Nanaimo
City
Provincial Location
Municipal Information
Councillors
8 to be elected
Registration Method
Provincial Voters List.
Regional District
Contact
455 Wallace Street, Nanaimo BC, V9R 5J6
P: 250-754-4251
Eligible Voter Turnout
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Gender Representation
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Running
Elected
John Ruttan was elected mayor of Nanaimo with 45.93% of the votes.
Mayoral Election Results
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| Candidate Name | Incumbent | Votes | Percentage | Total | Elected |
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| Ruttan, John | 45.93% | 9032 |  |
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| Brennan, Diane | 35.47% | 6975 | |||
| Korpan, Gary | 15.86% | 3119 | |||
| Iwaskow, Larry | 2.1% | 413 |
Councillor Election Results
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| Candidate Name | Incumbent | Votes | Percentage | Total | Elected |
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| Bestwick, Bill | 54.72% | 10759 | |
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| Kipp, Jim | 45.42% | 8931 | |
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| Johnstone, Diana | 37.34% | 7342 | |
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| Holdom, Bill | 37.16% | 7307 | |
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| Sherry, Loyd | 35.73% | 7026 | |
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| McNabb, Larry | 33.05% | 6499 | |
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| Unger, Merv | 31.96% | 6285 | |
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| Pattje, Fred | 31.38% | 6170 | |
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| Negrin, Angela | 30.68% | 6032 | |||
| Greves, Ted | 30.35% | 5968 | |||
| Fuller, Gordon | 24.69% | 4854 | |||
| MacDonald, Mark | 24.57% | 4832 | |||
| Cowling, Janet | 24.28% | 4774 | |||
| McGuffie, Blake | 19.66% | 3865 | |||
| Bolin, Ron | 19.35% | 3804 | |||
| Squire, Pat | 18.56% | 3649 | |||
| Arnold, Jack | 16.97% | 3337 | |||
| Campbell, Rob | 16.57% | 3258 | |||
| Saunders, TerryLynn | 16.11% | 3167 | |||
| Forbes, Bill | 11.78% | 2316 | |||
| Schachner, Simon | 11.56% | 2274 | |||
| Brunie, Brunie | 10.86% | 2135 | |||
| Sadhra, Mark | 8.58% | 1687 | |||
| Younger, James | 6.64% | 1305 | |||
| Pearson, Troy | 5.14% | 1010 | |||
| Lander, Tim | 3.62% | 712 |
Councillor Bill Bestwick received the highest number of votes, 10,759 out of a possible 19,663.
In 2008 the estimated eligible voter turnout for the Nanaimo (City) was 33.0%, which was 4.0% higher than than the average BC municipal turnout of 28.9%.
Voter turnout statistics
Eligible Voter Turnout (2008)
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Voter Turnout (Historical)
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Eligible Voters (Historical)
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Gender statistics
Gender Elected (2008)
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Percent Women Running (Historical)
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Percent Women Elected (Historical)
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Women make up 11.1% of this Council. The BC average for municipal councils is 34.2%.
Incumbency
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Elected incumbency rate of 0.00% is 77.2% lower than BC average of 77.2%.