2008 British Columbia municipal elections explained

Election Name:2008 British Columbia municipal elections
Country:British Columbia
Type:municipal
Previous Election:2005 British Columbia municipal elections
Previous Year:2005
Next Election:2011 British Columbia municipal elections
Next Year:2011
Election Date:15 November 2008

Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of British Columbia on November 15, 2008.

The following is a list of mayoral races in selected municipalities.

Abbotsford

CandidateVote%
George W. Peary 15186 55.3
Alvin Epp 7120 25.9
Steve Dunton 3360 12.2
Gerda Peachey 1396 5.1
Case Verstraten 420 1.5

Burnaby

CandidateVote%
Derek Corrigan (X) 20365 67
Andrew Robert Chisholm 10110 33

Campbell River

CandidateVote%
Charlie Cornfield 5011 53.7
Terry Calvin Hoff 2305 24.7
Roger A. McDonell (X) 2012 21.6

Central Saanich

CandidateVote%
Jack Mar (X) 2606 49.9
Christopher Graham 1437 27.5
Sean McNulty 1184 22.6

Chilliwack

CandidateVote%
8889 73.2
Wayne Massey 2324 19.1
Norm Smith 925 7.6

Coldstream

CandidateVote%
Jim Garlick 1899 68.5
Glen Taylor 874 31.5

Colwood

CandidateVote%
David A. Saunders 1608 55.1
Carol Hamilton 1309 44.9

Comox

CandidateVote%
Paul Ives 1435 34.5
Dennis Strand 1133 27.2
Don Davis 1085 26.1
Bobbi-Rae Dalsaune-Wells 373 9.0
Norton McBride 136 3.3

Courtenay

CandidateVote%
Greg Phelps 3214 58.5
Starr Winchester (X) 2280 41.5

Cranbrook

CandidateVote%
Scott Manjak 2254 51.0
Wayne Stetski 2050 46.3
John York 119 2.7

Dawson Creek

CandidateVote%
135147.7
Brent Neumann 82829.2
Wayne Dahlen 65423

Delta

CandidateVote%
Lois Jackson (X) 11103 52.4
Krista Engelland 8156 38.5
Mike Reilly 1154 5.5
Blair Clarke 458 2.2
Ray Robinson 303 1.4

Esquimalt

CandidateVote%
Barbara Desjardins 2131 62.5
Chris Clement (X) 1278 37.5

Fort St. John

CandidateVote%
Bruce Lantz 1498 52.7
Jim Eglinski (X) 1342 47.3

Hope

CandidateVote%
Laurie French 829 45.9
Victor Wilfried 810 44.8
Arne Zabell 169 9.3

Kamloops

CandidateVote%
13147 74.1
Murphy Kennedy 366720.7
Brian Alexander 9215.2

Kelowna

CandidateVote%
Sharon Shepherd (X) 1276975.9
Kim Ouellette 405624.1

Kimberley

CandidateVote%
Jim Ogilvie (X) 121955.7
Tim Park 96844.3

Kitimat

CandidateVote%
Joanne Monaghan 1443 56.9
Linda Campbell 109343.1

Langley (city)

CandidateVote%
268376.5
Ron Abgrall 82223.5

Langley (district municipality)

CandidateVote%
Rick Green 7842 54.3
Kurt Alberts (X) 6588 45.7

Maple Ridge

CandidateVote%
Ernie Daykin 6302 45.4
Michael Sather 3889 28.0
Gordy Robson (X) 3680 26.5

Merritt

CandidateVote%
Susan Roline (X)118460.5
David Laird 64733.0
Loris Keeler 653.3
Angie Koczkur 623.2

Mission

CandidateVote%
James Atebe (X) 4483 80.7
Matt Johnson 1070 19.3

Nanaimo

CandidateVote%
John Ruttan 9032 46.2
Diane Brennan 6975 35.7
Gary Korpan (X) 3119 16.0
Larry Iwaskow 413 2.1

Nelson

CandidateVote%
John A. Dooley (X) 1748 50.7
David Aaron 944 27.4
Gordon McAdams 704 20.4
Philip McMillan 55 1.6

New Westminster

CandidateVote%
Wayne Wright (X) 562057
Blair Armitage 423843

North Cowichan

CandidateVote%
Tom Walker 3062 51.3
Jon Lefebvre (X) 2907 48.7

North Saanich

CandidateVote%
Alice Finall 2466 54.8
Ted Daly (X) 203645.2

Oak Bay

CandidateVote%
Christopher Causton (X) 4519 92.5
Ronald Telfer 365 7.5

Parksville

CandidateVote%
Ed F. Mayne 1616 42.2
Kim Burden 1033 27.0
Sandy Herle (X) 779 20.3
Dalls Collis 404 10.5

Penticton

CandidateVote%
4704 55.9
Gary Leaman 1793 21.3
Jake Kimberley (X) 1478 17.6
Finn Larsen 339 4.0
Benjamin Wolfe 96 1.1

Pitt Meadows

CandidateVote%
Don MacLean (X) 148857.6
Jim Peters 109542.4

Port Alberni

CandidateVote%
Ken McRae (X) 2386 63.2
Jen Fisher-Bradley 1079 28.6
Jacques Savard 308 8.2

Port Coquitlam

CandidateVote%
Greg Moore 5949 56.2
Mike Bowen 4473 42.2
Patrick Alambets 169 1.6

Port Moody

CandidateVote%
Joe Trasolini (X) 278065.3
Shane Kennedy 135431.8
Arthur Crossman 1242.9

Powell River

CandidateVote%
Stewart Alsgard (X) 1739
Jeffrey Renn 1078
Derry Simpson 1000
Les Magura 241
Paddy Goggins191
Heinz Becker 176
Michael Ashworth 117

Prince George

CandidateVote%
Dan Rogers 9270 54.8
Don Zurowski 6505 38.4
Dane Greenwell 573 3.4
Eugene Fetterly 550 3.3

Prince Rupert

CandidateVote%
Jack Mussallem (X)191952
Don Scott 176248

Qualicum Beach

CandidateVote%
Teunis Westbroek (X) 2813 73
Wendy Maurer 104327

Quesnel

CandidateVote%
Mary Sjostrom 185654
Nate Bello (X) 160646

Revelstoke

CandidateVote%
David Raven 1458 55.2
William MacFarlane 1000 37.9
Matt Singh 184 7.0

Richmond

CandidateVote%
Malcolm Brodie (X) 1969473.7
Ivan Gerlach 520719.5
Wei Ping Chen 18116.8

Saanich

CandidateVote%
Frank Leonard (X) 11972
Harald Wolf 4665

Salmon Arm

CandidateVote%
Marty Bootsma (X) 1792
Charles Nash 1488
Marg Kentel 1378
Nancy Cooper 1089

Sechelt

CandidateVote%
Darren Inkster 1847 67
Cameron Reid (X) 90633

Sidney

CandidateVote%
Larry Cross 1807
Mel Couvelier 839
Peter Wainwright 641

Sooke

CandidateVote%
Janet Evans 1597 48.5
Rick Kasper 1284 39.0
Randy Welters 413 12.5

Spallumcheen

CandidateVote%
Will Hansma (X) 73359.6
Dustin Griffin 26721.7
Guenter Rieger 230 18.7

Squamish

CandidateVote%
Greg Gardner 3557
Terrill Paterson 715
John Erickson 146

Summerland

CandidateVote%
Janice Perrino 218356.9
Peter Waterman 165143.1

Surrey

CandidateVote%
Dianne Watts (X) 5142385.9
Murray Weisenberger 846514.1

Terrace

CandidateVote%
David Pernarowski 134748
Jack Talstra (X) 107638.3
Murray Hamer 38413.7

Vancouver

See main article: 2008 Vancouver municipal election.

CandidateVote%
67598 54.9
48794 39.6
1346 1.1
1119 0.9
Scott Yee 942 0.8
Patrick Britten 695 0.6
Jeff Kuah 600 0.5
Mike Hansen 483 0.4
Angel Jiminez 320 0.3
Leon Kaplan 299 0.2
252 0.2
Joe Hatoum 241 0.2
Golok Buday 172 0.1
Menard Caissy 137 0.1
R.H. Maxwell N Bur 125 0.1

Vernon

CandidateVote%
Wayne Lippert (X) 2728
Juliette Cunningham 2363
Rick Thorburn 825
Anthony Stamboulieh 787
Steve Campbell 538
Floyd Edwards 148

Victoria

CandidateVote%
7706
Rob Reid 7105
Steve Filipovic 1411
Saul Andersen 172
Kristen Woodruff 149
Hugh Kruzel 107
Georgia-Anne Jones 106
Ron Taylor 83

West Vancouver

CandidateVote%
Pam Goldsmith-Jones (X) 3185 33
Vivian Vaughan 255222
John Clark 135718
Max Clough 342027

Whistler

CandidateVote%
Ken Melamed (X) 152753
Kristi Wells 121842
Brian Walker 632
Miro Kolvek 541.9
JB Bhandari 30.1

White Rock

CandidateVote%
Catherine Ferguson (X)3738 67.7
Stewart Peddemors 1784 33.3

Williams Lake

CandidateVote%
Kerry Cook (X)158353.3
Paul French 138746.7

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