Send this page to someone via email Just 984 votes decided the next mayor of Vancouver this municipal election. Kennedy Stewart narrowly beat out Ken Sim in a race that came down to the last poll being counted. Stewart won 49,812 votes, Sim won 48,828, and independent Shauna Sylvester finished a strong third with 35,537, according to unofficial results from the City of Vancouver. READ MORE: Former NDP MP Kennedy Stewart elected mayor of Vancouver According to preliminary voter turnout figures, CivicInfo BC estimates 36 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot. There were a few smaller municipalities hand counting ballots and a few outstanding polls in the Lower Mainland as of early Sunday morning, the organization said. Story continues below advertisement Click here for B.C. mayoral and councillor results, broken down by municipalities One of the biggest races to watch was Burnaby, where Mike Hurley was taking on long-time incumbent Derek Corrigan. READ MORE: Mike Hurley ends political dynasty with mayoral victory in Burnaby In what some call a shocking upset, Hurley defeated Corrigan, who has been Burnaby’s mayor since he was elected in 2002. Full coverage of the 2018 B.C. municipal election on Globalnews.ca Hurley, a retired firefighter, earned 52.3 per cent of the votes, according to unofficial results posted by the city’s website. Corrigan finished second with 41.6 per cent of the votes. Story continues below advertisement Despite Corrigan’s loss, his Burnaby Citizens Association party still nearly swept council, earning all but one of the seats, including incumbents Sav Dhaliwal, Dan Johnston, Colleen Jordan, Paul McDonell, Pietro Calendino and James Wang. The final seat was filled by Joe Keithley of the Burnaby Green Party. WATCH: Keith Baldrey has the biggest winners and surprises of the 2018 B.C. municipal election. 2:20 Decision BC: Biggest results of B.C. municipal election Decision BC: Biggest results of B.C. municipal election – Oct 21, 2018 In Surrey, Doug McCallum was the winner in the city’s mayoral election. McCallum, who was first elected to council in 1993, served as mayor of Surrey from 1996 to 2005. The head of the Safe Surrey Coalition, defeated challengers Coun. Tom Gill with Surrey First and Coun. Bruce Hayne with Integrity Now in a bruising campaign that included allegations of attempted election fraud. Story continues below advertisement Where you can get election results: Global News has complete coverage of the municipal elections on TV, radio and online. BC1 broadcast our Global News election special from 8 p.m. to past midnight; Global BC and Global Okanagan aired the special from 10 p.m. to midnight. The show was livestreamed above and on the Global BC Facebook page, plus simulcast on CKNW. The special was hosted by Chris Gailus, Sophie Lui and Keith Baldrey, with Richard Zussman providing live results throughout the show and reporters out in the field and around the Lower Mainland and Kelowna. CKNW’s Simi Sara and Lynda Steele also hosted panels with local politicians and experts throughout the evening. Scroll down for live Vancouver mayor, council, school board and park board results. WATCH: Decision 2018: The Vancouver voting power shift 1:52 Decision 2018: The Vancouver voting power shift Decision 2018: The Vancouver voting power shift – Oct 16, 2018 Going into the election, Vancouver neighbourhoods once regarded as party strongholds saw a decline in voter population, according to new numbers pointing to a shift in the city’s political balance of power. Story continues below advertisement Simon Fraser University city program director Andy Yan studied information from Statistics Canada, census data from 2006 and 2016 and files from the City of Vancouver’s open data database. READ MORE: With 1 week to civic elections, Metro Vancouver candidates face unsettled electorate The findings: the tipping of the balance of power began around 2006, when the NPA’s hold on Vancouver’s west side started to wane as demographics began changing. WATCH: Global News election show Focus BC on BC1: Commentator Mike McDonald suggested the 2018 election race would be B.C.’s most consequential. Story continues below advertisement “The next Surrey Council will have four years to shape the future, and not just of 316 square kilometres south of the Fraser, but as the second-largest voting bloc on the Metro Vancouver regional board. It will have influence from Bowen Island to Bradner,” he wrote. “Against this backdrop, the Surrey City election on Oct. 20 may have the most impact of any local election in British Columbia.” WATCH: Newly elected Delta Mayor George Harvie on fixing infrastructure 2:43 Newly elected Delta Mayor George Harvie on fixing infrastructure Newly elected Delta Mayor George Harvie on fixing infrastructure – Oct 21, 2018 However, voter fraud allegations posed new challenges for the undecided voter. Surrey was the first Metro Vancouver municipality to see fraud allegations surface, with anti-crime group Wake Up Surrey alleging a coordinated campaign to illegally use absentee ballots. Story continues below advertisement None of those ballots were ever distributed to voters, but the Surrey RCMP said nearly 70 fraudulent applications had been identified. New allegations surfaced during the campaigns involving allegations to to buy votes in Richmond, Vancouver and Burnaby. However, on Friday, Richmond RCMP said it had uncovered no evidence of possible voter manipulation associated to the social media app WeChat. “To date, the Richmond RCMP has only received third party allegations of wrong doing in the election process. No individuals have come forward to the Richmond RCMP citing that they have been victimized in any matters related to the voting process. We are continuing to encourage anyone who believes that they may have been a victim to come forward and speak to us,” Cpl. Dennis Hwang, media relations officer for the Richmond RCMP, said in a release. -with files from Richard Zussman and Simon Little Story continues below advertisement Advertisement<doc-sep>Political novice Mike Hurley notched a remarkable victory Saturday as the former firefighter beat long-serving incumbent Derek Corrigan in the race for Burnaby mayor. The upset comes after more than 30 years on city council for Corrigan, 16 of them in the top spot. Mike Hurley spoke to supporters after becoming the new mayor of Burnaby. (Tina Lovgreen/CBC) "People wanted some change and they wanted a change in the direction at the top in Burnaby so it could start moving in a bit of a different direction," Hurley told supporters gathered to cheer his victory. "They're going to see a mayor who will listen and a mayor who will act on their wishes each and every day." Former firefighter Mike Hurley won the race for mayor of #Burnaby. He talks about his stunning upset. #Elxn2018 pic.twitter.com/PlmQF9z9CP —@cbcnewsbc Labour's love lost Along with his wife, former NDP provincial politician Kathy Corrigan, Corrigan has long-dominated Burnaby's political scene. "I ran for mayor again because I thought the people in Burnaby needed me. I am thankful they don't," Corrigan joked in an emotional concession speech. He said he has left his mark in the municipality and is proud of what he has accomplished. Corrigan also personally congratulated his rival. The amicable ending belied a bitter race. Hurley portrayed Corrigan as out of touch with the reality of life in a city where cash-strapped residents are struggling to find homes while watching gleaming high-rise buildings replace older, more affordable housing. Derek Corrigan and the Burnaby Citizens Team cited their experience fighting the Trans Mountain pipeline in their bid to hold on to power. (Jon Hernandez/CBC) Hurley served as the president of the B.C. Provincial Firefighters Association from 2008 to 2016. As an independent, his ties with the labour movement helped him garner the support of groups like teachers and steelworkers who have traditionally supported Corrigan. Significantly, he also got the vote of the influential New Westminster & District Labour Council, which is based in Burnaby. Punk frontman wins council seat While Corrigan was pushed out of office, seven of the city's eight council seats were taken by members of his Burnaby Citizens Association. The eighth seat was won by Joe Keithley, the colourful former frontman of legendary Vancouver punk band D.O.A. Keithley ran as a candidate for the Green Party. Former D.O.A. frontman Joe Keithley won a seat on Burnaby's city council as a Green Party candidate. (Adam Carter/CBC) The makeup of council may provide Hurley with little choice but to continue with some of Corrigan's priorities, but in his campaign, he promised to make the city a more welcoming place for residents. Classy of Corrigan to speak to his supporters at the end of his 31-year career on council. Say what you will about his campaign, or the politician he turned into, but it's never easy in situations like this. https://t.co/56GQ7w3MsL —@j_mcelroy The issue of the Trans Mountain pipeline also appears likely to loom large in the new council's agenda. Corrigan was a vocal opponent of the project, which would see an expansion of the pipeline to bring diluted bitumen across Burnaby mountain to a port on the city's shores. Hurley said he would also like to see the project cancelled, but questioned the wisdom of spending taxpayer money on lengthy series of court challenges. Full coverage of the 2018 B.C. Municipal Elections With files from Jon Hernandez Read more from CBC British Columbia<doc-sep>Share this Story: B.C. Municipal Election Day: Kennedy Stewart elected Vancouver mayor B.C. Municipal Election Day: Kennedy Stewart elected Vancouver mayor Postmedia was there with live coverage of Saturday's races as our team weighed in across Metro Vancouver and around B.C. Photo by DARRYL DYCK / THE CANADIAN PRESS Article content It’s voting day for B.C.’s municipal election 2018, the polls are closed and the results are in. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or B.C. Municipal Election Day: Kennedy Stewart elected Vancouver mayor Back to video B.C. residents had until 8 p.m. to cast their ballots in towns and cities around the province Photo by Gerry Kahrmann / PNG STEWART WINS NAIL-BITER IN VANCOUVER Former Burnaby NDP MP Kennedy Stewart has been elected mayor of Vancouver. In a vote that went down to the wire, Stewart topped NPA candidate Ken Sim by 984 votes. Stewart, an independent candidate, finished with 28.72 per cent of the vote, barely ahead of the Sim with 28.15 per cent of the vote, with all 133 voting places reporting. For much of the night, the two front-runners exchanged leads and remained within a percentage point or two of each other. Despite the 984 vote difference, Sim refused to concede early Sunday morning. Shauna Sylvester, another independent, followed in third with 20.49 per cent of the vote. Stewart will work with a council that includes five members of the NPA members, three Greens, and one each from the left-leaning COPE and OneCity parties. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content According to city of Vancouver unofficial election numbers, there were 176,744 ballots cast this election, which was down 4,963 votes from the 2014 election. Adriane Carr of the Greens earned the most votes among council candidates (69,885), just as she did in 2014 (74,077). READ FULL STORY HERE Vision Vancouver, which had dominated Vancouver politics for a decade, were nearly swept clean out of city hall with only one candidate, school trustee Allan Wong, securing a win. Vancouver election Mayor: Kennedy Stewart Council: Adriane Carr (Green), Pete Fry (Green), Melissa De Genova (NPA), Jean Swanson (COPE), Colleen Hardwick (NPA), Michael Wiebe (Green), Christine Boyle (OneCity), Lisa Dominato (NPA), Rebecca Bligh (NPA), Sarah Kirby-Yung (NPA) Photo by Jason Payne / PNG McCALLUM RECAPTURES SURREY Doug McCallum is once again mayor of Surrey. McCallum, a former three-term mayor (1996-2005), handily defeated current city councillors Tom Gill and Bruce Hayne in the race to replace the outgoing Linda Hepner. READ FULL STORY HERE It was a near sweep for McCallum’s Surrey Safe Coalition, which also won six of the seven council seats. Doug McCallum thanks supporters and staff. “You have elected a great council,” he told the crowd pic.twitter.com/6M9uMHoFsn — Cheryl Chan (@cherylchan) October 21, 2018 Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content With a wave and a smile, Doug McCallum strode on stage at a Cloverdale banquet hall to loud applause and cheers — a comeback candidate, now mayor-elect, set to return once again to city hall. “Surrey, you have sent a message to the rest of the province,” he told the crowd. “You have elected a great council that is going to fight for you.” Doug McCallum said he wasn’t surprised at tonight’s results. “I look at this as a referendum- the people voted our slate and myself in because they wanted changes.” #surreyvotes2018 pic.twitter.com/HjLrsgp2q1 — Cheryl Chan (@cherylchan) October 21, 2018 Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Surrey election Mayor: Doug McCallum (Safe Surrey Coalition) Council: Brenda Locke (Safe Surrey Coalition), Doug Elford (Safe Surrey Coalition), Laura Guerra (Safe Surrey Coalition), Jack Singh Hundial (Safe Surrey Coalition), Allison Patton (Safe Surrey Coalition), Linda Annis (Surrey First), Steve Pettigrew (Safe Surrey Coalition) Photo by Gerry Kahrmann / PNG HURLEY UNSEATS CORRIGAN IN BURNABY Mike Hurley, a retired city firefighter, has defeated long-time incumbent Derek Corrigan to become new mayor of Burnaby. Hurley garnered 53 per cent of the vote, compared to 41 per cent for Corrigan. READ FULL STORY HERE Corrigan had served as the city’s mayor since 2002. The Green party put a member on council. Former punk rocker Joe Keithley, who dropped his mayoral candidacy to back Hurley and run for council instead, was in eighth spot on Saturday night. Hurley touted his long-standing roles in the community and his union leadership experience in representing firefighters. Burnaby election Mayor: Mike Hurley Council: Dan Johnson (Burnaby Citizens Association); Pietro Calendino (Burnaby Citizens Association), Sav Dhaliwal (Burnaby Citizens Association), Colleen Jordan (Burnaby Citizens Association), James Wang (Burnaby Citizens Association), Paul McDonnell (Burnaby Citizens Association). Nick Volkow (Burnaby Citizens Association), Joe Keithley (Green) Photo by Facebook / PNG BRODIE WINS AGAIN IN RICHMOND Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie, who has held the position since 2001, was handily re-elected on Saturday night. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content With 33 of the 44 polls counted, Brodie had collected 22,026 votes, more than 16,000 more than Roy Sakata, his closest challenger. READ FULL STORY HERE Controversial mayoral candidate Hong Guo, a Richmond real estate lawyer who was accused of professional misconduct by the Law Society of B.C., looked set to come in fourth of the six candidates for mayor. Richmond election (results not final) Mayor: Malcolm Brodie Council: Carol Day, Harold Steves, Chak Au, Bill McNulty, Kelly Greene, Linda McPhail, Michael Wolfe, Alexa Loo PNG VAN DEN BROEK CHOSEN AS LANGLEY CITY MAYOR Langley City Coun. Val van den Broek has been elected mayor of the city of Langley, fending off a challenge from former mayor and Liberal cabinet minister Peter Fassbender. Van den Broek earned 50 per cent of the votes, compared to 45 per cent for Fassbender. Langley (city) election Mayor: Val van den Broek Council: Nathan Pachal, Rosemary Wallace, Paul Albrecht, Gayle Martin, Rudy Storteboom, Teri James, Bruce Kilby THE CANADIAN PRESS STEWART RE-ELECTED IN COQUITLAM In Coquitlam, incumbent mayor Richard Stewart has been declared winner. Stewart garnered 68.7 per cent of the votes. Main challenger Adel Gamar was well back at 26.6 per cent. Coquitlam election Mayor: Richard Stewart Council: Craig Hodge, Chris Wilson, Teri Towner, Bonita Zarrillo, Brent Asmundson, Dennis Marsden, Trish Mandewo, Steve Kim Photo by Joanne Lee-Young / PNG WEST HAS WON IN POCO Brad West has been declared the winner of the Port Coquitlam mayoral race. The 33-year-old, three-term councillor easily out-distanced challengers Robin Smith, Eric Hirvonen and Patrick Alambets. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Also of note in Port Coquitlam, former Global TV news anchor and failed provincial Liberal MLA candidate Steve Darling has been elected to city council. Port Coquitlam election Mayor: Brad West Council: Laura Dupont, Glenn Pollock, Darrell Penner, Steve Darling, Dean Washington, Nancy McCurrach VAGRAMOV WINS IN PORT MOODY Rob Vagramov, 28, has been voted the new mayor of Port Moody, defeating incumbent Mike Clay. Vagramov, who was first elected to Port Moody council in 2014, won despite a campaign that was dogged by controversy relating to an “offensive” video that surfaced on social media. Vagramov captured 51.5 per cent of the votes. Port Moody election Mayor: Rob Vagramov Council: Hunter Madsen, Zoe Royer, Diana Dilworth, Amy Lubik, Steve Milani, Meghan Lahti Photo by RICHARD LAM / PNG BUCHANAN WINS IN NORTH VAN CITY In the city of North Vancouver, mayoral candidate Linda Buchanan has been declared the winner with 29.4 per cent of the vote, edging out Guy Heywood (26.3 per cent) and Rod Clark (21.9 per cent). Buchanan, a nurse and two-term councillor, replaces incumbent Darrell Mussatto, who did not seek re-election. READ FULL STORY HERE “This has been an over-a-year process and I’m just honoured that the citizens have put their faith in me to carry on with the city and I’m thrilled with who else has been elected,” Buchanan said, as one of her sons hugged her.<doc-sep>
Share this Story: Daphne Bramham: Civic chaos or more of the same? A look at the election results Daphne Bramham: Civic chaos or more of the same? A look at the election results Moving forward on crucial issues in both Vancouver and the region will require skillful leadership and a willingness to compromise. Photo by Gerry Kahrmann / PNG Article content After nearly a decade of alignment on crucial issues of housing and transportation, B.C.’s two largest cities are now at odds. Vancouver is yin to Surrey’s yang, while Burnaby (the third most populous city) straddles the divide. Housing dominated every race in Metro Vancouver and the civic election results indicate a deep divide over how to maintain affordability for low- and middle-income earners, how to house the homeless and how not to destroy neighbourhoods’ character and livability in the process. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Daphne Bramham: Civic chaos or more of the same? A look at the election results Back to video Vancouver’s Independent mayor-elect, Kennedy Stewart, will lead a council that seems ready to take some aggressive measures to deal with affordability. Of course, it may take some skilful negotiation since the council includes five Non-Partisan Association councillors, three Greens and one each from COPE and OneCity. But it’s likely the majority will leave in place the controversial (and last-minute) decision of the Vision-dominated council to allow duplexes in every residential neighbourhood as well as agree to use city-owned land for more co-ops and social housing. Article content Regionally, Vancouver will find allies in Coquitlam, New Westminster, North Vancouver City, West Vancouver and in Port Coquitlam where mayor-elect Brad West talked about possibly banning foreign homebuyers. Surrey’s mayor-elect, Doug McCallum, wants to pause development of new highrise condos and focus more on gradual densification. So do Port Moody’s new mayor, Rob Vagramov, and the new mayors in Burnaby and North Vancouver District — Mike Hurley and Mike Little. Hurley, in particular, wants time to figure out how to stop demovictions — the eviction of renters from affordable apartments that are being demolished to make way for highrise condos. Photo by RICHARD LAM / PNG Hurley won because for years Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan dismissed affordability and homelessness as problems that are the responsibility of the senior levels of government and refused to do anything about the two issues. This year alone, the city is on track to approve close to $1.4-billion worth of highrise condo construction. In Maple Ridge, mayor-elect Mike Morden has vowed to get rid of the homeless by tearing down the 18-month-old tent city and possibly giving temporary, modular housing that was built to house them over to seniors and low-income earners. But any pauses on growth will only increase pressure on neighbouring municipalities, signalling difficulties ahead for Metro. The regional government — its chair, boards and committees — is comprised of mayors and councillors with the number of positions weighted to reflect the population in each. Article content Through compromise and consensus, Metro has a regional growth strategy aimed at creating a compact urban area to meet its goals of economic and environmental sustainability. Co-operation on the Mayors Council led to the federal and provincial governments’ commitment to spent $7 billion on regional transportation, including the $1.65-billion, light-rail line in Surrey and the Broadway Avenue subway in Vancouver. But that’s now at risk. Both McCallum and incoming Langley City mayor Val van den Broek pledged to stop the LRT construction. They want SkyTrain and are willing to risk losing the LRT funding to get it. Photo by Jason Payne / PNG Delta’s incoming mayor, George Harvie, also wants to put a wrench in regional transportation plans. Delta’s recently retired chief administrative officer wants to revive plans for a 10-lane bridge to replace the four-lane George Massey Tunnel. The bridge isn’t part of Metro’s plan, but it was promised by the B.C. Liberal government before the 2017 provincial election. Just as Vancouver’s new mayor must build support, Metro will also need strong leadership to avoid having its hard-won growth and transportation strategies left in tatters. That task may fall to the few incumbent mayors — Coquitlam’s Richard Stewart, New West’s Jonathan Cote or Richmond’s Malcolm Brodie — to provide that leadership. What’s at risk are billions of dollars in infrastructure money.