It’s official, 46 candidates are running in the 2022 Kelowna General Election.
Following the closure of the nomination withdrawal period this afternoon, the final list of mayoral and council candidates has been locked in.
On Oct. 15, eligible voters will elect a mayor and eight councillors for Kelowna City Council, and four school trustees for the School District No.23 Board of Education.
Those running in the election this year include five candidates for mayor, 32 candidates for Kelowna City Council and nine candidates for school trustee.
“Local government is the closest to daily life so it’s important residents exercise their right to vote and make their voices heard,” said Laura Bentley, Chief Election Officer, City of Kelowna.
Over the past few weeks, KelownaNow has made the effort to conduct video interviews with every candidate in the upcoming election.
It's a place where you can learn about all of the mayoralty, council, and trustee candidates for Kelowna.
To check out the full site, head over to KelownaVotes.com and don’t forget to join the conversation on social media by using the hashtag #kelownavotes.
Mayor:
- Colin Basran
- Tom Dyas
- David Habib
- Glendon Charles Smedley
- Silverado Socrates
Councillor:
- Susan Ames
- Chris Becenko
- Chris Bocskei
- Amarit Brar
- Ron Cannan
- Sacheen Collecutt (Spirit Alliance)
- Greg Dahms
- Maxine DeHart
- Indy Dhial
- Darrin Fiddler
- Gail Given
- Bal Grewal
- Charlie Hodge
- Daniel Joseph
- James Kay
- Davis Kyle
- Amarjit Singh Lalli
- Gord Lovegrove
- Tom Macauley
- Elaine McMurray
- D. Ben Norman
- Brian Rogers
- Zach Sawatzky
- Dan Schlosser
- Anthony Shephard
- Mohini Singh
- Luke Stack
- Peter Truch
- Rick Webber
- Noel Wentworth
- Chris Williams (Spirit Alliance)
- Loyal Wooldridge
School District No. 23 Board of Education School Trustee:
- Chris Becenko
- Wayne Broughton
- Tovey Demman (ParentsVoice BC)
- Teresa Docksteader (ParentsVoice BC)
- Chris Fieber (ParentsVoice BC)
- Julia Fraser
- Val Johnson
- Erika Shephard
- Lee-Ann Tiede
