PORT COQUITLAM, BC – October 17, 2026… Port Coquitlam’s Chief Election Officer has unofficially declared the City’s 2026 General Local Election results for the Mayor, six Councillors and two School Trustees who will serve the community for a four-year term. These results are unofficial until the Chief Election Officer completes the final count and declares the official results on October 19, 2026.
ELECTION RESULTS
Mayor Elect
Mayor Brad West (12,907 votes)
Councillors Elect
Cllr. Steve Darling (8,817 votes)
Cllr. Nancy McCurrach (8,573 votes)
Cllr. Glenn Pollock (7,997 votes)
Cllr. Darrell Penner (7,162 votes)
Cllr. Paige Petriw (7,027 votes)
Cllr. Dean Washington (6,719 votes)
School Trustees Elect
Blaire West (7,108 votes)
Christine Pollock (6,328 votes)
The Council inauguration will take place on Monday, November 9, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. at Mabbett Hall at the Port Coquitlam Community Centre (2150 Wilson Avenue), marking the first meeting of the new Council elected on October 17. The event is open for the public to attend.
In total, 14,403 Port Coquitlam voters took part in the election, voting on October 17, at the two advance polls on October 7 and 10, and by mail ballot. Together they cast 108,481 votes to elect a Mayor, six Councillors and two School Trustees to represent their community for a four-year term. That is 6,274 more voters than the 8,129 who voted in 2022, an increase of 77 per cent. The total number of votes cast rose from 42,322 in 2022, when the Mayor and School Trustee races were acclaimed.
This represents a voter turnout of 32.5 per cent (unofficial), a 14 percentage point increase from the 18.34 per cent turnout in 2022.
The complete breakdown of votes by polling station is available on the City’s website at portcoquitlam.ca/electionresults.
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