New Westminster

City

Provincial Location

Municipal Information

Councillors

6 to be elected

Registration Method

Provincial Voters List.

Regional District

Metro Vancouver

Contact

511 Royal Avenue, New Westminster BC, V3L 1H9

P: 604-521-3711

Eligible Voter Turnout

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Gender Representation

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Running

Elected

Wayne Wright was elected mayor of New Westminster with 55.69% of the votes.

Mayoral Election Results

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Candidate Name Incumbent Votes Percentage Total Elected
Wright, Wayne
 
55.69% 5620
Armitage, Blair
 
41.99% 4238

Councillor Election Results

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Candidate Name Incumbent Votes Percentage Total Elected
Cote, Jonathan
 
51.69% 5217
Williams, Lorrie
 
48.5% 4895
McIntosh, Betty
 
42.42% 4281
Harper, Bill
 
42.04% 4243
Osterman, Bob
 
40.81% 4119
McEvoy, Jaimie
 
37.51% 3786
Donnelly, Calvin
 
35.88% 3621
Wandell, Susan
 
33.21% 3352
Brett, Lorraine
 
31.3% 3159
McClurg, Steve
 
27.85% 2811
Powell, Neil
 
26.48% 2672
Palmer, Gavin
 
24.64% 2487
Fletcher-Gordon, Lynda
 
23.81% 2403
Laird, Matthew
 
19.05% 1923
Owen, Terrance
 
17.86% 1802
Tate, David
 
6.58% 664

Councillor Jonathan Cote received the highest number of votes, 5,217 out of a possible 10,092.

In 2008 the estimated eligible voter turnout for the New Westminster (City) was 23.6%, which was 5.3% lower 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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  • ? British Columbia

Eligible Voters (Historical)

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Gender statistics

Gender Elected (2008)

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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 28.6% 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%.