More than 250 people are running for mayor and councillor in municipalities on south Vancouver Island.
Click the name of the municipality to jump to its list of candidates. Clicking on individual names will take you to candidates' answers to our questionnaire; responses have been edited only for length. If there is no link, we did not receive a response by our deadline.
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Central Saanich
> Central Saanich election news
Mayor
- Ryan Windsor — acclaimed
Council — six to be elected
- Christopher Graham
- Zeb King
- Geoff Krause
- Jackie Lee
- Gord Newton
- Niall Paltiel
- Sarah Riddell
- Bob Thompson
Colwood
Mayor
Councillor — six to be elected
- Cynthia Day
- David Grove
- Dean Jantzen
- Kim Jordison
- Steven MacAskill
- Kim Mohns
- Misty Olsen
- Stewart Parkinson
- Sacha Veelbehr
- Ian Ward
Duncan
Mayor
- Michelle Staples — acclaimed
Councillor
- Mark Anderson
- Bob Brooke
- Garry Bruce
- Jenni Capps
- Tom Duncan
- Mike McKinlay
- Stacy Middlemiss
- Carol Newington
- Joe Sawchuk
Esquimalt
Mayor
Councillor — six to be elected
- Ken Armour
- Andrea Boardman
- Duncan Cavens
- Jacob Helliwell
- Tim Morrison
- Chris Munkacsi
- Darlene Rotchford
Highlands
Mayor
- Ken Williams — acclaimed
Councillor — six to be elected
- Leslie Anderson
- Ann Baird
- Gord Baird
- Guy Brisebois
- Ken Brotherston
- Marie Brotherston
- Marcie McLean
- Karel Roessingh
- Rose Stanton
Langford
Mayor
Councillor — six to be elected
- Shirley Ackland
- Denise Blackwell
- Kimberley Guiry
- Colby Harder
- Wendy Hobbs
- Mark Morley
- Shannon Russell Willing
- Matt Sahlstrom
- Lanny Seaton
- Norma Stewart
- Lillian Szpak
- Roger Wade
- Mary Wagner
- Keith Yacucha
Metchosin
Mayor
Councillor — four to be elected
- Mark Atherton
- Tamara Ballard
- Shelly Donaldson
- Sharie Epp
- Steve Gray
- Jay Shukin
- Eric White
- Leslie Zinger
Nanaimo
Mayor
- Tasha Brown
- Brunie Brunie
- Leonard Krog
- Agnes Provost
Councillor — eight to be elected
- Jeff Annesley
- Sheryl Armstrong
- Ken Bennett
- Don Bonner
- Tyler Brown
- Paul Chapman
- Hilary Eastmure
- Ben Geselbracht
- Nick Greer
- Derek Hanna
- Mike Hartlaub
- Erin Hemmens
- Gary Korpan
- Jay Krishan
- Shirley Lambrecht
- Peter Lee
- Zeni Maartman
- Alan Macdonald
- Paul Manly
- Janice Perrino
- Frank Pluta
- Peter Poole
- Michael Ribicic
- Norm Smith
- Robb Squire
- Viraat BK Thammanna
- Ian Thorpe
- Corey Trinkwon
- David Wang
North Cowichan
> North Cowichan election news
Mayor
Councillor — six to be elected
- Dana Arthurs
- Joyce Behnsen
- Charles Borg
- Mike Caljouw
- Elizabeth Croft
- Joseph Enslow
- Bruce Findlay
- Chris Istace
- Christopher Justice
- Tek Manhas
- Kate Marsh
- Peter Rusland
- Adrienne Richards
- Christopher A. Shaw
- Debra Toporowski
North Saanich
Mayor
Councillor — six to be elected
- Phil DiBattista
- Erin Giesbrecht
- Tara Keeping
- Jack McClintock
- Irene McConkey
- Morgan Mikkelsen
- Jon Rennison
- Terrie Rolph
- Sanjiv Shrivastava
- Brett Smyth
- Celia Stock
- Maya Tse-Cotton
- Majid Varasteh
Oak Bay
Mayor
- Kevin Murdoch — acclaimed
Councillor — six to be elected
- Andrew Appleton
- Hazel Braithwaite
- Raymon Farmere
- Cairine Green
- Roxanne Helme
- Esther Paterson
- Carrie Smart
- Lesley Watson
- Eric Wood Zhelka
Saanich
Mayor
Councillor — eight to be elected
- Trevor Barry
- Susan Brice
- Judy Brownoff
- Kathleen Burton
- Nathalie Chambers
- Bianca Chu
- Zac de Vries
- Karen Harper
- Sasha Izard
- Charles Lamb
- Basil Langevin
- Mark Leiren-Young
- Vernon Lord
- Jordan MacDougall
- Gregory Matte
- Leslie Miller-Brooks
- Shelly Minhas
- Mark Neufeld
- Teale Phelps Bondaroff
- Colin Plant
- Art Pollard
- Jordan Reichert
- Rishi Sharma
- Mena Westhaver
Sidney
Mayor
- Cliff McNeil Smith — acclaimed
Councillor — six to be elected
- Eric Diller
- Steve Duck
- Sarah Duncan
- Scott Garnett
- Cam McClennan
- Richard Novek
- Terri O'Keeffe
- Steve Price
- Chad Rintoul
Sooke
Mayor
Councillor — six to be elected
- Rob Anderson
- Steve Anderson
- Lorien Arnold
- Jeff Bateman
- Al Beddows
- Susan Belford
- Karine Bordua
- Owen Brandon
- Nick Dickinson-Wilde
- Herb Haldane
- Robin Holm
- Dana Lajeunesse
- Megan McMath
- Sean Millard
- Adam Noseworthy
- Trevor Paul
- Kevin Pearson
- Maria Powers
- Anna Russell
- Britt Santowski
- Tony St-Pierre
- Jeff Stewart
- Stephanie Welters
Victoria
Mayor
- Marianne Alto
- Stephen Andrew
- Lyall Atkinson
- Rafael Fuentes
- Rodney Graham
- David Arthur Johnston
- Brendan Marshall
- Michelle Wiboltt
Councillor
- Julia Alvarez
- Gary Beyer
- Tom Braybrook
- Michael Cameron
- Jeremy Caradonna
- Christopher Mark Coleman
- Matt Dell
- Rob Duncan
- Jalal Elarid
- Margaret Gardiner
- Riga Godron
- Stephen Hammond
- Christopher Hanna
- James Harasymow
- Ben Isitt
- Sandy Janzen
- Jason Jones
- Muller Kalala
- Susan Kim
- Anna King
- Brian Klassen
- Krista Loughton
- Jeremy Maddock
- Janice Nightingale
- Steve Orcherton
- Emmanuel Parenteau
- Derek Pinto
- Khadoni Pitt Chambers
- Jordan Quitzau
- William Scott
- Bradley Sifert
- Susan Simmons
- Tom Sinclair
- Shea Smith
- Dave Thompson
- Janice Williams
- Anthony Yacowar
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Mayor
Councillor — six to be elected
