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
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

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

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
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	58.52
Cress 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

^ 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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