (X) 16,760 5.21 Burnaby Citizens Association Nick Volkow (X) 16,008 4.98 Burnaby Green Party Joe Keithley 15,745 4.90 Burnaby Citizens Association Baljinder Narang 15,530 4.83 Burnaby Green Party Joel Gibbs 14,815 4.61 Burnaby Green Party Rick McGowan 13,700 4.26 Independent Lee Alexander Rankin 13,310 4.14 Burnaby Green Party Mehreen Chaudry 12,600 3.92 Burnaby First Coalition Heather Leung 12,510 3.89 Independent Janice Beecroft 11,553 3.59 Burnaby First Coalition Francesca Zumpano 11,508 3.58 Burnaby First Coalition Linda Hancott 11,338 3.53 Burnaby First Coalition Charter Lau 10,702 3.33 Burnaby Green Party Erika Schinzel 10,580 3.29 Burnaby Green Party Carrie McLaren 10,019 3.12 Burnaby First Coalition John Templeton 9,855 3.06 Independent Claire Preston 9,805 3.05 Burnaby First Coalition Alain Deng 9,362 2.91
Burnaby City Council By-election A by-election was held on 26 June 2021 to replace Paul McDonnell and Nick Volkow who both died in office.
Top 2 candidates elected
Party Council Candidate Votes %Preliminary results; not yet final Burnaby Citizens Association Alison Gu 4,994 19.36 Independent Mike Hillman 3,227 12.51 Burnaby Citizens Association Baljinder Narang 3,103 12.03 Independent Lee Rankin 3,061 11.87 Burnaby Green Party Mehreen Chaudry 2,212 8.58 Independent Flora Lo 1,767 6.85 Independent Heymann Yip 1,609 6.24 Independent Martin Edward Kendell 1,445 5.60 Burnaby Green Party Teresa Rossiello 1,170 4.54 Independent Mike Volkow 827 3.21 Independent Gulam Firdos 760 2.95 Independent Claire Preston 664 2.57 Independent Scott Van Denham 556 2.16 Independent Deborah Skerry 400 1.55 Total votes 13,581 100.00 Registered voters/Turnout % 161,751 8.36Source: City of Burnaby
Campbell River Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote % Andy J. Adams (X) Acclaimed
Cariboo A (Red Bluff - Quesnel South) Electoral Area Director election Director candidate Vote %Mary Sjostrom 430 50.77Cory Delves 417 49.23
Cariboo G (Lac la Hache - 108 Mile Ranch) Electoral Area Director election Director candidate Vote % Al Richmond (X) Acclaimed
Castlegar Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote % Bruno Tassone 1,328 46.76 Deb V. McIntosh 774 27.25Lawrence D. Chernoff 738 25.99
Mayoral by-election A by-election for mayor was held April 24, 2021, following the resignation of Tassone who had been criticized for spending the Christmas holidays in the Okanagan despite travel regulations imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia.
Mayoral candidate Vote % Kirk Duff 724 30.10 Florio Vassilakakis 682 28.36 Lawrence D. Chernoff 498 20.71 Gordon Zaitsoff 311 12.93 Gord Lamont 190 7.90
Central Saanich Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote % Ryan Windsor (X) Acclaimed
Chilliwack Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote % Ken Popove 8,43235.09 Sharon Gaetz (X) 7,426 30.90 Sam J. Waddington 6,988 29.08 Dave W. Rowan 775 3.23 Brigida Crosbie 409 1.70
Chilliwack City Council election Top 6 candidates elected
Council candidate Vote %Jason Lum (X) 15,604 13.84Chris Kloot (X) 13,298 11.79Bud Mercer 12,053 10.69Jeff Shields 10,857 9.63Sue Attrill (X) 10,113 8.97Harv Westeringh 8,745 7.75Louis De Jaeger 7,931 7.03Terry Cross 6,310 5.60Patti MacAhonic 6,227 5.52Sandy Mathies 5,677 5.03Debora Soutar 5,342 4.74Lisa Morry 4,676 4.15Ken Smith 3,386 3.00Cameron Hull 2,547 2.26
Coldstream Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote % Jim Garlick 2,154 83.72 Bill Firman 419 16.28
Columbia-Shuswap C (South Shuswap) Electoral Area Director election Director candidate Vote % Paul Demenok (X) 812 70.61 Nancy Egely 338 29.39
Colwood Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote %Rob C. Martin2,34858.09 Carol L. Hamilton (X) 1,694 41.91
Comox Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote %Russ J. Arnott2,71562.54 Tom L. Diamond 1,626 27.46
Comox Valley A (Baynes Sound-Denman/Hornby Islands) Electoral Area Director election Director candidate Vote %Daniel Arbour 1,385 63.30Jim Elliott 803 36.70
Comox Valley B (Lazo North) Electoral Area Director election Director candidate Vote % Arzeena Hamir 852 53.52 Rod Nichol (X) 740 46.48
Comox Valley C (Puntledge - Black Creek) Electoral Area Director election Director candidate Vote % Edwin Grieve (X) 987 62.15 Jay Oddleifson 601 37.85
Coquitlam Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote %Richard Stewart (X)16,46269.56 Adel Gamar 6,373 26.93 Mark Mahovlich 830 3.51
Coquitlam City Council election Top 8 candidates elected Council candidate Vote %Craig Hodge (X) 14,380 9.55Chris Wilson (X) 14,315 9.51Teri Towner (X) 12,427 8.25Bonita Zarrillo (X) 12,251 8.14Brent Asmundson (X) 10,652 7.08Dennis Marsden (X) 10,609 7.05Trish Mandewo 8,645 5.74Steve Kim 8,516 5.66Robert Mazzarolo 8,507 5.65Ben Craig 8,445 5.61Darryl J. Stickler 7,454 4.95Sean Lee 6,793 4.51Rob Bottos 6,655 4.42Nicola Spurling 5,777 3.84Paul Lambert 5,633 3.74Ian Soutar 2,994 1.99Massimo Mandarino 2,461 1.63Geoff W. Hunt 2,158 1.43Devan Robertson 1,886 1.25
Courtenay Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote %Bob Wells2,95040.56 Larry V. Jangula (X) 2,512 34.53 Harold Long 1,165 16.02 Erik B. Eriksson 647 8.89
Cowichan Valley B (Shawnigan Lake) Electoral Area Director election Director candidate Vote % Sierra Acton (X) 919 65.50 Bill Savage 484 34.50
Cowichan Valley C (Cobble Hill) Electoral Area Director election Director candidate Vote % Michael Wilson 803 59.61Darlene Davis 305 22.64Matteus Clement (X) 239 17.74
Cranbrook Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote % Lee Pratt (X) Acclaimed
Creston Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote % Ron Toyota (X) 970 43.36Bill Hutchinson 912 40.62Mary Blackmore 355 15.81
Dawson Creek Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote % Dale Bumstead (X) 1,780 85.95 Trenten Laarz 291 14.05
Delta Mayoral election Party Mayoral candidate Vote % Achieving For Delta George Harvie 12,32539.56 Independents Working for You Jim Cressford 10,533 33.80 Team Delta Sylvia Bishop 7,353 23.60 Independent Moneca Kolvyn 553 1.77 Independent Vytas Vaitkus 221 0.71 Independent Alex Megalos 174 0.56
Delta City Council election Top 6 candidates elected Party Council candidate Vote % Achieving For Delta Alicia Guichon 16,359 10.33 Achieving For Delta Lois Jackson 14,034 8.86 Achieving For Delta Dan Copeland 13,726 8.67 Independents Working for You Jeannie Kanakos (X) 13,249 8.37 Independents Working for You Bruce McDonald (X) 11,970 7.56 Achieving For Delta Dylan Kruger 10,101 6.38 Achieving For Delta Param Grewal 9,500 6.00 Achieving For Delta Cal Traversy 9,052 5.72 Independents Working for You Garry Shearer 8,710 5.50 Team Delta Robert Campbell (X) 8,371 5.29 Team Delta Joan Hansen 7,928 5.01 Independents Working for You Sandeep Pandher 7,888 4.98 Team Delta Simran Walia 6,874 4.34 Team Delta Kim Kendall 5,507 3.48 Independent Mike Smith 3,538 2.23 Independent Darcy Green 3,307 2.09 Independent Lori Mayhew 3,190 2.01 Independent Chen Du 2,473 1.56 Independent Kay Khilvinder Hale 1,431 0.90 Independent Craig DeCraene 1,118 0.71
East Kootenay C Electoral Area Director election Director candidate Vote % Rob Gay (X) Acclaimed
Esquimalt Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote %Barb Desjardins (X)2,91972.13 John R. Roe 1,128 27.87
Fernie Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote % Ange Qualizza 1,122 44.52 Sharon Switzer 893 35.44 Mary Giuliano (X) 477 18.93
Fort St. John Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote % Lori L. Ackerman (X) Acclaimed Gibsons Mayoral election The results for mayor of Gibsons were as follows: Mayoral candidate Votes %Bill Beamish 1,34777.77Blake MacLeod20011.37Leslie Thomson995.63William Moysey 864.89 Gibsons Town Council election The results for Gibsons Town Council were as follows:
Top 4 candidates elected Council candidate Vote %Aleria Ladwig 1,085 61.68Stafford Lumley (X) 963 54.75 David Croal 907 51.56 Annemarie De Andrade 888 50.48Suzanne Senger 811 46.11Carol Doyle 806 45.65 Verna Chan 720 40.93 Angie August 192 10.92 Turnout 1,769 47.59
Hope Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote % Peter Robb 1,293 65.63 Wilfried Vicktor (X) 523 26.55Cindy Young 154 7.82
Kamloops Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote %Ken Christian (X)17,32886.67 William J. Turnbull 2,666 13.33
Kamloops City Council election Top 8 candidates elected
Council candidate Vote %Arjun H. Singh (X) 12,203 11.26Kathy E. Sinclair (X) 10,806 9.97Mike S. O'Reilly 9,375 8.65Dieter W. Dudy (X) 9,181 8.47Dale Bass 9,059 8.36Denis J. Walsh (X) 7,906 7.29Sadie A. Hunter 7,441 6.86Bill B. Sarai 7,218 6.66Ray S. Dhaliwal (X) 6,486 5.98Stephen J. Karpuk 6,334 5.84Gerald K. Watson 6,088 5.62Caroline F. King 6,0015.54Donovan M. Cavers (X) 5,705 5.26Alison M. Klie 4,589 4.23Dennis D. Giesbrecht 4,562 4.21Jennifer D. Adams 4,367 4.03Jimmy J. Johal 3,8513.55Chris C. Bose 3,3053.05Nicholas J. Adams 2,8202.60Corally H. Delwo 2,6352.43Shawn Harnett 1,477 1.36
Kelowna Mayoral election Mayoral candidate Vote %Colin Basran (X)18,11856.95 Tom Dyas 9,518 29.92 Bobby C. Kennedy 2,671 8.40 Bob Schewe 1,507 4.74
Kelowna City Council election Top 8 candidates elected