In Saturday’s local elections, out of 256 confirmed results, 148 climate champions candidates were elected.
57.5% of the candidates who were either endorsed by a local climate action group, or who self-declared as a climate champion with WE-CAN, were elected to positions as mayor, councilor, or a school district trustee. You can find the complete results here.
There was obvious disappointment in Vancouver, although Adriane Carr, Pete Frye and Christine Boyle were all re-elected, but this is balanced by the success of climate champions elsewhere, including:
- 7 in North Vancouver (including the Mayor)
- 3 in Chilliwack
- 4 in Gibson
- 4 in Squamish (including the Mayor) – and no climate-delaying democracy-bulldozers elected
- 5 in New Westminster
- 14 in Burnaby
- 3 in Coquitlam
- 5 in Port Moody
- 3 in Kelowna
- 6 in Victoria (including the Mayor)
- 6 in Saanich (including the Mayor)
- 5 in Esquimalt
- 5 in Nanaimo
- 3 in Parksville
- 7 for the Ladysmith/Nanaimo School Board
- 7 in Courtenay (including the Mayor)
- and many others…
Many congratulations to everyone who was elected, and everyone who campaigned to help them win.