The October 15 municipal elections saw an unprecedented number/far right candidates fielded in the races for mayor, council and school board positions across the province. A minimum/129 candidates were provably and publicly aligned with antivaxx, conspiracist, antisemitic or other far right ideologies in one form or another. (This is an underestimate/the total/far right candidates, possibly a significant understatement). Read More...
The following is based on the select candidates we covered in our Pre-Election Coverage
| FIRST | LAST | VOTES | % | TOWN/CITY | SLATE | TYPE | ELECTED | POS. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil | Anderson | 7,079 | 28 | Abbotsford | School Board | 10/13 | ||
| Korky | Neufeld | 9,887 | 39.2 | Abbotsford | School Board | Y | 2/13 | |
| Mike | Rauch | 8,943 | 35.4 | Abbotsford | School Board | Y | 5/13 | |
| Earl | Story | 6,485 | 25.7 | Abbotsford | School Board | 11/13 | ||
| Jared | White | 8,388 | 33.2 | Abbotsford | School Board | Y | 6/13 | |
| Rocky | Dong | 8,757 | 27.2 | Burnaby | School Board | 10/12 | ||
| Saron | Gebreselassi | 418 | 4 | Campbell River | Mayor | 4/5 | ||
| Alaina | Kelly | 3,242 | 10.9 | Campbell River | School Board | 8/9 | ||
| Angie | Delainey | Acclaimed | Cariboo-Chilcotin | School Board | 24/30 | |||
| Laurie | Bowen | 1,924 | 34.8 | Central Okanagan | Parents Voice | School Board | 28/30 | |
| Tovey | Demman | 5,886 | 17.1 | Central Okanagan | Parents Voice | School Board | 9/15 | |
| Teresa | Docksteader | 7,512 | 21.8 | Central Okanagan | Parents Voice | School Board | 7/15 | |
| Chris | Fieber | 5,917 | 17.1 | Central Okanagan | Parents Voice | School Board | 8/15 | |
| Erika | Shephard | 5,003 | 14.5 | Central Okanagan | School Board | 10/15 | ||
| Lee-Ann | Tiede | 12,258 | 35.2 | Central Okanagan SD | School Board | Y | 3/15 | |
| Elliot | Friesen | 6,767 | 39 | Chilliwack SD | Parents Voice | School Board | 9/15 | |
| Darrell | Furgason | 6,451 | 37.2 | Chilliwack SD | School Board | 10/15 | ||
| Kaethe | Jones | 6,423 | 37 | Chilliwack SD | School Board | 11/i5 | ||
| Heather | Maahs | 7,075 | 40.8 | Chilliwack SD | School Board | Y | 6/15 | |
| Barry | Neufeld | 6,006 | 34.6 | Chilliwack SD | School Board | 12/15 | ||
| Richard | Procee | 7,047 | 40.6 | Chilliwack SD | Parents Voice | School Board | y | 7/15 |
| Dean | Clifford | 111 | 11.2 | Clearwater | Mayor | 2/2 | ||
| Nicholas | Nadja | 173 | 36.9 | Columbia-Shuswap R.D. | Director | 19/30 | ||
| Anite | Devries | 1,168 | 20 | Comox Valley SD | School Board | 9/14 | ||
| Ed | Desaulniers | 1,329 | 14.8 | Coquitlam | Parents Voice | School Board | 14/14 | |
| Geoffrey | Way | 4,478 | 7.2 | Coquitlam | Parents Voice | School Board | 12/14 | |
| Daniel | Westley | 5,310 | 8.5 | Coquitlam | Parents Voice | School Board | 14/14 | |
| Belinda | Wheatley | 6,401 | 9.6 | Coquitlam | Parents Voice | School Board | 10/14 | |
| Nora | Maddocks | 474 | 29.1 | Creston | Mayor | 2/3 | ||
| Nuno | Antunes | 3,975 | 17.5 | Delta | Parents Voice | School Board | 14/15 | |
| Carmen | Halpenny | 4,772 | 21.1 | Delta | Parents Voice | School Board | 12/15 | |
| Alisa | Horth | 4,539 | 20 | Delta | Parents Voice | School Board | 13/15 | |
| Daniel | Tonn | 3,597 | 15.9 | Delta | Parents Voice | School Board | 15/15 | |
| Clayton | Welsoon | 2,471 | 16.4 | Dist. North Vancouver | Council | 12/13 | ||
| Huck | Galbraith | 416 | 53.7 | Enderby | Mayor | Y | 1/2 | |
| Dennis | Giesbrecht | 6,734 | 29 | Kamloops | Council | 11/23 | ||
| Jennifer | Rowse | 3,513 | 15.1 | Kamloops-Thompson SD | School Board | 12/14 | ||
| Ron | Cannan | 16,995 | 49.2 | Kelowna | Council | Y | 1/31 | |
| Sacheen | Collecutt | 3,037 | 8.8 | Kelowna | Spirit Alliance | Council | 24/24 | |
| Chris | Williams | 4,693 | 13.6 | Kelowna | Spirit Alliance | Council | 20/31 | |
| Lisa | Guderyan | 940 | 37.1 | Kelowna Zone 2 | School Board | y | 1/3 | |
| Dave | Olson | 35 | 11.6 | Lasqueti Island | Lasqueti Island Trust |
5/7 | ||
| Corisa | Bell | 2,799 | 19.3 | Maple Ridge | Mayor | 3/5 | ||
| Jacques | Blackstone | 346 | 2.4 | Maple Ridge | Mayor | 5/5 | ||
| Chelsa | Meadus | 4,575 | 31.8 | Maple Ridge | Maple Ridge First | Council | 7/21 | |
| Mike | Morden | 4,321 | 29.8 | Maple Ridge | Maple Ridge First | Mayor | 2/5 | |
| Leah | Pillet | 2,627 | 18.1 | Maple Ridge | Canadian Freedom Coalition |
Council | 12/21 | |
| Johnnie | Day | 3,689 | 25.5 | Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | Parents Voice | School Board | 10/13 | |
| Brian | Dominick | 4,015 | 27.7 | Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows | Parents Voice | School Board | 9/13 | |
| Mark | Davies | 2,889 | 42.9 | Mission | Council | Y | 4/16 | |
| Jag | Gill | 4,945 | 73,5 | Mission | Council | Y | 1/16 | |
| Carol | Hamilton | 2,899 | 43.1 | Mission | Council | Y | 3/16 | |
| Paul | Horn | 4,419 | 65.7 | Mission | Mayor | Y | 1/3 | |
| Tanner | Scott | 5,407 | 6 | Nanaimo-Ladysmith | School Board | 11/12 | ||
| Terah | Albertson | 106 | 43.8 | Nechako Lakes | Parents Voice | School Board | * | |
| Daniel | Albertson | 810 | 46.5 | Nechako Lakes | Parents Voice | School Board | Y | * |
| Dave | Forsberg | 102 | 33.4 | Nechako Lakes | Parents Voice | School Board | * | |
| Janina | Vanden Bos | 37 | 37.4 | Nechako Lakes | Parents Voice | School Board | * | |
| Carroll | Walker | 829 | 47.6 | Nechako Lakes | Parents Voice | School Board | Y | * |
| Charles | Borg | 1,789 | 20.9 | North Cowichan | Council | 11/15 | ||
| Matthew | Ellis | 356 | 25.5 | North Cowichan | Area C director | 2/2 | ||
| Joe | Enslow | 1,009 | 11.8 | North Cowichan | United Independents | Council | 14/15 | |
| John | Koury | 2,747 | 32.1 | North Cowichan | Mayor | 2/3 | ||
| Adrienne | Richards | 1,317 | 15.4 | North Cowichan | United Independents | Council | 12/15 | |
| Marina | Sapoznikov | 2,538 | 51 | North Cowichan | School Board | 13/18 | ||
| Chris | Shaw | 1,075 | 12.6 | North Cowichan | United Independents | Council | 13/15 | |
| Serena | Winterburn | 2,814 | 56.5 | North Cowichan | School Board | 12/18 | ||
| Johnny | Cheong | 1,554 | 74 | Osoyoos | Osoyoos First | Council | Y | 3/8 |
| Wes | Greve | 1,062 | 50.5 | Osoyoos | Osoyoos First | Council | 7/8 | |
| Zachary | Poturica | 1,510 | 71.9 | Osoyoos | Osoyoos First | Council | Y | 4/8 |
| Dustin | Sikora | 972 | 46.3 | Osoyoos | Osoyoos First | Mayor | 2/2 | |
| Thomas | Whitton | 1,260 | 45.7 | Peace River North | Parents Voice | School Board | Y | 7/9 |
| Wayne | Llewellyn | 2,452 | 24.2 | Penticton | Council | |||
| Ivanka | Culjak | 954 | 11.9 | Port Coquitlam | Council | 14/18 | ||
| Derek | Jeffrey | 818 | 10.1 | Port Coquitlam | Council | 16/18 | ||
| Jenny | Zhou | 1,122 | 13.8 | Port Coquitlam | Council | 13/18 | ||
| Dawn | Slykhuis | 939 | 10.4 | Port Moody | Council | 13/14 | ||
| Cory | Antrim | 3,587 | 22.7 | Prince George | School Board | Y | 5/15 | |
| Cathy | Fortin | 2,893 | 18.3 | Prince George | School Board | 10/15 | ||
| Trudy | Klassen | 5,515 | 38 | Prince George | Council | Y | 6/20 | |
| Milton | Mahoney | 2,873 | 18.2 | Prince George | School Board | 11/15 | ||
| Karm | Manhas | 4,333 | 28.3 | Prince George | Council | 11/20 | ||
| Lisa | Mitchell | 553 | 3.6 | Prince George | Mayor | 5/6 | ||
| Paul | Serup | 2,081 | 13.6 | Prince George | Council | 17/20 | ||
| Josh | Silva | 2,966 | 18.8 | Prince George | School Board | 9/15 | ||
| Dean | Billings | 7,331 | 20.9 | Richmond | School Board | 14/15 | ||
| Jasmine | Piao | 4,500 | 12.8 | Richmond | Council | 22/27 | ||
| Alice | Wong | 13,769 | 39.2 | Richmond | School Board | Y | 3/15 | |
| Daniel | Bardy | 989 | 21.3 | Salmon Arm | Council | 8/11 | ||
| Deb | Haukedal | 899 | 19.3 | Salmon Arm | Council | 10/11 | ||
| Robert | Johnson | 774 | 16.6 | Salmon Arm | Council | 11/11 | ||
| Luke | Norrie | 747 | 12.8 | Salmon Arm | Mayor | 2/3 | ||
| Tammy | Brown | 409 | 42.4 | Sicamous | Council | 8/11 | ||
| Robert | Anderson | 418 | 12.4 | Sooke | Council | 14/23 | ||
| Lisa | Alexis | 31,626 | 26.6 | Surrey | Parents Voice | School Board | 9/21 | |
| Shweta | Bassi | 4,218 | 3.5 | Surrey | Peoples Council Surrey | Council | 47/56 | |
| Amrit | Birring | 2,270 | 1.9 | Surrey | Peoples Council Surrey | Mayor | 6/8 | |
| Tejnor | Cheema | 5,701 | 4.8 | Surrey | Peoples Council Surrey | Council | 44/56 | |
| Kiran | Hundal | 5,380 | 4.5 | Surrey | Peoples Council Surrey | Council | 45/56 | |
| Joe | Kennedy | 7,986 | 6.7 | Surrey | Peoples Council Surrey | Council | 41/56 | |
| Sam | Kofalt | 2,125 | 1.8 | Surrey | Peoples Council Surrey | Council | 55/56 | |
| Jasbir | Narwal | 21,967 | 18.5 | Surrey | Parents Voice | School Board | 12/21 | |
| Nasima | Nastoh | 15,501 | 13 | Surrey | Parents Voice | School Board | 17/21 | |
| Dupinder | Saran | 21,560 | 18.1 | Surrey | Parents Voice | School Board | 13/21 | |
| Kultar | Singh | 3,828 | 3.2 | Surrey | Peoples Council Surrey | Council | 49/56 | |
| Zelda | Levine | 8,875 | 5.2 | Vancouver | School Board | 29/31 | ||
| Karin | Litzke | 8,570 | 5 | Vancouver | School Board | 30/31 | ||
| Jeremy | MacKenzie | 3,446 | 2 | Vancouver | Council | 54/60 | ||
| Amanda | Tengco Fuller | 9,668 | 5.6 | Vancouver | School Board | 28/31 | ||
| Sylvia | Herchen | 1,715 | 28.6 | Vernon | Parents Voice | School Board | 7/11 | |
| Jewlie | Milligan | 1,696 | 28.3 | Vernon | Parents Voice | School Board | 8/11 | |
| Nellie | Villegas | 1,567 | 26.1 | Vernon | Parents Voice | School Board | 9/11 | |
| Julia | Alvarez | 2,308 | 8.4 | Victoria | VIVA Victoria | Council | 18/37 | |
| Salvetina | Aqba | 5,501 | 8.4 | Victoria | VIVA Victoria | Council | 23/30 | |
| Leslie-Ann | Goodall | 5,792 | 8.8 | Victoria | VIVA Victoria | School Board | 22/30 | |
| Sandy | Janzen | 1,793 | 6.5 | Victoria | VIVA Victoria | Council | 25/37 | |
| Jason | Jones | 1,456 | 5.3 | Victoria | VIVA Victoria | Council | 28/37 | |
| Muller | Lalala | 1,137 | 4.1 | Victoria | VIVA Victoria | Council | 31/37 | |
| Jeremy | Maddocks | 2,047 | 7.5 | Victoria | VIVA Victoria | Council | 23/37 | |
| Emmanuel | Parenteau | 2,061 | 7.5 | Victoria | VIVA Victoria | Council | 22/37 | |
| Bradley | Siefert | 1,833 | 6.7 | Victoria | VIVA Victoria | Council | 24/37 | |
| Roberta | SolveY | 4,600 | 7 | Victoria | VIVA Victoria | School Board | 24/30 | |
| Oliver | Wu | 4,230 | 6.4 | Victoria | VIVA Victoria | School Board | 23/30 | |
| Sasha | Zhang | 5,194 | 7.9 | Victoria | VIVA Victoria | School Board | 22/30 | |
| Judy | Zulu | 7,253 | 11 | Victoria | VIVA Victoria | School Board | 25/30 |
Read our 4 part series - Not Exactly As Advertised – How An Antivaxx/Conservative Alliance Is Organizing To Take Over B.C. School Boards
Far Right Candidates In B.C. – (A Partial List) *
PV = Parents Voice BC
VV = VIVA Victoria
PCS = Peoples’ Council Surrey
UI = United Independents
MR1 = Maple Ridge First
O1 = Osoyoos First
A4C = Action4Canada
SA = Spirit Alliance
NPA = Non Partisan Association
TEAM = TEAM For A Liveable Vancouver
Totals:
Towns / cities 42
Mayor 17
Council 76
School board 89
Regional director/trustee 7
Abbotsford
Earl Story (school board)
Jared White (school board)
Korky Neufeld (school board)
Mike Rauch (school board)
Phil Anderson (school board)
Burnaby
Rocky Dong A4C (school board)
Campbell River
Saron Gebresellassi (mayor)
Kermit Dahl (mayor)
Doug Chapman (council)
Ron Kerr (council)
Ben Lanyon (council)
Susan Sinnott (council)
Sean Smyth (council)
Ferris Stirling (council)
Alaina Kelly PV (school board)
Chilliwack
Barry Neufeld (school board)
Heather Maahs (school board)
Richard Procee PV (school board)
Elliott Friesen PV (school board)
Darrell Furgason (school board)
Kaethe Jones (school board)
Clearwater
Dean Clifford (mayor)
Comox
Patricia Gaudreault (school board)
Janice-John Mitchell (school board)
Anita Debbie (school board)
Coquitlam
Belinda Wheatley PV (school board)
Geoffrey Way PV (school board)
Daniel Westley PV (school board)
Courtenay
Anita Devries (school board)
Creston
Nora Maddocks (mayor)
Delta
Nuno Antunes PV (school board)
Carmen Halpenny PV (school board)
Alisa Horth PV (school board)
Daniel Tonn PV (school board)
Duncan
Garry Bruce (council)
Joe Sarchuk (council)
Jason Adain (school board)
Enderby
Huck Galbraith (mayor)
Fort St. John
Thomas Whitton PV (school board)
Kamloops
Jennifer Rowse (school board)
Kelowna
Glendon Smedley (mayor)
Chris Williams SA (council)
Sacheen Collecutt SA (council)
Erika Shephard (school board)
Teresa Docksteader PV (school board)
Tovey Demman PV (school board)
Chris Fieber PV (school board)
Lee-Ann Tiede (school board)
Amy Geistlinger (school board Zone 1)
Lisa Guderyan (school board Zone 2)
Brian Rogers (council)
Ladysmith
Doug Johnson (council)
Lyle Tassone (council)
Rhonda Shirley (council)
Amanda Jacobson (council)
Langley
Neil Turner (school board)
Tony Ward (school board)
Stephen Ferguson (school board)
Margaret Kunst (school board)
Lantzville
Stan Pottie (mayor)
Jonathan Lerner (council)
Karl Weiss (council)
Tanner Scott (school board)
Lasqueti Island
Dave Olson (Lasqueti Island Trust)
Maple Ridge
Corisa Bell (mayor)
Mike Morden MR1 (mayor)
Judy Dueck MR1 (council)
Ryan Svendsen MR1 (council)
Leah Pillet (council)
Chelsa Meadus MR1 (council)
Brian Dominick PV (school board)
Johnnie Day PV (school board)
Nanaimo
Tasha Brown (mayor)
Jeff Annesley (council)
Mike Hartlaub (council)
David Wang (council)
Derek Hanna (council)
Frank Pluta (council)
Faith Mapayi (school board)
North Cowichan
John Koury (mayor)
Adrienne Richards UI (council)
Chris Shaw UI (council)
Joe Enslow UI (council)
Charles Borg (council)
Mark Dodd (Area A director)
Kate MacDonald (Area B director)
David Fast (Area D director)
Ruth Waddell (Area E director)
Serena Winterburn / Freedombear (school board)
Jen Elmore (school board)
Marina Sapozhnikov (school board)
Patricia Dawn (school board)
Nechako Lakes
Terah Albertson PV (school board)
Daniel Albertson PV (school board)
Janina Vanden Bos PV (school board)
Dave Forsberg PV (school board)
Carroll Walker PV (school board)
Boris Gimbarzevsky (school board)
North Pender Island
Aaron Campbell (trustee)
Oak Bay
Tara Ney (council)
Osoyoos
Dustin Sikora O1 (mayor)
Johnny Cheong O1 (council)
Wes Greve O1 (council)
Zachary Poturica O1 (council)
Amanda Hilario O1 (council)
Penticton
Wayne Llewellyn (council)
Pitt Meadows
David Isaac (school board)
Port Alberni
Carol-Anne Zanette (council)
Port Coquitlam
Ivanka Culjak (council)
Derek Jeffrey (council)
Jenny Zhou (council)
Paige Petriw (council)
Port Moody
Dawn Slykhuis (council)
Ed Desaulniers PV (school board)
Prince George
Lisa Mitchell (mayor)
Karm Manhas (council)
Paul Serup (council)
Trudy Klassen (council)
Milton Mahoney (school board)
Erica McLeane (school board)
Cathy Fortin (school board)
Craig Brennan (school board)
Josh Silva (school board)
Cory Antrim (school board)
Bob Schroeder (school board)
Richmond
Jasmine Piao (council)
Dean Billings (school board)
Alice Wong (school board)
Linda Li (school board)
Rachel Ling (school board)
Richard Lee (school board)
Rod Belleza (school board)
Salmon Arm
Luke Norrie (mayor)
Robert Johnson (council)
Deb Haukedal (council)
Daniel Barry (council)
Sicamous
Tammy Brown (council)
Sooke
Maria Powers (council)
Adam Noseworthy (council)
Karine Bordua (council)
Rob Anderson (council)
Candace Linde (school board)
Veronica Pemberton (school board)
Murielle Lagace (school board)
Mary Brooke (school board)
Surrey
Amrit Birring PCS (mayor)
Sam Kofalt PCS (council)
Joe Kennedy PCS (council)
Kultar Singh PCS (council)
Tejnoor Cheema PCS (council)
Shweta Bassi PCS (council)
Kiran Hundal PCS (council)
Lisa Alexis PV (school board)
Dupinder Saran PV (school board)
Jasbir Narwal PV (school board)
Nasima Nastoh PV (school board)
Vancouver
Colleen Hardwick TEAM (mayor)
Jeremy MacKenzie (council)
Cleta Brown TEAM (council)
Param Nijjar TEAM (council)
Sean Nardi TEAM (council)
Grace Quan TEAM (council)
Stephen Roberts TEAM (council)
Bill Tieleman TEAM (council)
Karin Litzke (school board)
Amanda Tengco (school board)
Zelda Levine (school board)
Matiul Alam TEAM (school board)
Ash Vaughan (school board)
Vanderhoof
Ernest Martens (council)
David Van Dolah (council)
Shirley Moon (council - Area F director, Bulkley-Nechako Regional District)
Vernon
Sylvia Herchen PV (school board)
Jewlie Milligan PV (school board)
Nellie Villegas PV (school board)
Victoria
Brendan Marshall (mayor)
Muller Kalala VV (council)
Jeremy Maddock VV (council)
Julia Alvarez VV (council)
Sandy Janzen VV (council)
Jason Jones VV (council)
Emmanuel Parenteau VV (council)
Bradley Siefert VV (council)
Salvetina Aqba VV (school board)
Leslie-Ann Goodall VV (school board)
Roberta Solvey VV (school board)
Oliver Wu VV (school board)
Sasha Zhang VV (school board)
Judy Zulu VV (school board)
West Kelowna
Laurie Bowen PV (school board)
White Lake
Nicholas Nadja (council)
* (Not every single one/these candidates is necessarily an antivaxxer, or a fascist, although a majority on this list fall into one or another/those categories. Some may be completely unaware/the politics/their running mates. However, they are all at the very least publicly supported by the antivaxx/conspiracist movement.. TEAM is a good example/this. Its candidates participated in a meeting organized by Victory Canada * (a spinoff from the antivaxx movement’s No New Normal). Maple Ridge First is a developers’ party, but has formally met with the Canadian Freedom Coalition prior to the election. All/the candidates on this list are, at the very least, being supported by Nazis and antivaxxers, and the onus is on them to publicly dissociate themselves from their fellow candidates who believe that Covid is a myth, that Anthony Fauci is a tool/the New World Order and that the (((Rothschilds))) run the world. If you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.) (https://nohateoncouncil.cavancouver/)
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