2011 British Columbia municipal elections

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
(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		5,450	16.55
Allen Hutton	Independent	1,600	4.86
Sylvia Gung	Independent	850	2.58

Campbell River[]

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

Castlegar[]

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

Central Saanich[]

Candidate	Vote	%
	2,753
Christopher Graham	1,827

Chilliwack[]

Candidate	Vote	%
Sharon Gaetz (X)	Acclaimed

Coldstream[]

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

Colwood[]

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

Comox[]

Candidate	Vote	%
	2,163
Bernie Poole	2,109

Coquitlam[]

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

Courtenay[]

Candidate	Vote	%
	2,543
(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		10,044	43.17
Krista Engelland		6,158	26.47
Heather King	Independent	5,346	22.98
John Meech	Independent	1,720	7.39

Esquimalt[]

Candidate	Vote	%
(X)	Acclaimed

Fort St. John[]

Candidate	Vote	%
	1,269
Don Irwin	1,209
Mike Murray	198

Hope[]

Candidate	Vote	%
	898
(X)	682

Kamloops[]

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

Kelowna[]

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

Lake Country[]

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

Langford[]

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

Langley (city)[]

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

Mel Kositsky announced that he would run for mayor on September 11, 2011.^[1] 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.^[2]

Candidate	Party	Vote
Jack Froese	Independent	7,706
Mel Kositsky	Independent	6,522
(X)		4,466

Maple Ridge[]

Candidate	Vote	%
(X)	7,394
Craig Ruthven	4,953

Mission[]

Candidate	Party	Vote
		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	%
(X)	1,790
Richard Rowberry	481
George Mercredi	105

New Westminster[]

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

North Cowichan[]

Candidate	Vote	%
	2,344
(X)	2,328
Joyce Behnsen	941
Scott Baker	916
Clayton Balabanov	415

North Saanich[]

Candidate	Vote	%
(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	%
(X)	9,897
Marjorie Goodman	2,241

Oak Bay[]

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

Parksville[]

Candidate	Vote	%
	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	%
	2,025
John Becker	1,202
Gary Paller	437

Port Alberni[]

Candidate	Vote	%
	2,556
(X)	1,794
Jen Fisher-Bradley	194
Stacey Gaiga	166

Port Coquitlam[]

Candidate	Party	Vote
(X)	Independent	5,827
William Issa		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	%
	2,325
(X)	2,078

Prince George[]

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

Prince Rupert[]

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

Salmon Arm[]

Candidate	Vote	%
	2,745
Kevin Flynn	2,214
Ronald Telfer	149

Sidney[]

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

Smithers[]

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

Sooke[]

Candidate	Vote	%
	2,571
David Bennett	931

Squamish[]

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

Summerland[]

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

Vancouver[]

Vernon[]

Candidate	Vote	%
	4,421
(X)	2,538
Patrick Davies	1,858

Victoria[]

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

West Kelowna[]

Candidate	Vote	%
(X)	3,734
Rosalind Neis	2,126

West Vancouver[]

Candidate	Vote	%
	Acclaimed

Williams Lake[]

Candidate	Vote	%
(X)	1,777
Scott Nelson	1,090
Walter Cobb	747

White Rock[]

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

References[]

^ Frank Bucholtz (September 12, 2011). "Kositsky makes it a three-way race for mayor". Langley Times. Archived from the original on April 27, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
^ Matthew Claxton (March 22, 2012). "Candidates got a multitude of donations, or none at all". Langley Advance. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2013.

Bibliography[]

[1] Frank Bucholtz (September 12, 2011). "Kositsky makes it a three-way race for mayor". Langley Times. Archived from the original on April 27, 2014. Retrieved May 23, 2013.

[2] Matthew Claxton (March 22, 2012). "Candidates got a multitude of donations, or none at all". Langley Advance. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2013.

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