2022 Civic Election - Duncan

Results in the 2022 municipal elections for southern Vancouver Island: New mayors in Victoria, Saanich, Langford, Colwood, View Royal, North Saanich, Metchosin and North Cowichan, incumbents re-elected in Esquimalt, Sooke and Nanaimo.

Here are the voting locations around Greater Victoria and in Duncan, North Cowichan and Nanaimo in the Oct. 15 civic elections. Polls are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Most council candidates live in the municipalities where they are running, but some, like Qualicum Beach’s Robert Filmer, do not because of their jobs

As the teachers’ union worries candidates linked to right-wing politics will get elected to school boards, there’s a bigger question: With so many of the big decisions in education handled by the province, what’s left for trustees to do?

In Duncan, Michelle Staples has been acclaimed as mayor. Nine people are running for six council seats. 

In the Cowichan Valley School District (SD79), 18 people are running for seven trustee positions.

The Cowichan Valley Regional District has nine electoral areas. Each will elect one director; candidates have been acclaimed in two areas.

Election signs may seem like a throwback, but they’re an important part of building name recognition, says a communications expert.

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People who lack name recognition need to campaign before the campaign starts