issue 8// vol 45 news // no. 5

Municipal election results,
New West and Coquitlam

» Many familiar faces returning to their positions

 

Bex Peterson
Editor-in-Chief

 

he municipal election yielded very little

in the way of significant changes for
the city councils of New Westminster and
Coquitlam.

In New West, Jonathan Cote was re-
elected mayor by a wide margin, gaining
just under 73 percent of the total mayoral
votes. He was joined by fellow incumbents
to the position of city councillor Patrick

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Johnstone, Mary Trentadue, Jaimie
McEvoy, and Chuck Puchmayr. Nadine
Nakagawa and Chinu Das are newcomers
to the Council; notably, Nakagawa was the
highest-voted candidate.

In Coquitlam, Richard Stewart was
re-elected mayor with nearly 70 percent
of the vote. Incumbents Craig Hodge,
Chris Wilson, Teri Towner, Bonita Zarrillo,
Brent Asmundson, and Dennis Marsden
returned to the council, leaving two spots
open for newcomers Trish Mandewo and
Steve Kim.

New Westminster

Office of Mayor

1 Jonathan X. COTE 10487 votes 72.99%
Office of Councillor

1 Nadine NAKAGAWA 7764 votes 10.84%
2 ~~ Patrick JOHNSTONE 7270 votes 10.15%
3. Mary TRENTADUE 7202 votes 10.05%
4 Jaimie McEVOY 6799 votes 9.49%
5 Chinu DAS 6716 votes 9.38%
6 Chuck PUCHMAYR 6595 votes 9.21%
Office of School Trustee

1 Anita ANSARI 6843 votes 9.46%
2 Dee BEATTIE 6511 votes 9.00%
3 Gurveen DHALIWAL 6230 votes 8.61%
4 Mark GIFFORD 6186 votes 8.55%
5 Maya RUSSELL 5694 votes 7.87%
6 Danielle CONNELLY 5626 votes 7.18%
7 Mary LALJI 4908 votes 6.79%

 

There was a bit of a shake-up in
terms of school board positions, especially
in New Westminster. In New West,
candidates Anita Ansari, Dee Beattie,
Gurveen Dhaliwal, Mark Gifford, Danielle
Connelly, and incumbent Mary Lalji were
elected to the school board. Connelly was
the only member of the New Westminster
Progressives’ slate elected to office.

In the Tri-Cities, the school board saw
a few new faces: Jennifer Blather and Craig
Woods in Coquitlam, Christine Pollock in
Port Coquitlam. Incumbent trustees Carol

Coquitlam

Office of Mayor
1 Richard STEWART

Office of Councillor

Craig HODGE

Chris WILSON

Teri TOWNER
Bonita ZARRILLO
Brent ASMUNDSON
Dennis MARSDEN
Trish MANDEWO
Steve KIM

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Office of School Trustee

Carol CAHOON

Jennifer BLAATHERWICK

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3 Craig WOODS
4 Barb HOBSON

Photo of Richard Stewart via ‘Tri-City News’

Cahoon, Barb Hobson, Keith Watkins, Lisa
Park, and Michael Thomas returned to the
SD43 board of education.

According to the Vancouver Sun,
anti-SOGI school board candidates were
largely disregarded by Lower Mainland
voters, with only a quarter of them elected
to office.

“Candidates in Surrey, Delta, New
Westminster, North Vancouver and
Coquitlam who had been recommended
[for anti-SOGI voters] by besogi.ca all lost,”
the Vancouver Sun reported.

16462 votes 69.56%
14380 votes 9.55%
14315 votes 9.51%
12427 votes 8.25%
12251 votes 8.14%
10652 votes 7.08%
10609 votes 7.05%

8645 votes 5.74%

8516 votes 5.66%
12874 votes 17.83%
12066 votes 16.71%
11196 votes 15.50%

9957 votes 13.79%