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2008 British Columbia municipal elections
Field Value election_name 2008 British Columbia municipal elections country British Columbia type municipal previous_election 2005 British Columbia municipal elections previous_year 2005 next_election 2011 British Columbia municipal elections next_year 2011 election_date 15 November 2008 map_image Canada British Columbia location map.svg
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, British Columbia|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, British Columbia|Campbell River]]
Candidate Vote % Charlie Cornfield 5011 53.7 Terry Calvin Hoff 2305 24.7 Roger A. McDonell (X) 2012 21.6
[[Castlegar, British Columbia|Castlegar]]
Candidate Vote % Lawrence D. Chernoff (X) Acclaimed
[[Central Saanich]]
Candidate Vote % Jack Mar (X) 2606 49.9 Christopher Graham 1437 27.5 Sean McNulty 1184 22.6
[[Chilliwack, British Columbia|Chilliwack]]
Candidate Vote % Sharon Gaetz 8889 73.2 Wayne Massey 2324 19.1 Norm Smith 925 7.6
[[Coldstream, British Columbia|Coldstream]]
Candidate Vote % Jim Garlick 1899 68.5 Glen Taylor 874 31.5
[[Colwood, British Columbia|Colwood]]
Candidate Vote % David A. Saunders 1608 55.1 Carol Hamilton 1309 44.9
[[Comox, British Columbia|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, British Columbia|Courtenay]]
Candidate Vote % Greg Phelps 3214 58.5 Starr Winchester (X) 2280 41.5
[[Cranbrook, British Columbia|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, British Columbia|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, British Columbia|Fort St. John]]
Candidate Vote % Bruce Lantz 1498 52.7 Jim Eglinski (X) 1342 47.3
[[Hope, British Columbia|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, British Columbia|Kimberley]]
Candidate Vote % Jim Ogilvie (X) 1219 55.7 Tim Park 968 44.3
[[Kitimat, British Columbia|Kitimat]]
Candidate Vote % Joanne Monaghan 1443 56.9 Linda Campbell 1093 43.1
[[Ladysmith, British Columbia|Ladysmith]]
Candidate Vote % Rob Hutchins (X) Acclaimed
[[Lake Country]]
Candidate Vote % James Baker (X) Acclaimed
[[Langford, British Columbia|Langford]]
Candidate Vote % Stewart Young (X) Acclaimed
[[Langley, British Columbia (city)|Langley (city)]]
Candidate Vote % Peter Fassbender 2683 76.5 Ron Abgrall 822 23.5
[[Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)|Langley (district municipality)]]
Candidate Vote % Rick Green 7842 54.3 Kurt Alberts (X) 6588 45.7
[[Maple Ridge, British Columbia|Maple Ridge]]
Candidate Vote % Ernie Daykin 6302 45.4 Michael Sather 3889 28.0 Gordy Robson (X) 3680 26.5
[[Merritt, British Columbia|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, British Columbia|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, British Columbia|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, British Columbia|North Saanich]]
Candidate Vote % Alice Finall 2466 54.8 Ted Daly (X) 2036 45.2
[[North Vancouver, British Columbia (city)|North Vancouver (city)]]
Candidate Vote % Darrell Mussatto Acclaimed
[[North Vancouver, British Columbia (district municipality)|North Vancouver (district municipality)]]
Candidate Vote % Richard Walton Acclaimed
[[Oak Bay, British Columbia|Oak Bay]]
Candidate Vote % Christopher Causton (X) 4519 92.5 Ronald Telfer 365 7.5
[[Parksville, British Columbia|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, British Columbia|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, British Columbia|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, British Columbia|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, British Columbia|Quesnel]]
Candidate Vote % Mary Sjostrom 1856 54 Nate Bello (X) 1606 46
[[Revelstoke, British Columbia|Revelstoke]]
Candidate Vote % David Raven 1458 55.2 William MacFarlane 1000 37.9 Matt Singh 184 7.0
[[Richmond, British Columbia|Richmond]]
Candidate Vote % Malcolm Brodie (X) 19694 73.7 Ivan Gerlach 5207 19.5 Wei Ping Chen 1811 6.8
[[Saanich, British Columbia|Saanich]]
Candidate Vote % Frank Leonard (X) 11972 Harald Wolf 4665
[[Salmon Arm, British Columbia|Salmon Arm]]
Candidate Vote % Marty Bootsma (X) 1792 Charles Nash 1488 Marg Kentel 1378 Nancy Cooper 1089
[[Sechelt, British Columbia|Sechelt]]
Candidate Vote % Darren Inkster 1847 67 Cameron Reid (X) 906 33
[[Sidney, British Columbia|Sidney]]
Candidate Vote % Larry Cross 1807 Mel Couvelier 839 Peter Wainwright 641
[[Sooke, British Columbia|Sooke]]
Candidate Vote % Janet Evans 1597 48.5 Rick Kasper 1284 39.0 Randy Welters 413 12.5
[[Spallumcheen, British Columbia|Spallumcheen]]
Candidate Vote % Will Hansma (X) 733 59.6 Dustin Griffin 267 21.7 Guenter Rieger 230 18.7
[[Squamish, British Columbia|Squamish]]
Candidate Vote % Greg Gardner 3557 Terrill Paterson 715 John Erickson 146
[[Summerland, British Columbia|Summerland]]
Candidate Vote % Janice Perrino 2183 56.9 Peter Waterman 1651 43.1
[[Surrey, British Columbia|Surrey]]
Candidate Vote % Dianne Watts (X) 51423 85.9 Murray Weisenberger 8465 14.1
[[Terrace, British Columbia|Terrace]]
Candidate Vote % David Pernarowski 1347 48 Jack Talstra (X) 1076 38.3 Murray Hamer 384 13.7
[[Trail, British Columbia|Trail]]
Candidate Vote % Dieter Bogs (X) Acclaimed
[[Vancouver]]
Main article: 2008 Vancouver municipal election
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, British Columbia|Vernon]]
Candidate Vote % Wayne Lippert (X) 2728 Juliette Cunningham 2363 Rick Thorburn 825 Anthony Stamboulieh 787 Steve Campbell 538 Floyd Edwards 148
[[Victoria, British Columbia|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, British Columbia|View Royal]]
Candidate Vote % Graham Hill (X) Acclaimed
[[West Vancouver]]
Candidate Vote % Pam Goldsmith-Jones (X) 3185 33 Vivian Vaughan 2552 22 John Clark 1357 18 Max Clough 3420 27
[[Whistler, British Columbia|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, British Columbia|White Rock]]
Candidate Vote % Catherine Ferguson (X) 3738 67.7 Stewart Peddemors 1784 33.3
[[Williams Lake, British Columbia|Williams Lake]]
Candidate Vote % Kerry Cook (X) 1583 53.3 Paul French 1387 46.7
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