City of Nanaimo mayoral candidates:
City of Nanaimo council candidates:
Bob Breuker
Brunie Brunie
Brian Loos
Conrad Peach
Noah Routley
Richard Scott
David Simpson
Balakrishna (Viraat) Thammanna
Al Thompson
Avel Turnip (Debi Corbett)
Trent Whaley
Ashley Zboyovsky
District of Lantzville mayor candidates:
District of Lantzville council candidates:
John Dunn
Scott Neis
Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools trustee candidates:
Lisa Marie Barron
Jennifer Clarke
Hunter Ehrismann
Richard Finnegan
Corinne Furtmann
Patti Grand
Chantel O’Neill
Jen Skogland
Matt Szeler
Elaine Wilkinson
Regional District of Nanaimo director candidates:
Sharon Thomson, Area A
Vanessa Craig, Area B
Howard Houle, Area B
Maureen Young, Area C
Bob Rogers, Area E
Previous voter information events:
The News Bulletin attended 10 voter information events in October:
SD68 candidates make last pitch prior to election
Candidates make their case to be part of Nanaimo’s next council
Nanaimo council candidates talk about public consultation and branding the city
Candidates talk economic development and other priorities at meet and greet
City council candidates take on regional themes at town hall
Mayoral candidates debate their visions for leadership in Nanaimo
School budget debated at all-candidates’ meeting for Nanaimo trustee hopefuls
Candidates ponder affordable housing and homelessness
Candidates talk waterfront planning, supportive housing at south-end debate
Five-candidates’ meeting held in north Nanaimo
POSTED SEPT. 14: There will be a lot of names on the ballot as Nanaimo voters choose their next city council.
The nomination deadline passed today, Sept. 14, at 4 p.m., so the list of local government election candidates is now finalized.
Forty candidates are running for eight seats on Nanaimo city council. Four candidates are running for mayor.
Fred Pattje, president of Our Nanaimo, a non-partisan society aiming to educate and engage voters, said he wished to remain impartial and wouldn’t comment on the calibre of the group of candidates.
“I think there’s hope, let’s leave it at that,” Pattje said. “This council needs a new beginning and I’m looking for change and I’m hoping for change. The long and short of it is we have gone through four very difficult years, not only for those on council, but certainly for the population.”
Twenty people are vying to become trustees with Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools.
In the District of Lantzville, there are three mayoral candidates and 11 council candidates.
In the Regional District of Nanaimo, area C director Maureen Young and area E director Bob Rogers have been acclaimed, as no other candidates put their names forward in those areas. Young represents Extension, Arrowsmith-Benson, East Wellington, Pleasant Valley, while Rogers represents Nanoose Bay.
Two candidates are running for area A, Cassidy, Cedar, Yellow Point, South Wellington, and two are running in area B, Gabriola Island.