Nanaimo

City

Provincial Location

Municipal Information

Councillors

8 to be elected

Registration Method

Provincial Voters List

Regional District

Nanaimo

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 51.18% of the votes.

Mayoral Election Results

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Candidate Name Incumbent Votes Percentage Total Elected
Ruttan, John
 
51.18% 8815
McKinnon, Roger
 
31.16% 5366
Routledge, Jim
 
12.42% 2139
Didio, Dan
 
3.17% 546

Councillor Election Results

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Candidate Name Incumbent Votes Percentage Total Elected
Bestwick, Bill
 
52.89% 9108
Brennan, Diane
 
45.78% 7885
Kipp, Jim
 
43.43% 7479
Greves, Ted
 
40.43% 6962
Johnstone, Diana
 
38.58% 6644
Pattje, Fred
 
37.34% 6430
McKay, Bill
 
34.25% 5898
Anderson, George
 
43.26% 7450
Maartman, Zeni
 
32.77% 5644
Fillmore, Brian
 
32.09% 5527
Cathers, Chris
 
29.6% 5098
Manhas, Jeet
 
28.99% 4993
Fuller, Gordon
 
28.86% 4970
Olsen, Darcy
 
24.26% 4178
Korpan, Gary
 
24.24% 4175
Lomas, Rod
 
19.88% 3423
Zver, Rob
 
17.21% 2964
Blundell, Arlene
 
16.73% 2882
Snikkers, Trent
 
12.9% 2221
Brunie, Brunie
 
11.67% 2009
Ramsay, Peter
 
11.67% 2009
Ouellette-Croucher, Christopher
 
2.82% 486

Councillor Bill Bestwick (Incumbent) received the highest number of votes, 9,108 out of a possible 17,222.

In 2011 the estimated eligible voter turnout for the Nanaimo (City) was 28.7%, which was 1.9% lower than than the average BC municipal turnout of 30.6%.

Voter turnout statistics

Eligible Voter Turnout (2011)

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Voter Turnout (Historical)

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  • ? British Columbia

Eligible Voters (Historical)

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Gender statistics

Gender Elected (2011)

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Percent Women Running (Historical)

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  • ? British Columbia

Percent Women Elected (Historical)

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  • ? British Columbia

Women make up 25% of this Council. The BC average for municipal councils is 34.1%.

Incumbency

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Elected incumbency rate of 100% is 18.7% higher than BC average of 81.3%.