Hurley wins third term in Burnaby, Hodge takes Coquitlam

Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley won a third term and Craig Hodge was elected mayor of Coquitlam in B.C.’s municipal elections Saturday, according to preliminary results reported on election night. The results remain unofficial until each city’s chief election officer declares them.

Hurley, an Independent, had 19,126 votes in a six-way race, according to the City of Burnaby’s preliminary results as reported by Daily Hive. Heymann Yip of Burnaby First was second with 6,120 votes.

Hodge, a 15-year councillor, succeeds Richard Stewart, who did not seek re-election after nearly two decades as mayor, according to CP24’s live coverage.

CP24 reported that several incumbents lost. In Delta, Melissa Granum of Delta First defeated George Harvie, who was seeking a third consecutive term, and Dylan Kruger. In Langley Township, Jay Lundgren unseated Mayor Eric Woodward, and in Langley City, Councillor Delaney Mack defeated Mayor Nathan Pachal.

In New Westminster, CP24 reported that Daniel Fontaine, a former councillor, defeated incumbent Patrick Johnstone. North Shore News reported that Kirk LaPointe defeated Mark Sager to become mayor of West Vancouver.

Mayors were re-elected in Port Coquitlam, where Brad West won a third term, in the City of North Vancouver, where Linda Buchanan won a second consecutive term, and in the District of North Vancouver, where Mike Little was returned, CP24 reported. The outlet did not publish vote totals for those races.

Final council and school board results, turnout and any recount requests were not available in the reports reviewed. Official results are published by each municipality.

In the region’s three biggest cities, we reported that Pete Fry was projected to defeat Ken Sim in Vancouver, that Doug McCallum was elected mayor of Surrey and that Rob Howard was named Richmond’s new mayor.

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