# 2008 British Columbia municipal elections

Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of British Columbia on November 15, 2008.
The following is a list of mayoral races in selected municipalities.

## Abbotsford

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| George W. Peary | 15186 | 55.3 |
| Alvin Epp | 7120 | 25.9 |
| Steve Dunton | 3360 | 12.2 |
| Gerda Peachey | 1396 | 5.1 |
| Case Verstraten | 420 | 1.5 |

## Burnaby

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Derek Corrigan (X) | 20365 | 67 |
| Andrew Robert Chisholm | 10110 | 33 |

## Campbell River

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Charlie Cornfield | 5011 | 53.7 |
| Terry Calvin Hoff | 2305 | 24.7 |
| Roger A. McDonell (X) | 2012 | 21.6 |

## Castlegar

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Lawrence D. Chernoff (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Central Saanich

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Jack Mar (X) | 2606 | 49.9 |
| Christopher Graham | 1437 | 27.5 |
| Sean McNulty | 1184 | 22.6 |

## Chilliwack

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Sharon Gaetz | 8889 | 73.2 |
| Wayne Massey | 2324 | 19.1 |
| Norm Smith | 925 | 7.6 |

## Coldstream

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Jim Garlick | 1899 | 68.5 |
| Glen Taylor | 874 | 31.5 |

## Colwood

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| David A. Saunders | 1608 | 55.1 |
| Carol Hamilton | 1309 | 44.9 |

## Comox

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Paul Ives | 1435 | 34.5 |
| Dennis Strand | 1133 | 27.2 |
| Don Davis | 1085 | 26.1 |
| Bobbi-Rae Dalsaune-Wells | 373 | 9.0 |
| Norton McBride | 136 | 3.3 |

## Coquitlam

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Richard Stewart | 8807 | 52 |
| Maxine Wilson (X) | 7358 | 44 |
| Owen Coomer | 488 | 2 |

## Courtenay

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Greg Phelps | 3214 | 58.5 |
| Starr Winchester (X) | 2280 | 41.5 |

## Cranbrook

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Scott Manjak | 2254 | 51.0 |
| Wayne Stetski | 2050 | 46.3 |
| John York | 119 | 2.7 |

## Dawson Creek

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Mike Bernier | 1351 | 47.7 |
| Brent Neumann | 828 | 29.2 |
| Wayne Dahlen | 654 | 23 |

## Delta

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Lois Jackson (X) | 11103 | 52.4 |
| Krista Engelland | 8156 | 38.5 |
| Mike Reilly | 1154 | 5.5 |
| Blair Clarke | 458 | 2.2 |
| Ray Robinson | 303 | 1.4 |

## Esquimalt

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Barbara Desjardins | 2131 | 62.5 |
| Chris Clement (X) | 1278 | 37.5 |

## Fort St. John

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Bruce Lantz | 1498 | 52.7 |
| Jim Eglinski (X) | 1342 | 47.3 |

## Hope

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Laurie French | 829 | 45.9 |
| Victor Wilfried | 810 | 44.8 |
| Arne Zabell | 169 | 9.3 |

## Kamloops

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Peter Milobar | 13147 | 74.1 |
| Murphy Kennedy | 3667 | 20.7 |
| Brian Alexander | 921 | 5.2 |

## Kelowna

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Sharon Shepherd (X) | 12769 | 75.9 |
| Kim Ouellette | 4056 | 24.1 |

## Kimberley

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Jim Ogilvie (X) | 1219 | 55.7 |
| Tim Park | 968 | 44.3 |

## Kitimat

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Joanne Monaghan | 1443 | 56.9 |
| Linda Campbell | 1093 | 43.1 |

## Ladysmith

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Rob Hutchins (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Lake Country

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| James Baker (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Langford

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Stewart Young (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Langley (city)

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Peter Fassbender | 2683 | 76.5 |
| Ron Abgrall | 822 | 23.5 |

## Langley (district municipality)

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Rick Green | 7842 | 54.3 |
| Kurt Alberts (X) | 6588 | 45.7 |

## Maple Ridge

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ernie Daykin | 6302 | 45.4 |
| Michael Sather | 3889 | 28.0 |
| Gordy Robson (X) | 3680 | 26.5 |

## Merritt

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Susan Roline (X) | 1184 | 60.5 |
| David Laird | 647 | 33.0 |
| Loris Keeler | 65 | 3.3 |
| Angie Koczkur | 62 | 3.2 |

## Mission

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| James Atebe (X) | 4483 | 80.7 |
| Matt Johnson | 1070 | 19.3 |

## Nanaimo

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| John Ruttan | 9032 | 46.2 |
| Diane Brennan | 6975 | 35.7 |
| Gary Korpan (X) | 3119 | 16.0 |
| Larry Iwaskow | 413 | 2.1 |

## Nelson

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| John A. Dooley (X) | 1748 | 50.7 |
| David Aaron | 944 | 27.4 |
| Gordon McAdams | 704 | 20.4 |
| Philip McMillan | 55 | 1.6 |

## New Westminster

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Wayne Wright (X) | 5620 | 57 |
| Blair Armitage | 4238 | 43 |

## North Cowichan

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Tom Walker | 3062 | 51.3 |
| Jon Lefebvre (X) | 2907 | 48.7 |

## North Saanich

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Alice Finall | 2466 | 54.8 |
| Ted Daly (X) | 2036 | 45.2 |

## North Vancouver (city)

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Darrell Mussatto | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## North Vancouver (district municipality)

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Richard Walton | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Oak Bay

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Christopher Causton (X) | 4519 | 92.5 |
| Ronald Telfer | 365 | 7.5 |

## Parksville

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ed F. Mayne | 1616 | 42.2 |
| Kim Burden | 1033 | 27.0 |
| Sandy Herle (X) | 779 | 20.3 |
| Dalls Collis | 404 | 10.5 |

## Penticton

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Dan Ashton | 4704 | 55.9 |
| Gary Leaman | 1793 | 21.3 |
| Jake Kimberley (X) | 1478 | 17.6 |
| Finn Larsen | 339 | 4.0 |
| Benjamin Wolfe | 96 | 1.1 |

## Pitt Meadows

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Don MacLean (X) | 1488 | 57.6 |
| Jim Peters | 1095 | 42.4 |

## Port Alberni

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ken McRae (X) | 2386 | 63.2 |
| Jen Fisher-Bradley | 1079 | 28.6 |
| Jacques Savard | 308 | 8.2 |

## Port Coquitlam

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Greg Moore | 5949 | 56.2 |
| Mike Bowen | 4473 | 42.2 |
| Patrick Alambets | 169 | 1.6 |

## Port Moody

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Joe Trasolini (X) | 2780 | 65.3 |
| Shane Kennedy | 1354 | 31.8 |
| Arthur Crossman | 124 | 2.9 |

## Powell River

| Candidate | Vote |
| Stewart Alsgard (X) | 1739 |
| Jeffrey Renn | 1078 |
| Derry Simpson | 1000 |
| Les Magura | 241 |
| Paddy Goggins | 191 |
| Heinz Becker | 176 |
| Michael Ashworth | 117 |

## Prince George

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Dan Rogers | 9270 | 54.8 |
| Don Zurowski | 6505 | 38.4 |
| Dane Greenwell | 573 | 3.4 |
| Eugene Fetterly | 550 | 3.3 |

## Prince Rupert

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Jack Mussallem (X) | 1919 | 52 |
| Don Scott | 1762 | 48 |

## Qualicum Beach

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Teunis Westbroek (X) | 2813 | 73 |
| Wendy Maurer | 1043 | 27 |

## Quesnel

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Mary Sjostrom | 1856 | 54 |
| Nate Bello (X) | 1606 | 46 |

## Revelstoke

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| David Raven | 1458 | 55.2 |
| William MacFarlane | 1000 | 37.9 |
| Matt Singh | 184 | 7.0 |

## Richmond

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Malcolm Brodie (X) | 19694 | 73.7 |
| Ivan Gerlach | 5207 | 19.5 |
| Wei Ping Chen | 1811 | 6.8 |

## Saanich

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Frank Leonard (X) | 11972 |
| Harald Wolf | 4665 |

## Salmon Arm

| Candidate | Vote |
| Marty Bootsma (X) | 1792 |
| Charles Nash | 1488 |
| Marg Kentel | 1378 |
| Nancy Cooper | 1089 |

## Sechelt

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Darren Inkster | 1847 | 67 |
| Cameron Reid (X) | 906 | 33 |

## Sidney

| Candidate | Vote |
| Larry Cross | 1807 |
| Mel Couvelier | 839 |
| Peter Wainwright | 641 |

## Sooke

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Janet Evans | 1597 | 48.5 |
| Rick Kasper | 1284 | 39.0 |
| Randy Welters | 413 | 12.5 |

## Spallumcheen

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Will Hansma (X) | 733 | 59.6 |
| Dustin Griffin | 267 | 21.7 |
| Guenter Rieger | 230 | 18.7 |

## Squamish

| Candidate | Vote |
| Greg Gardner | 3557 |
| Terrill Paterson | 715 |
| John Erickson | 146 |

## Summerland

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Janice Perrino | 2183 | 56.9 |
| Peter Waterman | 1651 | 43.1 |

## Surrey

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Dianne Watts (X) | 51423 | 85.9 |
| Murray Weisenberger | 8465 | 14.1 |

## Terrace

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| David Pernarowski | 1347 | 48 |
| Jack Talstra (X) | 1076 | 38.3 |
| Murray Hamer | 384 | 13.7 |

## Trail

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Dieter Bogs (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## Vancouver

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Gregor Robertson | 67598 | 54.9 |
| Peter Ladner | 48794 | 39.6 |
| Betty Krawczyk | 1346 | 1.1 |
| Marc Emery | 1119 | 0.9 |
| Scott Yee | 942 | 0.8 |
| Patrick Britten | 695 | 0.6 |
| Jeff Kuah | 600 | 0.5 |
| Mike Hansen | 483 | 0.4 |
| Angel Jiminez | 320 | 0.3 |
| Leon Kaplan | 299 | 0.2 |
| Bill Ritchie | 252 | 0.2 |
| Joe Hatoum | 241 | 0.2 |
| Golok Buday | 172 | 0.1 |
| Menard Caissy | 137 | 0.1 |
| R.H. Maxwell N Bur | 125 | 0.1 |

## Vernon

| Candidate | Vote |
| Wayne Lippert (X) | 2728 |
| Juliette Cunningham | 2363 |
| Rick Thorburn | 825 |
| Anthony Stamboulieh | 787 |
| Steve Campbell | 538 |
| Floyd Edwards | 148 |

## Victoria

| Candidate | Vote |
| Dean Fortin | 7706 |
| Rob Reid | 7105 |
| Steve Filipovic | 1411 |
| Saul Andersen | 172 |
| Kristen Woodruff | 149 |
| Hugh Kruzel | 107 |
| Georgia-Anne Jones | 106 |
| Ron Taylor | 83 |

## View Royal

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Graham Hill (X) | Acclaimed | Acclaimed |

## West Vancouver

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Pam Goldsmith-Jones (X) | 3185 | 33 |
| Vivian Vaughan | 2552 | 22 |
| John Clark | 1357 | 18 |
| Max Clough | 3420 | 27 |

## Whistler

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Ken Melamed (X) | 1527 | 53 |
| Kristi Wells | 1218 | 42 |
| Brian Walker | 63 | 2 |
| Miro Kolvek | 54 | 1.9 |
| JB Bhandari | 3 | 0.1 |

## White Rock

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Catherine Ferguson (X) | 3738 | 67.7 |
| Stewart Peddemors | 1784 | 33.3 |

## Williams Lake

| Candidate | Vote | % |
| Kerry Cook (X) | 1583 | 53.3 |
| Paul French | 1387 | 46.7 |