British Columbia municipal elections, 2005

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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.

Provinces and territories of Canada Top-level subdivisions of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada are the sub-national governments within the geographical areas of Canada under the authority of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada —were united to form a federated colony, becoming a sovereign nation in the next century. Over its history, Canada's international borders have changed several times, and the country has grown from the original four provinces to the current ten provinces and three territories. Together, the provinces and territories make up the world's second-largest country by area.

British Columbia Province of Canada

British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. With an estimated population of 5.016 million as of 2018, it is Canada's third-most populous province.

Municipal elections in Canada fall within the jurisdiction of the various provinces and territories, who usually hold their municipal elections on the same date every two, three or four years, depending on the location.

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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.

A political party is an organized group of people, often with common views, who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government. The party agrees on some proposed policies and programmes, with a view to promoting the collective good or furthering their supporters' interests.

Vancouver City in British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2016 census recorded 631,486 people in the city, up from 603,502 in 2011. The Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2,463,431 in 2016, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada with over 5,400 people per square kilometre, which makes it the fifth-most densely populated city with over 250,000 residents in North America behind New York City, Guadalajara, San Francisco, and Mexico City according to the 2011 census. Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada according to that census; 52% of its residents have a first language other than English. Roughly 30% of the city's inhabitants are of Chinese heritage. Vancouver is classed as a Beta global city.

Richmond, British Columbia City in British Columbia, Canada

Richmond is a coastal city located in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is part of the Metro Vancouver area. It is the major part of Lulu Island.

Metro Vancouver

Burnaby

CandidatePartyVote%
Derek Corrigan (inc.) Burnaby Citizens 17,66254.0
Andrew Stewart Team Burnaby 13,95142.6
Tom Tao Independent1,1203.4

Coquitlam

CandidateVote%
Maxine Wilson 7,97044.6
Jon D.H. Kingsbury (inc.)7,91844.4
Harry Warren 1,96210.6

Delta

CandidateVote%
Lois E. Jackson (inc.)12,18151.8
Bruce McDonald11,34348.2

Langley (city)

CandidateVote%
Peter Fassbender Elected
Dean Copeland

Langley (township)

CandidateVote%
Kurt Alberts (inc.)7,69462.7
Tom Ouellette 4,57737.3

Maple Ridge

CandidateVote%
Gordon Robson 6,99048.8
Kathy Morse (inc.)3,68025.7
Bill Hartley 3,55824.8
William Perry990.7

New Westminster

CandidateVote%
Wayne Wright (inc.)5,814
Casey Cook4,499

North Vancouver (city)

CandidateVote%
Darrell R. Mussatto 2,68740.2
Rod Clark 2,19832.8
Barbara Ann Sharp (inc.)1,73826.0
Bill Tomlinson691.0

North Vancouver (district)

CandidateVote%
Richard Walton 6,83844.6
Jim Cuthbert4,48829.3
Dave Sadler9406.1
David Dixon8695.7

Pitt Meadows

CandidateVote%
Don MacLean (inc.)2,10475.7
Shawn Stevens67624.3

Port Coquitlam

CandidateVote%
Scott Young (inc.)6,00389.0
Patrick Alambets74411.0

Port Moody

CandidateVote%
Joe Trasolini (inc.)Acclaimed

Richmond

CandidateVote%
Malcolm Brodie (inc.)21,13974.7
Michael Wolfe7,16525.3

Surrey

Mayor
CandidateVote%
Dianne Watts 45,98155.3
Doug McCallum (inc.)35,55840.3
Joe Pal4560.5
Joginder Singh Randhawa4480.5
Brady Warren Halverson4030.5
Jag Bhandari3270.4
Councillors
2005 Surrey election, Councillors (eight elected)
CandidateTotal votes% of total votes
Bob Bose39,3137.10
Judy Villeneuve37,0886.70
Judy Higginbotham35,7056.45
Marvin Hunt31,7175.73
Barbara Steele31,2225.64
Tom Gill25,8694.67
Linda Heppner25,2604.56
Mary Martin24,9944.51
Cliff Annable24,8244.48
Sargy Chima21,6083.90
Rosemary Zelinka21,5363.89
Art Hildebrant16,7713.03
Barinder Rasode16,2022.93
Sheena Wilkie15,2192.75
Stephanie DeRapp15,2082.75
Ted Allen15,1802.74
Jim King14,0122.53
Amrik Singh Mahil13,8212.50
Jim McMurtry13,2382.39
Bill Stilwell11,8482.14
Rick Hart11,6782.11
David Evans9,5421.72
Jim Bester7,4941.35
Bob Martin7,3001.32
Barbara Saunders6,0831.10
Gary A. Hoffman5,7621.04
Rupinder S. Bhinder5,5080.99
Edward Rogers5,2370.95
Gurmit Bedi4,8770.88
Michael Chen4,8700.88
Mona Jagga4,8620.88
Bajinder Mann4,6830.85
Tammy Dao4,1240.74
Dalip Bhatia3,7160.67
Kheng-Lee Ooi (Huang)3,3620.61
Rob Terris3,0730.56
Pierre Rovtar2,6300.48
Ijaz Ahmed Chatta2,3360.42
Sada Maharaj2,1870.40
Joe Doserro2,1090.38
Syed Bokhari1,5440.28
Total valid votes553,612100.00

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.

Sam Sullivan Canadian politician, Mayor of Vancouver

Sam Sullivan, CM is a Canadian politician currently serving as the MLA for Vancouver-False Creek. Previously, he served as the Minister of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development with responsibility for Translink in the short-lived BC Liberal government after the 2017 election, as well as the 38th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and has been invested as a member of the Order of Canada. He is currently President of the Global Civic Policy Society and Adjunct Professor with the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.

Jim Green (councilman) American-Canadian politician

Jim Green was an American-Canadian who was a longshoreman, taxicab driver, community activist, non-profit housing developer, municipal politician, university instructor and development consultant.

West Vancouver

CandidateVote%
Pamela Goldsmith-Jones 7,65964.9
Ron Wood (inc.)4,13935.1

White Rock

CandidateVote%
Judy Forster (inc.)2,80646.1
Ken Jones 2,07534.1
Margaret Woods 1,21019.9

Capital Region

Central Saanich

CandidateVote%
Jack Mar 2,09954.3
Allison Habkirk (inc.)1,76845.7

Colwood

CandidateVote%
Jody Twa (inc.)?
Bambi Fernando ?
Terry Robinson ?

Esquimalt

CandidateVote%
Chris Clement 1,64946.8
Ruth Layne 96027.3
Darwin A. Robinson (inc.)91225.9

Langford

CandidateVote%
Stewart Young (inc.)2,60575.7
Robert Fraser83624.3

North Saanich

CandidateVote%
Ted Daly (inc.)2,25954.7
Patrick Godfrey 1,87445.3

Oak Bay

CandidateVote%
Christopher Causton (inc.)Acclaimed

Saanich

CandidateVote%
Frank Leonard (inc.)Acclaimed

Sidney

CandidateVote%
Don Amos (inc.)Acclaimed

Victoria

CandidateVote%
Alan Lowe (inc.)8,69051.9
Ben Isitt7,29843.6
Gregory Hartnell3812.3
Diana Smardon2461.5
Georgia Jones1200.7

Up-Island

Campbell River

CandidateVote%
Roger McDonell 2,18530.0
Bill Matthews 1,68123.1
Lynn Nash (inc.)1,59821.9
Dave Jackson1,34218.4
Daniel Rabu4856.7

Comox

CandidateVote%
Jim Brass (inc.)2,81473.1
Dennis Strand 1,03526.9

Courtenay

CandidateVote%
Starr Winchester (inc.)3,02880.6
M.W. Schell72819.4

Nanaimo

CandidateVote%
Gary Richard Korpan (inc.)6,33030.5
John Ruttan 4,92823.8
Jolyon Brown 4,88823.6
Bill King 1,9989.6
Dawn Tyndall 1,7978.7
Angela Negrin3471.7
Simon Schachner3061.5
Adrian de Jong1430.7

North Cowichan

CandidateVote%
Jon Lefebure (inc.)2,80856.8
Tom Walker 1,97139.8
Peter Rudwaleit1693.4

Port Alberni

CandidateVote%
Ken McRae (inc.)?
Jen Fisher-Bradley ?
James Dominic King ?

Sunshine Coast and Sea to Sky

Powell River

CandidateVote%
Stewart Alsgard (inc.)1,91051.1
David Gabelhouse 1,39837.4
Jeff Mah2376.3
Leon Houle1945.2

Squamish

CandidateVote%
Ian Sutherland (inc.)2,26154.0
Terrill Patterson 1,92546.0

Fraser Valley

Abbotsford

CandidateVote%
George F. Ferguson 12,12446.1
Mary Reeves (inc.)10,88841.4
Sid Gould 1,8677.1
John Constible 1,2224.6
Wes Pidgeon2180.8

Chilliwack

CandidateVote%
Clint Hames (inc.)Acclaimed

Mission

CandidateVote%
James Atebe 4,15467.9
Mel Norder 1,54325.2
Alan Podgorenko2564.2
Tim Felger1612.6

Thompson, Shuswap and Cariboo

Kamloops

CandidateVote%
Terry Lake 11,72756.7
Pete Backus 4,52521.9
Al McNair 4,41621.4

Salmon Arm

CandidateVote%
Marty Bootsma 1,21026.1
Nancy Cooper 1,20726.0
Greg Husband 1,00821.7
Garrett Norman Wynne57012.3
Eugene Dionne4429.5
Aram Schneider2024.4

Williams Lake

CandidateVote%
Scott Nelson 110928.9
Kerry Cook 105627.5
Elmer Theissen86822.6
Deb Demare80921.1

Okanagan

Kelowna

CandidateVote%
Sharon Shepherd 13,70653.1
Walter Gray (inc.)11,45344.4
Stephen May3781.5
Andrew Uitvlugt1530.6
Kim Ouellette1150.4

Penticton

CandidateVote%
Jake Kimberley 3,65137.0
David Perry (inc.)3,14531.8
Mike Pearce 3,08231.2

Vernon

CandidateVote%
Wayne Lippert 2,98431.6
Peter Armstrong2,39225.3
Dean Skoreyko2,05421.7
Derek Hall2,01621.3

Kootenays

Cranbrook

CandidateVote%
Ross Priest (inc.)Acclaimed ?

Peace River

Dawson Creek

CandidateVote%
Calvin Kruk 1,41248.9
Wayne Dahlen (inc.)1,05136.4
Gary Loiselle42214.6

Fort St. John

CandidateVote%
Jim Eglinski 1,53445.4
Steve Thorlakson (inc.)93927.8
Dave Bodnar65719.4
Matthew Johnson2487.3

Central Interior

Prince George

CandidateVote%
Colin Kinsley (inc.)8,65049.6
Dan Rogers 8,00845.9
Trent Derrick5713.3
Tyler Doerksen1600.9
Nathan Paul Prince620.4

Northwest

Prince Rupert

CandidateVote%
Herb Pond (inc.)3,37783.0
Gloria Rendell69317.0

Terrace

CandidateVote%
Jack Talstra (inc.)Acclaimed

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