2005 British Columbia municipal elections
The Canadian province of British Columbia held municipal elections on November 19, 2005. Voters in each of BC's 157 municipalities elected mayors and councillors , and rural voters elected directors for their regional district electoral area. School boards and other specialized public bodies (such as the Vancouver Park Board ) have also been elected, and various local referendums are held concurrently.
Political parties and slates are a common feature of governance in some municipalities in the Metro Vancouver and Greater Victoria areas, though the rest of the province's cities and towns resemble the majority of Canada in lacking overt partisan alliances. The City of Vancouver , as well as its neighbour Richmond in particular, has an entrenched and polarized party system unique in the country.
Metro Vancouver
Burnaby
Coquitlam
Candidate
Vote
%
Maxine Wilson
7,970
44.6
Jon D.H. Kingsbury (inc.)
7,918
44.4
Harry Warren
1,962
10.6
Delta
Candidate
Vote
%
Lois E. Jackson (inc.)
12,181
51.8
Bruce McDonald
11,343
48.2
Langley (city)
Langley (township)
Candidate
Vote
%
Kurt Alberts (inc.)
7,694
62.7
Tom Ouellette
4,577
37.3
Maple Ridge
Candidate
Vote
%
Gordon Robson
6,990
48.8
Kathy Morse (inc.)
3,680
25.7
Bill Hartley
3,558
24.8
William Perry
99
0.7
New Westminster
Candidate
Vote
%
Wayne Wright (inc.)
5,814
Casey Cook
4,499
North Vancouver (city)
Candidate
Vote
%
Darrell R. Mussatto
2,687
40.2
Rod Clark
2,198
32.8
Barbara Ann Sharp (inc.)
1,738
26.0
Bill Tomlinson
69
1.0
North Vancouver (district)
Candidate
Vote
%
Richard Walton
6,838
44.6
Jim Cuthbert
4,488
29.3
Dave Sadler
940
6.1
David Dixon
869
5.7
Pitt Meadows
Candidate
Vote
%
Don MacLean (inc.)
2,104
75.7
Shawn Stevens
676
24.3
Port Coquitlam
Candidate
Vote
%
Scott Young (inc.)
6,003
89.0
Patrick Alambets
744
11.0
Port Moody
Richmond
Candidate
Vote
%
Malcolm Brodie (inc.)
21,139
74.7
Michael Wolfe
7,165
25.3
Surrey
Mayor
Candidate
Vote
%
Dianne Watts
45,981
55.3
Doug McCallum (inc.)
35,558
40.3
Joe Pal
456
0.5
Joginder Singh Randhawa
448
0.5
Brady Warren Halverson
403
0.5
Jag Bhandari
327
0.4
Councillors
2005 Surrey election , Councillors (eight elected)
Candidate
Total votes
% of total votes
Bob Bose
39,313
7.10
Judy Villeneuve
37,088
6.70
Judy Higginbotham
35,705
6.45
Marvin Hunt
31,717
5.73
Barbara Steele
31,222
5.64
Tom Gill
25,869
4.67
Linda Heppner
25,260
4.56
Mary Martin
24,994
4.51
Cliff Annable
24,824
4.48
Sargy Chima
21,608
3.90
Rosemary Zelinka
21,536
3.89
Art Hildebrant
16,771
3.03
Barinder Rasode
16,202
2.93
Sheena Wilkie
15,219
2.75
Stephanie DeRapp
15,208
2.75
Ted Allen
15,180
2.74
Jim King
14,012
2.53
Amrik Singh Mahil
13,821
2.50
Jim McMurtry
13,238
2.39
Bill Stilwell
11,848
2.14
Rick Hart
11,678
2.11
David Evans
9,542
1.72
Jim Bester
7,494
1.35
Bob Martin
7,300
1.32
Barbara Saunders
6,083
1.10
Gary A. Hoffman
5,762
1.04
Rupinder S. Bhinder
5,508
0.99
Edward Rogers
5,237
0.95
Gurmit Bedi
4,877
0.88
Michael Chen
4,870
0.88
Mona Jagga
4,862
0.88
Bajinder Mann
4,683
0.85
Tammy Dao
4,124
0.74
Dalip Bhatia
3,716
0.67
Kheng-Lee Ooi (Huang)
3,362
0.61
Rob Terris
3,073
0.56
Pierre Rovtar
2,630
0.48
Ijaz Ahmed Chatta
2,336
0.42
Sada Maharaj
2,187
0.40
Joe Doserro
2,109
0.38
Syed Bokhari
1,544
0.28
Total valid votes
553,612
100.00
Electors could vote for eight candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.
Vancouver
Sam Sullivan defeated Jim Green , and 18 other candidates, in the race for mayor.
West Vancouver
White Rock
Candidate
Vote
%
Judy Forster (inc.)
2,806
46.1
Ken Jones
2,075
34.1
Margaret Woods
1,210
19.9
Capital Region
Central Saanich
Candidate
Vote
%
Jack Mar
2,099
54.3
Allison Habkirk (inc.)
1,768
45.7
Colwood
Candidate
Vote
%
Jody Twa (inc.)
?
Bambi Fernando
?
Terry Robinson
?
Esquimalt
Candidate
Vote
%
Chris Clement
1,649
46.8
Ruth Layne
960
27.3
Darwin A. Robinson (inc.)
912
25.9
Langford
Candidate
Vote
%
Stewart Young (inc.)
2,605
75.7
Robert Fraser
836
24.3
North Saanich
Candidate
Vote
%
Ted Daly (inc.)
2,259
54.7
Patrick Godfrey
1,874
45.3
Oak Bay
Candidate
Vote
%
Christopher Causton (inc.)
Acclaimed
Saanich
Candidate
Vote
%
Frank Leonard (inc.)
Acclaimed
Sidney
Candidate
Vote
%
Don Amos (inc.)
Acclaimed
Victoria
Candidate
Vote
%
Alan Lowe (inc.)
8,690
51.9
Ben Isitt
7,298
43.6
Gregory Hartnell
381
2.3
Diana Smardon
246
1.5
Georgia Jones
120
0.7
Up-Island
Campbell River
Candidate
Vote
%
Roger McDonell
2,185
30.0
Bill Matthews
1,681
23.1
Lynn Nash (inc.)
1,598
21.9
Dave Jackson
1,342
18.4
Daniel Rabu
485
6.7
Comox
Candidate
Vote
%
Jim Brass (inc.)
2,814
73.1
Dennis Strand
1,035
26.9
Courtenay
Candidate
Vote
%
Starr Winchester (inc.)
3,028
80.6
M.W. Schell
728
19.4
Nanaimo
Candidate
Vote
%
Gary Richard Korpan (inc.)
6,330
30.5
John Ruttan
4,928
23.8
Jolyon Brown
4,888
23.6
Bill King
1,998
9.6
Dawn Tyndall
1,797
8.7
Angela Negrin
347
1.7
Simon Schachner
306
1.5
Adrian de Jong
143
0.7
North Cowichan
Candidate
Vote
%
Jon Lefebure (inc.)
2,808
56.8
Tom Walker
1,971
39.8
Peter Rudwaleit
169
3.4
Port Alberni
Candidate
Vote
%
Ken McRae (inc.)
?
Jen Fisher-Bradley
?
James Dominic King
?
Sunshine Coast and Sea to Sky
Powell River
Candidate
Vote
%
Stewart Alsgard (inc.)
1,910
51.1
David Gabelhouse
1,398
37.4
Jeff Mah
237
6.3
Leon Houle
194
5.2
Squamish
Candidate
Vote
%
Ian Sutherland (inc.)
2,261
54.0
Terrill Patterson
1,925
46.0
Fraser Valley
Abbotsford
Candidate
Vote
%
George F. Ferguson
12,124
46.1
Mary Reeves (inc.)
10,888
41.4
Sid Gould
1,867
7.1
John Constible
1,222
4.6
Wes Pidgeon
218
0.8
Chilliwack
Candidate
Vote
%
Clint Hames (inc.)
Acclaimed
Mission
Candidate
Vote
%
James Atebe
4,154
67.9
Mel Norder
1,543
25.2
Alan Podgorenko
256
4.2
Tim Felger
161
2.6
Thompson, Shuswap and Cariboo
Kamloops
Candidate
Vote
%
Terry Lake
11,727
56.7
Pete Backus
4,525
21.9
Al McNair
4,416
21.4
Salmon Arm
Candidate
Vote
%
Marty Bootsma
1,210
26.1
Nancy Cooper
1,207
26.0
Greg Husband
1,008
21.7
Garrett Norman Wynne
570
12.3
Eugene Dionne
442
9.5
Aram Schneider
202
4.4
Williams Lake
Candidate
Vote
%
Scott Nelson
1109
28.9
Kerry Cook
1056
27.5
Elmer Theissen
868
22.6
Deb Demare
809
21.1
Okanagan
Kelowna
Candidate
Vote
%
Sharon Shepherd
13,706
53.1
Walter Gray (inc.)
11,453
44.4
Stephen May
378
1.5
Andrew Uitvlugt
153
0.6
Kim Ouellette
115
0.4
Penticton
Candidate
Vote
%
Jake Kimberley
3,651
37.0
David Perry (inc.)
3,145
31.8
Mike Pearce
3,082
31.2
Vernon
Candidate
Vote
%
Wayne Lippert
2,984
31.6
Peter Armstrong
2,392
25.3
Dean Skoreyko
2,054
21.7
Derek Hall
2,016
21.3
Kootenays
Cranbrook
Candidate
Vote
%
Ross Priest (inc.)
Acclaimed ?
Peace River
Dawson Creek
Candidate
Vote
%
Calvin Kruk
1,412
48.9
Wayne Dahlen (inc.)
1,051
36.4
Gary Loiselle
422
14.6
Fort St. John
Candidate
Vote
%
Jim Eglinski
1,534
45.4
Steve Thorlakson (inc.)
939
27.8
Dave Bodnar
657
19.4
Matthew Johnson
248
7.3
Central Interior
Prince George
Candidate
Vote
%
Colin Kinsley (inc.)
8,650
49.6
Dan Rogers
8,008
45.9
Trent Derrick
571
3.3
Tyler Doerksen
160
0.9
Nathan Paul Prince
62
0.4
Northwest
Prince Rupert
Candidate
Vote
%
Herb Pond (inc.)
3,377
83.0
Gloria Rendell
693
17.0
Terrace
Candidate
Vote
%
Jack Talstra (inc.)
Acclaimed
See also
External links
References
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