2022 Civic Election - Victoria

“In many ways, Victoria didn’t embrace this theme of change”

Marianne Alto captured 55 per cent of the vote, while her closest rival among the eight mayoral candidates, Stephen Andrew, was second with 36 per cent.

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.

In Victoria, six people are running for mayor. Thirty-seven people are running for eight council seats.

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?

They cite housing shortage and climate change as priorities they want to address, and reflect on barriers to public office that younger candidates face.

“This is quite troubling, quite disturbing, quite shocking. Is it a prank? Is it just kind of a guerrilla tactic of disruption?”

Jack Knox is the leader you want. Because Jack Knox is the leader you need.

Muller Kalala denies having anti-Semitic beliefs despite 2015 post that rabbi calls “classic anti-Semitism”

Five self-described progressive Victoria council candidates boycotted a forum staged by Candidates For Change, which is linked to the People’s Party of Canada and anti-vaccine-mandate groups