There will be a lot of new faces around council tables following the 2026 municipal elections on southern Vancouver Island.<\/p>\n
The polls are closed in the 2026 municipal elections in British Columbia. Voters across Vancouver Island cast their ballots for mayoral, councillor, school trustee and electoral area directors.<\/p>\n
These are preliminary results reported on Sunday night.<\/p>\n
A second term for Marianne Alto in Victoria<\/p>\n
Voters in Victoria appear to have decided Marianne Alto will have a second term as mayor, but it looks like council might get a refresh.<\/p>\n
Preliminary results with 56 of 58 polls reporting had Alto with nearly 45% of the popular vote, outpacing her nearest challengers, Bruce McGuigan and Mike Harris, who pulled 34% and 11%, respectively.<\/p>\n
Councillor results (elected in bold and marked with *)<\/p>\n
*Stephen Hammond \u2014 15,092
\n*Matt Dell \u2014 14,291
\n*Marg Gardiner \u2014 14,208
\n*Jeremy Caradonna \u2014 14,132
\n*Melissa Cseszko \u2014 13,971
\n*Jack Sandor \u2014 13,777
\n*Wendy Bowkett \u2014 13,545
\n*Dave Thompson \u2014 13,103
\nKrista Loughton \u2014 13,088
\nBella Lee \u2014 12,947
\nArthur McInnis \u2014 12,931
\nKaren Rothe \u2014 12,806
\nSusan Kim \u2014 9,890
\nPeter Rose Gibbs \u2014 8798
\nJerry Garcia \u2014 7126
\nJason Heit \u2014 5695
\nMartin Girard \u2014 2857
\nShona Dion \u2014 2378
\nHerb Collins \u2014 1968
\nSteve Filipovic \u2014 1058
\nJames Harsymow \u2014 683<\/p>\n
Six of nine seats go to Save Our Saanich<\/p>\n
Save Our Saanich, a slate of one mayoral and five council candidates, swept into office on Saturday night, with Rishi Sharma elected mayor. Sharma had 45% of the vote in preliminary results, ahead of councillors Zac de Vries (39%) and Karen Harper (14%) and Robin Stanbridge (1.6%).<\/p>\n
Re-elected incumbents Colin Plant, Nathalie Chambers and Teale Phelps Bondaroff are the only members of council not part of the slate.<\/p>\n
Councillor results (elected in bold and marked with *)<\/p>\n
*Lorne DeLarge \u2014 16,615
\n*Nancy Di Castri \u2014 16,319
\n*Colin Plant \u2014 16,174
\n*Laurie Lidstone \u2014 15,389
\n*Graham Wright \u2014 15,101
\n*Matt McGeachie \u2014 14,591
\n*Nathalie Chambers \u2014 13,027
\n*Teale Phelps Bondaroff \u2014 12,735
\nMauricio Curbelo \u2014 12,632
\nSusan Brice \u2014 11,462
\nJudy Brownoff \u2014 10,473
\nColette Baty \u2014 9,428
\nHarjas Singh Popli \u2014 9,020
\nKathleen Burton \u2014 9,015
\nHollis Hodson \u2014 7,490
\nSasha Izard \u2014 7,324
\nDon Cameron \u2014 6,766
\nErin Elizabeth Booth \u2014 6,676
\nGarnett Humenick \u2014 6,405
\nJordan Weaver \u2014 6,299
\nFinn Fairbairn \u2014 5,990
\nAlli Deelstra \u2014 5,005
\nBrendan Ralfs \u2014 4,172
\nNoah Fruttarol \u2014 3,771
\nSierra Wicks-Irving \u2014 3,303
\nTia Sibbald \u2014 2,613
\nNic Renaud \u2014 1,545<\/p>\n
After four-year absence, Stew Young back as Langford mayor<\/p>\n
Stew Young is back in the mayor’s chair in Langford, four years after losing to newcomer Scott Goodmanson. Last election brought in a bunch of new faces, with only one incumbent returned to council. That was the case again this year, with just one sitting councillor \u2014 Colby Harder \u2014 back on council.<\/p>\n
Councillor results (elected in bold and marked with *)<\/p>\n
*Lisa Foxall \u2014 8,574
\n*Wendy Hobbs \u2014 7,720
\n*Bryson Hill \u2014 7,533
\n*Jennifer Dunnett \u2014 7,117
\n*Brandy Gordon \u2014 6,600
\n*Colby Harder \u2014 6,082
\nMary Wagner \u2014 5,981
\nKeith Yacucha \u2014 5,513
\nKimberley Guiry \u2014 5,033
\nTanya Sunshine \u2014 4,966
\nMatt Sahlstrom \u2014 2,843
\nTrevor Hinton \u2014 2,328
\nShawn Blair \u2014 1,772
\nMichael Mortimore \u2014 1,386
\nAndrew Jackson \u2014 1,132
\nAlex McLeod \u2014 772<\/p>\n
Jack McClintock ousts incumbent in North Saanich<\/p>\n
Councillor Jack McClintock is North Saanich’s new mayor, with 65% of the vote in preliminary results. Felice Mazzoni of North Saanich Strong got about 29%, while incumbent Peter Jones had 5.5%.<\/p>\n
Councillor results (elected in bold and marked with *)<\/p>\n
*Jane Burnes \u2014 2,810
\n*Stuart Mackinnon \u2014 2,669
\n*Jim Woolford \u2014 2,557
\n*Brian Robinson \u2014 2,372
\n*Phillip DiBattista \u2014 2,308
\n*Walter Langer \u2014 2,271
\nKristine Marshall, North Saanich Strong \u2014 1,770
\nGreg Warner, North Saanich Strong \u2014 1,762
\nSanjiv Shrivastava, North Saanich Strong \u2014 1,696
\nIrene McConkey, North Saanich Strong \u2014 1,502
\nGerald Hannig \u2014 1,306<\/p>\n
Steve Gray topples incumbent in Metchosin mayor’s race<\/p>\n
Councillor Steve Gray unseated Marie-T\u00e9r\u00e8se Little for the mayor\u2019s seat in Metchosin after campaigning against her push for a new fire hall. Preliminary results showed Gray with 77% (1,724 votes) in the mayoral race, while Little received 19.4% (434 votes)\u00a0Shawn Melinchuk had three per cent of the vote.<\/p>\n
Only one incumbent councillor,\u00a0Shelly Donaldson, was running, and she was re-elected.\u00a0Kyara Kahakauwila returns to council after an unsuccessful run for mayor in 2022.<\/p>\n
Councillor results (elected in bold and marked with *)<\/p>\n
*Kyara Kahakauwila \u2014 1,563
\n*Jesse Pewarchuk \u2014 1,487
\n*Shelly Donaldson \u2014 1,384
\n*Mark Muldoon \u2014 1,294
\nEric White \u2014 829
\nEllen Frisch \u2014 795
\nMattie McMillan \u2014 317<\/p>\n
Leonard Krog wins third term in Nanaimo<\/p>\n
Leonard Krog is in for another term as Nanaimo voters re-elected the incumbent mayor, who captured 41% of the vote in preliminary results. He was about 2,000 votes ahead of his nearest competitor,\u00a0Sarah Lovegrove.<\/p>\n
Councillor results (elected in bold and marked with *)<\/p>\n
*Ben Geselbracht \u2014 12,399
\n*Paul Manly \u2014 12,052
\n*Hilary Eastmure \u2014 10,660
\n*Sheryl Armstrong \u2014 9,368
\n*Andr\u00e9a Coutu \u2014 8,160
\n*Erin Hemmens \u2014 8,090
\n*Marnie Boers \u2014 7,873
\n*Ian Thorpe \u2014 7,654
\nJanice Perrino \u2014 6,263
\nSandy Bartlett \u2014 6,174
\nPaul Chapman \u2014 6,018
\nJeff Annesley \u2014 4,927
\nBryan Gordon \u2014 4,730
\nDerek Hanna \u2014 4,229
\nMalcolm Cooke \u2014 4,223
\nMeg Fyfe Watkins \u2014 4,208
\nFrank Pluta \u2014 4,096
\nJoe Figel\u00a0\u2014 4,093
\nMatthew Miller \u2014 3,826
\nZaki Mohammed \u2014 3,815
\nAndrew Merilees \u2014 3,584
\nJackie Bolen \u2014 3,195
\nRichard Harlow \u2014 3,181
\nPaul Van Ryssel \u2014 3,098
\nCameron Leckenby \u2014 3,001
\nBill McKay \u2014 2,789
\nSteven Johns \u2014 2,343
\nAngela Waldick \u2014 2,336
\nPatrick Gunville \u2014 2,168
\nMark Chandler \u2014 2,159
\nAustin Seng \u2014 1,829
\nMax MacKay \u2014 1,590
\nRyan Djakovic \u2014 1,222
\nKenneth\u00a0Bennett \u2014 1,215
\nRod Moreno \u2014 1,124
\nBryant Marshall \u2014 1,051
\nShane Crawley \u2014 929
\nAnita Greer \u2014 701
\nHolden Southward \u2014 410
\nRobert\u00a0Phelan\u00a0\u2014 294<\/p>\n
Volker Dammann new mayor in View Royal<\/p>\n
Preliminary results have Volker Dammann (1,131) just 73 votes ahead of David Screech (1,058) in the race for mayor in View Royal. Ryan Painter was the next closest competitor, with 856 votes.<\/p>\n
Incumbent councillors Gery Lemon and Don Brown were re-elected. Just 13 votes separate Cam Harris and incumbent Ron Mattson in the race for the sixth council seat.<\/p>\n
Councillor results (elected in bold and marked with *)<\/p>\n
*Gery Lemon \u2014 1,833
\n*Amy McCooey \u2014 1,767
\n*Sacha Christensen \u2014 1,765
\n*Don Brown \u2014 1,472
\n*Carolynne Clark \u2014 1,402
\n*Cam Harris \u2014 1,347
\nRon Mattson \u2014 1,334
\nSean MacKenzie \u2014 1,203
\nOwen Marshall \u2014 1,194
\nDiane Fownes \u2014 730
\nSpencer Dixon \u2014 479
\nJay Josh \u2014 414<\/p>\n
Four incumbents re-elected in Duncan, McKinlay acclaimed mayor<\/p>\n
Mike McKinlay has been acclaimed as mayor in Duncan, where\u00a0the four incumbents running for re-election topped the polls.<\/p>\n
Councillor results (elected in bold and marked with *)<\/p>\n
*Garry Bruce \u2014 555
\n*Tom Duncan \u2014 550
\n*Carol Newington \u2014 537
\n*Jenni Capps \u2014 514
\n*Jessica Fetchko \u2014 513
\n*Bernice Timmer \u2014 474
\nAdrian Mulholland \u2014 440
\nBradley Humenick \u2014 403
\nMark Anderson \u2014 314
\nDana Arthurs \u2014 278<\/p>\n
Councillor Kevin Pearson new mayor in Sooke<\/p>\n
Three-term councillor Kevin Pearson is the new mayor of Sooke\u00a0with all but one of his full slate, Sooke First, elected as councillors. Preliminary results had Pearson with 58% of the vote, about 800 votes ahead of Al Beddows.<\/p>\n
Councillor results (elected in bold and marked with *)<\/p>\n
Herb Haldane,\u00a0Sooke First \u2014 2,688
\nRob Pearce,\u00a0Sooke First \u2014 2,321
\nKatherine Strongwind \u2014 2,301
\nJanet Evans, Sooke First \u2014\u00a02,290
\nCurtis Peterec, Sooke First \u2014 2,226
\nElliott Lifton, Sooke First \u2014 2,177
\nHelen Ritts, Sooke Together \u2014 2,172
\nSteven Sorensen, Sooke Together \u2014 2,081
\nChristine Thomas, Sooke First \u2014 2,069
\nSusan Belford, Sooke Together \u2014 1,830
\nBrian McHattie, Sooke Together \u2014 1,787
\nTony St-Pierre \u2014 1,487
\nKyra J Lazzar \u2014 1,405
\nNoah Dowhy \u2014 1,330
\nNick Dickinson-Wilde \u2014 982
\nLandon Grams \u2014 891<\/p>\n
Zeb King moves into mayor’s seat in Central Saanich<\/p>\n
After 21 years around the Central Saanich council table, Zeb King is moving into the mayor\u2019s seat. King got about 52% of the vote in the race against Pat Bryant. Incumbent\u00a0Ryan Windsor did not run for election.<\/p>\n
All four members of the\u00a0Sustain OUR Central Saanich slate were elected. Only one incumbent, Sarah Riddell, was elected again.<\/p>\n
Councillor results (elected in bold and marked with *)<\/p>\n
*Susan Zedel, Sustain OUR Central Saanich \u2014 4,159
\n*Sarah Riddell \u2014 4,157
\n*Kathleen Zimmerman,\u00a0Sustain OUR Central Saanich \u2014 3,976
\n*Ben Michell \u2014 3,893
\n*Anny Scoones,\u00a0Sustain OUR Central Saanich \u2014 3,605
\n*David Lawson,\u00a0Sustain OUR Central Saanich \u2014 3,379
\nBob Thompson \u2014 2,983
\nChristopher Graham \u2014 2,049
\nLori Shaw \u2014 1,468
\nRafael Fuentes \u2014 1,016<\/p>\n
Kevin Murdoch wins another term as Oak Bay mayor<\/p>\n
Incumbent Kevin Murdoch is back as mayor of Oak Bay. Preliminary results show him with\u00a074% of the vote against Sam Holland. All three incumbents who were running (Hazel Braithwaite, Cairine Green and Esther Paterson) were re-elected.<\/p>\n
Councillor results (elected in bold and marked with *)<\/p>\n
Hazel Braithwaite \u2014 5,095
\nWill Moore \u2014 4,715
\nCairine Green \u2014 4,357
\nRoxanne Helme \u2014 4,101
\nEsther Paterson \u2014 3,928
\nDavid Gleeson \u2014 3,399
\nKarin L Sweeney \u2014 2,933
\nSarah I Starkweather\u00a0\u2014 2,307
\nKaterina Weller \u2014 1,940<\/p>\n
Incumbent councillors\u00a0re-elected in Sidney<\/p>\n
Sidney council has three new faces, including acclaimed Mayor Peter Wainright, a former seven-term councillor. Wainright spent 23 years on council between 1993 and 2022. He was acclaimed after outgoing Mayor Cliff McNeil-Smith dropped out of the race on the nomination deadline.<\/p>\n
All four incumbent councillors running again \u2014 Steve Duck, Scott Garnett, Richard Novek and Terri O\u2019Keeffe \u2014 were re-elected.<\/p>\n
Councillor results (elected in bold and marked with *)<\/p>\n
*Terri O’Keeffe \u2014 2,549
\n*Steve Duck \u2014 2,374
\n*Scott Garnett \u2014 2,215
\n*Richard Novek \u2014 1,974
\n*Eric Diller \u2014 1,896
\n*Rory Lambert \u2014 1,865
\nHarninder Jacquot \u2014 1,758
\nSteve Price \u2014 1,202
\nErin Fedotov \u2014 1,189
\nJamie Wellbourn \u2014 947<\/p>\n
Duncan Cavens the new mayor in Esquimalt<\/p>\n
Duncan Cavens cruised to the mayor\u2019s seat in Esquimalt on Saturday with over 90 per cent of the preliminary vote. Cavens recieved 4,729 votes for mayor, while David Gauthier received 420.<\/p>\n
Councillor results (elected in bold and marked with *)<\/p>\n
*Tim Morrison \u2014 3,294
\n*Tara Todesco \u2014 2,873
\n*Meagan Brame \u2014 2,556
\n*Andrea Boardman \u2014 2,480
\n*Holly Courtright \u2014 2,385
\n*Meredith James \u2014 2,384
\nKody Thomson \u2014 2,095
\nDan Igaz \u2014 1,718
\nBruce McIldoon \u2014 1,384
\nRobb Johnstone \u2014 1,347
\nTyler Russell \u2014 1,240
\nZach Mulder \u2014 1,158<\/p>\n
Doug Kobayashi back as mayor in Colwood<\/p>\n
Incumbent Mayor Doug Kobayashi cruised to another big victory in Colwood, capturing 77% of the vote to cruise to victory over former mayor Rob Martin\u00a0and councillor Cynthia Day, who served with both over her seven terms around the council table.<\/p>\n
Councillor results (elected in bold and marked with *)<\/p>\n
*Misty Olsen \u2014 3,864
\n*Eugene Tseng \u2014 3,615
\n*Ian Ward \u2014 3,264
\n*David Grove \u2014 3,232
\n*Deborah Law \u2014 3,146
\n*Harold Bloomenthal \u2014 2,624
\nJennifer Parlee \u2014 2,366
\nTerrilynn Gee \u2014\u00a01,502
\nKim Jordison \u2014 1,416<\/p>\n
Gord Baird records narrow win in Highlands<\/p>\n
Preliminary results have Gord Baird (about 51%) narrowly winning the mayor’s race over incumbent Ken Williams (49%) in Highlands, with just 29 votes separating the two. There are\u00a01,823 registered voters in Highlands, and\u00a0982 ballots cast.<\/p>\n
Councillor results (elected in bold and marked with *)<\/p>\n
*Karel Roessingh\u00a0\u2014 555
\n*Justin Allen\u00a0\u2014 547
\n*Leslie Anderson \u2014 534
\n*Rob Justice \u2014 528
\n*Ann Baird \u2014 515
\n*Patrick Harriott \u2014 464
\nMarcie McLean \u2014 439
\nMarie Brotherston \u2014 422
\nKen Brotherston \u2014 366<\/p>\n
Adam Walker unseats Westbroek in Qualicum Beach<\/p>\n
Adam Walker has been elected mayor in Qualicum Beach. Preliminary results show the former MLA with 58.6% of the vote, about 1,000 votes ahead of incumbent Teunis Westbroek, who was seeking a seventh term.<\/p>\n
Councillor results (elected in bold and marked with *)<\/p>\n
*Mischa Oak \u2014 3,483
\n*Donald Couzens \u2014\u00a02,598
\n*Scott Harrison \u2014 2,505
\n*Anne Skipsey \u2014 2,476
\nJean Young \u2014 2,190
\nMelissa Worth \u2014 1,696
\nRobert Filmer \u2014 1,609<\/p>\n
North Cowichan hands Rob Douglas another term<\/p>\n
Rob Douglas is back for a second term as mayor after a decisive vote in North Cowichan, capturing 61% of the vote in preliminary results.<\/p>\n
Councillor results (elected in bold and marked with *)<\/p>\n
*Don Allingham \u2014 5,695
\n*Christopher Justice \u2014 5,581
\n*Krystal Adams \u2014 5,359
\n*Valerie Russell \u2014 5,107
\n*Chris Istace \u2014 4,927
\n*Derek Masselink \u2014 4,550
\nMike Caljouw \u2014 3,750
\nBruce Findlay \u2014 3,542
\nTek Manhas \u2014 3,499
\nBecky Hogg \u2014 3,378
\nJoyce Behnsen \u2014 2,661
\nBrian Chambers \u2014 1,951<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There will be a lot of new faces around council tables following the 2026 municipal elections on southern…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":937585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-937584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}