Surrey First Education has retained control of the school board after Saturday’s civic election. According to unofficial results, six Surrey First Education incumbents re-elected to the board include Terry Allen (38,149 votes), Garry Thind (33,530 votes), Laurie Larsen (31,414 votes), Bob Holmes (31,092 votes), Shawn Wilson (29,081 votes) and Garry Tymoschuk (27,957 votes). The lone White Rock representative seat was won by veteran trustee Laurae McNally, with 4,345 votes over challenger Sikander Hayat’s 1,107. McNally has spent more than 33 years on the school board. “I want to see a bulldozer digging a hole for that new Grandview Heights Secondary,” McNally told Peace Arch News Monday. Early this month, Surrey School District confirmed to PAN that the long-planned South Surrey school has been delayed, and will not open for the beginning of the 2020 school year. “That’s how I got into all of this, was being a mum at Earl Marriott Secondary and my kids were at an overcrowded school,” McNally said. “And guess what? Nothing has changed. “We need more than one new school, we need a number of new schools, like yesterday.”<doc-sep>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>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.<doc-sep>Voters in 162 municipalities in B.C. set to elect mayor, council, school board and more Thousands of British Columbians headed to the polls on Saturday to elect their local officials for the next four years. That’s about 3,300 candidates running for positions such as mayor, councillor, and school board in 250 different electoral races. The results started flowing in after polls closed at 8 p.m. PT. We will regularly update the graphic below for every mayoral race across the province. Find full local coverage at the more than 60 other Black Press Media newsrooms.<doc-sep>
Share this Story: Surrey Election Results: Doug McCallum returns as mayor, Safe Surrey Coalition nearly sweeps council Surrey Election Results: Doug McCallum returns as mayor, Safe Surrey Coalition nearly sweeps council Former mayor Doug McCallum and his Safe Surrey Coalition took the mayor's seat and nearly all council positions in the Surrey election. Photo by Jason Payne / PNG Article content A Surrey electorate desperate for change has ushered Doug McCallum and seven of his coalition councillors into power, ending Surrey First’s decade-long dynasty on council. With a wave and a smile, McCallum strode on stage at a Cloverdale banquet hall on Saturday night to loud applause and cheers — a comeback candidate, now mayor-elect, set to return once again to city hall with a slew of big promises to fulfil. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Surrey Election Results: Doug McCallum returns as mayor, Safe Surrey Coalition nearly sweeps council Back to video “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.” Photo by Jason Payne / PNG McCallum, who was the city’s mayor from 1996 until 2005, beat out his closest competitor, Surrey First’s Tom Gill, by more than 17,000 votes. Integrity Now mayoral candidate and two-term councillor Bruce Hayne came in a close third. McCallum tapped into voter dissatisfaction over crime, gun violence and transportation options in B.C.’s second largest city to pull off his huge victory. Article content He offered bold proposals — doing away with RCMP policing in favour of a municipal police force he said will better serve the community and cancelling the green-lit LRT in Surrey in favour of SkyTrain — often times setting the agenda during the campaign period. McCallum said his campaign was all about change. In this new era, people in Surrey will be “treated equally,” he said, vowing to make the city “more user-friendly.” McCallum was first elected to council in 1993, and was elected mayor in the following election. He spent three terms at the helm before being unseated by Dianne Watts, an independent who later formed Surrey First. Photo by Gerry Kahrmann / PNG During his time as mayor, McCallum was seen as fiscally conservative and pro development. He faced criticism during his time in office for his handling of sexual-harassment complaints against a senior city manager and his issues with the RCMP. After nine years away from politics, McCallum ran in the 2014 election, coming in second with 27 per cent of the vote and losing to Surrey First’s Linda Hepner. “I’m really shocked — it was such a landslide to be honest with you,” said Doug Elford, a Newton community advocate who clinched a seat on council. He said the results showed that the voters are fed up with what they felt was a council that didn’t listen to them, and was “beholden” to developers. “This is a victory for the neighbourhoods and the people of Surrey,” Elford said. “It’s democracy as its best.” Safe Surrey Coalition candidates Brenda Locke, Jack Hundial, Laurie Guerra, Allison Patton, Steven Pettigrew and Mandeep Nagra also ended up with council seats. Bableen Rana was the only one who did not. Article content We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Gill presided over a party that saw the mayor and two councillors retire, and splintered further over the summer when Hayne, Barbara Steele and Dave Woods left to form the Integrity Now slate. Gill, an accountant who has been a councillor since 2005, said it was “an honour and a pleasure” to run with his team, which included just two incumbents. “While I’m disappointed in the results, I’m very proud of the campaign we ran and the ideas we brought forward,” Gill said. “Elections are a chance for voters to make choices and decisions, and that’s what our city has done this evening.” An emotional Vera LeFranc, a one-term councillor who lost her seat, said she was devastated and heartbroken by the result. She said that the breakdown of Surrey First “absolutely” contributed to the loss. She said the split had to do with ego, and people putting themselves before the city.