2011 British Columbia municipal elections


Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of British Columbia on November 19, 2011. Races were held in all municipalities and regional district electoral areas.
Selected mayoral races are as follows:

Abbotsford">Abbotsford, British Columbia">Abbotsford

[Burnaby]

CandidatePartyVote%
Derek Corrigan Burnaby Citizens Association25,03576.01
Tom TaoTEAM Burnaby5,45016.55
Allen HuttonIndependent1,6004.86
Sylvia GungIndependent8502.58

Campbell River">Campbell River, British Columbia">Campbell River

CandidateVote%
Walter Jakeway2,741
Roy Grant2,702
Ziggy Stewart1,228
Michael Rabu582

Castlegar">Castlegar, British Columbia">Castlegar

[Central Saanich]

[Chilliwack]

Coldstream">Coldstream, British Columbia">Coldstream

Colwood">Colwood, British Columbia">Colwood

Comox">Comox, British Columbia">Comox

[Coquitlam]

Courtenay">Courtenay, British Columbia">Courtenay

Cranbrook">Cranbrook, British Columbia">Cranbrook

[Dawson Creek]

Delta">Delta, British Columbia">Delta

Esquimalt">Esquimalt, British Columbia">Esquimalt

Fort St. John">Fort St. John, British Columbia">Fort St. John

Hope">Hope, British Columbia">Hope

[Kamloops]

[Kelowna]

Lake Country">Lake Country, British Columbia">Lake Country

Langford">Langford, British Columbia">Langford

Langley (city)">Langley, British Columbia (city)">Langley (city)

Langley Township">Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)">Langley Township

Mel Kositsky announced that he would run for mayor on September 11, 2011. In November, there was a political debate between the mayoral candidates for both Langley City and Langley Township. Kositsky spent $70,254 on his political campaign, while Jack Froese, who won the election, had spent $79,533.
CandidatePartyVote%
Jack FroeseIndependent7,706
Mel KositskyIndependent6,522
Rick Green Vote Langley Now4,466

Maple Ridge">Maple Ridge, British Columbia">Maple Ridge

Mission">Mission, British Columbia">Mission

[Nanaimo]

Nelson">Nelson, British Columbia">Nelson

[New Westminster]

North Cowichan">North Cowichan, British Columbia">North Cowichan

[North Saanich]

North Vancouver City">North Vancouver (city)">North Vancouver City

North Vancouver District">North Vancouver (district municipality)">North Vancouver District

Oak Bay">Oak Bay, British Columbia">Oak Bay

Parksville">Parksville, British Columbia">Parksville

[Penticton]

[Pitt Meadows]

[Port Alberni]

[Port Coquitlam]

[Port Moody]

Powell River">Powell River, British Columbia">Powell River

Prince George">Prince George, British Columbia">Prince George

Prince Rupert">Prince Rupert, British Columbia">Prince Rupert

Richmond">Richmond, British Columbia">Richmond

Saanich">Saanich, British Columbia">Saanich

[Salmon Arm]

Sidney">Sidney, British Columbia">Sidney

Sooke">Sooke, British Columbia">Sooke

Squamish">Squamish, British Columbia">Squamish

Summerland">Summerland, British Columbia">Summerland

Surrey">Surrey, British Columbia">Surrey

CandidatePartyVote%
Dianne Watts Surrey First55,82680.29
Ross BuchananIndependent6,2679.01
Vikram BajwaIndependent4,4816.44
Clifford InimgbaIndependent1,1831.70
Deanna WeltersIndependent1,1471.65
Shan RanaIndependent3300.47
Touraj Ghanbar-ZadehIndependent2980.43
Joginder RanhawaIndependent00.00

The main opposition party, the Surrey Civic Coalition did not field a mayoral candidate against Watts. They did run a slate for city council, however, but did not win any seats.

Terrace">Terrace, British Columbia">Terrace

[Vancouver]

Vernon">Vernon, British Columbia">Vernon

Victoria">Victoria, British Columbia">Victoria

[West Kelowna]

[West Vancouver]

Williams Lake">Williams Lake, British Columbia">Williams Lake

White Rock">White Rock, British Columbia">White Rock